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State and territory governments are responsible for animal production and welfare laws and their enforcement. The states and territories set and enforce animal welfare standards through administration of state legislation for animal welfare or the prevention of animal cruelty.
For Australia’s…
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Concern about exotic and emerging disease threats has prompted interest by animal health agencies involved in preparedness and planning to use decision support tools such as animal disease modelling. Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) continues to represent the most serious threat to Australian…
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Improving a degraded farm dam by installing new fences, revegetating edges, and creating alternative water access points helped Lowesdale NSW farmers Elise Weden and Ian Cocking solve the problem of securing water for livestock and the land.
With support from Bangerang elder, Uncle Dozer Atkinson…
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Dr Leslie David SimsDr Leslie David Sims is a highly experienced veterinarian with a passion for preventing infectious diseases of production animals, especially those that also affect humans. He started his career as a laboratory diagnostician in the Victorian public sector and used these…
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Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) is a nationally notifiable animal disease which means if you suspect an animal is showing signs of the disease, you must report it.You can do this by contacting your local veterinarian or call the national Emergency Animal Disease Hotline on 1800 675 888…
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The melon fruit fly is one of the exotic species that threaten Australia’s production of fruit and vegetables.Florida Division of Plant Industry, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Bugwood.org.
Fruit flies (exotic)Exotic to Australia. Mediterranean fruit fly is…
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Risk analysis for the release of Kordyana brasiliensis for the biological control of Tradescantia fluminensis
We conducted a risk analysis for the release of the fungus Kordyana brasiliensis for the biological control of the weed ‘Wandering Trad’ (Tradescantia fluminensis).
We conducted the…
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Paperless. Efficient. Transparent.
What is MARS?
MARS is an online web portal to be used by commercial vessel masters and shipping agents to submit pre-arrival documents required of all international, commercial, vessels preparing for arrival in Australian territory. MARS has functionality to…
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We work with overseas governments to implement eCert exchanges for exports. This includes phytosanitary and sanitary certificates for food and agricultural exports.
Our goal is for export certification to be completely paperless. You can find out more about the benefits of eCerts and how…
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Funding announced to drive emissions reductionOn 23 May 2024, Minister Bowen and Minister Watt announced the government is investing $63.8 million in the Agriculture and Land Sector Plan to support initial emissions reduction efforts.Read the joint media release and the department’s factsheet:…
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