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Minutes 71st DCCC Meeting - Draft

​9.00 am to 1.00 pm Wednesday 29 July 2015 South East Region - Melrose Office 255 Melrose Drive, Tullamarine VIC Agenda Item 1 – Chair’s Introduction Present Department of Agriculture Raelene…
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Cruise vessels

The department considers cruise vessels to be a high biosecurity risk due to a number of factors, including:the large number of crew and passengers on board increases the risk of spreading human diseases of biosecurity concernpassengers disembarking with souvenirs from overseas countries which may…
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Approved arrangement class 19.2 commodities

Approved arrangement class 19.2 automatic entry processing for commodities (AEPCOMM) allows accredited persons to assess commodity documentation and manage biosecurity risk for approved commodities.Commodity requirementsTo use approved arrangement class 19.2 an accredited person must ensure the…
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Part 1: Introduction and Methodology

     1.1 Introduction      1.2 Thematic Methodology for World Heritage Assessment      1.3 Approaches to World Heritage Assessment…
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Jake and Frankie strengthen their herd from the ground up

Mixed cattle farmers Jake and Frankie Fennell run a 4,000-strong beef herd on their property Wintinna Station in Outback South Australia. After the 2017-2019 drought, they embraced GPS cattle tracking tags and rotational grazing to better prepare their business for drought. “We came across [the…
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Weekly update - 29 September 2022

Weekly Australian Climate, Water and Agricultural Update Key issues For the week ending 28 September 2022, a low-pressure system and onshore flow brought moderate to heavy rainfall to large areas of eastern Australia, with troughs and cold fronts resulting in isolated falls in other parts of…
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Australian Government response to the Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee inquiry report:

Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Legislation Amendment (Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority Board and Other Improvements) Bill 2019 [Provisions] Introduction On 19 September 2019, the Senate Standing Committee for the Selection of Bills referred the…
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Emergency Animal Disease Bulletin No. 124

Authors: Nicole Byrne and Jarrad Sanderson, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment Infectious bursal disease (very virulent form) Infectious bursal disease (IBD) or Gumboro is a viral disease affecting the immune system of young chickens. Present worldwide, the disease is highly…
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Tasmania Department of Primary Industries and Water Submissions in response to the Draft import risk analysis report for stone fruit from the USA

Department of Primary Industries & Water PO Box 46 KINGS MEADOWS Tasmania 7249 AUSTRALIA +61 3 6336 5414 Telephone Cindy.Hanson@dpiw.tas.gov.au Cover Letter 27 June…
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Failing Food Report – April 2020

​​​Publication details​ Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, April 2020 This report lists food that has failed under the Imported Food Inspection Scheme (IFIS). [Expand all] Risk food tests We target and monitor food that poses a high or medium risk to public health. We…
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