2024 Ritman Scholars announced

New five-year strategy launched for PBRI

2024 Nudgeathon – Nudging for better biosecurity

The PBRI is delighted to be sponsoring the Nudgeathon 2024 on 2-4 April 2024 held at Queensland University of Technology, Gardens Point Campus Brisbane, 2-4 April. Nudgeathon is a behavioural change competition, in which teams develop solutions…

PBRI Symposium heads to Cairns, 8 & 9 May 2024

Early Bird Registration has opened for the Plant Biosecurity Research Initiative (PBRI) Symposium, a showcase of Research, Development, and Extension (RD&E) supported by the PBRI member organisations and partners. This year the Symposium…

Ritman Scholarship applications are now open!

Applications are now open for the PBRI’s Ritman Scholarship until 15 March 2024. The scholarship will support students to attend the PBRI Symposium on 8 & 9 May 2024. The recipients will present a short presentation on their field of…

PBRI Phase II report 2020 – 2023

PBRI Phase II Report 2020-2023

Biosecurity extension insights from retail to on-farm

The sixth Biosecurity Extension Community meeting was held online on 14 December 2022, with 30 practitioners from multiple plant industries meeting to share insights, observations and best-practice on-farm biosecurity techniques. The Biosecurity…

2022 PBRI Symposium – Ritman Scholars report back

Tavish Eenjes Plant biosecurity is a key issue in Australia, as food, sustainable timber and other plant-based material requirements continue to increase. Despite this, plant biosecurity initiatives are unnoticed and underappreciated by the…

PBRI joins Euphresco & B3 NZ to explore global coordination for plant health research

Australia, and the rest of the world, continue to face increasing biosecurity threats to our plant, animal industries and native environment. Recent calls for greater global coordination in biosecurity research to strengthen plant health made…

PBRI Ritman scholars support National Science Week 2022

National Science Week is Australia’s annual celebration of science and technology and acknowledges the important contribution of Australian scientists to the world of knowledge. This year the event was held from 13 – 21 August. Science…