国民党正在反对一项允许从印度和印尼进口菠萝的提案，警告这可能给澳大利亚种植者带来外来害虫和不公平竞争的风险。
The Nationals are pushing back against a proposal to clear pineapples from India and Indonesia for import, warning it risks inflicting exotic pests and unfair competition on Australian growers.
国民党领袖马特·卡纳万参议员周三表示，该党启动了一项名为“阻止工党外国菠萝计划”的请愿书，他称该党支持公平贸易，但“公平贸易必须是安全贸易”。
Launching a petition to “stop Labor’s foreign pineapples plan”, Nationals leader Matt Canavan said on Wednesday his party backed fair trade, but that “fair trade must be safe trade”.
他表示：“在科学未经独立检验、严格的生物安全条件不明确以及澳大利亚种植者未得到保护之前，不应批准进口。”“这就是国民党发起请愿书以支持澳大利亚农民的原因。”
“Imports should not be approved until the science has been independently tested, strict biosecurity conditions are clear and Australian growers are protected,” he said. “That’s why The Nationals are launching a petition to back Australian farmers.”
除了请愿书外，卡纳万参议员在本周返回议会时还带来了“世界上最好的菠萝”样本，让工党议员“可以尝尝”。
In addition to a petition, Senator Canavan brought samples of “the best pineapples in the world” with him when he returned to parliament this week so Labor MPs “can taste” them.
他保护澳大利亚菠萝产业的使命是在农业、渔业和林业部的一份草案报告之后提出的，该报告认为“从印度和印尼所有生产区向澳大利亚进口商业生产的去冠菠萝是可以允许的，前提是符合一系列生物安全要求”。
His mission to “protect our pineapple industry” comes after a Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry draft report determined “the importation of commercially produced decrowned pineapples to Australia from all production areas of India and Indonesia can be permitted, subject to a range of biosecurity requirements”.
报告指出，菠萝皮表面凹凸不平、裂开且充满紧密的裂缝，微小昆虫很容易藏匿其中。因此，仅检查菠萝外表无法保证其清洁。
Pineapple skins are bumpy, cracked and full of tight crevices where tiny insects can easily hide from sight. Because of this, the draft report said looking over the outside of the pineapple was not enough to guarantee it was clean.
报告指出，在印度和印尼与菠萝相关的有160种昆虫、真菌和细菌，但只有8种害虫对农业和本地植物构成风险，因为其他要么已经存在于澳大利亚，要么无法在澳大利亚生存。
It identified 160 bugs, fungi and bacteria linked to pineapples in India and Indonesia but found only eight pests posed a risk to agriculture and native plants because the others either already existed in Australia or couldn’t survive.
为应对风险，报告建议在出口前对水果进行处理，使用熏蒸或辐照杀死任何害虫。
To combat the risk, the report recommended treating the fruit before export, using fumigation or irradiation to kill any pests.
这些标准正是澳大利亚目前用于从菲律宾、所罗门群岛、台湾和泰国进口菠萝的标准。
These are standards Australia uses to import pineapples from the Philippines, the Solomon Islands, Taiwan and Thailand.