The New South Wales (NSW) government is investing a record $163.9 million (US$116.7 million) into technologies to tackle biosecurity threats as part of its State Budget, due to be delivered on June 21.
Treasurer Matt Kean said on Friday that with a global increase in the volume, complexity and severity of biosecurity outbreaks, early intervention, as well as investment in new techniques and technologies, is essential.
“We are bolstering biosecurity to support NSW families that rely on the $21 billion primary industries sector for their livelihoods,” he said. “Tackling the rising global threat of pests, weeds and diseases will underpin the health of our planet and people and underwrite our economic prosperity….