Queensland Biosecurity Partners Network

Biosecurity challenges vary significantly across Queensland, shaped by diverse environmental, social and economic conditions. To support a shared understanding, Biosecurity Queensland has developed North, Central and South Regional Biosecurity Profiles. These provide region-specific insights into how pests and diseases may emerge, move and impact communities, industries and environments, supporting collaboration across Queensland’s biosecurity system.

Over the past year, Biosecurity Queensland has strengthened efforts to safeguard the state through increased awareness, education and response preparedness. Two new reports highlight progress under the Awareness and Education and Response Readiness frameworks, showcasing key initiatives, outcomes and ongoing work to protect Queensland’s industries, environment and communities.

Working together is pivotal to protecting our state from plant and animal pests and diseases. The collaboration between local government and Biosecurity Queensland is critical in ensuring existing threats are addressed and new risks are prevented from taking root.

A new research report explores the disillusionment phase of biosecurity incidents, examining its impact on community sentiment, trust and response outcomes. Commissioned by the NBCEN, it highlights a critical gap in national doctrine and offers insights to strengthen resilience and improve recovery across future biosecurity responses.

A new document outlining Australia’s national biosecurity system is now available, detailing how governments, industry and the community work together to manage biosecurity risks. It covers governance, roles and responsibilities, key frameworks like the Biosecurity Act 2015 and IGAB, and highlights collaboration through the NBC and national and Queensland strategies.

Biosecurity Queensland has refreshed its threats and pathways research to reflect recent changes in risk, behaviour and the operating environment. The research identifies 10 key pathways for high-risk species, alongside priority behaviours and audiences. Six strategic behaviour change priorities were confirmed, providing a strong evidence base to guide partner-led interventions, policy, education and awareness across the biosecurity system.

Queensland’s biosecurity system protects the state’s environment, industries and communities from pests, diseases and invasive species. Two new partner resources - a set of consistent, evidence-based talking points and a customisable PowerPoint template - support clear, aligned communication. Together, they strengthen understanding of roles, improve engagement, and promote coordinated biosecurity action across Queensland.

Registrations are now open for the Queensland Biosecurity Partners’ Forum, taking place on 18 June in Brisbane. The forum brings biosecurity partners together to explore current challenges, share insights and support a strong, collaborative biosecurity system in Queensland.

The Monitoring and Evaluation Framework is available for download. It outlines how progress against the Queensland Biosecurity Strategy 2024–2029 will be tracked and assessed, and supports a shared approach to accountability, collaboration and evidence‑based decision‑making across Queensland’s biosecurity system, helping guide future priorities and actions.

Biosecurity Queensland (BQ) engaged Griffith University in late 2024 to conduct an Environmental Scan to identify some of the key sociocultural factors that drive biosecurity risks in Queensland. Download the report to read more.

Queensland Biosecurity Strategy Statement of Intent for 2025-26 finalised and available to download. It captures actions to be undertaken by both Biosecurity Queensland and partners that progress the outcomes detailed in the Queensland Biosecurity Strategy. Feedback on a draft was captured at the annual Partners' Forum in May and has resulted in a comprehensive statement of actions that will, as a collective, make a significant contribution to safeguarding Queensland from biosecurity thr...