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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Articles

Great Southern Cattle Surveillance Network

17 September 2018

Cattle producers in the shires of Albany, Denmark and Plantagenet in Western Australia now have the opportunity to join a new pilot surveillance network for cattle health that uses a simple SMS sys
Grainbelt Digital Enhancement Project

3 September 2018

Expressions of Interest (EOIs) have been sought under the State Government's new Grainbelt Digital Enhancement Project.
New weather website launched

30 August 2018

Getting all your weather information in one place is now even easier, thanks to the launch of the eConnected Grainbelt Project
Funding available under new WA IoT DecisionAg grant program

27 August 2018

Applications have been sought for the eConnected Grainbelt Project’s new WA Internet of Things (IoT) DecisionAg Grant Program.
WA Wild Dog Action Plan: Research and Development Fund

8 August 2018

Applications to the WA Wild Dog Action Plan Research and Development (WDAP R&D) Fund are now open.
Citrus canker: plant and tree removal in Restricted Areas

4 July 2018

The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) has removed all known citrus host material from Restricted Areas in Kununurra and Wyndham.
Citrus canker: Industry information

3 July 2018

The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development has taken action to protect Western Australia’s citrus growers from the threat of citrus canker.
Early detection of emergency animal diseases

27 June 2018

Early detection of emergency animal diseases (EADs) was one of eleven subprojects within the Boosting Biosecurity Defences project. This project was inititally due to finish on June 30 2018, howev
Registrations now open for AgHack

26 June 2018

Registrations are now open for the upcoming agricultural-technology Hackathon (AgHack), which will be held between Friday 27 and Sunday 29 July.
The WA Digital Infrastructure Atlas

25 June 2018

The release of the nation’s first Digital Infrastructure Atlas will provide WA enterprises with increased opportunities to improve their telecommunications services.