Share your thoughts on reforms for the national biosecurity system
Biosecurity protects Australia’s environment, agriculture, economy and communities from pests and diseases. Australia’s biosecurity system is under evolving pressure, owing to factors such as:
changes to trade and traveller patterns
rising costs and complexity of managing incursions
changing economic, environmental and geopolitical conditions.
To respond to these risks, we have proposed national biosecurity reforms.
The proposed reforms come from ongoing discussions with industry, producers, research bodies, community, First Nations representatives and governments. They build on progress we’re already making through the National Biosecurity Strategy.
We have prepared a discussion paper which outlines the proposed reform ideas. We invite you to review this discussion paper and share your feedback.
Your feedback will inform a reform roadmap for consideration by Australia’s Agriculture Ministers later this year.