Head of Biosecurity at the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, Andrew Tongue spoke at the ABARES Outlook 2021 conference last week on opportunities and challenges for biosecurity as we look towards the agriculture sector’s ambitious target to achieve $100 billion in farm gate output by 2030. Continue reading →

In response to the rapid expansion of brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) throughout Europe and North America, the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment has retained the seasonal measures to manage the risk of BMSB from arriving in Australia for the 2020–21 BMSB risk season. Continue reading →

The department of Agriculture today released ‘Country–Handle with Care’, a biosecurity web series that calls on locals and visitors to do their part to protect Australia from the biosecurity risk of pest and disease. Continue reading →