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5 March 2025Who does this notice affect?All internal and external stakeholders who may require Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry regulatory services across southern Queensland and northern New South Wales. What has changed?The department is preparing for the forecasted severe…
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Australia is facing significant and evolving threats posed by exotic pests and diseases across multiple import pathways. These pests and diseases could have devastating effects on agricultural industries, the environment, trade and export market access, our economy and our way of life if they were…
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September 2021If you participate in the following approved arrangements: class 19.1 Non-commodity for containerised cargo clearance (NCCC) or class 19.2 Automatic entry processing for commodities (AEPCOMM) you must notify the department if you are planning to vary, change, suspend or revoke your…
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We are conducting a risk analysis for fresh decrowned pineapples for human consumption from India and Indonesia.
Risk analysis:When we do a risk analysis, we:review the science on pests and diseases of concernassess and analyse biosecurity risksdevelop…
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2018-24 - Horticulture Exports Program – Detection of Citrus canker and guide for visual inspections
21 June 2018PurposeThis Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise authorised officers of the recent detections of Citrus canker (Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri Canker) and the additional information…
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6 March 2018Who does this notice affect? All importers and customs brokers who will be required to lodge imported cargo documentation to the department for biosecurity assessment during this planned…
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OverviewThis project helped develop a nationally consistent management approach towards the use of POC tests. These tests are specific for nationally notifiable diseases in terrestrial and aquatic animals in Australia.Project Lead: Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and ForestryProject Contact:…
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Australia's biosecurity
Exotic plant pests and diseases can damage our agriculture industries, food production and natural environment. Some could change our way of life. Thanks to our biosecurity system, Australia is free from many of the world’s most damaging plant pests and diseases.
The…
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White nose syndrome (WNS) is caused by the fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans that grows on the muzzle and other parts of infected hibernating bats.
Since WNS was first identified in New York in 2006, it has caused the deaths of more than 5 million cave-hibernating bats across North America.…
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Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, August 2021
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Australian Government response to the independent report: Fourth Product Stewardship (Oil) Act 2000 review [PDF - 232 KB]
Introduction
The fourth independent review of the Product Stewardship (Oil) Act 2000 found that…
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