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2021 Science and Innovation Awards for Young People in Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Remember - applications close at 5.00pm AEST Friday 4 October 2020 Read our overview prior to completing your 2021 application. Contact the Science Awards team if you have any questions via email or…
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Prawn imports and biosecurity

Video transcript: New prawn import lawsAustralians love their prawns so much, we need to import them from overseas to keep up with demand.But we don’t want diseases arriving in Australia with those imports.Seafood disease experts have studied the biosecurity risks for prawn imports and recommend we…
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Biosecurity Advice 2016/32 - Cooked turkey meat from the United States - Draft review revised closing date for stakeholder comments

4 October 2016​The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources has revised the closing date for stakeholders to provide comments on Cooked turkey meat from the United States—draft review to 15 November…
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Indicator 7.1b: Extent to which the institutional framework supports the conservation and sustainable management of forests (2024) - Supporting information

This indicator examines the institutional frameworks that support sustainable forest management. Institutional frameworks provide mechanisms for engagement of the wider community in the process of continuous improvement and sustainable forest management.This is Supporting information for Indicator…
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Biosecurity Advice 2018-11 - Prawns and prawn products from all countries for human consumption-extension of comment period

​​1 June 2018The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources has revised the closing date for stakeholders to provide comments on specific issues with Australia’s current prawn import policy to 2 July…
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Animal Biosecurity Advice 2023-A04: Review of the biosecurity risks associated with importing dairy products for human consumption – extension of comment period

31 March 2023 The department has revised the closing date for stakeholders to provide comments on the draft review. We invite you to comment on the draft review by 14 April 2023. The draft report is available for review and comment on our Have Your Say website haveyoursay.agriculture.gov.au.…
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Information for Authorised Deposit-taking Institutions (ADIs)

​​​​A financial institution can include a Farm Management Deposit (FMD) product in its product range if it meets the Australian Government's prudential requirements or is government-guaranteed. This includes most banks, credit unions and building societies. Financial institutions offering FMDs…
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Essential biosecurity information for military forces

​​​Australia is in a unique position free from many of the animal and plant diseases affecting other countries. The department – in cooperation with other jurisdictions, industry and the community – manages biosecurity onshore, at the border and offshore to minimise the risk of exotic pests and…
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Ug99 wheat stem rust

PLANT PEST Ug99 is the name given to a type of fungal infection that is deadly to grains and would see our grain rejected by overseas markets.Sabine Werres BBA, Braunschweig, Germany, PaDIL Ug99 wheat stem rustExotic to AustraliaFeatures: A fungal pest causing wheat stem rust that could cause…
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