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Potato Psyllid Incursion – one persons story

Until you’ve been directly impacted by a biosecurity incursion its easy enough to downplay the very real, and often far reaching, consequences of an outbreak of disease or a pest infestation.  This story, posted in the December 2018 Australian Farm biosecurity newsletter details the experiences of one Western Australian Potato grower.  Its a familiar story, […]

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People at the heart of Biosecurity

Often we think about the cost of biosecurity incursions in terms of the millions of dollars spent eradicating or mitigating or of the number of animals/produce culled or destroyed. As a result its easy to neglect the human cost and in doing so justify our own inaction.  We commend MPI for reminding us that Biosecurity […]

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