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Weekly Australian Climate,
Water and Agricultural Update
Key issues
For the week ending 15 February 2023, monsoonal troughs remained active and together with the active Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) pulse resulted in widespread rainfall and localised thunderstorms, mainly in tropical…
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News and AlertsNote: This page will be decommissioned on 12 November 2025 and replaced with Emergency measures for tomato and capsicum seed.Emergency measuresWhat is Tomato mottle mosaic virus (ToMMV)?ToMMV is a member of the Tobamovirus genus:It is transmitted through propagation materials (seeds…
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National Biosecurity Committee
June 2014
Introduction
The Intergovernmental Agreement on Biosecurity (IGAB) was established to enhance Australia’s biosecurity system and strengthen the collaborative approach between the Commonwealth, state and territory governments (jurisdictions) to address…
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8 November 2019
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 outage period.
All shipping agents or operators of maritime conveyances who will be required…
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8 May 2019Who 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 outage.…
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This fact sheet has been prepared to provide general information for export Registered Establishments about Approved Auditors.
What is an Approved Auditor and what is their role?
An Approved Auditor is a person trained and approved by the department under export legislation to…
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10 December 2021
Purpose
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise industry and Authorised Officers about arrangements for plant exports systems and services during the Christmas and New Year period.
Summary of changes and key points
Our Canberra offices will be closed for the Christmas…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesFor the week ending 2 August 2023, a series of cold fronts brought isolated falls to parts of western, southern and south-eastern Australia. Scattered falls were also recorded across parts of northern Queensland, and the interior of…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesFor the week ending 5 July 2023, the northwest cloud band re-intensification brought widespread unseasonal rainfall to large areas of northern Australia, extending across northern Western Australia, much of the Northern Territory and…
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The implementation plan to assist in delivery of Australia’s first National Biosecurity Strategy (NBS), a collaborative, national approach to protecting Australia from exotic pests and diseases backed by all government agriculture ministers, has been released.
First Assistant Secretary for…
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