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Traveller helping keep our industry safe

  • Media release
  • Biosecurity
07 December 2023
Christmas is fast approaching, and our biosecurity officers are getting ready for an increase of passengers flying in and out of our airports.
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Paperless trade now extends to ePhyto for Australian exports

  • Media release
  • Trade
23 November 2023
The Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry continues to build on its paperless trade successes with Australia’s first ePhyto exports pilot…
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Biocontrol puts weeds on the back foot

  • Media release
  • Pests
08 November 2023
Renewed focus on weed biocontrol is set to deliver benefits to land managers and the environment in the fight against weeds.
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Farmers fork out billions a year on pests and weeds

  • Media release
  • Pests
08 November 2023
Pests and weeds are costing farmers a combined $5.3 billion a year in both management and production loss.
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Carnival heats up as horses clear quarantine

  • Media release
  • Biosecurity
02 November 2023
The best international runners are raring to go after clearing the hurdle of post-arrival biosecurity quarantine.
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Pests and weeds on the rise

  • Media release
  • ABARES
04 October 2023
The third national survey of pests and weeds shows 85% land managers spent on average around $21,950 in 2022 on pest and weed species management.
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Getting rabies on the run in the Asia-Pacific

  • Media release
  • Diseases
28 September 2023
Australia has donated 400,000 dog rabies vaccines to Indonesia to combat the spread of the disease.
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Thorny end for cactus racket

  • Media release
  • Biosecurity
22 September 2023
Three individuals have been penalised after an attempt to import succulents was intercepted by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.
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3D x-ray trial to add another dimension to airport biosecurity

  • Media release
  • Biosecurity
06 September 2023
The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has installed two new cutting-edge 3D x-ray units at Brisbane and Melbourne international…
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Australia remains free from lumpy skin disease

  • Media release
  • Biosecurity
03 September 2023
As Australia’s Acting Chief Veterinary Officer, I can confirm that lumpy skin disease (LSD) has never been detected in Australia and we remain free…
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Australia supports Pacific for plant health talks

  • Media release
  • Biosecurity
24 August 2023
Australia is proud to be able to help Pacific Island nations bring their views and expertise to critical international plant health talks.
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Have your say about the biosecurity protection levy

  • Media release
  • Biosecurity
22 August 2023
The department of has opened consultation to help shape the way the new biosecurity protection levy will be applied.
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World famous shuttle stallions arrive for Australian breeding season

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  • Biosecurity
07 August 2023
Shuttle stallions are highly valuable, male thoroughbred and standardbred horses who are ‘shuttled’ between the Northern and Southern hemisphere to…
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Australia co-hosts international forum to manage hitchhiker biosecurity risks associated with sea containers

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  • International
02 August 2023
Hitchhiker pests are not native to Australia and have a specific biology or behaviour that allows them to ‘hitch a ride’ to Australia via sea…

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