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Hitchhiker pest program

We are building a stronger biosecurity system to protect Australia from the increasing risk of hitchhiker pests in sea containers and goods. Some examples of hitchhiker pests. Top left khapra beetle, top right spotted lanternfly, bottom left giant African…
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Weekly update - 7 October 2021

Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesDuring the week ending 6 October 2021, low pressure systems dominated the Australian continent throughout much of the week, resulting in rainfall in southern and eastern parts of the country. Towards the end of the week a high-…
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Submissions in Response to the Draft Import Risk Analysis Report for Capsicum (Paprika) From Korea - National Plant Quarantine Service (NPQS)

433-1 Anyang6-dong, Manan-gu, Anyang, Gyeonggi-do 433-016, Republic of Korea TEL: +82-31-446-1926, 445-9485 FAX: +82-31-445-6934   Louis van Meurs General Manager Plant Biosecurity Biosecurity Australia Australia T) +61 2 6272 5094 F) +61…
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Response to the Issues paper for import risk analysis for fresh apples from the People's Republic of China - Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries

Office of the Director-General Reference:08/17372 5 Sep 2008 Ms Louise van Meurs General Manager Plant Biosecurity Biosecurity Australia GPO Box 858 Canberra ACT 2601 Dear Ms van Meurs…
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External Territories

​​​Updates to import conditions The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry is constantly reviewing and updating import conditions for the external territories. Proposed changes to prawn and prawn products import conditions are currently open for public comment. More information about…
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Supporting Agricultural Shows and Field Days

The Australian Government provided $52.9 million for the Supporting Agricultural Shows and Field Days Program. This grants program provided operational support for agricultural shows and field days that were forced to cancel their events due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Eligible agricultural show…
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Notice establishing a levy payer register for macropod by Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation, trading as AgriFutures Australia

Research and development corporationAgriFutures Australia (AgriFutures)Date of notice16 September 2022Effective date for levy returnsThis notice applies to macropod returns for transactions from 1 July 2023 and applies to the following returns:monthly returns due by 28 August 2023 and onwardsannual…
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Notice establishing a levy payer register for honey by Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation, trading as AgriFutures Australia

Research and development corporationAgriFutures Australia (AgriFutures)Date of notice16 September 2022Effective date for levy returnsThis notice applies to honey returns for transactions from 1 January 2023 and applies to the following returns:quarterly returns due by 28 April 2023 and…
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Non-commercial vessel arrival biosecurity reporting - yachts and private superyachts

Receive the latest newsSubscribe to the specific ‘Biosecurity Non-Commercial Vessel News’.Subscribe to Import Industry Advice Notices provide updates and notices that are useful to our industry partners such as process changes (such as commercial and non-commercial vessel related changes or…
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2021-63: Plant Export Management System – Plant Exports Management System updates

18 November 2021 Purpose This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to notify stakeholders of updates to the Plant Exports Management System (PEMS). Summary of changes and key points Onshore cold treatment (OSCT) supervision and sensor calibrations can now be recorded in PEMS. This functionality…
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