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Latest updateThe 2025-26 BMSB season commences 1 September 2025.Vessel masters will notice a revised SPQ with additional questions designed to improve pest risk assessment. These include:Reporting insect detections from the entire voyage to Australia.Confirming whether the vessel is carrying cargo…
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[expand all]Office of the Gene Technology Regulator (OGTR)The Commonwealth Gene Technology Act 2000 came into force on 21 June 2001 and is a key component of the national regulatory framework for genetically modified organisms (GMOs). This legislation was developed in consultation with…
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Biosecurity research is part of ABARES’ applied social research and analysis. Reports have been prepared for the Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry, other government agencies, research and development corporations, and industry bodies.The social impacts of vertebrate pests and weeds:…
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29 May 2020PurposeThis Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise industry that applications are now open for the accreditation of farms and packhouses to export persimmons to Thailand in 2021.Key pointsApplications are now open for the accreditation of farms and packhouses to export persimmons to…
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16 December 2020Who does this notice affect?All internal and external stakeholders who may require Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment regulatory services between the department’s shut down period.What has changed?The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment Canberra…
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16 December 2019
Who does this notice affect?
All internal and external stakeholders who may require Department of Agriculture regulatory services between the Department’s shut down period.
What has changed?
The Department of Agriculture Canberra Office will close from cob Tuesday, 24 December…
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9 December 2019PurposeThis Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise industry that applications are now open for the accreditation of farms and packhouses to export persimmons to Thailand in 2020.Summary of changes and key pointsApplications are now open for the accreditation of farms and…
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14 February 2018
This Biosecurity Advice notifies stakeholders of the release of the Draft review of import conditions for brassicaceous crop seeds for sowing into Australia.
This draft report identifies pathogens that require phytosanitary measures to manage the risk to a very low level in…
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An approved auditor is a person trained and approved by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry under export legislation to carry out regulatory audits of export registered establishments engaged in the preparation, storage and/or loading of fish, egg, dairy and meat…
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8 August 2018
This Biosecurity Advice notifies stakeholders of the release of the draft report for the pest risk analysis for Pepino mosaic virus and pospiviroids associated with tomato seed.
This draft report proposes risk management measures to address the risk from Pepino mosaic virus and…
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