Councils deploy drone against weeds flourishing in flood region

Hawkesbury River County Council is deploying drones to combat invasive weeds, a side effect of flooding in the area.

25 July, 2024

Interim head to oversee establishment of new biosecurity watchdog

The NSW government has appointed Dr Marion Healy to oversee the establishment of a new independent biosecurity commission.

26 June, 2023

Biosecurity shortcomings at DPI

Policy gaps at NSW’s biosecurity agency could potentially allow pests and disease to spread.

27 June, 2019

Agriculture votes down third government offer

Flogging a dead horse, says union.

15 March, 2016

New biosecurity laws a step closer

‘We will decide which pests come here and the circumstances under which they come’.

2 September, 2015

Federal dogfight over ministerial death threats to Johnny Depp pets Boo and Pistol

Government threats to destroy celebrity pets a diversion from biosecurity funding cuts.

14 May, 2015

Easter public service strike primed to hit airports

Fortnight of coordinated action for 15,000 CPSU members.

30 March, 2015

Agriculture and Biosecurity staff set to strike

Ballot secures 95 per cent yes vote for industrial action.

24 March, 2015

CSIRO warns of biosecurity ‘megashocks’ amid strained funding

Mega-trends and threats too big to ignore.

26 November, 2014

Honey producers make bee-line to boost biosecurity levy

Apiarists abuzz over threat of diseases.

15 September, 2014

Biosecurity clampdown on cultural festivals

Gifts binned for potentially carrying pests and diseases

24 July, 2014

Biosecurity planted through NSW facility

At a cost of $57 million, the Centre for Biosecurity at the NSW Government’s Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute in Sydney’s south-west in Menangle will test for diseases affecting animal and plant heath. Construction of the laboratory took 90 days to complete with up to 100 site workers on the job at any given time A […]

18 July, 2012