He is taking the Government’s biosecurity experts with him. “As the weather progresses and heats up there it is becoming a biosecurity matter,” Mr Furner said. The Minister could not say how many ...

Biosecurity Queensland has received initial test results on samples taken from 25 horses at the Cawarral horse nursery. All of the results were clear except for one horse, which showed a positive ...

Some senior cabinet ministers are pushing to have biosecurity taken over by the new Australian Border Froce (ABF) to streamline operations and save money, the ABC has reported. Biosecurity operations ...

Large biosecurity billboards have been erected around Moreton Bay as authorities step up warnings to boaties and waterway users about the risk of spreading an invasive oyster species during the peak ...

Racing Queensland has hammered home the importance of vaccination for thoroughbred horses after news of a deadly Hendra virus case, the first in the state since 2022. A horse in southeast Queensland ...

Veterinarians with Biosecurity Queensland have taken samples from 25 horses at a Cawarral horse facility to confirm any further cases of Hendra virus following the deaths of three horses at the ...

An invasive oyster species that can reach sexual maturity in three months and grow to up to 24 centimetres is spreading in Australia. The Suminoe or Chinese river oyster competes with native species, ...

A parasite mite that attacks and feeds on honey bees has been detected in Queensland for the first time. Biosecurity Queensland said initial samples from a recreational apiary in the Lockyer Valley ...

The invasive pests were first detected at BHP’s Broadmeadow coal mine in Moranbah on July 9, traced back to a shipment of bricks transported more than 800km from south-east Queensland. The nests were ...

A surveillance trap caught a single male fly in Mount Roskill two weeks ago. Biosecurity New Zealand says staff have been visiting markets - alongside increasing surveillance, trapping, and ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Sunshine Coast. Followed categories will be added to My News. A Biosecurity Queensland spokeswoman confirmed a total of 10 reports had been made for destructive ...