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We aim to embed First Nations voices in all areas of our work.We plan to achieve this through policy frameworks, engaging with First Nations experts, communities, and agri-businesses, and the delivery and funding of programs and projects.Our First Nations CommitmentOur First Nations Commitment…
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The Office of the Chief Veterinary Officer (OCVO) has a long history of working with Australia’s near neighbours to deliver priority animal health outcomes. Through regional programs in the Pacific, Papua New Guinea, and Soloman Islands, OCVO delivers targeted capacity building initiatives to…
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The Chief Veterinary Office’s Pacific Engagement Program for Animal Health has been preparing for Pacific Week of Agriculture being held in Fiji from 6 to 10 March 2023. The team has collaborated closely with the department’s Trade, Market Access and International Division, the Pacific Community (…
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Biosecurity Matters
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Biosecurity is the management of the risk of pests and diseases entering, emerging, establishing or spreading in Australia and causing harm to animals, plants or human health,…
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Australia is one of the few countries in the world that remains free of rabies.
If rabies became established in Australia, the toll on human and animal health would be profound and the cost of response and elimination immense.
At least 60,000 people die from rabies each year, with the majority of…
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