Senator WATT (Queensland—Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Minister for Emergency Management) (15:02): Thank you, Senator Ciccone, and of course we did begin the job of fixing up this mess in our October budget, but it is so big that it's going to take even longer. Opposition senators interjecting— Senator WATT: We know that the Liberals and Nationals announced programs but didn't even fund them, even on issues important to their own constituencies. Opposition senators interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Minister Watt, please resume your seat. Opposition senators interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Order on my left. Minister Watt, please continue. Senator WATT: Thank you, Madam President. The Liberals and Nationals announced programs, but didn't even fund them, even on issues important to their own constituencies, like biosecurity. And when you don't make long-term biosecurity investments, you leave Australia's farmers and our agriculture industry at risk. Now, I was very concerned when I read an article this week, or in the last few days, by ABC reporter Kath Sullivan. It reported that Australia's sniffer dogs haven't been sniffing for queen bees and were not on the beat when the deadly varroa mite arrived last year. Why would that be? If you go on reading the article, it says for several years the then government had stopped training sniffer dogs to detect queen bees that might carry the varroa mite. That is the legacy of the coalition government. That is the risk they were prepared to take with biosecurity, and we have to fix this up because of these terminating measures. (Time expired) Senator Farrell: I regrettably ask that further questions be placed on the Notice Paper.