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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 Australia’s biosecurity regime. Photograph: Grant Heilman Photography/Alamy
November 6, 2020
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Australia’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 “growing strain” of incursions and protect environmental assets worth $6.5tn.

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