Australia’s agriculture industries are calling on the Federal Government to reaffirm its commitment to Australia’s biosecurity system and address the unacceptably high levels of non-compliance of imported cut flowers from high risk countries, which threaten Australia’s $70 billion agriculture industry.

The Department of Agriculture implemented an import permit system in September 2019 for shipments of cut flowers and foliage to Australia from Kenya, Colombia and Ecuador following biosecurity concerns raised from industry.

However, this has not resulted in reduced non-compliance from imported cut flowers to an acceptable level. There continues to be high rates of non-compliance via this pathway and we need stronger action.

Click here to read the AUSVEG media release.

Click here or below to view Sunday’s ABC’s Landline segment, Pests Among the Petals: A beautiful bouquet could be a biosecurity risk, where AUSVEG National Public Affairs Manager Tyson Cattle discusses the matter.