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Prevailing currents and conditions in the Torres Strait, and the Arafura and Timor Seas, make our region vulnerable to some of the highest densities of marine pollution in the world.Indigenous Rangers are on the front foot in protecting our marine environment…
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ABARES Working Paper Published 30 November 2018. Authors: Huong Dinh, Manannan Donoghoe, Neal Hughes, Tim Goesch This paper will be available until 30 May 2020.
This paper presents a new farm level microsimulation model…
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OverviewThis project redeveloped the CSIRO Sample Tracking and Reporting System (STARS) network. This aimed to enhance biosecurity and laboratory management system interoperability at both national and jurisdictional levels.The enhanced STARS network led to an improved national coordination of…
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Agricultural R&D funding remains more than $3 billion in the 2024-25 period according to a recent ABARES report.ABARES Executive Director Dr Jared Greenville said private investment in R&D continued to grow at a faster pace than public investment."Since 2005-06, real private agricultural R…
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Red Imported Fire Ants (RIFA) were first detected in Australia in South East Queensland in 2001. Governments have worked collectively to eradicate them ever since.The National Fire Ant Eradication Program (the Program) aims to eradicate this serious pest from Australia by 2032. The Fire Ant…
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11 December 2019
Who does this notice effect?
Customs brokers and importers of consignments over $1000.
Vessel operators or their agent.
Key points
The Australian Government has decided to expand the types of biosecurity activities that are cost recovered.
The department has published an…
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Import conditions for olive nursery stock material are available on the Biosecurity Import Conditions system (BICON), making the import of these goods possible.A decision to import olive nursery…
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3 October 2012
This Biosecurity Advice informs stakeholders that the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has finalised the Guidelines for managing the risk of transmitting transmissible…
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AttentionFood importers and brokers acting on their behalf.PurposeTo inform importers and brokers of changes to the tests applied to dried, semi-dried and sundried tomatoes and dried dates.Key pointsFrom 26 July 2024, E. coli testing no longer applies to imports of dried, semi-dried and sundried…
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What you need to know
Semen and embryos from the animal species listed below can currently be imported into Australia from selected Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry approved countries only.
Permitted species for imports of animal semen include buffalo, cattle, cats, deer,…
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