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In March, the Australian Chief Plant Protection Officer (ACPPO) Dr Gabrielle Vivian-Smith participated in the 19th Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM-19) in Rome, leading the Australian delegation including Dr Sophie Peterson and Ms Lauren Madden.As part of the broader South-West Pacific…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesIn the week ending 28 May 2025, tropical and polar lows brought rainfall to parts of north-western and south-eastern Australia respectively.Cropping regions in New South Wales received 5-100 millimetres of rainfall, while rainfall was…
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OverviewPhysical barriers are used to exclude pests at the scale of individual commodity units.Examples include individual fruit bagging during production, and requirements to prevent the entry of hitchhikers into sea containers, unit loading devices for airfreight or heavy equipment.Evaluating the…
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OverviewExposure to the pest is reduced by ensuring that the commodity is geographically isolated from the pest.Examples include requirements that a Pest Free Production Site be located a minimum distance from any other site producing the same commodity, and that processing or storage facilities (e…
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4 April 2022
Purpose
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to notify stakeholders of updates to the Plant Exports Management System (PEMS).
Summary of changes and key points
On 2 April 2022, the following updates were made to PEMS:
For reactivated inspections, the previous version of that…
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Shuttle stallions are highly valuable, male thoroughbred and standardbred horses who are ‘shuttled’ between the Northern and Southern hemisphere to mate and produce valuable offspring for the racing industry.
Renowned for their race-track performance and historic pedigrees, these stallions will…
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Australian agriculture, fisheries and forestry are set to have the third-highest yearly gross value on record in 2023-24, with production value predicted to reach $86 billion.
Executive Director of ABARES Dr Jared Greenville said today’s release of the ABARES Agricultural Commodities and Crop…
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21 October 2021
Purpose
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise industry of new export requirements for affected horticulture commodities to Fiji following the detection of Serpentine leafminer (Liriomyza huidobrensis) in Australia. The new requirements will come into effect on 29 October…
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18 October 2021
Purpose
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to notify stakeholders of updates to the Plant Exports Management System (PEMS).
Summary of changes and key points
PEMS will now automatically validate the ‘Accredited Farm Block Numbers’ and ‘Accredited Packhouse Numbers’ for…
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We have completed the risk analysis for okra from India. We will now verify that India can meet the import conditions.
Risk analysis
When we do a risk analysis we:
review the science on pests and diseases of concern
assess and analyse biosecurity risks…
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