Monday, June 26, 2023
On 22 June 2023 the Senate referred the provisions of the Biosecurity Amendment (Advanced Compliance Measures) Bill 2023 to the Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 27 July 2023.The bill would amend the Biosecurity Act 2015 to enhance biosecurity compliance powers and ensure penalties for non-compliance reflect the level of risk to Australia's biosecurity. More information about this bill can be found via this link. The committee has invited Freight & Trade Alliance (FTA) to make a submission addressing all or some of the provisions of the bill, by COB Friday, 7 July 2023. Please share your views to Sal Milici at smilici@ftalliance.com.au by Tuesday 4 July 2023 for incorporation into the FTA submission or make a direct submissions to the committee via the Online Submission System at: https://senate.aph.gov.au/submissions. Please note that submissions become committee documents and are published online, unless the committee decides otherwise. You should also be aware that submitters must not release their submissions publicly without the committee's prior approval. If you would like the committee to consider receiving your evidence as confidential, please provide a covering letter to your submission that outlines the reasons for your request. The committee will sympathetically consider requests for confidentiality, but cannot make promises in advance. Paul Zalai - Director FTA | Secretariat APSA | Director GSF