Summary: Dr Rachel McFayden AM was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for her significant service to biosecurity and to entomology, as a member of the Ministerial Advisory Committee for Biosecurity Queensland, as Director and Bio-control Task Leader of the Cooperative Research Centre for Australian Weed Management, as President of the South East Asian Regional Section of the International Organization for Biological Control, and the Entomological Society of Queensland, as a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society, London, as Co-Editor of CSIRO publication Biological Control of Weeds in Australia, as an author of various book chapters on weeds, and as the recipient of numerous awards.She said: “It is great to see biosecurity recognised. In my work, I believe in doing the best I can in any job I do, leaving the outcomes to God, and accepting praise or criticism as they come.”