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Exporters of wood and wood fibre products

​Businesses exporting products containing wood and wood fibre from Australia are not directly affected by Australia’s illegal logging laws.Some of the countries we export wood and wood fibre products to have laws to help stop the trade of illegally logged timber.Importers in these countries need to…
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Biosecurity Matters, Edition 2, 2019

​​​​​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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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​A Biosecurity Advice notice  is a notice that informs stakeholders about the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources​ - Biosecurity's work. Biosecurity …
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Labour use in Australian agriculture: Analysis of survey results, 2021–22

Authors: Rhys Downham and Fred Litchfield Labour is a key input to Australian agriculture and there is significant interest in understanding whether labour markets are meeting the needs of the Australian farm sector. This interest has recently been heightened by the COVID-19 pandemic, which…
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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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Guideline – Par-cooked breaded, battered and crumbed (BBC) prawns

ScopeThe department has implemented new import conditions for breaded, battered and crumbed (BBC) prawns. Further information is available in Biosecurity Advice Notice 2018-15 and Import Industry Advice…
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Cucurbitaceous vegetable seeds

We have completed a review of import conditions for cucurbitaceous vegetable seeds for sowing. When we conduct a review of import conditions, we: review the science on pests of concern assess and analyse biosecurity risks develop risk management measures, if required consult the public on…
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Rabies vaccination and tests for cats and dogs coming to Australia

Australia is one of the few countries in the world that remains free of rabies.We have strict biosecurity import conditions to keep Australia rabies free. Rabies is a serious viral disease that affects many animals. It can infect humans and more than 60,000 people die of rabies every year.Check if…
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Food demand in Australia: trends and issues 2018

​​ Source: ABS 2017a,b Author: Lindsay Hogan This report briefly examines recent trends and issues relating to Australia's household food expenditure. Trends in Australia's food market Trends in Australia's food market between 1988-89 and 2016-17: indicative food production increased from $65…
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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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