Horse Flu

Eligibility - Queensland citizens
Principal Petitioner:
Diane Ager
749 Mt Cotton Road
Sheldon Qld 4157
Total Signatures - 652
Sponsoring Member: John English MP
Posting Date: 22/10/2007
Closing Date: 13/11/2007
Tabled Date: 15/11/2007
Responded By: Hon Andrew Fraser MP on 25/1/2008
TO: The Honourable the Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland
Queensland Citizens draws to the attention of the House the disruption and financial pain caused by the Federal Government’s quarantine failure and the subsequent introduction of equine influenza into Australia. Your petitioners, therefore, request the House to raise with the Federal Minister for Agriculture the impact of the Australian Government’s decision to not honour the original agreement to cost share the financial assistance towards veterinary care of infected horses and to request the immediate reinstatement of such cost sharing arrangement.