February 2026. Shane McCarthy, AgForce General President.A brazen incursion on our state's northern border recently has shone a spotlight on the ...

BIOSECURITY Queensland will review their Panama TR4 budget allocations after a suspected outbreak of the disease at a huge farm in the Tully Valley. It comes after the State Government slashed funding ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Biosecurity are on the alert against an invasion of bugs that will cause a real stink if they gain a foothold in Queensland. Biosecurity officers have discovered brown marmorated stink bugs on three ...

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 ...

A horse in southeast Queensland has died after testing positive to the virus, Biosecurity Queensland officials confirmed on Sunday. Queensland Health is working to manage the health of people who came ...