52238 (2025). Hon Jo Luxton to the Minister for Biosecurity

Written Question

Published date: 17 Nov 2025

Metadata

Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	52238 (2025)
Question asked:	03 Nov 2025
Member asking:	Hon Jo Luxton
Portfolio:	Minister for Biosecurity
Minister replying:	Hon Andrew Hoggard
Answer received:	11 Nov 2025
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_52238_2025
Document guid:	c47bebc2-c81b-44fa-bcff-0f6d302caddf

52238 (2025). Hon Jo Luxton to the Minister for Biosecurity: How many personnel, if any, are currently assigned to the yellow-legged hornet response, broken down by role?

Hon Andrew Hoggard: I am advised that there are around 100 personnel from across the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) involved in the response. As the situation develops, MPI is able to surge more staff into the response as needed. Staff are deployed across a number of areas such as laboratory analysis, investigation, field operations, public engagement, intelligence, and logistics support.