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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesIn the week ending 13 March 2024, the Top End and northern and the interior of Western Australia received significant rainfall, and decent rainfall was experienced along the coastal east and tropical areas of Queensland.A lack of…
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28 July 2016Who does this notice affect? This notice is for those who will be importing goods into Australia under the new biosecurity legislation.What has changed? The Department of Agriculture and Water…
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8 February 2017Who does this notice affect?This notice is of interest to importers of timber and timber products and associated industry participants and retailers.What has changed?Import industry advice…
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31 May 2024Who does this notice affect?All Biosecurity Portal users, including Approved arrangements operators, customs brokers, importers, manned depots, and freight forwarders.What has changed?The login tiles have been updated on the Biosecurity Portal to support the addition of new services (…
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27 September 2024PurposeThis Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to notify all Plant Exports Management System (PEMS) users, including plant export clients, exporters and authorised officers, of an outage to the PEMS system due to a production upgrade to the PEMS system.Summary of changes and key…
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Non-tariff barriers: A billion dollar burdenThis report summarises the impact of non-tariff barriers on agriculture and presents new modelling results that show non-tariff barriers are equivalent to a 19% tariff and are a billion dollar burden on Australian agricultural exports.Download PDF (754 KB…
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02 September 2025PurposeThis Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to notify industry of a scheduled outage for multiple departmental systems that provide an online payments service.Summary of changes and key pointsThe following exports systems will be unavailable from 11:00pm Thursday 4 September 2025…
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A public consultation is underway that will help shape a new national food security strategy.The Australian Government committed $3.5 million in the 2025–26 Budget to develop Feeding Australia: A National Food Security Strategy. The strategy aims to boost the productivity, resilience and security…
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4 August 2025Who does this notice affect?Stakeholders in the shipping industry including ship masters and shipping agentsWhat has changed?Resolution MEPC.369(80) came into effect on 1 February 2025. The Resolution outlines amendments to Appendix II (Form of Ballast Water Record Book) of the…
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We supported the development of a new national established weed framework.The NEWP will guide future collaboration to manage established weeds in Australia.NEWP aims to add new weeds to the Weeds of National Significance list.It will also focus on weed issues beyond a specific species.In June 2023…
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