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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 health,…
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A coconut might be a great souvenir from a Pacific cruise holiday however one traveller’s undeclared keepsake recently cost them $3,300 for breaching Australia’s biosecurity laws.
Cruise ship travellers are reminded to check their bags before attempting to enter Australia and to declare all food,…
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If your livestock are showing signs of lumpy skin disease, immediately call the Emergency Animal Disease Hotline on 1800 675 888 (free call within Australia).Australia is free from lumpy skin disease (LSD) and has never had an incursion of the disease, according to World Organisation for Animal…
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15 June 2015PurposeTo invite export registered establishments intending on preparing and exporting oaten hay to China, who have not yet applied, to apply to the department for audits by the General…
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3 February 2014
Purpose
To invite export registered establishments intending on preparing and exporting oaten hay to China the opportunity to request registration audits by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ), People’s Republic of China.…
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On 19 September 2025 the National Management Group (NMG) agreed with advice from the Consultative Committee on Emergency Plant Pests that potato mop-top virus (PMTV) is not technically feasible to eradicate from Australia.This decision reflects several challenges:Difficulty detecting all infected…
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The burnt pine longicorn beetle is found in New Zealand, United Kingdom, Europe, Russia, North Africa, and the countries between the Black and Caspian Seas and Syria and Israel.
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The risk to Australia
If introduced into Australia the burnt pine longicorn beetle…
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21 February 2013
Purpose
To advise export registered establishments intending on preparing and exporting oaten hay to China, of registration audits in April 2013 by the General Administration of…
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Export Industry Advice Notices 2004
DateNumberDescription 22 Dec 04 2004/23
Implementation of ISPM 15 for Wood Packaging Material in Exports 21 Dec 04 2004/22…
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The annual assessment of Commonwealth fish stocks from the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) has found that the majority of stocks assessed were both not overfished and not subject to overfishing.
The ABARES Fishery status reports 2023 provides an…
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