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The Improving Consistency of On-farm Emissions Estimates grant program (the program) was announced as part of the 2024−25 Budget to assist the agriculture sector to reduce its emissions and further contribute to the whole-of-economy transition to net zero.The program will provide a grant of…
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Protecting Norfolk IslandImport conditions for fresh produce are in place to protect Norfolk Island’s unique biosecurity status.Before you import goods to Norfolk Island, we need to make sure you can do this without risking that status.The first thing we do is identify any potential biosecurity…
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Issue Date: 12/11/2014
Contact Officers:Samantha Gladwish Ph 02 6272 4260 Email:
Samantha GladwishChristine Coulson Ph: 02 6272 4167 Email :
Christine Coulson
Date of…
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30 August 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 biosecurity risk…
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What are Practice Statements?
Practice Statements are nationally approved directions to staff across a range of legislation and standards administered by the Department. They set out the principles we operate by and the powers and obligations of both staff and clients.
Along with Chief…
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6 March 2023
Who does this notice affect?
Approved arrangements operators, customs brokers, importers, manned depots, and freight forwarders wishing to book and manage requests for import inspections using the Biosecurity Portal.
Who is not affected by this notice?
Clients who require:
Bulk…
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Animal welfare is important to Australians and the international community. We ensure that it remains a priority in the way we regulate livestock exports.
What we do
Under the Export Control Act 2020 we regulate animal welfare in livestock exports. We set, maintain and review the Australian…
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17 March 2023Who does this notice affect?All vessel owners, operators, masters, and shipping agents who represent international commercial vessels including cruise vessels utilising MARS offline forms to meet vessel reporting requirements.What has changed?The department has become aware of some…
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How humans are infectedHuman infections of avian influenza (bird flu) are rare, and the current risk to the Australian population remains very low.Even in countries with large H5 bird flu outbreaks in many animals, human cases to date of the H5 bird flu strain of concern have been rare, and…
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Changes to regulatory charging in 2025–26We review our fees and charges annually, to ensure they continue to align with the cost to deliver biosecurity and imported food regulatory activity. Through the 2024–25 annual review we identified gaps in charging for some regulatory activities and…
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