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Water and Agricultural Update
Key issues
For the week ending 22 June 2022, low-pressure systems and associated cold fronts brought rainfall to western and southern parts of the country, while high-pressure systems were the dominant climate feature across remaining…
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The Department of Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry is responsible for managing the biosecurity risks and consumer safety requirements relating to plant based products for human consumption (food, drink, medicine and therapeutics) imported to Australia.
This is administered…
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Sink your teeth into the world of plant biosecurity with our Biosecurity Bite videos. This series of seven videos will take you behind the scenes of Australia’s biosecurity system.
1. Biosecurity and Trade
Every day Australia imports and exports plants and plant products. Imported products may…
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25 September 2018 Who does this notice affect? Clients in the import and shipping industries—including freight forwarders, importers, customs brokers and master consolidators—associated with importing…
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The Department of Agriculture is committed to improving agricultural outputs, and animal disease identification, management and reporting, through industry education and training.
As part of this commitment we are supporting a series of animal health surveillance projects in 2018 and 2019…
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Science is the S in ABARES!
Our forest, land, fisheries, biosecurity, invasive species and social scientists help shape the future for Australian agriculture and our natural resources and communities.
Their work underpins the department’s efforts to improve the sustainability and productivity of…
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Registered veterinarians can prepare animals other than livestock for export. This includes dogs, cats, mice, poultry and horses. You do not need to be accredited by the department to do this.
You must be an accredited veterinarian to prepare livestock for export. Livestock animals include cattle…
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17 March 2023
Species: Sheep and goats
Countries: Malaysia
Australian Livestock Exporters’ Council (ALEC)
Departmental officers
LiveCorp
Livestock exporters
Meat & Livestock Australia
Purpose
To advise exporters of the requirements for the export of sheep and goats to Malaysia…
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Dr Richard Bradhurst
Dr Richard Bradhurst has received the 2022 Dr Kim Ritman Award for Science and Innovation.
Dr Bradhurst has significantly contributed to Australian biosecurity for the past decade by developing the Australian Animal Disease Spread Model (AADIS). AADIS is a leading-edge…
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12 January 2023
The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has conducted a policy review of the rabies virus risk in imported dogs, cats and canine semen from approved countries. All comments on the draft report for this policy review have been considered in the finalisation process.…
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