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- Media release
- Pests
Renewed focus on weed biocontrol is set to deliver benefits to land managers and the environment in the fight against weeds.
- Media release
- Pests
Pests and weeds are costing farmers a combined $5.3 billion a year in both management and production loss.
- Media release
- ABARES
The third national survey of pests and weeds shows 85% land managers spent on average around $21,950 in 2022 on pest and weed species management.
- Media release
- International
Hitchhiker pests are not native to Australia and have a specific biology or behaviour that allows them to ‘hitch a ride’ to Australia via sea…
- Biosecurity
Sydney’s warm and wet weather over the past year has kept Australia’s frontline biosecurity officers busy in the fight against mosquito-borne…
- Media release
- Animals
On World Veterinary Day 2023 we celebrate the diversity of veterinarians across Northern Australia as they work to protect the health of animals and…
- Media release
- Biosecurity
Once again, it has been a busy year on the frontline for Australia’s biosecurity system, with over 238,000 biosecurity risk items intercepted at…
- Media release
- Pests
Biosecurity Detector dog Petal has sniffed out a live Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) in a passenger’s duffle bag at Brisbane International Airport.
- Statement
- Biosecurity
We are currently seeing an increase in Biosecurity Risk Material (BRM) on new vehicles arriving in Australia.
- Statement
- Fisheries
The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, together with the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC), have published the…
- Media release
- Foot-and-mouth disease
The Biosecurity (Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) Biosecurity Response Zone) Determination 2022 covering relevant international airports has been…