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Surveillance Reference Group (SRG)

The Surveillance Reference Group (SRG) oversees the development of the National Plant Health Surveillance Framework for Australia. More detailed information about the SRG is provided below.

Terms of Reference

  1. Effective, standardised and well-targeted resource material, networks, and record management should be developed to enhance general surveillance in Australia in order to maximise early detection capability and contribute to a quantitative measure of health status.
  2. Refine/develop and use new methodologies to improve the efficacy of specific surveillance activities, in particular, those that can be used to justify resource allocation for targeted surveillance.
  3. Identify or establish the role of industry in funding for surveillance that defines and sustains Australia’s plant health status - for example, by incorporating detection and early detection surveillance capability into existing pest monitoring activities.
  4. Jurisdictions, in partnership with industry beneficiaries should ensure an ongoing resource commitment to maintaining expertise and undertaking detection and early detection surveillance for plant pests.
  5. Plant Health Committee should coordinate the production of a code of practice for plant health surveillance in Australia and provide a focal point for a communication network and collation of summary data on surveillance activities.
  6. Incorporate risk based early detection capability, through specific surveys against target pests and general surveillance, into industry biosecurity plans.
  7. Before committing expenditure on plant pest surveillance, the cost effectiveness of programs should be assessed.

These recommendations are dependent on a clear understanding of the roles and responsibilities of governments and industries. In particular, recommendations 3, 4, 5 and 6 require resource commitments from both sectors.

Membership

The SRG is co-chaired by the Office of the Chief Plant Protection Officer and Plant Health Australia. It includes members from state and territory agencies with surveillance expertise.

Parent committee

The SRG is a sub-committee of the Plant Health Committee.

Contact

For more information contact Paul Pheloung on telephone +61 2 6272 3933.



Last reviewed: 10 Nov 2008
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