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The National Management Group (NMG) met on 10 November 2025 and approved an expanded Transition to Management (T2M) Response Plan for the Euwallacea fornicatus (polyphagous shot hole borer (PSHB)) /Fusarium sp. AF-18 complex. The NMG has committed a total of $23.3 million to T2M activities,…
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Northern Australia is considered one of the ‘frontlines’ from a biosecurity perspective. There have been numerous plant pest/disease detections over the last 10 years in northern Australia, many of them significant in terms of costs (financial and social) to industry, the environment, and the…
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4 August 2009
BIOSECURITY AUSTRALIA ADVICE 2009/17
This Biosecurity Australia Advice notifies stakeholders that Australia’s Director of Animal and Plant Quarantine has determined a policy for the…
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10 February 2026Who does this notice affect?Importers of rice for human consumption, biosecurity industry participants and accredited persons operating under the department’s approved arrangement class 19.2.What has changed?The department is running a verification operation on imported rice for…
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Join well known Australians Catriona Rowntree, Maggie Beer and Matt Moran as they team up with biosecurity industry ‘champions’ Melinee Leather, Ben Martin and James Brown to encourage viewers to help manage biosecurity threats.Northern Australia, with an exposed 10,000km of coastline, rivers and…
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Publication detailsDepartment of Agriculture and Water Resources, August 2018DownloadDocumentPagesFile sizeNSW and ACT biosecurity roundtable summary Report - 30 August 2018, PDF233 MBIf you have difficulty accessing this file, please visit web accessibility.Online contentThe 2018 NSW and ACT…
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Khapra beetle larvae cast skins in imported sea containers
Measures for sea containers exported from khapra beetle target risk countries are detailed below. For a full list of import conditions refer to BICON. Failure to comply with the measures may result…
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The National Management Group (NMG) met on 29 January 2025 and approved a five-year Response Plan inclusive of a cost-shared budget of $45.33 million for the National Electric Ant Eradication Program (NEAEP). The Response Plan demonstrates the long-term commitment from governments to eradicate…
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The National Biosecurity Management Group (NBMG) met on 21 May 2025 and approved a 3-year Response Plan inclusive of a cost-shared budget of $4 million for the National Browsing Ant Eradication Program (NBAEP) in the Northern Territory (NT).Browsing ant was first detected in the NT in June 2015 and…
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The National Management Group (NMG) for the National Red Witchweed Eradication Program met on 06 June 2025 and approved a revised Response Plan for 2025-26. The revised Response Plan will build upon the substantial advances made through this response to date and will deliver final eradication…
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