Biosecurity Council Reports

Reports can be downloaded from the right-hand menu on this page. Additionally, copies of reports can be made available on request. Refer to the contact details below.

Biosecurity Council Annual Reports

The Biosecurity Council is required to submit an annual report to the Minister by 30 November each year. The Council's annual reports are tabled in Parliament. 

Other Biosecurity Council reports and publications

• Mechanisms for funding biosecurity and declared pest management in Western Australia [1] (May 2022) - a report to the Minister for Agriculture and Food and Director General of the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development. 

• Invasion curve animation [2] - brief animation describing the generalised invasion curve and where resources are targeted.

• Biosecurity Council regional visit - Augusta [3] (August 2020) - a summary of the Council's visit to Augusta, including the key biosecurity issues identified by South West stakeholders.

• Biosecurity research and development in Western Australia [4] (November 2019). This report reviews the status of and gaps in biosecurity research and development in WA.

• Biosecurity Council regional visit - Kununurra [5] (August 2019) - a summary of the Council's visit to Kununurra, including the key biosecurity issues identified by East Kimberley stakeholders.

• Sustaining a Biosecurity Response - Summary Report [6] (June 2019). This report presents a framework for an effective and contemporary biosecurity 'combat' agency.

• Environmental Biosecurity in Western Australia [7] (February 2018). This report reviews how the biosecurity of Western Australia's environmental assets is being maintained.

• Biosecurity and Market Access [8] - an assessment of the capacity of the Department of Agriculture and Food WA to address plant industry market access issues during a biosecurity response - Summary Report (June 2017). This report identifies how agency capability and capacity can be improved for future biosecurity incidents.

• Biosecurity Council stakeholder workshop [9] - report on workshop held 10 July 2015. The report presents a summary and interpretation of the workshop discussion to enable a statement on 'where we are at' in terms of biosecurity decision-making and joint effort across industry, government and community.

• Biosecurity decision-making in Western Australia: roles and responsibilities [10] (December 2014) - report presenting stakeholder perceptions about biosecurity roles and responsibilities, and the principles that underpin these.

Contact information

Monica Coates

+61 (0)8 9368 3809

Email the WA Biosecurity Council [11]