81863 (2024). Hon Jo Luxton to the Minister for Biosecurity

81863 (2024). Hon Jo Luxton to the Minister for Biosecurity: What measures to control the spread of the highly pathogenic strain of H7N6 had already been taken by the time the Minister for Biosecurity was notified?

Hon Andrew Hoggard: A restricted place notice was issued as a precautionary measure, and the farm went into official lockdown the afternoon of Sunday 1 December, prior to MPI’s National Animal Health Laboratory notifying confirmation of high pathogenicity avian influenza H7N6 the evening of Sunday 1 December 2024.