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4/24/2010 - PIMC says not to Voluntary EI Vaccination............so long as .............
BRIEF:
The Primary Industries Ministers Council agreed, at their meeting in Darwin today, that maintenance of Australia's strong cooperative approach to biosecurity was vital to effective responses to any future incursions of exotic pests and diseases.
Ministers agreed to the need to establish by 1 December 2010 horse industry commitment to a national levy and to inclusion of the industry under the Emergency Animal Disease Response Agreement.
In the absence of any funding agreement, Ministers agreed that there would be no nationally cost shared response to any exotic horse disease incursion and steps would be put in place to enable voluntary vaccination of horses against Equine Influenza as a disease impact mitigation strategy.
Should the horse industry come forward with the necessary agreements, the Commonwealth Government will commit to introduce legislation accordingly.
Council members agreed to work with horse industry organisations in all jurisdictions and members of the Australian Parliaments to ensure broad support for timely progression of the funding legislation.