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What's new?Safeguarding Arrangement applications will be open between 28 July 2025 and 30 January 2026.The department has introduced several mandatory and important changes for the 2025-26 BMSB (Brown Marmorated Stink Bug) season.Updates include:Revised application formIntroduction of the mandatory…
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OverviewPhysical barriers are used to exclude pests at the scale of the packed commodity or consignment.Examples include the covering or packaging of the commodity (e.g. with netting or in boxes or pallets) using pest-exclusionary material, and the secure transport of consignments (e.g. in sea…
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The purpose of the trials was to investigate whether mechanical fuel load reduction can reduce bushfire risk in an economical, socially acceptable and environmentally sound manner around key assets, such as conservation areas or townships, where prescribed burning is undesirable for a range of…
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28 July 2025Who does this notice affect?Stakeholders in the import and shipping industries interested in applying to participate in the department’s Safeguarding Arrangement Scheme — including, Biosecurity Industry Participants, Suppliers, Customs Brokers—associated with importing goods that…
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Who does this notice affect?
Stakeholders in the import and shipping industries—including Biosecurity Industry Participants, importers, customs brokers, and principal agents—associated with shipping or importing goods that require increased intervention during the 2023-24 BMSB risk season.
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The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry offers the Safeguarding Arrangement Scheme as an alternative clearance pathway for Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) targeted goods shipped from target risk countries, in hard six -sided containers during the BMSB risk season, 1 September to 30…
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24 October 2019
Who does this notice affect?
Industry stakeholders that are associated with imported goods subject to the department’s 2019-20 Brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) seasonal measures – including vessel masters, freight forwarders, treatment providers, Biosecurity Industry…
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23 July 2020
Who does this notice affect?
Stakeholders in the import and shipping industries—including vessel masters, freight forwarders, treatment providers, Biosecurity Industry Participants, importers, customs brokers, principle agents and master consolidators—associated with importing goods…
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Australia’s biosecurity system is one of the strongest in the world—and for good reason. It protects the food we eat, the natural places we love, our health, and the jobs and communities that depend on our agriculture and environment.This National Biosecurity…
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