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Carbon farming helps reduce your carbon footprintCarbon farming, as we have seen, reduces GHG emissions and stores carbon, which are essential to Australia’s response to climate change.A ‘carbon footprint’ or ‘greenhouse gas footprint’ is the amount of GHGs emitted minus the amount of carbon stored…
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Livestock producers across Australia must be alert for signs of lumpy skin disease (LSD) in their animals. LSD is a nationally notifiable disease and you MUST report any suspected signs immediately to the Emergency Animal Disease hotline on 1800 675 888. Save this hotline number in…
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Joint Communiqué16 December 2021, (virtual meeting hosted by New Zealand)The 17th Australia and New Zealand Biosecurity Cooperation (ANZBC) annual meeting was held virtually on 16 December 2021. Representatives from Australia’s Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWE) and New…
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7 July 2022
On 18 August 2017, the Tasmanian RFA was varied to include improvements and a rolling 20-year extension by the Parties. In accordance with the requirements of the varied RFA clause 9A, the Parties hold an annual meeting to monitor the implementation of the Tasmanian RFA and to discuss…
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The Interstate Deployment Arrangements for Biosecurity Responses (the Arrangements) provide national guidance for coordinating the deployment of Australian jurisdictional staff for biosecurity incidents.In…
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There can be no doubt that our biosecurity system is complex. Although we divide our system into convenient areas (like plant, animal and marine), some problems don’t fit neatly into our prescribed boxes. For instance, how do we treat seaweed? It’s a plant, but it’s cultivated in ‘hatcheries’,…
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7 January 2019Who does this notice affect?All clients wishing to make payments using the Department’s Cargo Online Lodgement System (COLS), Maritime Arrivals Reporting System (MARS), Online Payment…
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29 August 2025PurposeThis Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to notify all Plant Exports Management System (PEMS) users of a planned system maintenance outage.Summary of changes and key pointsPEMS will be unavailable from 11:00pm, Saturday 30 August 2025 to 1:00am, Sunday 31 August 2025 (AEST).During…
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On 3 May 2016, the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources engaged Ernst & Young to undertake an independent cost, benefit and risk analysis of the relocation of the Australian Pesticides and…
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27 May 2021
Who does this notice affect?
All users of the below systems:
Agriculture Import Management System (AIMS)
Import Management System (IMS)
Maritime Arrival Reporting System (MARS)
Integrated Cargo System (ICS)
S-Cargo
Seasonal Pests (SeaPest)
Self-Assessed Clearance Paperless (…
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