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It was the poor condition of their land in Queensland’s Central Highlands which forced graziers Greg and Sonya Spencer to start adapting their practices to drought.“If we wind the clock back five years and we were standing here, you’d be thinking you were standing in a desert. There was no grass,…
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Where biosecurity or imported food consignments are electronically declared as a Full Import Declaration (FID),Long Form Self Assessed Clearance (SCL), or are Carnets or Ship or Aircraft Stores and Transhipments; clients must use the Cargo Online Lodgement System (COLS), instead of email, to…
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The Australian Government’s Post Entry Quarantine (PEQ) facility located in Mickleham, Victoria manages high-risk plant and animal imports, including cats, dogs, horses, live birds, hatching eggs, bees and ruminants. When these imports arrive in Australia, they are kept in quarantine while their…
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On 17 December 2025, the European Union (EU) confirmed that implementation of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) has been further postponed. The EUDR will now be applied from 30 December 2026 to large EU businesses, and from 30 June 2027 to smaller EU enterprises.The EUDR has also been further…
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Cattle farmers Ian and Julie Firth, along with other producers across the Northern Tablelands of NSW, have built resilience in their grazing enterprises through the Drought Resilient Pasture Landscapes project, delivered by University of New England (UNE) Armidale.The project, supported by the…
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Government and industry share responsibility for managing the biosecurity risk associated with importing processed plant-based animal feed into Australia.
Find out how:
to apply for a permit
we assess the risks before issuing a permit
we manage the biosecurity risks of your goods upon…
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Do I have to provide financial information? What if I don’t?
Financial information is essential for us to assess whether you are able to meet the costs of the project. Not providing financial information could result in your project not being assessed.
I’m a new…
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Depending on your payment arrangement with us, there are different payment options available:Pre-pay. If you have not been issued an account number by the department you will be required to pay before having a service provided to you.Post-pay. If you have an account number with the department then…
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07 February 2022
All importers and customs brokers who will be required to lodge imported cargo documentation to the department for biosecurity assessment during this planned maintenance period.
All shipping agents or operators of maritime conveyances who will be required to report pre-arrival…
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We have completed a final report for the review of pest risk assessments for spider mites.
About the reviewWe undertake risk analyses to consider market access requests for fresh fruit commodities for human consumption from trading partners. Many of these risk…
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