Oppose Fast Tracking Farm Chemical Regulation

The Senate inquiry should tell the government to: consolidate, redraft and rationalize the quagmire of Laws and Regulations now used to regulate Agricultural and Veterinary chemicals; restore the Chemicals Reassessment and Re-registration Act cancelled in 2014, establish a comprehensive, effective and efficient chemical review scheme; and embed the Precautionary Principle in all the Australian Pesticide and Vet Medicines Authority legislation, regulation and practice.