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Screwworm fly: a continual threat
No. 109
Chrysomya bezziana and Cochliomyia hominivorax (order Diptera, family Calliphoridae), the Old World and New World screwworm flies respectively, are two species of parasites capable of infesting any warm-blooded animal (including humans), causing myiasis…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesIn the week ending 20 August 2025, low-pressure systems and cold fronts brought rainfall to parts of south-eastern and south-western Australia.In cropping regions, rainfall was highly variable. Western Australia saw 5 - 50 millimetres…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesIn the week ending 17 September 2025, cold fronts and low-pressure systems brought rainfall to parts of northern and southern Australia.Rainfall was highly variable across winter cropping regions in the week ending 17 September 2025.…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesIn the week ending 15 January 2026, rainfall was recorded across northern and eastern regions of Australia, while central and some southern areas remained comparably dry.Ex-Tropical cyclone Koji brought widespread rainfall and…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesIn the week ending 19 November 2025, rainfall was recorded across parts of northern, western and eastern Australia, while central areas remained comparably dry.Across cropping regions, rainfall outcomes were low in southern areas with…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesIn the week ending 18 February 2026, low-pressure systems brought heavy rainfall to much of northern Australia.Much of northern Australia, including the northern tropics, central and southeast Queensland and the southern Northern…
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When levies and export charges applyLevyLevy applies to sweet potatoes harvested in Australia if the person who owns them immediately after harvest:sold the sweet potatoesprocessed the sweet potatoes themselves, orhad the sweet potatoes processed by another person.Export chargeExport charge…
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30 August 2019Purpose
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise that the phytosanitary conditions for certain fruit exports to the European Union (EU) will change from 1 September 2019.Summary of…
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Background
In November 2006 the Final import risk analysis report for apples from New Zealand (final IRA report) was published. On 26 March 2007 the Director of Animal and Plant Quarantine…
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