Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee, , 9:23:44 to 9:26:10
Senator Pocock asks for updates on the National Carp Control Plan, specifically the timeline for virus release and the status of field trials in unconnected bodies of water.
Topics: Biosecurity, Water management
Speakers: Senator David Pocock, Justine Saunders, Senator Glenn Sterle, Unknown Speaker, Senator Vanessa Bleyer, Speaker 35
>> thank you chair.
>> Thanks Senator Roberts. Now Senator Pocock you have three minutes. How long do you need because we're going to 6:15. Can we squeeze a few in now and get it done? >> All right. All right. Well right let's kick off if we can be real quick please. Thank you. >> Officers, real quick answers, please. We >> Thank you.
>> Mr. Waters, just over a year ago in
October last year's estimates asked you about the delivery and release of carp car virus. >> Um, and you told me that you are uh confident you can deliver by 2028, meaning that the final advice will be by the end of next year. Does that remain the case?
>> I'm still confident. Um and we are progressing towards a national agreed research and planning and a ministerial decision in 2028. That's the intent.
>> Right. Um and at the same um hearing I was told that it would be weeks or months from advice provided uh to release assuming the advice was for the car for the virus to be released and the decision was was um made by the minister. Does that remain the case? also we also talked about how you're moving toward field trials. Um for example in unconnected bodies of of water um how close to those trials are you have they begun?
>> So perhaps if I give an update since then senator about the work that's underway. um department's progressing nationally agreed research and planning as we discussed towards 2028 is coordinating scientific work supporting regulatory assessments and developing implementation arrangements with jurisdictions which goes to that planning you referred to five of the seven priority research actions are underway covering non-target species environmental impacts virus transmission and effectiveness with completion scheduled in June 2027 and the remaining two actions are scheduled to commence in late 2026 and they relate to examining costs and benefits and integration with other cart management measures which is due for complete in 2728. So a whole lot of activities undertaken in parallel with the view to getting to an out a
>> were the field trials included in that? >> Maybe just on notice if you have
>> I might need to take that on notice
>> because there was a there was talk of the unconnected bodies of water and field trials but you can take that on notice that'd be great because I know Senator Nlly has some questions as well. >> Thank you very much.