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Community members will continue to be able to access free testing services for rabbits and hares, thanks to an Australian Government funded national disease monitoring program.
The National Rabbit Disease Monitoring Program is being delivered by CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency. Through…
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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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Cruise vessel standard – additional human health requirementsThere are now additional human health requirements for seaport operators of locations where cruise passengers disembark. Find out more.First points of entry (FPOE) are locations where vessels and goods that are subject to biosecurity…
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The department controls exports of agricultural products listed or ‘prescribed’ in the Export Control Act 2020 and associated rules.What we doThe department works closely with internal and external stakeholders to develop and maintain national certification systems to meet importing country…
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Livestock exporters with an approved arrangement (AA) must also have an approved export program (AEP). An AEP describes the activities that the accredited veterinarian (AAV) must perform. An AEP will also contain instructions for shipboard AAVs where relevant.The AAV ensures:animals are prepared as…
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There are 300,000 doses of a vaccine against the serious cattle virus that causes lumpy skin disease (LSD) that have been secured in an agreement that will help Australia prepare for potential future outbreaks.
LSD, which also affects buffalo, has been reported in Indonesia but Australia remains…
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Biosecurity guidelines for exhibition poultry – National Biosecurity Manual, logbook for individuals and club logbookA cooperative initiative between the Commonwealth Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and the Exhibition Stud Poultry AustraliaFirst Edition - June 2011Exhibiting or…
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19 March 2019Who does this notice affect? All importers and customs brokers who will be required to lodge imported cargo documentation to the department for biosecurity assessment.Information Due to…
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We take mental health, wellbeing and suicide in rural and regional Australia seriously. We recognise that people living and working on farms are subject to economic, climatic and social pressures. These pressures can affect their wellbeing, particularly during times of drought.We fund local…
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