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The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment’s annual National Science Exchange conference is hosted by the department’s Agricultural Chief Scientist.
The conference helped to build and maintain our science capability through sharing and exchanging knowledge and innovation, networking…
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6 March 2018Who does this notice affect? All importers and customs brokers who will be required to lodge imported cargo documentation to the department for biosecurity assessment during this planned…
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Chromolaena odorata
What to look for
A fast-growing shrub or scrambling weed that can grow several metres in height. The plant has branches and leaves in opposite pairs and produces bunches of fluffy white to pink flowers during June to September.
What you can do
Do not move plants, plant…
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Limnocharis flava
What to look for
An aquatic weed that grows to about one metre in height with pale green oval leaves and yellow flowers, each with three petals and numerous bright yellow stamens.
What you can do
Do not move plants, plant material or soil out of the Torres Strait Protected…
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Joint Communiqué12 December 2025, Christchurch, New ZealandThe ANZBC held its twenty-first bilateral meeting in Christchurch, New Zealand on 12 December 2025 and brought together representatives from New Zealand’s Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI), and Australia’s Department of Agriculture,…
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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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A varroa mite on the back of a honey bee.Scott Bauer, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org
Mites of bees (Apis spp.) Exotic to Australia, with varroa mite (Varroa destructor) present in parts of Australia and are under management in…
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Import industry advice notices 2022
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23 December 2022
280-2022
Services Restored: Friday 23 December 2022 – Biosecurity Portal…
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29 August 2018
This Biosecurity Advice notifies stakeholders of the release of the draft report for the review of biosecurity import requirements for fresh decrowned pineapples from Taiwan.
This draft report proposes that importation of fresh decrowned pineapple fruit to Australia from all…
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[expand all]SummaryOn 28 May 2019, Southern Australian Cattle Company Pty Ltd (SACC) exported 1,832 slaughter cattle to China. The journey was completed in 15 days and discharged in China over 13 and 14 June 2019.A mortality rate of 1.36 per cent (25 head) was reported for the cattle. This exceeds…
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