Portfolio Responsibilities
As Parliamentary Secretary, the Hon Catherine King MP, assists Minister Plibersek by assuming responsibility for matters relating to:
- Therapeutic Goods Administration;
- Office of the Gene Technology Regulator;
- National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme;
- Office of Chemical Safety;
- Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency;
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand;
- National Blood Authority;
- food policy;
- nanotechnologies;
- gene technology; and
- blood and organ donation.