The Froggatt Award is presented to people who have made a major contribution to protecting Australia's native plants and animals, ecosystems, and people from dangerous new

invasive species An invasive species is an introduced species that harms its new environment. Invasive species adversely affect habitats and bioregions, causing ecological, environmental, and/or economic damage. The term can also be used for native spec ...

. The Froggatt Awards are named in honour of Australian entomologist

Walter Froggatt Walter Wilson Froggatt (13 June 1858 – 18 March 1937) was an Australian economic entomologist. Early life Froggatt was born in Melbourne, Colony of Victoria, the son of George Wilson Froggatt, an English architect, and his wife Caroline, dau ...

, who, when the

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was released into Australia in the 1930s to control

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infestations in the sugar cane industry, was a lone voice, lobbying the federal government to exercise caution.

History

The Froggatt Awards were first presented in 2003, by the

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. From 2003 to 2006 there was only one award per year. No awards were issued from 2007 to 2014. From 2015 there have been multiple awards presented, one each for various categories of activity determined each year. The original trophy was a stuffed

, but is now a framed certificate.

Name

In 2006 the award was temporarily renamed from the Froggatt Award to the Biosecure Australia Award,Not to be confused wit
Australian Biosecurity Awards
/ref> and renamed back to the Froggatt Award in 2015 when the awards recommenced. The Biosecure Australia Award was to be presented annually in recognition of an outstanding contribution to the eradication, early warning, preventative action, awareness raising or management of an invasive species in Australia.

Coverage

In 2017 the award received exceptionally extensive coverage within Australia, and also international coverage, when it was awarded to the

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Barnaby Joyce Barnaby Thomas Gerard Joyce (born 17 April 1967) is an Australian politician who was the leader of the National Party of Australia from 2016 to 2018 and again from 2021 to 2022. Joyce was the 17th deputy prime minister of Australia during both ...

. This was in recognition of the minister's actions when pet dogs Pistol and Boo were brought to Australia by

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and his partner

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in contravention of the ''

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''.A small sample of the Barnaby Joyce coverage:
ABC News
2015
ABC News
2021
The New DailyThe GuardianInternational Business TimesQueensland Country LifeSBS NewsE NewsGOLD 104.3 Entertainment

The Land

The Mercury

Times of News

Master Herald

Recipients

2017 Froggatt Award

2015 Froggatt Award

2003–2006

Froggatt Award

Biosecure Australia Award

Notes

References

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External links

Invasive Species Council
Environmental awards Australian science and technology awards Awards established in 2003