81823 (2024). Hon Jo Luxton to the Minister for Biosecurity

81823 (2024). Hon Jo Luxton to the Minister for Biosecurity: Is there flexibility to reprioritize funding in the event of a large-scale biosecurity breach such as an H5N1 incursion?

Hon Andrew Hoggard: For significant biosecurity incursions internal resources are reprioritised onto the response. For an incursion such as H5N1 response and compensation costs are likely to exceed MPI’s capacity to manage within baseline or through reprioritisation.