Biosecurity Issues
Bioterrorism Issue 24 of Microbiology Australia
Biosecurity & Biosafety for Microbiologists Volume 29, No. 2 May 2008
Management of Security-sensitive Biological Agents Standards (SSBA)
SSBA is managed in Australia by the Department of Health & Ageing (DoHA) www.health.gov.au/ssba
Below are some of the resources avaiable
National Health Security Act 2007
National Health Security Regulations 2008
SSBA Standards
Consensus guidelines for potential bioterrorism biological agents
Consensus Statement
Anthrax as a Biological Weapon
Consensus Statement
Botulinum Toxin as a Biological Weapon
Policy Perspectives
Biological Weapons Control
Biological Warefare
A Hitorial Perspective
Special Communications
Clinical Recognition & Management of Patients Exposed to BW Agents
Consensus Statement
Plague as a Biological Weapon
Consensus Statement
Smallpox as a Biological Weapon
Consensus Statement
Tularemia as a Biological Weapon
Photo/Essay
The Agents of Biological Warefare
Australian Export Controls for Biological Agents
- Extract from: Defence Strategic Goods List (DSGL)Controlled Items view document
- A General Information Guide for Australian Industry on Australian Export Controls
- Weapons of Mass Destruction (Prevention & Proliferations) Act 1995 An Information Guide for Industry & the General Public, April 2002 view document
Dual Use Dilemma
Centre for Applied Philosophy & Public Ethics, Ethical & Philosopical Consideration of the Dual-Use Dilemma in the Biological Sciences view document
United Kingdom 2007 Foot-and-mouth Disease Outbreak
The Spratt report is the investigation of the FMD outbreak that occurred near the Animal Virus Research Institute, Pirbright, UK.