A new biosecurity plan aims to better protect industries from virus, mites, weeds and other pests. Photo: Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS

More staff and money will be thrown at fighting bird flu, mites, other viruses and pests to protect farmers and wildlife as biosecurity threats grow.

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Emergency teams to respond to outbreaks, individual tracking of goats and sheep and new vaccines are part of the plan.

NSW Agriculture Minister Tara Moriarty says the Biosecurity Action Plan will protect the state's $20 billion primary industries sector by strengthening surveillance and compliance, boosting re

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