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Aquatic animal diseases pose a threat to aquatic animal production and environments. Aquatic emergency animal disease threats are often difficult to predict and manage. This is because aquatic animal diseases:
are often highly pathogenic
have the potential to affect both wild and captive…
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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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8 August 2022
Who does this notice affect?
Stakeholders associated with the biosecurity clearance of sea freight containers imported into Australia that are destined for unpack in a rural location. This includes customs brokers, importers and biosecurity industry participants that operate an…
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As part of the Australian Government’s response to the spread of animal diseases in the region, the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has increased its surveillance and testing of meat and other animal products, both at the border and through targeted checking of retail outlets.…
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Authors: Trish Gleeson, Donkor Addai and Liangyue Cao
Australian wine production and exports at a glance
Source: ABARES
Summary
On 26 March 2021, China announced final decisions on its anti-dumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations into wine from Australia. The AD…
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Emergency measures are currently in place to manage the risk of the bacterial pathogen Xylella. Further information on these measures is available on the Xylella emergency measures webpage.Public consultation on the draft report for the pest risk analysis for bacterial pathogens in the genus…
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19 February 2025DownloadNotice to Industry 7 - Veterinary therapeutic kits (PDF 227 KB)If you have difficulty accessing these files, please visit web accessibility.HTML versionOutcomeThis information is provided to inform travelling grooms and veterinarians of the biosecurity…
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Ug99 is the name given to a type of fungal infection that is deadly to grains and would see our grain rejected by overseas markets.Sabine Werres BBA, Braunschweig, Germany, PaDIL
Ug99 wheat stem rustExotic to AustraliaFeatures: A fungal pest causing wheat stem rust that could cause…
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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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Article originally published 30 November, updated 12 December, 2023
Australia promoted our climate-smart agriculture practices and commitment to climate action at the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP28 in Dubai.
As a large food producing nation, with a variable climate,…
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