Security issues
Tasmania is the only location in the Southern Hemisphere where poppies are legally grown for pharmaceutical purposes. We take pride in the fact that our security measures are seen as an international model by the United Nations.
Australia's four-pronged approach to security includes industry, government and the rural community includes:
- property assessments by PACB Field Officers along with grower background checks by Tasmania Police at time of licensing
- general surveillance and reporting by growers, harvest operators and company field officers, of suspicious activity
- investigation of thefts, apprehension and prosecution of offenders and intelligence by a special Tasmania Police Drug Bureau Task Force
- co-ordination of security efforts by the Poppy Advisory and Control Board
