ABC FeedsLessons from New Zealand's experience with potato mop-top virus
By Ellen Coulter
Potato mop-top virus was detected in New Zealand seven years ago. With the virus now present in Tasmania, what can we learn from the response across the Tasman?
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Virus 'previously exotic to Australia' found in Tasmanian potatoes
By Georgia Hogge and Monty Jacka
Mop-top potato virus, which does not harm humans, has been found in multiple potatoes on a Tasmanian farm — a first for Australia.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-13/biosecurity-tasmania-first-potato-mop-top-virus/105647342
#Biosecurity #AgriculturalPestControl #PestsHorticulture #GeorgiaHogge #MontyJacka
News BeepFence-cutting trespassers endanger cattle and nearby highway drivers
Farmers in southern Western Australia say trespassers who cut fences to enter private land for hunting and camping…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #albanynews #AU #Australia #biosecurity #Camping #farmfencing #farmtrespass #fencecutting #fencedamage #hunting #southwestnews #wanews
https://www.newsbeep.com/54648/
Jon SullivanToday I was teaching a lecture about environmental weeds, for our Applied Ecology and Conservation course at #LincolnUniversityNZ. I showed the class the "Environmental weeds in New Zealand" project on #iNaturalist. That was made by staff at the #DepartmentofConservation to gather observations of DOC's 386 weed species.
These are the plants that DOC has assessed as being fully naturalised wild exotics, already present in natural ecosystems, and likely to be having more than minor impacts on NZ ecosystems. iNat currently has 199,588 observations of 379 of these species.
On a whim, in class I decided to see how many of these environmental weeds were present on the university campus.
Was it 10? Maybe 20?
No, 109 species.
Like a lot of urban and rural areas in NZ, our campus is a reservoir of weeds.
https://inaturalist.nz/projects/environmental-weeds-in-new-zealand
The Bright SideAustralia faces a biodiversity crisis.
Invasive plants and animals continue to enter the country, and strict biosecurity measures are vital.
The citizen action was immediate, allowing environmental officers to remove the clams and implement monitoring.
skua@HardBeingGreen @John
Current situation is bizarre.
More transparency - yay.
Sound science behhind #Biosecurity decisions - yay.
Mollify Trump - yay.
Barmaby pretending to respect science - boo.
Barmaby pretending to value transparency - boo.
OSG (orange s... g.......) needing mollificatiin - boo.
Biosecurity being weakened for #Geopolitical reasons - boo.
etc
Farmers fear DPIRD job cuts will expose NSW to biosecurity threats
By Lauren Bohane, Kim Honan, and Lara Webster
Farmers working to combat biosecurity threats say proposed cuts to research roles at the NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development could not come at a worse time.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-31/nsw-dpird-job-cuts-spark-farm-biosecurity-fears/105594140
#Biosecurity #Farmers #ScientificResearch #AgriculturalandFarmingPractice #PublicSector #StateandTerritoryGovernment #Agriculture #LaurenBohane #KimHonan # #LaraWebster
John 
#NationalParty pushing for an #inquiry into #Labor’s decision to resume #USbeef #imports, claiming the government ignored its own scientific advice when it made the decision.
Last week it was announced #biosecurity controls on US beef would be lifted, including beef sourced from #Canada or #Mexico & slaughtered in the US.
Nationals leader & Shadow Agriculture Minister #DavidLittleproud says the Coalition wants the #Senate inquiry to provide transparency around the decision.
Giuseppe Michieli#Biosecurity uptake and perceived #risk of avian #influenza among people in contact with #birds, https://etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2025/07/biosecurity-uptake-and-perceived-risk.html