{"id":350303,"date":"2024-07-09T17:19:08","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T07:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=350303"},"modified":"2024-07-09T17:19:08","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T07:19:08","slug":"interested-in-biosecurity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2024\/07\/09\/interested-in-biosecurity\/","title":{"rendered":"Interested In Biosecurity?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_271825\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-271825\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/timmcmahon1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-271825\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/timmcmahon1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/timmcmahon1.jpg 200w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/timmcmahon1-189x300.jpg 189w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-271825\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cr Tim McMahon (Photo: TRC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>July 9, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Toowoomba Regional Council is looking for members of the community that have a passion for ensuring the region remains vigilant in its fight against invasive plants and animals.<\/p>\n<p>The Council is inviting community members to apply to join its Biosecurity Advisory Committee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe committee has had representatives from a broad cross section of stakeholders including councils, Landcare and environmental management groups, State Government agencies and community representatives,\u201d Cr Tim McMahon said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cBy creating positive biosecurity behaviours across the region, we share both the responsibility and the benefits of the work of this committee.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis includes building awareness to empower residents to report biosecurity threats. Community involvement gives us so many more sets of eyes on the ground, and biosecurity is a risk to us all, not just farmers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nominations should include a one-page explanation of the reasons for seeking appointment as well as listing skills.<\/p>\n<p>They can be lodged by sending an email to <strong><a href=\"mailto:CPM.Admin@tr.qld.gov.au\">CPM.Admin@tr.qld.gov.au<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0 before 5:00pm on July 26.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toowoomba Regional Council is looking for members of the community that have a passion for ensuring the region remains vigilant in its fight against invasive plants and animals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":271826,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[22,3,36],"tags":[1131,1134],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Interested In Biosecurity? - southburnett.com.au<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Toowoomba Regional Council is looking for members of the community that have a passion for ensuring the region remains vigilant in its fight against invasive plants and animals.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2024\/07\/09\/interested-in-biosecurity\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Interested In Biosecurity? - southburnett.com.au\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Toowoomba Regional Council is looking for members of the community that have a passion for ensuring the region remains vigilant in its fight against invasive plants and animals.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2024\/07\/09\/interested-in-biosecurity\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"southburnett.com.au\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-07-09T07:19:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/timmcmahon2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Anne Miller\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Anne Miller\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2024\/07\/09\/interested-in-biosecurity\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2024\/07\/09\/interested-in-biosecurity\/\",\"name\":\"Interested In Biosecurity? - southburnett.com.au\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-07-09T07:19:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-07-09T07:19:08+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/#\/schema\/person\/d43a5027bdddc95f54e9c6274d8a57ae\"},\"description\":\"Toowoomba Regional Council is looking for members of the community that have a passion for ensuring the region remains vigilant in its fight against invasive plants and animals.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2024\/07\/09\/interested-in-biosecurity\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/\",\"name\":\"southburnett.com.au\",\"description\":\"Kingaroy and South Burnett News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/#\/schema\/person\/d43a5027bdddc95f54e9c6274d8a57ae\",\"name\":\"Anne Miller\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/author\/anne-miller\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Interested In Biosecurity? - southburnett.com.au","description":"Toowoomba Regional Council is looking for members of the community that have a passion for ensuring the region remains vigilant in its fight against invasive plants and animals.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2024\/07\/09\/interested-in-biosecurity\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Interested In Biosecurity? - southburnett.com.au","og_description":"Toowoomba Regional Council is looking for members of the community that have a passion for ensuring the region remains vigilant in its fight against invasive plants and animals.","og_url":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2024\/07\/09\/interested-in-biosecurity\/","og_site_name":"southburnett.com.au","article_published_time":"2024-07-09T07:19:08+00:00","og_image":[{"width":300,"height":200,"url":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/timmcmahon2.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Anne Miller","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Anne Miller","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2024\/07\/09\/interested-in-biosecurity\/","url":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2024\/07\/09\/interested-in-biosecurity\/","name":"Interested In Biosecurity? - southburnett.com.au","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/#website"},"datePublished":"2024-07-09T07:19:08+00:00","dateModified":"2024-07-09T07:19:08+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/#\/schema\/person\/d43a5027bdddc95f54e9c6274d8a57ae"},"description":"Toowoomba Regional Council is looking for members of the community that have a passion for ensuring the region remains vigilant in its fight against invasive plants and animals.","inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2024\/07\/09\/interested-in-biosecurity\/"]}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/#website","url":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/","name":"southburnett.com.au","description":"Kingaroy and South Burnett News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/#\/schema\/person\/d43a5027bdddc95f54e9c6274d8a57ae","name":"Anne Miller","url":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/author\/anne-miller\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350303"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=350303"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":350304,"href":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350303\/revisions\/350304"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/271826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}