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- Plants
16 August 2022
The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has provided funding for the upgrade of two key scientific identification tools for plant pests…
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- Live animal exports
05 April 2022
The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment is reviewing sheep exports by sea to, or through, the Middle East during the Northern…
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- Live animal exports
29 November 2021
On 26 November 2021, the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) made a decision in response to the application by Emanuel Exports Pty Ltd and EMS…
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- Live animal exports
18 November 2021
An updated version of the Australian Standards for the Export of Livestock, ASEL 3.2, is now available on the
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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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- Biosecurity
23 July 2020
Australia is lending its biosecurity expertise to support the global and ASEAN Fall Armyworm (FAW) response, as part of a collaborative effort to…
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- Live animal exports
13 June 2020
The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment has granted Rural Export and Trading (WA) Pty Ltd an exemption to the prohibition of export…
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- Live animal exports
03 June 2020
The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment has made the decision to not grant Rural Export and Trading (WA) Pty Ltd an exemption to…
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- Agriculture
26 May 2020
As of 3pm AEST 26 May 2020, six crew members of the live export vessel Al Kuwait have tested positive to COVID while the vessel was berthed at…
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- Live animal exports
31 March 2020
The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment is introducing new requirements for live sheep exports to, or through, the Middle East…