Resources

The website farmbiosecurity.com.au is part of the Farm Biosecurity Program, a joint initiative of Animal Health Australia and Plant Health Australia managed on behalf of members.

The Annual Surveillance Workshop 2020 was held virtually on 13–14 March for people working in pest surveillance to engage with each other as part of the newly established Plant Surveillance Network Australasia-Pacific.

National Bee Pest Surveillance Program (NBPSP) is an early warning system to detect new incursions of exotic bee pests and pest bees.

Presentation slide set in the series of resources developed by the Department of Agriculture to increase stakeholder awareness of plant health surveillance.

Plant Health Australia is the national coordinator of the government-industry partnership for plant biosecurity in Australia.

The Plant Biosecurity Research Initiative supports cross-sectoral research development and extension to minimise the damaging consequences caused by biosecurity threats to Australian plant industries.

Get the list to access the full list of endorsed and draft NSPs, last updated April, 2025.

General surveillance programs engage people from all walks of life in monitoring and reporting pests, weeds and diseases. The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) developed Guidelines for General Surveillance Programs (the Guidelines) to support the planning, implementation and maintenance of general surveillance programs.

National Surveillance Protocols (NSPs) serve as the first point of reference for developing surveillance plans, and include information on surveillance methodology, pest/pathogen biology, taxonomy, identification and sample processing.

Presentations and downloads from the Dipteran Identification and Taxonomy in the Digital Age Workshop, held in Perth, 2024.