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- Biosecurity
09 November 2022
The Biosecurity Innovation Program (BIP) is looking for innovative and collaborative projects to strengthen our national biosecurity system.
- Media release
- Biosecurity
11 October 2022
Some of Australia’s brightest minds are collaborating to finalise a portable device that uses artificial intelligence to help biosecurity officers…
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- Biosecurity
28 September 2022
A new workshop on 7 October 2022 will present research findings and seek stakeholder feedback on how design of ports and selection of building…
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- Pests
25 August 2022
The National Hitchhiker (Contaminating) Plant Pest Action Plan 2022–2032 released today will protect Australia’s plant-related industries and…
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- Plants
22 August 2022
A diagnostic tool using nano technology to rapidly detect high-risk plant pests and pathogens in the field will undergo feasibility testing in a…
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- Biosecurity
22 August 2022
Around $5 million will be spent over the coming year on projects using cutting-edge science to help boost Australia's biosecurity capabilities.
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- Plants
16 August 2022
The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has provided funding for the upgrade of two key scientific identification tools for plant pests…
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- Biosecurity
04 August 2022
The department’s biosecurity detector dog program is recruiting new biosecurity detector dog handlers, with applications open from Thursday 4 August…
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- Biosecurity
06 July 2021
On World Zoonoses Day, Australia’s Chief Veterinary Officer Dr Mark Schipp has highlighted how the risk of zoonoses, diseases which can be…
- Media release
- Biosecurity
22 March 2021
The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment is on track for the successful eradication of an exotic ant incursion at a first point of…
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- Detection
11 February 2021
The RTT 3D X-ray unit at the Melbourne mail centre recently discovered 107 live succulent plants with soil concealed in socks. The succulents were…
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- Biosecurity
05 August 2020
All Australians are being reminded to be biosecurity aware, following cases of unsolicited seed packets being received through the mail.
- Media release
- Biosecurity
23 July 2020
Australia is lending its biosecurity expertise to support the global and ASEAN Fall Armyworm (FAW) response, as part of a collaborative effort to…
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- Biosecurity
05 March 2020
Australia’s biosecurity detector dogs continued their outstanding work last year, screening incoming passengers and goods for biosecurity risk items…