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On 14 February 2018, the cross-jurisdictional National Biosecurity Committee (NBC) established the Environment and Invasives Committee (EIC). The EIC replaced the Invasive Plants and Animals Committee (IPAC), whose responsibilities have now been taken on by the new EIC. This decision addresses, in…
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25 March 2013
Purpose
To advise Industry that information for companies considering the Authorised Officer (AO) model is available on the Departments website.
Background
The company pack was developed to provide companies with information on AO’s and useful tools to support their staff to the…
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30 January 2026Who does this notice affect?All importers of plants, cats and/or dogs who will be required to make payments within PEBS.InformationResolved time:As of: 10:55 Friday 30 January 2026 (AEDT).The unplanned service disruption to the Post Entry Biosecurity System (PEBS) has been resolved.…
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Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, May 2020
This report lists food that has failed under the Imported Food Inspection Scheme (IFIS).
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Risk food tests
We target and monitor food that poses a high or medium risk to public health. We refer…
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Accelerating changes in earth systems at all scales – from global to microbial – are creating multiple risks and challenges, and some opportunities.
Agriculture is already impacted, and adapting. Climate and commodity prices will become more volatile, while emerging…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesIn the week ending 6 March 2024, rainfall was recorded across the majority of the mainland.Over the coming days, widespread storms and showers are forecast for much of northern Australia and Western Australia. Southerly onshore winds…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesIn the week ending 11 April 2024, large areas in the eastern Australia were affected by a severe weather system with recorded rainfall of up to 200 millimetres in southern Queensland and 400 millimetres in New South Wales.Cropping…
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The guide aims to provide basic information on some high-risk exotic pests and diseases of forest and amenity trees and imported timber.DownloadDocumentPagesFile size
Forests and…
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The following documents relating to the pest initiated pest risk analysis (PRA) for Drosophila suzukii for all fresh fruit import pathways.
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The following list contains links to submissions received in response to the release of the draft report for the non-regulated analysis of existing policy for fresh lychee fruit from Taiwan and Vietnam…
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