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The Indigenous Ranger Biosecurity Program (IRBP) helps protect Australia’s more than $81 billion agricultural industries by partnering with Indigenous Rangers in northern Australia to undertake biosecurity surveillance for exotic pests, diseases and weeds. A key element of the IRBP is capability…
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16 June 2020
Purpose
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to notify stakeholders who interact face-to-face with the department that our three Melbourne offices will no longer be relocating to a single premises in mid-2021.
Summary of changes and key points
The following Melbourne offices will…
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28 May 2020
Who does this notice affect?
This notice affects clients who interact face-to-face with the department at the following Melbourne based offices:
Customs House, Corner Grants and Centre Road, Melbourne Airport VIC 3045
255 Melrose Drive, Tullamarine VIC 3043
Lot 2/5 McClure Road…
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24 March 2022
Who does this notice affect?
All clients required to create new permit applications or access existing application documents within the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions (BICON) system.
Information
The issue causing a service disruption to BICON has now been resolved.…
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22 June 2021
Who does this notice affect?
All clients required to create new permit applications or access existing application documents within the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions (BICON) system.
Information
The issue causing a service disruption to BICON has now been resolved.…
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Join the front line to protect our plants, animals and way of life.Do you want to make a valuable contribution to protecting Australia’s agricultural industries, our unique environment and sustain our way of life?As a biosecurity officer, you can make a difference and help prevent damaging global…
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20 November 2024Who does this notice affect?All vessel owners, operators, masters and shipping agents who represent international vessels including cruise vessels in, or arriving in, Australian territory.What has changed?Changes have been made to the vessel human health pre-arrival report (PAR) to…
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Round four, Rural R&D for Profit summary of approved projects
On 21 March 2019, the then Minister for Agriculture, Water and the Environment, approved funding of $39.65 million from 2018‑19 to 2021‑22 for ten projects under round four of the Rural R&D for Profit program. This funding is…
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12 August 2021
Who does this notice affect?
This notice is for all airlines, freight forwarders, pet transport companies and importers of cats and dogs to Australia.
What has changed?
The department has seen an increase in the number of elderly cats and dogs being imported with chronic…
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Once again, it has been a busy year on the frontline for Australia’s biosecurity system, with over 238,000 biosecurity risk items intercepted at airports and an additional 32,800 biosecurity risk items stopped in mail centres.
Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, and…
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