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18 June 2025Who does this notice affect?Stakeholders in the import and shipping industries—including vessel masters, freight forwarders, offshore treatment providers, Biosecurity Industry Participants, importers, customs brokers, principal agents and master consolidators.What has changed?Following…
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Paperless. Efficient. Transparent.
What is MARS?
MARS is an online web portal to be used by commercial vessel masters and shipping agents to submit pre-arrival documents required of all international, commercial, vessels preparing for arrival in Australian territory. MARS has functionality to…
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The agricultural statistical system is comprised of stakeholders, statistical assets and underlying support systems and principles.The system seeks to generate statistics meaningful for decision-making, planning and policy making.Components of the system…
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2017–18 to 2019–20
Fred Litchfield
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Financial performance
Farm cash income
Farm cash income of Australian lamb-producing farms is projected to have declined by 12% in 2019–20 to average $211,000 per farm (Table 1, Figure 1). Despite high prices for lambs and sheep,…
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3rd July 2001
Office of the Chief Executive
Biosecurity Australia
GPO Box 858
Canberra ACT 2601
Att: Colin J Grant
Dear Colin,
I am extremely concerned about the recent announcement of the…
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10 September 2020
Who does this notice affect?
This notice affects biosecurity industry participants (BIPs) who fumigate imported consignments due to BMSB concerns. These are BIPs that hold an approved arrangement (AA) with the department that includes one or both of the following AA classes…
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10 September 2020
Who does this notice affect?
This notice affects biosecurity industry participants (BIPs) who heat treat imported consignments for BMSB concerns. These are BIPs that hold a class 12.3 approved arrangement (AA).
What has changed?
The department is introducing additional…
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There is growing interest in goats as a source of lean red meat and as a hardy livestock animal that is resilient to temperature and drought. The global goat population increased by 19.3% between 2006 and 2016, while cattle and sheep increased by 6.7 and 6.8%, respectively.
Goats are a profitable…
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Summary
ABARES has applied a paddock-to-plate framework to examine key drivers of Australia’s citrus export growth following biosecurity market access. This case study is part of a broader ABARES research program that aims to inform governments and other agricultural industries in prioritising and…
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5 June 2020
Purpose
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise of Thailand Food and Drug Administration (FDA) changes to their residue testing on imports of fresh fruit and vegetables scheduled to be implemented 15 June 2020.
These changes may result in additional costs, requirements and…
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