Science & Surveillance

The Science and Surveillance Branch: • oversees the Northern Australia Biosecurity Strategy and its associated implementation plan • delivers the Indigenous Ranger Biosecurity Ranger Program which helps protect Australia’s more than $60 billion agricultural industries by contributing to the delivery of enhanced biosecurity capability in northern Australia • conducts surveillance across animal, plant and aquatic health in northern Australia for the early detection of pest, weeds and diseases that may establish via natural and human-mediated mechanisms • manages the biosecurity risks in Torres Strait through regulated and unregulated pathways • provides invertebrate diagnostics, biosecurity risk advice and technical training for border/post-border, post-entry quarantine and surveillance activities • supports regulatory decision-making and biosecurity policy settings with Plant Health Diagnostics, scientific expertise and operational intelligence • is tasked with the eradication of invasive exotic pests of environmental and plant biosecurity significance at or near Australia’s borders • delivers laboratory management, data and systems.