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Animal Health Committee’s key animal health policies. These are developed by AHC Member and Observer organisations and endorsed by AHC. Disease surveillance and diagnosticsSending biological samples overseasPolicy for the transfer of biological specimens to overseas laboratories -…
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02 June 2020
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Stakeholders in the import and shipping industries—including Master Consolidators, vessel masters, freight forwarders, treatment providers, Biosecurity Industry Participants, importers, customs brokers and principle agents— associated with shipping or…
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22 October 2018Who does this notice affect?This notice is of interest to relevant international vessel masters and shipping agents.What has changed?The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources (the…
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28 November 2017Who does this notice affect? This notice is of interest to relevant international vessel masters and shipping agents.What has changed?The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources (…
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03 November 2021
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Animal Biosecurity Advice 2021-A07 - Import risk review for psittacine birds from all countries – update PDF
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This advice provides an update on progress on the Import risk review for…
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Authors: Katherina Ng, Bo Raphael, Luke Maloney, Jessica Evans and Sandra Parsons
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National coordination of weeds data is a priority for all levels of government in Australia and is established in national policy documents such as the Australian Weeds Strategy (AWS) 2017–2027, the…
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The department leads and coordinates the national management of aquatic animal health in Australia. We do this through:national strategic planning to provide a coordinated and efficient approach to strengthen aquatic biosecurity.committees and systems to facilitate transparency, shared…
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Import conditions for fresh apples from New Zealand are now on the Biosecurity Import Conditions system (BICON), making the import of apples from New Zealand to Australia possible.
A decision to import apples from New Zealand into Australia is a commercial decision between an importer in…
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1 April 2025Who does this notice affect?Approved arrangement operators attempting to access online reports of entries referred to the department for biosecurity assessment, or management under a class 19 Approved Arrangement, via the Biosecurity Cargo Status Tracker (BCST).InformationStart time:As…
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Nathaniel Bloomfield and Tony Arthur
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Australia has an active surveillance trapping program for Asian Gypsy Moth (AGM) – a pest that could cause significant impacts should it establish.
This study, conducted in 2019, used a…
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