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- Biosecurity
04 August 2022
The department’s biosecurity detector dog program is recruiting new biosecurity detector dog handlers, with applications open from Thursday 4 August…
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- Threatened
10 September 2021
The Threatened Species Bake Off has concluded for its fifth successive year with winners announced for the competition’s biggest edition yet.
- Media release
- Biosecurity
22 March 2021
The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment is on track for the successful eradication of an exotic ant incursion at a first point of…
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- Detection
11 February 2021
The RTT 3D X-ray unit at the Melbourne mail centre recently discovered 107 live succulent plants with soil concealed in socks. The succulents were…
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- Biosecurity
05 August 2020
All Australians are being reminded to be biosecurity aware, following cases of unsolicited seed packets being received through the mail.
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- Biosecurity
05 March 2020
Australia’s biosecurity detector dogs continued their outstanding work last year, screening incoming passengers and goods for biosecurity risk items…