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17 May 2022
Who does this notice affect?
This notice is of interest to all vessel owners, operators, masters and shipping agents who represent international commercial vessels for the purposes of Australian biosecurity clearance.
What has changed?
New biofouling management requirements for…
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3 July 2020
Purpose
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise plant export registered establishments of amendments made to the Guideline: Audit of plant export registered establishments.
Summary of changes and key points
Following the release of the Guideline: Audit of plant export…
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13 May 2020
Who does this notice affect?
All stakeholders interested in providing feedback on the department’s Regulator Performance Framework 2018-19 self-assessments.
What is happening?
The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment is seeking feedback on its Regulator Performance…
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The International Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (IPOA-IUU) is a critical part of the high seas governance framework. It calls on all states to…
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Issue date: 22 July 2002
AQIS has developed a work instruction ‘Inspection of Forest Products for Export’ that provides sampling and inspection standards which, in conjunction with the Grain, Plants…
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Following on from our hitchhiker pest awareness campaign earlier in 2023, we’ve had a recent uplift in reports from people returning from overseas, after they discovered bugs in their personal effects.
One discovery was reported in Victoria when a traveller returning from Tuscany, Italy found a…
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The Imported Food Consultative Committee (IFCC) is the principal consultative committee for the department and the food and beverage importing industries to consider practical and strategic food related issues. The aim of the IFCC is to provide the department and industry with a…
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Biosecurity engagement: Proposed national action plan for community involvement in plant biosecurity (Consultation Summary Report).
Author: Heleen Kruger
An independent review of Australia’s quarantine and biosecurity arrangements for the Australian Government (Beale et al. 2008), stresses that…
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Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Legislation Amendment (Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority Board and Other Improvements) Bill 2019 [Provisions]
Introduction
On 19 September 2019, the Senate Standing Committee for the Selection of Bills referred the…
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Where biosecurity or imported food consignments are electronically declared as a Full Import Declaration (FID) or a Long Form Self Assessed Clearance (SCL); customs brokers and commercial importers must use the Cargo Online Lodgement System (COLS), instead of email, to lodge import…
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