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Terms and definitionsA list of common terms and definitions used in the Biosecurity Portal:DownloadBiosecurity Portal Terms and Definitions (PDF 210 KB)Biosecurity Portal Terms and Definitions (DOCX 53 KB)If you have difficulty accessing these files, visit web accessibility for assistance.Quick…
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Screwworm fly: a continual threat
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Chrysomya bezziana and Cochliomyia hominivorax (order Diptera, family Calliphoridae), the Old World and New World screwworm flies respectively, are two species of parasites capable of infesting any warm-blooded animal (including humans), causing myiasis…
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Industry Advice Notice (IAN) 2011/51 of 23 September 2011 explained the rationale for proposed fees and charges for grain, seeds, nuts, fodder and timber exports underpinning the new service…
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Receive the latest newsSubscribe to the specific ‘Biosecurity Non-Commercial Vessel News’.Subscribe to Import Industry Advice Notices provide updates and notices that are useful to our industry partners such as process changes (such as commercial and non-commercial vessel related changes or…
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Professor Peter Shergold AC
Chief Executive
Centre for Social Impact
Australian Schood of Business Building
University of New South Wales
SYDNEY NSW 2052
Dear Professor Shergold
Thank you for your…
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[expand all]SummaryOn 21 July 2019, Frontier International Northern Pty Ltd (FIN) exported 1,852 feeder/slaughter cattle and 209 feeder/slaughter buffalo to Vietnam. The journey was completed in nine days and discharged in Vietnam over 29 and 30 July 2019.A mortality rate of 1.19 per cent (22 head…
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6 November 2015Who does this notice affect?This notice is of interest to clients of the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources who export plant and plant products from Australia. What has…
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8 April 2025Who does this notice affect?This notice affects importers, freight forwarders, biosecurity industry participants and accredited persons operating under the department’s approved arrangement class 19.What is changing?Australia currently has emergency measures in place to manage the risk…
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The department has designed a modern, streamlined, enhanced exports traceability system to support overseas market access for exports of agricultural products.This new system does not change our existing certification arrangements. It is designed to improve product traceability and to automate…
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9 October 2018Who does this notice affect? This notice is of interest to importers of prawns and prawn meat products and associated industry participants and retailers.What has changed?All BBC prawns…
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