In a nationwide first, NSW has adopted a Biosecurity Action Plan to respond to an increasing biosecurity threat and defend against more than $30bn of losses each year.
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Announced by Agriculture Minister Tara Moriarty on Thursday, September 18, the plan will be implemented across six biosecurity targets throughout 2025 and 2026.
The news comes as the state faces an incursion of Khapra beetle , found in nappies stocked at Woolworths, prompting a national biosecurity response. The Red Imported Fire Ant biosecurity zone was also expanded into Central Qld for the first time, following the detec