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List of Goods That May Carry Hitchhiker Pests

Section 57 of the Biosecurity (Conditionally Non-prohibited Goods) Determination 2021 (Goods Determination) specifies a class of goods that must not be brought or imported into Australian territory unless the condition specified in section 56 is complied with.The class of goods specified in section…
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The Commonwealth Position

​​     Preface      Executive Summary      1.0 The Regional Forest Agreement Process      2.0 Environmental and…
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Australian Government response to the Senate Finance and Public Administration References Committee Inquiry Report: Operation, effectiveness, and consequences of the PGPA (Location of Corporate Commonwealth Entities) Order 2016

Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, December 2017 Download Australian Government response to the Senate Finance and Public Administration References Committee inquiry report: Operation, effectiveness, and consequences of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability (…
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Status of Australia’s Forest Genetic Resources 2021

Publication date: 16 November 2021 Forest genetic resources underpin the diversity of Australia’s forests and forest species as well as their productive capacity. Continual improvement in the understanding of Australia’s forest genetic resources allows better conservation management of forests and…
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Australian Government response to the Senate Committee report – Management of the Murray-Darling Basin

Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, March 2018 Download Australian Government response to the Senate Committee report – Management of the Murray-Darling Basin [PDF 389KB] If you have difficulty accessing these files, contact us for help. Online version Introduction The Murray-…
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Biosecurity Matters, Edition 2, 2020

​​​​​Biosecurity Matters   To receive an email notification of future editions, subscribe to Biosecurity Matters. Biosecurity is the management of the risk of pests and diseases entering, emerging, establishing or spreading in Australia and causing harm to animals, plants or human…
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Indicator 1.3a: Forest associated species at risk from isolation and the loss of genetic variation, and conservation efforts for those species (2024)

This indicator assesses the risks to loss of forest genetic variation and describes the formal measures designed to mitigate this risk. A loss of genetic diversity in species can result in a decreased ability to adapt to future environmental change, and thus a higher risk of extinction.This is Key…
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56-2021: Amendments to Human Health and Coronavirus (COVID-19) questions for the Maritime Arrivals Reporting System (MARS)

8 April 2021 Who does this notice affect? This notice is of interest to all vessel masters and shipping agents who represent international commercial vessels for the purposes of Australian biosecurity clearance. What has changed? The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (the…
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Biosecurity Advice 2013/01 - Draft review of the importation of grapevine (Vitis species) propagative material into Australia

​18 January 2013  This Biosecurity Advice (BA) invites stakeholders to provide comments on the ‘Draft review of policy: importation of grapevine (Vitis species) propagative material into…
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Biosecurity Fact Sheet: Brassicaceous crop seeds for sowing into Australia

Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, February 2018 This fact sheet explains the rationale for the review of import conditions for brassicaceous crop seeds for sowing into Australia and details the progress of the review. Download Document File size Biosecurity…
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