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Didymo (Didymosphenia germinata) also known as rock snot, is a highly invasive exotic freshwater algae, that can have a significant environmental impact. It can spread quickly, forming massive blooms in waterways or lake edges. Once established, didymo blooms can adversely affect water quality,…
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23 April 2025Who does this notice affect?This notice affects importers, freight forwarders, biosecurity industry participants, accredited persons operating under the department’s approved arrangement class 19, National Plant Protection Organisations (NPPOs) and pre-border biosecurity treatment…
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Publication detailsDepartment of Agriculture, Fisheries and ForestryDownloadDocumentPagesFile size Reports Summary PDF 19690 KBIf you have difficulty accessing these files, visit web accessibility for…
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8 November 2023
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All clients attempting to contact the department or anticipating outcomes of biosecurity assessments.
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The department’s network has been impacted by the outage affecting the Optus mobile and fixed networks. The outage is ongoing but…
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Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, December 2018The factsheet provides an overview of the risk analysis for fresh longan fruit from Vietnam.DownloadDocumentPagesFile size…
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Author: Brett Herbert, Australian Government Department of Agriculture
Crayfish plague is an exotic disease and is listed in Australia’s National List of Reportable Diseases of Aquatic Animals. It is a serious disease of freshwater crayfish, and Australian crayfish are highly susceptible.…
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