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In conjunction with the recent Annual Diagnostics and Surveillance Workshop (ADSW 2023), PHA hosted the first project workshop investigating requirements for development of a nationally integrated surveillance system for plant pests.
Plant pest surveillance is a key activity occurring across all parts of the biosecurity continuum of pre-border, border and post-border. More
Plant Health Australia’s (PHA) Biosecurity Officer, Rebecca Powderly, presented an overview of biosecurity and the role PHA plays, to several undergraduate students studying biology at the Australia National University in May.
Students were introduced to biosecurity in Australia, provided with an overview of the National Priority Plant Pests, and the role of the Chief Plant Protection Officer. More
31 May 2023
Welcome everyone both online and in the room with me, to the 22nd hybrid General Meeting of Plant Health Australia.
Before we begin, I’d like to acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of our country. I pay my respect to their elders, past, present and emerging, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today. More
Plant Health Australia (PHA) in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) have published the final reports for three national research and development (R&D) projects to minimise the damaging consequences of Fall armyworm (FAW; Spodoptera frugiperda) to Australian plant industries. More
The National Fruit Fly Council (NFFC) is excited to announce the National Fruit Fly Symposium from 20 – 21 July 2023 at the National Wine Centre in Adelaide, South Australia.
This is the first face-to-face symposium since the fruit fly system community last gathered in 2018. More
The United Nations declared 12 May as the International Day of Plant Health to raise global awareness and take action to improve plant health and build a better future.
Plant health is key to the sustainable development of agriculture that is required to feed a growing global population by 2050. More
The Subcommittee on Plant Health Diagnostics (SPHD) is pleased to announce applications for the Diagnostic Residential Program are now open.
Funding is available to members of the National Plant Biosecurity Diagnostic Network (NPBDN) for Diagnostic Residentials projects that show benefit to the NPBDN and national plant biosecurity diagnostics. More
The first two weeks of May have been filled to the brim with many opportunities to engage with stakeholders from across the plant biosecurity system. Last week I had the pleasure of giving a keynote presentation at the Entomological Society of Queensland’s (ESQ) Centennial Symposium to mark 100 years of Queensland entomology. More
Increasing numbers of travellers and increasing volumes of goods entering Australia place increasing pressure on Australia’s biosecurity system for faster and accurate identification of plant pests and pathogens, especially where these may be exotic species, national priority plant pests, industry high priority pests and trade sensitive established pests. More
The Subcommittee on National Plant Health Surveillance (SNPHS) is pleased to announce applications for the Surveillance Residential Program are now open to all Plant Surveillance Network Australasia-Pacific (PSNAP) members. Surveillance Residentials are funded by Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and allow plant health surveillance professionals to spend time in another workplace or location, or to participate in relevant activities that improve the national capability to detect exotic plant pests such as:
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