Our National Priority Plant Pests (NPPP) list highlights the threats Australia faces from plant pests and diseases.

The NPPP guides national action and investment of public funds to address these threats. This effort often has broader benefits to the system than just in preparedness for the specific pest or disease. The National Priority Plant Pest is not the list that sets Australia quarantine restrictions and determines risk.

The NPPP list includes 116 pests and diseases in 37 groups. Pests and diseases are grouped together if: