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Cruise vessel standard – additional human health requirementsThere are now additional human health requirements for seaport operators of locations where cruise passengers disembark. Find out more.First points of entry (FPOE) are locations where vessels and goods that are subject to biosecurity…
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Ella Matta PastoralElla Matta Pastoral is a sheep operation on Kangaroo Island. Jamie, Andrew (Aphid) and Tracie Heinrich run the family farm with their team. They are leaders in farm biosecurity and have put extensive measures in place to protect their property and those around them.Ella Matta…
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Australia has concluded FTAs with 19 countries, or groups of countries. These FTAs and the entry-into-force date are:Australia-UAE Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (A-UAE CEPA) – 1 October 2025Australia-United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement (A-UKFTA) - 31 May 2023Australia-India Economic…
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Nymph Description: Colour more commonly brown but can be green. From above the thorax has a similar 'X' mark to the adult. In early instars…
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Australia remains free of many severe animal diseases.
To help veterinarians build their preparedness skills, we’ve commissioned the European Commission for the Control of foot-and-mouth disease (EuFMD) to provide training on how to respond to diseases such…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesIn the week ending 9 April 2025 low-pressure systems and troughs brought rainfall to the north and east of Australia.High rainfall continued in much of northern and central Australia, including Queensland (5-200 millimetres), the…
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Australia’s agricultural export industries now have new service delivery arrangements to support their daily export operations.
The revised service delivery arrangements include the introduction of Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry approved auditors who will be trained…
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22 November 2021
Who does this notice affect?
All importers and customs brokers who will be required to lodge imported cargo documentation to the department for biosecurity assessment during this planned maintenance period.
All importers of plants, cats and/or dogs who will be required to use…
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Biosecurity Preparedness Plans are plans that contribute to managing the likelihood and consequence of the establishment or spread in Australian territory of pests and diseases of biosecurity concern, and support Australia achieving its Appropriate Level of Protection (ALOP) which is a very low…
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Australia’s Chief Plant Protection Officer (ACPPO), Dr Gabrielle Vivian-Smith, is the primary representative of, and an advisor to, the Australian Government on all matters relating to Australia’s plant health status and its supporting systems.
As head of…
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