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A person or company that applies for an approved arrangement must undergo the fit and proper person (FPP) test.We need to determine that you and your associates can:carry out biosecurity activitiesdemonstrate integrity required to import agricultural goods into Australia.This is a requirement under…
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At 31 December 2025, the total holdings in the Farm Management Deposits (FMD) Scheme were around $5.96 billion.FMD statistics for each quarter, broken down by state and territory, are summarised at the bottom of this page.Historical Farm Management DepositsFMD statistics—detailed state/territory…
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The Animal Health Committee maintains a list of routine tests for infectious animal diseases used by veterinary laboratories in Australia. The information presented in this test register was last updated in June 2014. For more up-to-date information, please contact the relevant laboratory directly…
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Update: 16/06/16
Date of effect: immediate
Exporters and processing establishments are reminded that it is a legislative requirement of the Export Control (Fish and Fish Products) Orders 2005 (Fish Orders) that fish for export are described by the scientific name of the fish and/or…
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Changes in land use based on the national scale land use datasets
Table 1 shows the change in area of seven broad land use classes at the national level from 1992-93 to 2005-06. Conservation land uses (including Indigenous lands and minimal use areas such a residual native cover and Defence land…
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11 August 2025PurposeThis Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise industry that applications are now open for the accreditation of farms and packhouses and the registration of treatment facilities located in Victoria and Queensland to export kiwifruit to Thailand for the 2026 season.Summary of…
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On 21 June 2022, the department released a Notice of Intention to conduct a Biosecurity Import Risk Analysis (BIRA) under the Biosecurity Act 2015 and the Biosecurity Regulation 2016, in relation to the importation of live sturgeon for aquaculture. This commenced a 30-month timeframe to complete…
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02 August 2024PurposeThis Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise industry that applications are now open for the accreditation of farms and packhouses located in Victoria and Queensland to export kiwifruit to Thailand for the 2025 season, including application for accreditation of packhouse…
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Authors: Orion Sanders, Neal Hughes, Mihir GuptaPurposeData on Australian water trade recorded in state government registers contain significant measurement error or ‘noise’. This noise can make it difficult to develop an accurate…
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The Weekly Australian Climate, Water and Agricultural Update is your up-to-date source of forecasts and information on climatic conditions, water availability and commodity price movements.The Weekly Update contains a summary of total and forecast rainfall, temperature anomalies, recent climatic…
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