Plant Health

Plant Protection News

Plant Protection News is a free, periodical email newsletter. It contains news items relating to Australia’s national and international plant health and protection activities.

Latest issue:

In this issue:

  • Eleven national diagnostic protocols endorsed
  • Emergence of a national plant diagnostic network
  • Onshore plant pest surveillance program continues
  • Draft international plant standards to be considered for adoption
  • Newly formatted international plant standards published
  • Recent international plant pest reports
  • Potential new pest threat identified from a new trade route

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Plant Pests

Plant pests and diseases, Weeds
Include information and links to resources on reporting detections of suspect pests, identification of plant pests of concern, and national eradication programs

Risk assessments of plant and plant product imports

Biosecurity Australia
Undertakes risk analyses to identify any quarantine risks associated with access requests to import plants and plant products into Australia

Movement of plants and plant products

Importing to Australia
Includes quarantine information on the import of plants and plant products to Australia

Exporting from Australia
Includes quarantine information on the export of plants and plant products from Australia

Quarantine Domestic
A general guide for private interstate travellers on the movement of plant material within Australia (or call 1800 084 881)

Domestic Quarantine and Market Access Working Group
Information about, and how to engage, the group responsible for the development of interstate market access conditions for plants and plant products within Australia