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Authors: Dale Ashton and Jay Gomboso
The southern Murray–Darling Basin has around one-fifth of Australia’s total dairy farms. In 2014–15 irrigated dairy production contributed 17 per cent of the total gross value of irrigated agricultural production in the Basin (ABS 2016).
Dairy farming in…
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20 July 2024Who does this notice affect?Stakeholders in the import and shipping industries — including importers, customs brokers, freight forwarders, vessel masters, biosecurity industry participants and shipping agents.Information The department is aware of the CrowdStrike IT outage and…
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Watch this videoIn this video (13:25 minutes), Matt Woods and Dr Philip Ireland discuss vegetation carbon projects and how the ACCU Scheme works.TranscriptMATT WOODS: Hello. I'm Matt Woods, and with me is doctor Philip Ireland. Phil has worked in climate change policy for 20 years. And is currently…
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Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, April 2017
This report details food that was found to fail under the Imported Food Inspection Scheme during the month. For full data on activity and compliance under the Scheme refer to the six monthly Imported Food Inspection…
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13 August 2010
EXTENSION OF EXISTING POLICY FOR THE IMPORTATION OF FRESH MANGO FRUIT FROM THE PHILIPPINES - INCLUSION OF THE ADDITIONAL GROWING AREA OF DAVAO DEL SUR, MINDANAO ISLAND
This Biosecurity Australia Advice announces the completion of an extension of existing policy for the…
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23 April 2010
Biosecurity Australia Advice 2010/12: Appeals on the provisional final import risk analysis report for fresh stone fruit from California, Idaho, Oregon And Washington
This Biosecurity…
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PLANT PEST
Potato late blight is caused by exotic strains of Phytophthora infestans (A2 mating type).Scott Bauer, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org
Potato late blight (exotic strains)Exotic to AustraliaExotic to Australia: Phytophthora infestans that causes potato late blight is…
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The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has received several enquiries recently about the potential use of mRNA vaccines in livestock.
Many of these enquiries are in response to misinformation circulating on the internet, such as articles implying that the Australian Government is…
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The Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy program operates along Australia's northern coastline from Broome in the west to Cairns in the East. This includes the Torres Strait, but excludes the metropolitan areas of Darwin and Cairns.
The following map highlights the areas of primary interest to…
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Australian biosecurity experts are helping to lift regional biosecurity capability through the delivery of a major workshop hosted by Indonesia for the Asia Pacific Plant Protection Commission (APPPC) Secretariat.
The workshop, which runs from 22-26 May in Bali, is the final in a series of six…
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