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We have published import conditions for greenhouse grown fresh oriental melon and rockmelon fruit from the Republic of Korea (Korea) on our Biosecurity Import Conditions system (BICON). Import permits can now be issued.The decision to commence imports will be a commercial decision between an…
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The Plant Health Committee (PHC) held its forty-eighth meeting at the National Arboretum in Canberra (ACT) in November 2015. During the meeting, field trips were undertaken to Canberra Truffière farm…
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Northern Australia is mainly considered as a biosecurity ‘buffer’ for southern Australia, but it is a unique environment and a growing source of agricultural wealth in its own right. North Australia’s…
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Last published 6 January 2025DownloadNotice to Industry 8: Horse Importer responsibilities - New Zealand and New Caledonia (PDF 285 KB)Notice to Industry 8: Horse Importer responsibilities - New Zealand and New Caledonia (DOCX 93 KB)If you have difficulty accessing these files, visit web…
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Late payment penalty remissionAny levy or charge payer or collection agent who has incurred a late payment penalty can apply for remission of the penalty.You should be aware of your legal obligations, for example collecting the correct amount of levy or export charge if you are a collection…
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Background: What is lumpy skin disease and how is it spread?
Lumpy skin disease (LSD) is a serious viral disease of cattle and buffalo spread by biting insects including stable flies, mosquitoes, ticks and possibly midges. LSD virus tends to spread over long distances by movement of infected…
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Kasia Mazur, Andrea Bath, Robert Curtotti and Rupert Summerson
Summary
The main objective of this project is to estimate and value the non-market environmental benefits to the community from reducing the risk of marine pest incursions in Australia’s waters. A non-market valuation method,…
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OverviewThe Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Cargo Consultative Committee (DCCC) is a committee for the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and international trade and logistics service provider industries to consider tactical and strategic biosecurity related…
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Background
On 24 June 2015, the Senate resolved to establish the Select Committee on the Murray-Darling Basin Plan to inquire on the positive and negative impacts of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan on regional communities.
The Committee presented its final report on 17 March 2016. The majority…
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Introduction
Summerfruit Australia Ltd (SAL) is grateful for the opportunity to comment on this draft IRA document on behalf of its members. Industry supports and endorses some areas of the report.…
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