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Obviously our Government is ticking over just fine in caretaker mode. In fact, it is more efficient than when under actual Government. I finally got a response from the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service. That is, from the CEO of that agency, saying 'as the Federal election has been called and caretaker convention arrangements are currently in place, I am responding on the Minister's behalf.'

As I read it, it means the answer has been sitting on the Minister's desk for three months and the bureaucrats are taking advantage of the opportunity to clean things up.

He writes:



To clarify the current situation, toys, including toy jewellery, coated with excess levels of cadmium exceeding 75 mg/kg are a prohibited import under Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956, unless a ministerial permission has been granted.

Children's fashion jewellery is not currently captured under this regulation, however the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service has the power to seize goods if they become aware of any fashion jewellery clearly intended for children that is sold as toys and is coated with a material containing a high metal content.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) provides Customs and Border Protection with policy advice and guidance on this import control. I understand that the ACCC is currently undertaking tests on children's fashion jewellery to determine whether there could be any harm to the health of children through high levels of cadmium.

Sincerely, etc.

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