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Audit Slams Australian Federal Biosecurity System – The Wilmington Journal

CANBERRA, Australia — More than 38,000 air travelers entered Australia over a nine-month period with high-risk biosecurity material going undetected. The auditor-general on June 7 issued a scathing report card on the federal agriculture department’s handling [...]

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