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This year’s National Farm Safety Week is presenting farmers and farming communities with a wide array of stories, information, tips and events designed to upskill safe farming practices and improve wellbeing.The theme ‘In Safe Hands’ will help farming communities improve and embed safety practices…
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The Report to Levies Stakeholders 2018-19 has been released and is available at the levy publications page.
The report summarises the then Department of Agriculture’s management of the agricultural levies system for 2018-19. It includes information about the activity-based cost-recovery charges…
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The Report to Levies Stakeholders 2017-18 has been released and is available at the levy publications page. The report summarises Department of Agriculture and Water Resources management of…
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Weekly Australian Climate,
Water and Agricultural Update
Key issues
For the week ending 14 December 2022, high-pressure systems brought a third consecutive week of relatively dry conditions to much of Australia. In Australian cropping regions, rainfall totals of between 15 and 100 millimetres…
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The Commonwealth Fisheries Bycatch Policy is currently under review. We are seeking your feedback on the draft review report until 5 December 2024. Visit our Have Your Say page here.The Commonwealth’s Policy on Fisheries Bycatch (Bycatch Policy) provides a framework for managing fishing-related…
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22 November 2011This Biosecurity Advice notifies stakeholders of the release of the Draft report for the non-regulated analysis of existing policy for fresh lychee fruit from Taiwan and Vietnam.
The…
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June 2016This form is to be completed by a person in charge of goods subject to biosecurity control, or an exposed goods order; or a person in charge of an aircraft or vessel carrying goods subject to biosecurity control, or an exposed goods order; who has become aware of a reportable biosecurity…
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African swine fever (ASF) is a contagious viral disease of domestic and wild pigs. Since 2007, the disease has spread throughout the world. Affected countries in our region include Indonesia, Timor-Leste and Papua New Guinea. There is no registered vaccine for ASF and the disease kills about 80% of…
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29 May 2019
This Biosecurity Advice announces the formal commencement of a review of biosecurity import requirements for greenhouse-grown fresh oriental melon and rockmelon fruit from the Republic of Korea (Korea).
The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources (the department) expects to…
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National Biosecurity Committee
June 2014
Introduction
The Intergovernmental Agreement on Biosecurity (IGAB) was established to enhance Australia’s biosecurity system and strengthen the collaborative approach between the Commonwealth, state and territory governments (jurisdictions) to address…
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