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An international student’s visa has been cancelled and an infringement notice of $3,756 issued for attempting to bring more than 2kg of cooked meat, eggs and frangipani flowers into Australia.
Biosecurity detector dog, Ghost, sniffed out the offending items at Adelaide airport’s baggage claim…
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Biosecurity has played a critical role in reducing risk and shaping our nation to become one of the few countries in the world to remain free from the world’s most invasive pests and diseases.
While our status as an island nation has been a key factor in maintaining this position a number of…
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OCVO plays a key role in stepping up Australia’s animal health and biosecurity engagement with the Pacific community and working with Timor-Leste and Indonesia to improve resilience against animal disease threats.
A team from OCVO’s Pacific Engagement Program for Animal Health (PEPAH) recently…
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Two reports released by ABARES highlight the strong export performance of two key agricultural commodities to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries following biosecurity market access.
Executive Director of ABARES Dr Jared Greenville said the reports, Australia’s biosecurity…
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Biosecurity is the management of the risk of pests and diseases entering, emerging, establishing or spreading in Australia and causing harm to animals, plants or human health,…
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Publication detailsThe field guide aims to help people recognise diseases of significance to aquaculture and fisheries in Australia. This edition incorporates new and updated information gathered from an extensive review of the fourth edition. It now covers 53 aquatic animal diseases of…
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A coconut might be a great souvenir from a Pacific cruise holiday however one traveller’s undeclared keepsake recently cost them $3,300 for breaching Australia’s biosecurity laws.
Cruise ship travellers are reminded to check their bags before attempting to enter Australia and to declare all food,…
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Deliberate attempts to circumvent our biosecurity laws has resulted in four $5,500 infringement notices given to four different passengers across a five-day period.On 16 May 2023, the first passenger was travelling from Sri Lanka arriving at Sydney International Airport where they tried to conceal…
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More and more Australians are leaving the city to enjoy living on a few acres of land, keeping animals and growing some of their own fruit and vegetables.
It is important, not just for hobby and commercial farmers but for everyone in the community, that all landholders take their…
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The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has provided funding for the upgrade of two key scientific identification tools for plant pests and diseases, strengthening Australia’s biosecurity science ahead of National Science Week 2022. The system upgrades were undertaken by Plant Health…
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