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The Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Andrew Metcalfe AO, has announced his intention to retire from the Australian Public Service on 4 August 2023. Below is his message to his department, distributed on 13 June 2023.
Colleagues
It is with mixed emotions…
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14 April 2022
Who does this notice affect?
All Customs Brokers, Importers, Biosecurity Industry Participants, and food importers who have premises that departmental officers may attend (for inspections, surveillance, or other purposes).
What has changed?
The department continues to experience…
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The definition of forest used by
Australia's National Forest Inventory is:
An area, incorporating all living and non-living components, that is dominated by trees having usually a single stem and a mature or…
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Latest updateThe 2025-26 BMSB season commences 1 September 2025.Vessel masters will notice a revised SPQ with additional questions designed to improve pest risk assessment. These include:Reporting insect detections from the entire voyage to Australia.Confirming whether the vessel is carrying cargo…
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Publication detailsDepartment of Agriculture and Water Resources, February 2016 DownloadDocumentPagesFile size Assessment of Systems Recognition of Quads Bovine Semen Collection Centres and Embryo…
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Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, March 2018
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Australian Government response to the Senate Committee report – Management of the Murray-Darling Basin [PDF 389KB]
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The Murray-…
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Date of notice: 9 October 2014
Date of effect: 1 October 2014Purpose The following information provides further guidance for registered establishments that prepare fish and fish products for…
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24 September 2019PurposeThis Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise of updated phytosanitary conditions for certain fruit exports to the European Union (EU), following previous industry advice on 30…
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2 April 2003
Bait and Berley Survey of Recreational Fishers
This Animal Biosecurity Policy Memorandum (ABPM) advises stakeholders of the availability of the report on the National…
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Latest update: 10 May 2019
MCAS-S version 3.2 - Update 2019
The Multi-Criteria Analysis Shell for Spatial Decision Support (MCAS-S) is a tool to view and combine mapped information. MCAS-S can inform spatial decision making and help with stakeholder engagement and communication. MCAS-S is…
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