13682 (2025). Camilla Belich to the Minister for Biosecurity

Written Question

Published date: 03 Apr 2025

Metadata

Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	13682 (2025)
Question asked:	20 Mar 2025
Member asking:	Camilla Belich
Portfolio:	Minister for Biosecurity
Minister replying:	Hon Andrew Hoggard
Answer received:	30 Mar 2025
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_13682_2025
Document guid:	3448e85e-e3b4-4b93-b525-3fa722fb14dd

13682 (2025). Camilla Belich to the Minister for Biosecurity: On how many occasions, if any, since 27 November 2023, has the Minister intervened in, overruled, or influenced a decision made by any agency under their responsibility, and what were the circumstances of each instance?

Hon Andrew Hoggard: As a Minister, I am responsible for deciding both the direction of and the priorities for the agencies for which I hold portfolio responsibilities and I may give those agencies lawful directions. As a result, there are many occasions on which I have appropriately had input into the agencies’ actions but these inputs are not collated or registered in a way that could be included in a single answer.