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The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has reached an agreement with the Indonesian Agriculture and Quarantine Agency (IAQA) that its suspensions and restrictions on live cattle and buffalo exports from a combined 7 registered establishments across northern Australia, has been lifted…
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15 July 2025Who does this notice affect?All persons who currently bring in or import live animals or animal products e.g. meat, into Christmas Island or the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.What is happening?To effectively safeguard the biosecurity of the islands, we are considering amending existing…
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To obtain information on the volume of animals exported from Australia, including the Report to Parliament on Livestock Mortalities at Sea and greyhound exports, select the links below.
Reports to…
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7 May 2024Who does this notice affect?First point of entry (FPOE) operators, airlines aircraft operators, importers, brokers and others.What has changed?The Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport FPOE determination has been amended to permit ‘live horses’. The determination no longer restricts permission…
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The department is undertaking additional stakeholder engagement on the review into the regulatory settings for the export of live sheep by sea to, or through, the Middle East during the Northern Hemisphere summer.
The additional engagement follows high levels of interest in the review and…
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The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment is reviewing sheep exports by sea to, or through, the Middle East during the Northern Hemisphere summer (1 May to 31 October).
As an interim measure to continue to manage heat stress risks and to provide sufficient time for industry to…
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Costa and dirtgirl Tackle Biosecurity
ABC TV eco-warriors dirtgirl, scrapboy and Costa the Garden Gnome, along with some of our Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy (NAQS) officers get together in Country - Handle with Care, a new seven episode video series, as they travel through northern…
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The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has completed its review of live sheep exported by sea to, or through, the Middle East during the Northern Hemisphere summer (1 May to 31 October).
The final report is now available on the department’s webpage.
The review assessed the…
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March 2024DownloadAustralian Government response to the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee report: Inspector-General of Live Animal Exports Amendment (Animal Welfare) Bill 2023 (PDF 195 KB)If you have difficulty accessing these files, visit web accessibility for…
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Date of issue: 6 May 2019
Date of effect: Immediate
Attention:
Industries—Seafood
Export seafood establishments
Licensed exporters
Department of Agriculture and Water Resources—Central and Regional offices
Purpose
To notify export seafood establishments to use the attached templates to…
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