A fall armyworm grub. The cost of the invasive species spreading in Queensland is cited in a new CSIRO report that calls for an overhaul of Australiaโ€™s biosecurity regime. Photograph: Grant Heilman Photography/Alamy
by Sprep-Admin

Australiaโ€™s biosecurity needs a major overhaul within a decade to protect people, environments and industries from a wave of invasive pests, pathogens and future pandemics, a CSIRO report has found...The report calls for greater cooperation across all levels of society and makes 20 recommendations that would cut the โ€œgrowing strainโ€ of incursions and protect environmental assets worth $6.5tn.

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