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Australian Government response to the Senate Finance and Public Administration References Committee Inquiry Report: Operation, effectiveness, and consequences of the PGPA (Location of Corporate Commonwealth Entities) Order 2016

Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, December 2017 Download Australian Government response to the Senate Finance and Public Administration References Committee inquiry report: Operation, effectiveness, and consequences of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability (…
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Australian Government response to the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade PFAS Sub-committee report: Inquiry into PFAS remediation in and around Defence bases

Introduction The Australian Government welcomed the Second Progress report of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade PFAS Sub-committee’s Inquiry into PFAS remediation in and around Defence bases. The Government’s continued focus in responding to PFAS contamination is…
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Meat Notice 2017-05 - Establishments sourcing of livestock to comply with importing country Hormonal Growth Promotant free requirements (HGP FREE)

​​​​Issue Date: 22 December 2017Contact Officers:Mac Tawadros Veterinary officer Food Safety, Animal Health and Welfare unit 02 8334 7568Category: Reinforcement of existing requirement…
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Biosecurity Advice 2013-07 - Final report for the non-regulated analysis of existing policy for fresh lychee fruit from Taiwan and Vietnam

Current status Import conditions for lychees from Taiwan and Vietnam are available on the Biosecurity Import Conditions system (BICON), making the import of these goods possible. A decision to import lychees from Taiwan and Vietnam into Australia is a commercial decision between an importer in…
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2026-03: Plant Exports – Export systems expected maintenance outage

20 January 2026PurposeThis Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to notify all Plant Exports Management System (PEMS) users, including plant export clients, exporters and authorised officers, of an outage to the PEMS system due to a production upgrade.Summary of changes and key pointsPEMS will be…
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Commonwealth Environment and Heritage Obligations and Assessments

​​Preface This attachment details Commonwealth environmental and heritage obligations in relation to forests. The procedures and requirements outlined should be read in conjunction with the model…
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Australian Agricultural Traceability Alliance

 The Australian Agricultural Traceability Alliance (Alliance) is a coalition of partners, who have a deep interest in enhancing national agricultural traceability. The Alliance is working to accelerate Australia’s journey in exceeding $100 billion of farmgate output by 2030 and beyond.The…
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Western Australian Regional Forest Agreement (WA RFA) Annual Meeting of Officials

Communiqué - 5 May 2022 The third WA RFA Annual Meeting of Officials took place by videoconference on 5 May 2022. The meeting was attended by officials from the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment; the WA Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation…
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Project 55: Assessment and improvement of national bluetongue serological capability - a comparative study of commercial and in-house ELISAs

OverviewThis project aims to evaluate and improve current bluetongue virus (BTV) serological capabilities in Australia to support national BTV surveillance and response activities.Project Lead: Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness; Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.Project…
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Economic impacts of Xylella fastidiosa on the Australian wine grape and wine-making industries

​Authors: Ahmed Hafi, Lucy Randall, Tony Arthur, Donkor Addai, Philip Tennant and Jay Gomboso Overview Figure 1 Xylella fastidiosa has caused severe damage in Europe and North and South America. Source: EPPO Figure 2 Xylella blocks xylem cells, disrupts water flow and slowly kills…
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