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Biosecurity enforcement officers have the powers and ability to issue all 55 of the infringement notices under the Infringement Notice Scheme (INS). They can issue infringement notices to importers and import industry participants across all import pathways. They can also issue infringement notices…
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Weekly Australian Climate,
Water and Agricultural Update
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For the week ending 20 September 2023, frontal systems brought showers to south-western Western Australia and much of Tasmania. An easterly airflow brought showers to parts of the Queensland coast. A slow-moving high-pressure…
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Weekly Australian Climate,
Water and Agricultural Update
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For the week ending 15 February 2023, monsoonal troughs remained active and together with the active Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) pulse resulted in widespread rainfall and localised thunderstorms, mainly in tropical…
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Weekly Australian Climate,
Water and Agricultural Update
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For the week ending 18 January 2023, a broad low-pressure trough remained active over northern Australia and resulted in widespread rainfall and thunderstorms across northern Australia. Meanwhile, onshore flow produced…
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Author: Rhyll Vallis, Nicole Byrne and Jarrad Sanderson, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment
Japanese encephalitis
Japanese encephalitis (JE) is an acute mosquito-borne viral disease of humans and animals which occurs throughout much of Asia. Infections are mainly…
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Weekly Australian Climate,
Water and Agricultural Update
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For the week ending 19 January 2022, troughs extending across eastern Australia resulted in scatted rainfall across southern Queensland, and eastern New South Wales and Victoria. Tropical cyclone activity and…
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MARS NewsA quick reference guide to Understanding the MARS Biosecurity Status Document (BSD) is now available: Quick Reference Guide: Understanding the BSD.
Using the MARS Offline form for itinerary updatesThe MARS itinerary update form is for agents and…
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3 December 2021
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This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to provide updated information on the registration of food processing and storage facilities handling product for export to China, and product labelling requirements for food products exported to China.
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The advice in this…
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Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, June 2021
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Australian Government response to the report of the Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Committee: Regulatory approaches to ensure the safety of pet food [PDF 285 KB]
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The Export Control (Plants and Plant Products) Rules 2021 (plant rules) set the specific requirements for the export of plants and plant products. The plant rules will be reviewed annually and where needed, amended. Details of the changes will be captured on this webpage.
On 1 January 2022 and 1…
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