Publication Date

2-2018

Publisher

Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia

City

Perth

Abstract

In 2013, during investigations of cross-agency collaboration, the Biosecurity Council of Western Australia (the Council) identified a fundamental breakdown in situations where biosecurity actions span multiple State Government agencies — such as for environmental biosecurity. The reasons for this breakdown are complex, and have been highlighted in further work undertaken by the Council since that time. In broad terms, the issues can be categorised into:

i) definitions;
ii) roles and responsibilities; and
iii) resourcing;

with unclear government policy an important contributing factor.

In late 2016, the Council resolved to further this work, with a focus on how environmental biosecurity is being addressed in Western Australia. The Council held a workshop with members of the Biosecurity Senior Officers Group (BSOG) in April 2017 to discuss and clarify State Government activities to maintain the biosecurity of Western Australia’s environmental assets. Initial scoping identified two key areas requiring attention: harmonising a whole-of-government approach; and resourcing. The workshop enabled these areas to be explored and the issues to come to the fore. The information from the workshop, coupled with the Council deliberations, form the foundation of this report.

Number of Pages

11

Keywords

Western Australia, biosecurity, risks and threats, environmental biosecurity

Disciplines

Agricultural and Resource Economics | Biosecurity

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