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Application of a new method based on portfolio theory to inform the allocation of plant health surveillance resources in northern Australia

Tony Arthur, Fiona Giannini, Barbara Waterhouse, Belinda Barnes and James Walker Photo: Kerry Trapnell The Plant Health Surveillance Program, a component of the Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy's (NAQS) biosecurity surveillance operations, conducts…
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New partnership to establish a Biosecurity Training Centre to support a skilled and responsive biosecurity capability

The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment has signed an agreement with Charles Sturt University (CSU) to deliver a new Biosecurity Training Centre to strengthen Australia’s biosecurity capability. Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment and Australia’s…
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Animal Biosecurity Advice 2024-A03 - Issues Paper - Review of the biosecurity risks associated with veterinary immunobiologicals

4 April 2024This Animal Biosecurity Advice notice announces the publication of the Issues Paper ‘Review of the biosecurity risks associated with veterinary immunobiologicals’. The department is undertaking this review with the intention of publishing new import policies for veterinary…
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Dairy Symposium communique

22 March 2024Almost 100 representatives from Australia’s dairy industry gathered in Melbourne on 22 March 2024 for a National Dairy Symposium hosted by the Australian Government. The symposium brought together industry groups, dairy producers, dairy processors, employee representatives and…
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$3.9 million awarded under the National Agricultural Traceability Grants Program

A national program designed to build trust in Australian agricultural exports to Southeast Asia has awarded 11 new grants totalling $3.9 million to industries and institutions on the cutting edge of supply chain traceability.Deputy Secretary of Agricultural Trade and Regulation Group, Tina…
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Australian Framework for Landcare

​​​​The Australian Framework for Landcare has been developed by the Landcare community to help guide Landcare over a ten year period (2010-2020).In 2009 a cross section of community Landcarers agreed…
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Trends in water entitlement holdings and trade: Analysis of ABARES survey data

Authors: Rhys Downham and Mihir Gupta Publication date: 15 July 2021 Summary This report presents a novel analysis of trends in water entitlement holdings and net water allocation trade of surveyed farms across the southern Murray–Darling Basin (sMDB). The analysis investigates different…
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Northern Australia Indigenous Rangers Biosecurity Round Table

Facilitated by the Indigenous Rangers Biosecurity Program (IRBP), the biennial Indigenous Ranger Biosecurity Round Table is an opportunity for representatives of Indigenous ranger organisations delivering fee for service biosecurity to come together with the department to hold strategic discussions…
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2017-32 - Horticulture Exports Program – Applications for export approval of onshore cold treatment facilities for export of fruit fly host commodities to Thailand

21 August 2017PurposeThe purpose of this Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise that onshore cold treatment facilities intending to export horticulture fruit fly host commodities to Thailand must apply by Friday 8 September 2017.This process is not applicable to those facilities which are…
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34-2021: Sea container measures to protect against khapra beetle

5 March 2021Who does this notice affect?Stakeholders in the import and shipping industries—including vessel masters, freight forwarders, treatment providers, Biosecurity Industry Participants, importers, customs brokers, principal shipping agents, and any other operators in the sea container supply…
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