Publication Date

11-2017

Publisher

Western Australian Agriculture Authority

City

Perth

Abstract

Developing constructive biosecurity advice to government requires a comprehensive understanding of the needs and challenges of industry, government and community. It also requires an understanding of the potential impacts of changes to the Western Australian biosecurity system on these groups as well as on the biosecurity of the State.

During 2016/17, the Council continued its commitment to engaging with key stakeholders. The strong consultative processes used by the Council enabled robust advice to be developed for government. The main area of focus during the year was government’s investment in Western Australia’s biosecurity. The key areas of advice that were progressed were:

• Biosecurity resource allocation and prioritisation within (the then) Department of Agriculture and Food

• Funding agricultural biosecurity

• Biosecurity and market access; and

• Environmental biosecurity.

In addition, the Council kept a watching brief on the biosecurity-related developments at the national and state levels, including participating in the reviews of the Intergovernmental Agreement on Biosecurity and the National Environmental Biosecurity Response Agreement (NEBRA). The Council also provided its views on managing widespread and established pests and diseases in WA, in response to a draft government policy paper.

This section of the report documents the activities undertaken by the Council during the 2016/17 financial year. Government progress on past recommendations is discussed in Section 3.

Number of Pages

22

Keywords

biosecurity, Western Australia, pests and diseases, policy, agriculture

Disciplines

Agricultural and Resource Economics | Biosecurity | Food Security

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