Concerns about the timing, implementation, fairness and transparency of the Biosecurity Protection Levy (BPL) were aired by red meat representatives at a sitting of the Senate, Rural, Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee on Tuesday. 

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The Opposition and Cross Bench have rejected the government’s signature biosecurity bill today as it passed to the Senate.
2PM THURSDAY UPDATE: The vote on the biosecurity levy bills will now occur next week. There is not enough time left in today's Hou...
Half a dozen properties in three states have been raided as part of a probe into how the deadly varroa mite reached Australia, the...
The Opposition and Cross Bench have rejected the government’s signature biosecurity bill in the house, with a rockier path in the senate awaiting.
The much-maligned suite of biosecurity levy bills could pass the House of Representatives as early as tomorrow. 
A bee industry chief is expecting answers soon about how a devastating bee parasite got into Australia and says the majority of feral bees could disappear.
WoolProducers Australia has withdrawn its support for the mandatory roll-out of electronic tags for sheep.

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