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Authors: Ahmed Hafi, Lucy Randall, Tony Arthur, Donkor Addai, Philip Tennant and Jay Gomboso
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Figure 1 Xylella fastidiosa has caused severe damage in Europe and North and South America. Source: EPPO
Figure 2 Xylella blocks xylem cells, disrupts water flow and slowly kills…
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Biosecurity Matters
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Biosecurity is the management of the risk of pests and diseases entering, emerging, establishing or spreading in Australia and causing harm to animals, plants or human…
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PLANT PEST
Scorched leaves are a common symptom of the bacterial disease Xylella which can infect hundreds of plant species.
John Hartman, University of Kentucky, Bugwood.org
Xylella and exotic vectorsExotic to AustraliaFeatures: A bacterial disease that…
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Weekly Australian Climate,
Water and Agricultural Update
Key issues
For the week ending 17 August 2022, low-pressure systems and cold fronts brought moderate to heavy rainfall across southern Australia. High-pressure systems over northern parts of the country resulted in clear, dry…
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OverviewThe Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Cargo Consultative Committee (DCCC) is a committee for the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and international trade and logistics service provider industries to consider tactical and strategic biosecurity related…
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April 2019
The Australian Government has responded to the Productivity Commission’s Inquiry on National Water Reform. More information on the inquiry is available on the Productivity Commission’s website.
Overview
The Australian Government welcomes the findings of the Productivity Commission’s…
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28 February 2019
This Biosecurity Advice notifies stakeholders of the release of the draft report for the review of biosecurity import requirements for fresh avocado fruit from Chile.
The draft report proposes that importation of fresh avocado fruit from all commercial production areas of…
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15 July 2025The draft report proposes that the importation of commercially produced fresh guava fruit (Psidium guajava) to Australia from all commercial production areas of Taiwan can be permitted, subject to a range of biosecurity requirements.The draft report is being issued for a public…
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9 December 2022
This Biosecurity Advice notifies stakeholders of the release of the Dragon fruit from the Philippines: biosecurity import requirements draft report (PDF 3.36 MB).
This draft report proposes that the importation of commercially produced dragon fruit to Australia from all…
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