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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateFor the week ending 6 March 2022, low-pressure troughs across northern, eastern and western Australia resulted in moderate rainfall in the east, west and parts of the far north. High-pressure systems in the south resulted in clear,…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesFor the week ending 5 July 2023, the northwest cloud band re-intensification brought widespread unseasonal rainfall to large areas of northern Australia, extending across northern Western Australia, much of the Northern Territory and…
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Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, November 2020
This report lists food that has failed under the Imported Food Inspection Scheme (IFIS).
Data set - Importing Food Inspection Scheme - monthly failing food reports
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Risk food tests
We target…
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Locusts as Pests
The three main pest species of locusts in Australia are the Australian plague locust (Chortoicetes terminifera), the spur-throated locust (Austracris guttulosa) and the migratory locust (Locusta migratoria).
Locusts can cause widespread and severe damage to…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesIn the week ending 24 July 2024, cold fronts and a series of troughs brought rainfall to southern Australia, while a high-pressure system kept the north and centre of the country largely dry.Across cropping regions, rainfall totals of…
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23 February 2021
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This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise that the New Zealand Export Plan will replace the Bilateral Quarantine Agreement – System Operations Manual (BQA-SOM) on 25 February 2021.
Summary of changes and key points
The new Export Plan for fresh produce from…
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31 January 2019This Biosecurity Advice notifies stakeholders of the release of the Final group pest risk analysis for mealybugs and the viruses they transmit on fresh fruit, vegetable, cut-flower and…
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20 August 2018
Purpose
The purpose of this Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise the table grape industry that applications are now open for the accreditation of growers, packhouses and treatment facilities to export to the following protocol markets for the 2018-19 season:
China
Japan…
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Biosecurity Australia Advice 2008/01 - Importation of Penguins from New Zealand: Draft Policy Review
file ref: 2006/10279
5 February 2008
This Biosecurity Australia Advice (BAA) provides stakeholders with a draft policy that proposes King and Gentoo penguins from New Zealand could be imported into a…
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This profile has been superseded by the 2019 version, which is available here.
Information for this profile is drawn from Australia's State of the Forests Report 2013.
Australia has 6.4 million hectares of Melaleuca native forest, mainly found in northern Australia.
There are more than 200…
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