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Olga Downs Station, near Richmond in northwest Queensland, has been in the Harrington family for almost 90 years.Family patriarch, Peter, admits he usually favours traditional practices for cattle production.“We’re probably still a bit old fashioned in some ways. It’s just a wet and dry draft when…
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24 April 2025PurposeTo inform stakeholders of the change in requirements for the post-mortem inspection of beef masticatory muscles produced for export in United States of America (USA) listed establishments. Key PointsThis advice applies to establishments listed for beef for the United States…
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Video transcript: New prawn import lawsAustralians love their prawns so much, we need to import them from overseas to keep up with demand.But we don’t want diseases arriving in Australia with those imports.Seafood disease experts have studied the biosecurity risks for prawn imports and recommend we…
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[expand all]Executive Summary In 2008 the Productivity Commission released a report on the regulation of chemicals and plastics 1. In response, the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) directed the…
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4 April 2025Who does this notice affect?Approved arrangement operators attempting to access online reports of entries referred to the department for biosecurity assessment, or management under a class 19 Approved Arrangement, via the Biosecurity Cargo Status Tracker (BCST).InformationResolved time:…
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04 October 2024Who does this notice affect?Approved arrangements operators, customs brokers, importers, manned depots, and freight forwarders who will be required to book and manage requests for import inspections using the Biosecurity Portal during this scheduled maintenance window.Approved…
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13 December 2024Who does this notice affect?Approved arrangements operators, customs brokers, importers, manned depots, and freight forwarders who are required to book and manage requests for inspections via email.InformationDetail:The department is aware of an unplanned service disruption to the…
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16 October 2025Who does this notice affect?Approved arrangements operators, customs brokers, importers, manned depots, and freight forwarders who are required to book and manage requests for inspections through the Biosecurity Portal.InformationRestored time:As of: 17:03 Thursday 16 October 2025 (…
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Australian, state and territory governments offer various forms of financial assistance for farmers affected by mice infestation.Australian Government financial supportFarm Household Allowance which assists farming families experiencing financial hardship.Free financial counselling to individuals…
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This page outlines the information that must be included with an application to import various types of animal feed.
Livestock feeds
The following sets out the requirements for applying to import stockfeed, stockfeed additives and stockfeed ingredients into Australia.
Please ask all facilities…
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