{"id":84838,"date":"2014-10-15T12:57:46","date_gmt":"2014-10-15T02:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=84838"},"modified":"2020-11-23T14:59:24","modified_gmt":"2020-11-23T04:59:24","slug":"have-a-say-on-biosecurity-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2014\/10\/15\/have-a-say-on-biosecurity-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"Have A Say On Biosecurity Laws"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_84866\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-84866\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/20140924ministers2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-84866\" title=\"20140924 John McVeigh\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/20140924ministers2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/20140924ministers2.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/20140924ministers2-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-84866\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Agriculture Minister John McVeigh (centre) discussed tick control and other biosecurity issues with local primary producers Graeme Wicks, Carolyn Barlow James, Joe Jessen and Tony Scanlan when he visited the South Burnett last month<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"240\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" align=\"right\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table class=\"box1\" width=\"220\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" align=\"right\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong style=\"font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 26px;\">Webinars On Proposed Changes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Biosecurity Queensland is also hosting a series of webinars for participants keen to learn more about the proposed changes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The webinar topics are:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/attendee.gotowebinar.com\/register\/2941607382357054978\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mango pests<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; 10:00am on October 22<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/attendee.gotowebinar.com\/register\/3122977322917277441\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cattle ticks<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; 10:00am on October 23<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/attendee.gotowebinar.com\/register\/8928794541760829186\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pest bees<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; 10:00am on October 24<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/attendee.gotowebinar.com\/register\/4379655341791231746\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fees<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; 2:00pm on October 28<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/attendee.gotowebinar.com\/register\/8199373030336610818\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Banana pests<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; 10:00am on October 29<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/attendee.gotowebinar.com\/register\/5496799837542344450\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sugarcane pests<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; 10:00am on November 5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>October 15, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Farmers, landowners and community members have been invited to comment on new biosecurity regulations, including proposed changes to the way of managing cattle ticks.<\/p>\n<p>Agriculture Minister John McVeigh said the regulations would underpin the new Biosecurity Act 2014 passed by Parliament earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe legislation serves to safeguard not only agricultural businesses, but also the environment and our Queensland lifestyle,\u201d Mr McVeigh said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cI encourage Queenslanders to consider the regulations and provide comment as part of the consultation which is open until 5:00pm, on Friday, November 21.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is an opportunity for Queensland to modernise laws that\u2019s well overdue, with some of our biosecurity rules being in place for more than a century.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr McVeigh said Queensland was at the frontline for preventing animal and plant pests and diseases entering Australia and needed to maintain its reputation for high biosecurity standards to ensure unfettered access to export markets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe new Act will streamline processes, reduce red tape and improve service delivery. Most importantly, it acknowledges biosecurity is a shared responsibility, and provides flexibility for individuals to manage their own, everyday biosecurity risks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, before the Act can commence, existing regulations must be reviewed, which is what we are seeking feedback on through a Regulatory Impact Statement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr McVeigh said some of the requirements in the current regulations would be maintained, but others would be removed as they were no longer necessary.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cNew ways are proposed for managing banana and mango pests, cattle ticks, bee pests and there\u2019s a fee for property registration,\u201d he said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe options outlined in the Regulatory Impact Statement were developed in consultation with industry over many months, with the costs and benefits of each option now detailed for wider community consideration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFeedback will help shape the future of biosecurity in our state, so it\u2019s important we hear from a diverse range of groups and individuals throughout Queensland.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Regulatory Impact Statement can be downloaded from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.daff.qld.gov.au\/biosecurity\/about-biosecurity\/Biosecurity-Act-2014\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DAFF website<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Review of Biosecurity Regulations &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.southburnett.biz\/pdfs\/cattlefactsheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What It Means For Cattle<\/a> (182kb PDF)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Farmers, landowners and community members have been invited to comment on new biosecurity regulations to protect the agricultural sector and the environment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":84866,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,36],"tags":[1134],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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