Failure to comply with new amendments to Australia’s Biosecurity Act will result in civil penalties of up to $266,400 or an on the spot fine of $4,440.
Murray Watt in Darwin earlier this month. Picture: NTLEA
The Albanese Government yesterday passed amendments in Parliament to the Biosecurity Act 2015, allowing the government to react swiftly to biosecurity threats.
The amendments also increase the penalties for those people caught intentionally doing the wrong thing, to the highest penalty seen in Australia for an infringement notice for an individual under the Biosecurity…
