Vision
A plant health surveillance system that protects Australia’s plant industries, economy, environment and community through the improved detection and knowledge of plant pest and weed status.
Goal
- Stronger regional, national and international connections.
Actions
1.1 Establish a shared and agreed understanding of roles and responsibilities of surveillance stakeholders.
1.2 Define surveillance priorities that stakeholders will work on collaboratively to achieve national surveillance goals.
1.3 Establish coordinated surveillance programs to maximise the effective detection of plant pests and weeds.
1.4 Establish and enhance regional, national and international networks and partnerships.
1.5 Develop and maintain a national framework for funding and coordinating surveillance activities across Australia.
Expected outcomes
A cooperative and collaborative national approach to surveillance driven by partnerships.
Goal
- Enhanced and improved capability for an effective surveillance system.
Actions
2.1 Identify and address current and emerging capability gaps for people involved in surveillance.
2.2 Coordinate training and professional development pathways to support the ongoing needs of the national surveillance system.
2.3 Increase national surveillance biometric capability and build data literacy across surveillance practitioners.
2.4 Develop communication and engagement mechanisms to increase stakeholder awareness and uptake of surveillance activities.
2.5 Establish and maintain diagnostic skills, expertise and resources to support surveillance.
Expected outcomes
Skilled people are available to support surveillance.
Goal
- Barriers to surveillance and reporting identified and removed.
Action
3.1 Improve the protection and support for stakeholders reporting plant pests and weeds.
3.2 Establish and promote initiatives to improve surveillance for exotic and regionalised plant pests and weeds in urban and peri-urban areas.
3.3 Establish mechanisms to integrate surveillance for priority plant pests into existing monitoring practices and systems.
Expected outcomes
Improved awareness of biosecurity risks and participation in surveillance by plant industries, environmental groups and the community.
Goal
- Increased adoption of innovative tools, technologies and approaches.
Action
4.1 Develop and implement a framework to assess the suitability of tools, technologies and approaches for the national surveillance system.
4.2 Identify and implement new tools, technologies and approaches to improve the detectability of plant pests and weeds.
4.3 Identify, assess and promote laboratory and in-field diagnostic methods to support surveillance.
Expected outcomes
More effective technologies and approaches to detect plant pests and weeds.
Goal
- Risk based surveillance systems and processes developed and maintained.
Actions
5.1 Establish a framework to identify priority plant pests, weeds, commodities and conveyances, and high-risk areas for surveillance.
5.2 Develop, update and endorse National Surveillance Protocols for priority and emerging plant pests.
5.3 Develop nationally agreed guidelines to support surveillance design and analysis during and following emergency responses to plant pest incursions.
Expected outcomes
Greater confidence in the information generated from surveillance activities.
Goal
- Improved information standards, analyses and infrastructure.
Actions
6.1 Implement and maintain an interoperable and integrated national surveillance information management system to collate, share and analyse surveillance data.
6.2 Evaluate and enhance the quality of general surveillance data captured for the national surveillance system.
6.3 Develop and implement a process for measuring and reporting the effectiveness of surveillance programs.
Expected outcomes
Robust and credible information on Australia’s plant health and plant pest status.
Implementation
National Plant Biosecurity Surveillance Strategy Implementation Plan and action plans.
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