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In a world where people, trade and goods are in constant transit – protecting Australia’s borders is vital to safeguarding the nation’s biosecurity.

Global Biosecurity Media Relese: 21 December 2009

We participated in the ‘Search and Detection: Theory and application in disease and wildlife management' conference, hosted by Landcare Research at Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand, from Nov 10 - 11, 2008. Other conference collaborators included the Australian Biosecurity CRC for Emerging Infectious Disease, Australian Wildlife Management Society, Invasive Animals CRC, and the New Zealand Ecological Society.

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WHITTLEP
When: November 2008
Location: Wellington, New Zealand
Summary:
Dr Peter Whittle and Frith Jarrad presented a paper titled ‘Biosecurity surveillance design: detecting non-indigenous vertebrate introductions using risk and power' at a conference in New Zealand.

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We participated in the Australasian Wildlife Management Society 21st Annual Conference: Human Impacts on Wildlife in Fremantle, WA, from November 24 to 27, 2008. Conference collaborators included the Invasive Animals CRC, Department of Agriculture and Food, Eco Gene, Department of Conservation and Environment, Alcoa, and Landcare Research. The conference consisted of 4 days of presentations on relevant study areas, including multiple symposiums on ‘Invasive species' and keynote speeches in the areas of ‘management of invasive species' and ‘invasive animals'.

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JarradF
When: November 2008
Location: Fremantle, Western Australia
Summary:
Frith Jarrad and Justine Murray presented a paper titled 'Biosecurity surveillance design using risk and power: A case study of the Black rat (Rattus rattus)' at the Australasian Wildlife Management Society 21st Annual Conference: Human Impacts on Wildlife.

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