Biosecurity

Rangers and traditional owners are calling for more federal surveillance and enforcement in remote waters after finding four Indonesian vessels fishing illegally in nearby creeks last week.

As households grapple with cost-of-living pressure, growers are warning tomato prices could rise after the discovery of a new tomato virus.

Tomato growers placed into quarantine after the discovery of the tomato brown rugose virus say authorities should have been better prepared for the arrival of the virus.

Three years after a tiny pest began killing trees across Perth, authorities are sticking to one method — cutting down established trees in the hope of eradicating the pest. With no silver bullet in sight, what will it take for Perth to learn to live with it? 

As millions of migratory birds wing their way to our shores, avian influenza surveillance is ramping up. Here's how teams of scientists and volunteers keep tabs on wild bird health.

Australia is the last remaining continent not to have the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu which is wreaking havoc across the globe.

Two million Australian chickens have already been killed in the nation's bird flu outbreak — and that's before the deadliest strain of the virus hits our shores.

With three SA tomato businesses, including a major supplier, forced into quarantine because of the outbreak of a crop virus, workers like Sharon Tarisesei have lost their jobs, and are apprehensive about securing future employment.

The outbreak has already led some states to impose bans on SA tomatoes and fanned growers' fears the restrictions could cause more harm than the virus itself.

A decade before shot-hole borer entered Australia, the invasive beetle was tearing through avocado crops in California. Now, the US state has the pest under control. What can WA take from its success?

A Queensland MP is facing criticism for speaking at a gathering of conspiracy theorists who erroneously claim vaccines cause stupidity and fire ant bait is harmful to fetal brain development.

Thousands of people have been working behind the scenes screening, researching, and analysing to help keep the Victorian outbreak under control, after years of preparation, and the signs are positive as farms begin to recover.

Residents' backyard observations could be the key to keeping a biosecurity disaster such as bird flu, varroa mite, or fire ants at bay.

A tree-killing beetle on the move across Perth is likely being spread beyond quarantine boundaries by people unaware of its existence, one scientist warns.

The disease that affects the production of tomato, capsicum and chilli crops has been detected in the major vegetable growing area of the northern Adelaide Plains.

An outbreak of the bee-killing parasite is confirmed for the first time in Victoria,  just weeks after Australia's largest annual movement of honey-bee hives began arriving in the state.

The federal government is undertaking a biosecurity risk assessment after India and Indonesia applied to export pineapples to Australia under their free trade deals.

From bird flu to the Japanese encephalitis virus, the threat from Australia's north is increasing and authorities need you on the front line.

There are calls within the poultry industry for backyard chicken owners to become part of a biosecurity plan as avian influenza becomes an increasing threat to Australian birds.

Disease authorities say there is potential for the arrival of a bird flu strain that has already been detected in Asia and Antarctica.