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26-2020 - Change of Department name

17 February 2020Who does this notice affect?Importers and customs brokers of imported animals and cargo, transport companies, approved arrangement sites and treatment providers who deal with imported goods.InformationAs of 1 February 2020, the Department of Agriculture was renamed the Department of…
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50-2018 - System changes that may impact your eligibility for clearing goods under the Compliance-Based Inspection Scheme

6 June 2018Who does this notice affect?This notice is of interest to importers (and their customs brokers) of plant products that are currently eligible for the Compliance Based Inspection Scheme (CBIS).For a full list of products, please visit our CBIS websiteWhat is changing?Consignments excluded…
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Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries' response to the Draft import risk analysis report for fresh unshu mandarin fruit from Japan

Office of the Director-General Reference:08/18815 Cover Letter Ms Louise van Meurs General Manager Plant Biosecurity Biosecurity Australia GPO Box 858 Canberra ACT 2601 Dear Ms van Meurs…
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Part 3.2: Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Themes, Sub-themes and Potential Forested Places

Theme: Traditional human settlement and land use Sub-theme: Complex persistence of a hunting-and-gathering society on a single continent Australia provides the only example of where the hunting-and-…
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List of Goods That May Carry Hitchhiker Pests

Section 57 of the Biosecurity (Conditionally Non-prohibited Goods) Determination 2021 (Goods Determination) specifies a class of goods that must not be brought or imported into Australian territory unless the condition specified in section 56 is complied with.The class of goods specified in section…
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Lodgement of import documentation via email

 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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55-2016 - Illegal Logging Compliance Advice Notices 2/2016 has now been published

17 June 2016Who does this notice affect?The illegal logging laws affect businesses that import regulated timber and timber products of specific Customs tariff codes within Chapters 44 (wood and wood…
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2017-23 - Business System Program – Changes to eligibility criteria of small horticulture product registered establishment

14 June 2017PurposeThe purpose of this Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise the horticultural industry of the expansion to the criteria to be eligible as a small horticulture product registered…
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Support for flood-affected farmers

Find out who can help and how Information about the south-eastern floods and assistance can be found at the National Emergency Management Authority (NEMA) website If you’re a farmer impacted by flooding, you may be eligible for community-wide flood assistance programs such as: Australian…
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Consolidation a key driver of change in Australia’s wood processing sector

The ABARES National Wood Processing Survey 2021–22 shows that in 2021-22 there were a total of 252 mills operating. This is a fall of 47 mills since 2016-17, continuing a downward trend in the number of sawmills operating over the past 30 years.ABARES Executive Director Dr Jared Greenville said we…
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