News
Catch up on the latest Biosecurity Commons news and events
Building on an impactful legacy to improve biosecurity
The Centre of Excellence for Biosecurity Risk Analysis (CEBRA), which hosts Biosecurity Commons, has had a significant impact on biosecurity over the past two decades.
Biosecurity Commons newsletter: May 2025
In this edition we showcase our new Risk Mapping explainer, we launch several new quick start guides, highlight improvements to Surveillance Design and other parts of the platform, and we are now on Bluesky so you can find out how to follow us.
Improvements made to Surveillance Design workflow
The Biosecurity Commons development team has made a number of changes and improvements to the Surveillance Design workflow which are now live.
Biosecurity Commons to support Forest and Wood Products Australia
Biosecurity Commons will work with Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA) to provide its groundbreaking analytics for the detection of exotic forest pests.
Biosecurity Commons newsletter: December 2024
In this edition we showcase our new promotional video, announce two exciting projects, highlight some cool improvements to the platform and we launch our new quick start guides for users.
Biosecurity Commons launches into its second phase
Biosecurity Commons launches phase two of the project thanks to a new round of co-investment from ARDC and partners.
Biosecurity Commons newsletter: May 2024
In this edition we announce the details of an exciting partnership, we introduce our new Project Manager, and we highlight our latest workflow tutorial video as well as an upcoming training session for users.
CEBRA partners with AUSVEG to use Biosecurity Commons in the vegetable industry
The Centre of Excellence for Biosecurity Risk Analysis (CEBRA) has partnered with AUSVEG to use Biosecurity Commons for mapping high risk pathways for priority pests of the vegetable industry.
Introducing our new Project Manager – Dr James Camac
We want to introduce Dr James Camac as our new Project Manager and ask him about the platform as it is poised to make a big impact in the biosecurity sector.
Biosecurity Commons moving to new home in 2024
Biosecurity Commons will move to a new home at the start of 2024 following discussions among its partners and supporters.
Biosecurity Commons newsletter: December 2023
We would like to let you know about changes that will happen to Biosecurity Commons in the new year. Biosecurity Commons will move to a new home at the start of 2024 following discussions with our partners and supporters.
Biosecurity Commons newsletter: October 2023
In this edition we announce a successful funding application for the platform, we launch a series of tutorial videos to get users started as well as a forum space to generate discussion, and we take a look at what’s coming next.
Biosecurity Commons secures investment for 2024
Biosecurity Commons, the ground-breaking platform for modelling and analysing biosecurity risk and response, has secured investment to keep developing the project into 2024.
Biosecurity Commons newsletter: June 2023
In this edition we celebrate the launch of the Biosecurity Commons platform and take a look at what comes next.
Media release: Ground-breaking biosecurity project will help protect Australia from harmful invasive species
A new biosecurity project is set to play a transformative role in protecting Australia from the arrival of invasive species that threaten the economy and the environment.
Our partners
Biosecurity Commons is a joint initiative of the Australian and Queensland Government, the NCRIS-funded Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) and four other organisations.
- Biosecurity Commons received investment (https://doi.org/10.3565/5rgj-z585) from the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC). The ARDC is enabled by the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS).























