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- Live animal exports
ASEL 3.3 introduces changes to maintain or improve animal health and welfare outcomes, update definitions and improve clarity and usability of the…
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I have submitted my final report Future structure and governance arrangements for the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA…
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- Department
The department has received several enquiries recently about the potential use of mRNA vaccines in livestock.
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- Live animal exports
Today the independent panel submitted its report to Senator the Hon Murray Watt for the government’s consideration.
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- Forestry
The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has received several enquiries and correspondence over the last fortnight asking for the…
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- Biosecurity
The Department has reached an agreement with the Indonesian Agriculture and Quarantine Agency that its suspensions and restrictions on live cattle…
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- 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
- Live animal exports
The Department takes any allegation of non-compliance with Australia’s Exporter Supply Chain Assurance System (ESCAS) seriously and is continuing to…
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- 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…
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- 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
- Live animal exports
The Department has been advised that Malaysia has temporarily suspended live cattle and buffalo exports from Australia.
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- 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…
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- Live animal exports
Consultation to help inform how and when to phase out live sheep exports by sea has largely been completed.
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- Live animal exports
The independent panel appointed to consult with stakeholders on the phase-out of live sheep exports by sea will complete its public consultations…