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2020-72 - Business Systems Program – Plant Exports Management System launches new functionality for exporters, EDI users and registered establishment executives and other system enhancements

10 December 2020 Purpose This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to notify stakeholders of updates to the Plant Exports Management System (PEMS). Summary of changes and key points PEMS now offers increased functionality for other industry users, including exporters, EDI (EXDOC) users and those…
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Australian Government response to the Senate Finance and Public Administration References Committee Inquiry Report: Operation, effectiveness, and consequences of the PGPA (Location of Corporate Commonwealth Entities) Order 2016

Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, December 2017 Download Australian Government response to the Senate Finance and Public Administration References Committee inquiry report: Operation, effectiveness, and consequences of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability (…
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The Biosecurity Act 2015

​​​​​​The Biosecurity Act 2015 (the Biosecurity Act) explains how we manage biosecurity threats to plant, animal and human health in Australia and its external territories. We manage biosecurity to ensure a very low level of risk. This draws a balance between protecting Australia from pests and…
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Landmark gathering of Indigenous rangers in far north-west Queensland

Indigenous rangers from across northern Australia have joined forces with scientists and government biosecurity leaders to share knowledge and ideas to strengthen the biosecurity surveillance capabilities of Indigenous ranger groups.Hosted by the Carpentaria Land Council Aboriginal Corporation, in…
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Climate research

​Climate-related research is part of ABARES’ applied social research and analysis. Reports have been prepared for the Department of Agriculture, other government agencies, research and development corporations, and industry bodies…
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83-2017 - New approved arrangement requirements for the management of imported prawns and prawn products

7 September 2017 Who does this notice affect?Industry stakeholders including importers, class 2.5 approved arrangement operators, freight forwarders and brokers that deal with imported prawns and prawn…
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05-2017 - New and revised approved arrangements for the management of imported perishable plant products

19 January 2017Who does this notice affect?Industry stakeholders that deal with imported fresh fruit and vegetables, nursery stock (excluding tissue cultures) and cut flowers (perishables) consignments…
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Using evolutionary genomics to help manage the Polyphagous shot-hole borer and other pests

Episode: June 2025Presenter:Dr Tom Schmidt - School of Biosciences, Faculty of Science, The University of Melbourne.Summary: In this webinar Tom summarises how evolutionary genomics approaches have been used in Australian biosecurity and how these methods can be applied to plant pests. He then…
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Introducing Dr Bertie Hennecke, Australia’s new Chief Environmental Biosecurity Officer

Dr Bernie Hennecke is the new Australian Chief Environmental Biosecurity Officer. Credit: DAFF You will have noticed a change in faces in the masthead portrait of this edition of the Three Chiefs Newsletter. Dr Bertie Hennecke was recently announced as…
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Australia’s Framework of Criteria and Indicators

​​Australia's Sustainable Forest Management Framework of Criteria and Indicators 2008 – Policy Guidelines [1.6MB] details the seven criteria and 44 indicators in the framework used for reporting on the state of Australia's forests. It includes the rationale for the inclusion of each indicator in…
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