Agriculture: Bar lowered on quarantine once again*

The feeling among many farmers is that, within the latitude the Australian Quarantine Inspection Service (AQIS) and Biosecurity Australia have to determine what animal and plant materials enter Australia, these organisations interpret the rules in the direction of the free trade ideology rather than in the direction of protecting the nation’s agricultural and environmental interests.Under WTO and international phytosanitary agreement rules, a country has the right to set its quarantine bar as hi…

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