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- Biosecurity
18 November 2022
Working together to prevent antimicrobial resistance is vital and a key priority being highlighted as the theme of this year’s World Antimicrobial…
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- Animals
03 November 2022
On One Health Day 2022 Australia’s Three Chiefs are highlighting the importance of working together to address environmental changes contributing to…
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- Foot-and-mouth disease
24 October 2022
The Biosecurity (Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) Biosecurity Response Zone) Determination 2022 covering relevant international airports has been…
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- Animals
21 October 2022
Have your say on draft rabies risk review
A draft report into a policy review of the rabies virus risk in imported cats and dogs has today been…
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- Biosecurity
28 September 2022
World Rabies Day 2022 with the theme ‘Rabies: One Health, Zero Deaths’ is raising awareness of the global target to end human deaths from dog-…
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- Diseases
06 July 2022
Awareness of the risks of zoonotic diseases – which can pass from animals to humans – is more important than ever on World Zoonosis Day.
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- Biosecurity
31 May 2022
Australian Chief Veterinary Officer Dr Mark Schipp and Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer Dr Beth Cookson are visiting Indonesia to meet with senior…
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- Biosecurity
08 April 2022
The Australian Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWE) and the Pacific Community (SPC) Land Resources Division (LRD) have signed…
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- Biosecurity
23 March 2022
Australian Chief Veterinary Officer Dr Mark Schipp is travelling to Indonesia to meet with senior government officials on a range of cooperation…
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- Biosecurity
03 March 2022
As the world celebrates World Wildlife Day, Australia’s Chief Veterinary and Environmental Biosecurity officers, celebrate the implementation of…
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- Biosecurity
01 March 2022
Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) has been detected in piggeries in New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria.
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- Lumpy skin disease
25 February 2022
Australia’s strong biosecurity system is continuing to protect against lumpy skin disease, which affects cattle and water buffalo and which could…
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- Biosecurity
06 July 2021
On World Zoonoses Day, Australia’s Chief Veterinary Officer Dr Mark Schipp has highlighted how the risk of zoonoses, diseases which can be…
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- Plants
07 May 2021
The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment has hosted the first online forum with industry and federal and state governments to review…