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The Office of the Chief Veterinary Officer (OCVO) and the Animal Health Policy branch, in conjunction with other areas of the department, are responsible for developing policy and providing scientific advice on animal health matters, including:
veterinary aspects of control of…
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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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Date of issue: 28 March 2023
Date of effect: Immediately
Reference Number: MAA2023-03
Related Market Access Advice: MAA2021-04 – Countries and products affected by the occurrence of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in Victoria as at 12 April 2021.
Attention
Egg Exporters —Australian…
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7 July 2022
Purpose
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise that export certification for honey and bee products to additional countries will be transitioned to the Next Export Documentation System (NEXDOC) from 28 July 2022. Manual certification applications will no longer be available…
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22 January 2021
Purpose
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise Authorised Officers with the Bulk Vessel Inspection job function that the process for attaching Take 5 documentation has been amended.
Summary of changes and key points
In response to industry feedback, the process for…
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This pictorial guide is designed to assist with the identification of locusts and grasshoppers of economic importance in Australia. The Family Acrididae, to which they all belong, has over 700 species…
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Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, June 2017The Biosecurity Emergency Management – Evaluation and Lessons Management Guide provides guidance on contemporary practices for evaluation and lessons…
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Introduction
Preparedness for incursions of exotic diseases is of key importance to government, industry, producers and the Australian community. Australia’s exotic disease preparedness is based on emergency management principles. This includes the development of surveillance, monitoring and…
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The Australian Chief Environmental Biosecurity Officer, Dr Bertie Hennecke joined representatives from 143 governments in Bonn, Germany for the tenth session of the Plenary of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES 10) held in September 2023.…
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AttentionAll stakeholdersPurposeTo inform stakeholders that export advisory notices (EANs) published prior to 2023 have been retired from the Live Animal Export Advisory Notices webpage as part of a routine update.Key pointsEANs are generally retained on the department’s website for one year as…
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