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- Statement
- Biosecurity
The Department has reached an agreement with the Indonesian Agriculture and Quarantine Agency that its suspensions and restrictions on live cattle…
- Statement
- Biosecurity
As Acting Deputy Secretary of the Agricultural Trade Group, I reconfirm that lumpy skin disease (LSD) has never been detected in Australia and we…
- Statement
- Biosecurity
As of 1 December 2023, after a 30-year tenure with the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Dr Mark Schipp will be retiring from the…
- Statement
- Biosecurity
Prosecution action will not be taken against actress Amber Heard over allegations related to her sentencing for the illegal import of two dogs into…
- Statement
- Biosecurity
The Department has been advised by the Indonesian Agriculture and Quarantine Agency that LSD has been detected in a small number of Australian cattle…
- Statement
- Imports
The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) takes the biosecurity risks associated with imported prawns seriously.
- Statement
- Biosecurity
The Australian Government continues to enforce stringent import conditions to manage the biosecurity risk associated with imported prawns and…
- Statement
- Biosecurity
Since 2021, Australia’s ports have seen an 88 percent increase in new vehicles arriving with biosecurity risk material contamination.
- Statement
- Animals
The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has released the final report of the review of the rabies virus risk in imported cats and dogs…
- Statement
- Biosecurity
We are currently seeing an increase in Biosecurity Risk Material (BRM) on new vehicles arriving in Australia.
- Statement
- Biosecurity
Statement by Secretary and Director of Biosecurity Andrew Metcalfe AO, to Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee for…
- Statement
- Foot-and-mouth disease
Indonesia authorities have today confirmed an outbreak of foot and mouth disease (FMD) of livestock in Bali.
- Statement
- Foot-and-mouth disease
The department has been advised of an outbreak of foot and mouth disease (FMD) in Indonesia.
- Statement
- Biosecurity
Australia has taken a leadership role in global reforms aimed at reducing the pandemic risks associated with wildlife wet markets and supply chains.