AUSTRALIA’S livestock industries should be asked to initiate and pay for more of the nation’s biosecurity effort, according to the man who formerly led the country’s biosecurity response.
Former Inspector General of Biosecurity Rob Delane told a biosecurity conference in Brisbane this week that strong-performing sectors should take more responsibility for safeguarding Australia’s agriculture.
Rob Delane speaking by video link from Perth: “Industry needs to take charge of this, including its funding.”
“There certainly needs to be a different responsibility for who puts the…
