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by national rural reporter Clint Jasper

Federal budget 2023: Fee hikes on international travel, overseas parcels, imports to fund $1b biosecurity boost

An Australian biosecurity announcement on a recent international flight. (ABC Rural: Clint Jasper)

The cost to import everything from vehicles to white goods and e-commerce parcels will rise as the federal government funds the biggest boost to biosecurity in decades.

Economically devastating biosecurity threats like African swine fever, foot and mouth disease, and lumpy skin disease have been on Australia's doorstep for years, while beekeepers lived one of their worst nightmares last year when varroa mite broke through Australia's biosecurity defences.

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