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How to import a cat or dog

We regulate the import of cats and dogs into Australia to: protect our agriculture and environment from biosecurity risks protect the health of humans, cats, dogs, and other animals Find out how to import your cat or dog safely. Step by step guides Follow our step by step guides to…
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Levy Guidelines: How to establish or amend agricultural levies

Download Levy guidelines: How to establish or amend agricultural levies (PDF 685 KB) Levy guidelines: How to establish or amend agricultural levies (DOCX 1.2 MB) If you have difficulty accessing these files, visit web accessibility for assistance. About the Guidelines The Levy guidelines: How…
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Julie is a community leader in drought resilience

Julie Freeman first came to Western Australia’s northern Wheatbelt as a graduate teacher. The best way she found to get to know people in the small rural town of Mullewa was through volunteering. “There comes a point, particularly in a small community, where if you’ve got some skills that are…
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Building business resilience at Locklea Station

For Maree and Ian Masterson, running a successful beef operation requires careful planning, particularly when it comes to managing dry conditions.To refine their business strategies, the Mastersons have been making significant changes to their breeder and grazing land management approaches. They…
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Olga Downs puts breath-based pregnancy tool to the test

Olga Downs Station, near Richmond in northwest Queensland, has been in the Harrington family for almost 90 years.Family patriarch, Peter, admits he usually favours traditional practices for cattle production.“We’re probably still a bit old fashioned in some ways. It’s just a wet and dry draft when…
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Due diligence for importers

We have developed updated guidance material to assist importers and processors of regulated timber products understand and meet your due diligence requirements under Australia’s illegal logging laws.The Due Diligence Toolkit for importers is available to download on our on our Resources for…
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Self assessed clearance cargo: how we work with industry

Self assessed clearance cargo: how we work with industrySelf assessed clearance (SAC) cargo is described as non-commercial goods (including online purchases) imported into Australia with a value of less than or equal to the Full Import Declaration (FID) threshold. The FID threshold is currently $…
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The ants go marching three by three, thanks to the work of Biosecurity

The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has successfully eradicated an exotic ant which arrived at the Port of Brisbane and could have posed a serious biosecurity risk if they continued to spread. Deputy Secretary of Biosecurity, Dr Chris Locke, said this successful eradication went…
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Hold the phone - International plant health surveys go digital

The department’s international scientific collaboration has gone digital with international plant health surveys being conducted remotely for the first time in 2021-2022. Australia’s Chief Plant Protection Officer (ACPPO), Dr Gabrielle Vivian-Smith, said it was a new approach to important…
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Jono’s farm makeover protects natural assets

Jono and Kristy Fitzgerald are the custodians of an Endangered Ecological Community on their Luskintyre property in the Lower Hunter. With the help of the Future Drought Fund’s Natural Resource Management Drought Resilience Program and Hunter Local Land Services they’re giving their farm a ‘…
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