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The Transition: From Beagles to Labradors

Detect and Protect An Australian biosecurity podcast Series 2 Episode 8 Host: Casey Baines Guest: Leanne Kendra Leanne joined the department and the detector dog program at a very interesting time in 2009, when the program was transitioning from beagles to Labradors. She outlines some of the…
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Drought Resilient Soils and Landscapes grants

Over $23 million is being invested through the Future Drought Fund in 26 projects focusing on drought resilient land management practices that will help Australia’s farmers prepare for and recover quicker from drought.The purpose of this program is to demonstrate practices at a broad scale that…
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Victoria Biosecurity Roundtable 2 August 2018

Publication detailsDepartment of Agriculture and Water Resources, August 2018DownloadDocumentPagesFile sizeVictoria Roundtable Summary Report - 2 August 2018, Melbourne PDF 142.3 MBIf you have difficulty accessing this file, please visit web accessibility.Online contentThe 2018 Victoria Biosecurity…
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Australian Quarantine a shared responsibility: The Government response

Department of Primary Industries and Energy, 1997 ​[expand all]​ForewordThis document delivers on the Government's pre-election commitment to overhaul Australia's quarantine system and provide the…
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Australian Government response to the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee report: Adequacy of Australia's biosecurity measures and response preparedness, in particular with respect to foot-and-mouth disease and varroa mite

September 2023 Download Australian Government response to the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee report: Adequacy of Australia's biosecurity measures and response preparedness, in particular with respect to foot-and-mouth disease and varroa mite (PDF 4.2 MB) If you…
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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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Establishing the Biosecurity Detector Dog Active Response Program

Detect and Protect An Australian biosecurity podcast Series 2 Episode 5 Host: Casey Baines Guest: Clare O’Shannessy Clare O’Shannessy was in the Detector Dog program for 14 years. Clare played an integral role in the program’s expansion into international mail centres. In this episode we…
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Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Privacy Policy

 This Privacy PolicyAbout this Privacy PolicyThe Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) recognises the importance of protecting your privacy and personal information. The department respects your right to privacy and complies with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Privacy…
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Authorised Officers

What is an AO?An 'AO' is a plant export Authorised Officer.AOs are individuals, trained and assessed by us and are appointed as Australian Government officials (public officials) under the Export Control Act 2020 (the Act). An AO is able to perform a range of export functions on behalf of the…
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Holding orders and revocations for imported food - previous years

This page contains holding orders and revocations for food imports for the previous 2 reporting years.See the holding orders for the current year.Holding orders for failing foodWe apply a holding order for imported food:that has failed inspection. See failing food reports.if there are reasonable…
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