A NEW $770,000 training program aiming to boost biosecurity capabilities in Indonesia and Timor-Leste is aiming to give the Australian livestock industry more protection from exotic disease like foot-and-mouth disease and lumpy skin disease.
Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Murray Watt said the program was part of a broader agenda to invest in regional biosecurity, which includes closer collaboration and cooperation with its nearest neighbours.
“Australia is free from FMD and LSD and we are determined to keep it that way,” he said.
“Helping our friends…