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Fireweed and African Boxthorn are major weeds with economic, environmental, and social impacts. A new National Best Practice Management Manual for Fireweed (Senecio madagascariensis) and a revised edition of the National Best Practice Management Manual for African Boxthorn (Lycium ferocissimum) are…
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14 March 2024Who does this notice affect?All clients lodging Self Assessed ClearancesInformationDue to scheduled infrastructure maintenance, the Import Management System (IMS) will be unavailable from 20:00 to 23:30 Friday 15 March 2024 (AEDT).During the above maintenance window, there will be…
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Authors: Timothy Emery, Rocio Noriega, Mahdi Parsa, Don Bromhead, Trent Timmiss and James WoodhamsOverviewFor the Gillnet, Hook and Trap Sector of the Southern, Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery and the Eastern Tuna and Billfish fishery, these reports assess the similarity between electronic…
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20 August 2020PurposeThis Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to invite industry to participate in a survey about a nationally harmonised framework for managing biosecurity treatments.Key pointsA National Biosecurity Committee treatments harmonisation working group has been established to explore a…
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Under section 40-G of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 primary producers and other rural businesses earning income from the land may be eligible for tax deductions for fencing erected to prevent land degradation. To be eligible, fences must be erected to separate different land classes in…
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31 March 2023
Who does this notice affect?
Offshore biosecurity treatment providers, and associated industry members, operating under one of the department’s government to industry offshore treatment assurance schemes.
What has changed?
We are seeking feedback on how we manage offshore…
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The National Management Group (NMG) met on 14 May 2024 and approved the revised budget for the red witchweed (Striga asiatica) Response Plan 2022 – 2025 (originally endorsed on 13 December 2023).The NMG agreed red witchweed remains technically feasible and cost-beneficial to eradicate from…
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3 December 2024Who does this notice affect?Industry stakeholders, including commercial importers and brokers importing consignments of imported food subject to analytical testing under the Imported Food Control Act 1992.What has changed?The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the…
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All vessels pose some risk to Australia’s marine biosecurity.
Biofouling occurs when organisms attach and grow on the submerged parts of a vessel such as the hull, propellers and rudder.
Vessel biofouling and ship ballast water can introduce exotic marine species into Australian waters. Once here…
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Introduction
On 16 October 2018, the Senate referred the following matters to the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee for inquiry and report by 1 February 2019:
The independence of regulatory decisions made by the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines…
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