Biosecurity & quarantine

The Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia (DAFWA) works with primary industries to safeguard our agricultural resources from biological threats and to maintain our export opportunities.

The State’s reputation is underpinned by a comprehensive biosecurity and quarantine system, developed and operated by DAFWA.

DAFWA is involved with:

  • creation of surveillance and diagnostic programs
  • animal and plant risk assessments
  • importing and exporting requirements
  • creating mechanisms to respond to incursions
  • livestock movement and identification
  • development and maintenance of biosecurity and quarantine legislation.

To find out more about what we do to protect agricultural production and export opportunities within the State please search our website.

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    Bee semen - initiation of a pest risk analysis

    20 November 2013

    A pest risk analysis of the biosecurity risks associated with the importation of live bee semen from other Australian states and territories into Western Australia was initiated by the Department o

  • Septoria spot on external orange fruit surface showing characteristic small spots

    Septoria spot of citrus: declared pest

    28 November 2013

    Septoria spot (Septoria citri) is a serious pest of citrus that can affect external fruit quality. This pest is not known to occur in Western Australia.

  • Image of live grape phylloxera on grape roots

    Grape phylloxera - declared pest in Western Australia

    29 October 2013

    Grape phylloxera, Daktulosphaira vitifoliae, is a major pest in all grape growing countries around the world.

  • Boat on a river choked by weed.

    Aquatic weeds

    8 April 2014

    Some aquatic plants used in ponds and aquariums are highly invasive and have become serious weeds in natural waterways.

  • Agriculture and Food Minister Ken Baston and Williams farmer Lester Fawcett collecting Copris hispanus that will be relocated to Badgingarra and Geraldton to tackle bush fly numbers there.

    Transfer of significant winter dung beetle

    30 May 2014

    Research to minimise the impact of bush flies will enter its final stages this winter with the relocation of a species of dung beetle to the Mid-West.

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