Under section 14 of the Emergency Animal Disease Response Agreement (EADRA), governments are required to have biosecurity statements or strategies in place outlining biosecurity policies and programs relevant to their responsibilities. Strategies and/or statements for each jurisdiction are listed below.
Australian government
To maintain the integrity of the national border in the area of biosecurity, the Australian Government is responsible for quarantine and international animal health matters, including disease reporting, export certification and trade negotiation. It maintains and improves international trade and market access opportunities by establishing scientifically based quarantine policies, providing effective technical advice and promoting biosecurity measures. Under the Australian Constitution, state and territory governments have primary carriage of animal health matters in their jurisdictions.
Australia has both a National Biosecurity Statement and the National Biosecurity Strategy.
Australian Capital Territory
Queensland
The Queensland Government’s biosecurity statement outlines policies and programs to reduce the risk of entry and spread of transmissible infectious agents that could cause emergency animal diseases, including feral animal management, public health controls and environmental matters. Queensland also has the Queensland Biosecurity Strategy 2018-23.