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Plant Health Australia Limited (PHA) invites applications for four non-executive Director positions on our board.
PHA is a not-for-profit public company owned by our members, comprising all major plant industry bodies that represent Australian growers and beekeepers, the Australian Government, state and territory governments and a range of other industry partner organisations. More
Plant Health Australia (PHA) is pleased to release the National Plant Biosecurity Status Report for 2018 which documents some of the key events of the year and the many layers of the plant biosecurity system that is protecting our plant industries and our environment. More
PHA is counting down to the International Year of Plant Health (IYPH) 2020. PHA and the Department of Agriculture are helping to coordinate promotion of the year in Australia.
The year-long campaign is being led by the governing body of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organizations (FAO). More
PHA is excited to announce the appointment of a Diagnostics and Surveillance Networks Coordinator who will provide support to the National Plant Biosecurity Diagnostics Network (NPBDN) and the Plant Surveillance Network Australasia Pacific (PSNAP). More
Following successful meetings in Adelaide, Perth and most recently Canberra, forums to consult on establishing a National Forest Pest Surveillance Program will be held in all other Australian capital cities in September.
The Canberra forum held in early August brought together ACT and Australian Government stakeholders to discuss the biosecurity risks that threaten urban trees, native forests and forest plantations. More
The enthusiasm of the participants at Exercise Blueprint held in Toowoomba on 7–8 August highlights the desire of the cotton industry to be ready for a real-life exotic pest incursion.
Exercise Blueprint used a fictional detection of cotton blue disease on a cotton farm near Dalby, Queensland, in a range of discussions and activities to find out how the cotton industry would respond to an incursion of this exotic pest. More
Plant Health Committee, Australia’s peak government biosecurity policy and decision-making forum, met in Perth from 29 July to 1 August. The committee brings together the Chief Plant Health Managers from each state and territory and the Australian Chief Plant Protection Officer. More
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