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22 November 2024Who does this notice affect?All international airline operators, ground handlers, airport operators and international airline representatives.What has changed?The department has revised the current aircraft ‘Arrivals’ contact email address. The new email is Conveyance.Aircraft@aff.…
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21 February 2025Who does this notice affect?Stakeholders including importers, customs brokers, freight forwarders and biosecurity industry participants (approved arrangement and compliance agreement holders) vessel masters and shipping agents.Changes to regulatory charging in 2025-26The department…
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Cattle exported to Indonesia in November 2024July 2025DownloadReport 247: Independent Observer summary report on MV Greyman Express in November 2024 (PDF 326 KB)Voyage summaryVessel: MV Greyman ExpressLoading location and date: Townsville, from 8 to 9 November 2024Vessel departure location and date…
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On 10 January 2025, Germany notified the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) of an outbreak of FMD on a small farm of 14 water buffaloes. Germany immediately implemented emergency disease control and eradication measures. No further cases of FMD were reported in Germany beyond the initial…
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31 January 2025Who does this notice affect?This notice affects importers of live plants (nursery stock), customs brokers and departmental staff.What has changed?From 31 January 2025, enhanced regulatory measures have been introduced to manage the risk of Xylella fastidiosa (Xylella) in imported…
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Date of issue: 9 May 2025Dates of effect: 12 May 2025AttentionExporters of Other Goods (processed foods, ingredients, beverages, vitamins and supplements, cosmetics and personal care products, animal feed (non-meat derived), edible rendered animal fats and oils, fertilisers, shells), agents and…
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The Terms of Reference for the working holiday maker tax review are designed around five key themes:relative international competitiveness visa labour needs of the agricultural and tourism sectors…
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The risk to Australia
Weeds cost the Australian economy billions of dollars in control measures and lost income each year. They reduce agricultural production by competing with crops, introducing crop diseases and restrict our ability to trade internationally by contaminating crops and wool.…
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The risk to Australia
Plant diseases cost Australia millions of dollars each year as they reduce productivity, increase the cost of production, impact on our ability to trade both locally and internationally and adversely affect our environment and biodiversity.
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The Pine wilt nematode is a microscopic unsegmented worm that affects firs, cedars, larches, spruces, and especially pines. It is unlikely to affect Australian native trees, but it would be damaging to Australia’s forestry industry and amenity trees.
Pine wilt nematode is indigenous to North…
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