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Research on the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) and the growing menace of other pest stink bugs.

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  • Pests
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Australia’s food security future on the menu

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  • Food
A public consultation is underway that will help shape a new national food security strategy.
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Sharp eye finds cacti illegally declared as lingerie and shoes

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  • Biosecurity
A woman who illegally misdeclared a package as lingerie and shoes when it really held 57 cacti and succulents has been convicted.
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Ensuring biosecurity operations are future ready

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  • Biosecurity
Monica Collins, First Assistant Secretary, Biosecurity Operations Division, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry authored an article in…
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Celebrating our Indigenous rangers on World Ranger Day

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  • First Nations
Stretching from our remote north-west coastline to the islands of Torres Strait, Indigenous rangers are either on Country undertaking animal, plant…
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Report offers insights into crop loss and waste on Australian horticultural farms

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  • Agriculture
The average percentage of crop loss or waste per Australian horticultural farm dropped in 2023-24 and varied significantly depending on crop type,…
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Expanded $29,500 music awards strike a biosecurity chord

  • Media release
  • First Nations
Entrants in an expanded biosecurity music competition launched this month will sing and dance their way towards $29,500 in prize money.
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Illegal-fishing exchange program makes a splash in Asia

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  • Fisheries
A Southeast Asian exchange program designed to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing held its first event in Bangkok last month.
Toes of a gecko; a red parasitic Geckobia mite can be seen between two of the toes

New imaging tools to identify pests

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  • Biosecurity
If you ever looked at a butterfly wing, spider, or ant through the lens of your high school’s dissecting microscope, it was likely fuzzy, with only a…
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Strong new look for our frontline workforce

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  • Biosecurity
Keep an eye out for our frontline biosecurity staff boasting a fresh new look.
Whistler ducks in flight over a lagoon in far north Queensland, Australia

Australia free from high pathogenicity avian influenza in poultry

  • Media release
  • Biosecurity
The Victorian emergency response to an outbreak of H7 high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) in poultry has been successful, with eradication…
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NAIDOC week – celebrating the perpetual stewardship of Land and Sea

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  • First Nations
This week marks 50 years of NAIDOC week and we honour the First Nations people’s deep and enduring connection to Country and Traditional Knowledge.
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Focus on pests sharpened in biosecurity boost

  • Media release
  • Pests
The Department recently added high-tech digital stacking capabilities to its laboratory imaging set-ups, to photograph tiny pests with deeper depth…
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Collaboration in focus this World Zoonoses Day

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  • Animals
This World Zoonoses Day highlights the importance of coordinated action across animal and human health sectors to protect Aust