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Have your say about the biosecurity protection levy

The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) has opened consultation to help shape the way the new biosecurity protection levy will be applied. The 2023-24 Federal Budget delivered sustainable funding to Australia’s critical biosecurity system. This included $1.03 billion over the…
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Statement on export certification claims by Citrus Australia

A media statement released by the industry body Citrus Australia on Oct. 29 suggests the Commonwealth’s proposal to raise export certification fees will result in a 277 per cent rise for some charges and cost the average grower $30,000 before they have exported a single carton of produce. The “…
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One Health Day messages from three biosecurity Chiefs

Australia’s three Chiefs of biosecurity have come together to mark One Health Day, reminding all Australians of the shared responsibility to safeguard our world-renowned biosecurity status.One Health Day is a global initiative that recognises the interconnectedness of human, animal, plant and…
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Climate Services for Agriculture

Farmers and their advisors need local climate predictions to better plan for future climate variability. That’s why the Future Drought Fund is investing in the Climate Services for Agriculture (CSA) program.Delivered by the Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO, the program gives farmers better climate…
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Review of Australian import policy: Calla lily dormant tubers

​An overviewThe Australian Department of Agriculture (the department) is conducting a review of its existing policy for the importation of the dormant tubers of Calla lilies (Zantedeschia species only).…
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Stakeholder comments on Draft policy review of the bluetongue virus risks associated with the importation of cattle, sheep, goat and deer semen and embryos from the European Union and cattle semen and embryos from Switzerland and Norway, May 2010

The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry received three submissions from stakeholders on the draft policy review of the biosecurity risks for bluetongue virus (BTV) associated with the…
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Biosecurity measures for the importation of laboratory mouse embryos

1. Scope 1.1. These biosecurity measures apply to the importation of embryos derived from Mus musculus (house mouse). 1.2. Embryos can be imported from countries approved by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF). DAFF will consider applications to import…
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Indicator 2.1e: The area of native forest harvested and the proportion of that effectively regenerated, and the area of plantation harvested and the proportion of that effectively re-established (2024)

This indicator is used to assess the success of the re-establishment of forests after harvesting. Re-establishment is critical to the maintenance of the productive capacity of the forest.This is Key information for Indicator 2.1e, published October 2024.Key pointsOver the period 2016-17 to 2020-21…
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Measures for plant products under the khapra beetle urgent actions

Measures for high-risk plant products Khapra beetle and larvae on rice (left) and coriander seed (right) Measures for high-risk plant products exported from all countries are detailed below.For the full list of import conditions refer to BICONList of high-…
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Australian lamb: financial performance of lamb-producing farms

2017–18 to 2019–20 Fred Litchfield [expand all] Financial performance Farm cash income Farm cash income of Australian lamb-producing farms is projected to have declined by 12% in 2019–20 to average $211,000 per farm (Table 1, Figure 1). Despite high prices for lambs and sheep,…
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