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The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry approves commercial, private and government sites for the purpose of holding goods subject to biosecurity control. To gain this approval, microbiological, animal, aquatic, plant, and invertebrate facilities must meet certain structural and…
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How important are forests to the people of South East Queensland and the communities they live in? This is the question the Social Assessment set out to answer in the biggest project of its kind for the…
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6 October 2020
Who does this notice affect?
International travellers, international vessel masters and their agents, and Australian importers and overseas exporters of high-risk plant products sent via international mail (including items posted using Express Mail Service).
What has changed?…
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On 1 June 2015 the (then) Department of Agriculture and Water Resources (now the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) and the National Biosecurity Committee (NBC) published a discussion paper, "Modernising Australia’s approach to managing established pests and diseases of national…
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Disembarking crew
Increased intervention and a stronger enforcement approach is currently in place to keep African Swine Fever (ASF) out of Australia. Passengers and crew must not remove jerky, biltong and other pork products from the vessel. See Keeping ASF out of Australia.
The department…
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This Biosecurity Advice notifies stakeholders of the release of the Passionfruit from Vietnam: biosecurity import requirements draft report.
The draft report proposes that the importation of commercially produced passionfruit to Australia from all commercial production areas of Vietnam can be…
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16 May 2023
This Biosecurity Advice notifies stakeholders of the release of the final report for the review of biosecurity import requirements for fresh Persian lime fruit from Mexico.
The final report determined that the importation of commercially produced fresh Persian lime fruit (Citrus…
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16 December 2022
This Biosecurity Advice notifies stakeholders of the release of the Draft report for the pest risk analysis for bacterial pathogens in the genus Xylella.
We initiated this pest risk analysis to assess the biosecurity risks of all Xylella species, and to determine whether the…
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7 March 2024
This Biosecurity Advice notifies stakeholders of the release of the final report for Passionfruit from Vietnam: biosecurity import requirements.
The final report recommends that the importation of commercially produced passionfruit to Australia from all commercial production areas…
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A media statement released by the industry body Citrus Australia on Oct. 29 suggests the Commonwealth’s proposal to raise export certification fees will result in a 277 per cent rise for some charges and cost the average grower $30,000 before they have exported a single carton of produce.
The “…
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