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For the week ending 21 June 2023, fronts and troughs crossed southern Australia and brought cold, wet, and windy conditions to southern South Australia, much of Victoria and Tasmania, and parts of southern New South Wales. A…
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15 July 2016This Biosecurity Advice notifies stakeholders of the release of the Final report for the non‑regulated analysis of existing policy for table grapes from India. The final report…
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In early December 2024, the 66th meeting of the Plant Health Committee—the peak government plant biosecurity policy and decision-making forum—took place in Canberra followed by a Border/Near Border workshop and field trip to Port Kembla (in Wollongong) and Sydney.The workshop and field trip…
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National Management Group Communiqué:Banana freckle (Phyllosticta cavendishii) - 10 December 2024The National Management Group (NMG) for banana freckle (Phyllosticta cavendishii) met on 10 December 2024 following advice from the Consultative Committee Emergency Plant Pests (CCEPP). The…
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Biosecurity is the management of the risk of pests and diseases entering, emerging, establishing or spreading in Australia and causing harm to animals, plants or human health,…
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Date of notice: 13 October 2014
Date of effect: 13 December 2014
Attention:
Industries
All food commodity groups
State Regulatory Authorities
Department of Agriculture
Central and Regional offices
ATMs and FOMs
OPVs and Meat inspection staff
Affected Markets: EU Member States…
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Import conditions for fresh pomegranate whole fruit (Punica granatum) and for ready-to-eat pomegranate arils from India have been published on our Biosecurity Import Conditions system (BICON). Import permits will now be issued.
The decision to commence imports will be a commercial…
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The threat of exotic environmental pests entering and establishing in Australia is constant. We are always looking for ways to innovate and build capability to help us improve environmental biosecurity. This ensures our system is underpinned by the best available science.Our approach …
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Hitchhiker pests are not native to Australia and have a specific biology or behaviour that allows them to ‘hitch a ride’ to Australia via sea containers, imported goods and other forms of transportation.
As concerns surrounding the international movement of hitchhiker pests via sea containers rise…
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