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The department will continue its collaboration with the Centre of Excellence for Biosecurity Risk Analysis (CEBRA), with the Australian Government providing a $6.4 million grant to the University of Melbourne to continue biosecurity research crucial to protecting the nation’s agricultural,…
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Date of issue: 31 March 2025Date of effect: 30 March 2025Attention:Registered wool, skins and hides (including feathers, deer antler velvet, trophies) exporters, manufacturers, agents and freight forwarders.Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) - Central and Regional…
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23 March 2016Who does this notice affect?All clients currently lodging import documentation for biosecurity assessment via email.For informationThis information is following on from Industry Advise…
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Codex Ad hoc Intergovernmental Task Force on Antimicrobial Resistance
(Host Government - Republic of Korea)
The Codex Ad hoc Intergovernmental Task Force on Antimicrobial Resistance is responsible for developing guidance on methodology and processes for risk assessment and…
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Weekly Australian Climate,
Water and Agricultural Update
Key issues
For the week ending 9 February 2022, blocking high-pressure systems to the south of Australia resulted in clear, dry conditions across southern parts of the country. Meanwhile, low-pressure troughs over northern and eastern…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesFor the week ending 3 August 2022, low-pressure troughs and cold fronts swept across southern Australia, resulting in rainfall and strong winds. Over remaining parts of the country, high-pressure systems brought clear, dry…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesFor the week ending 2 August 2023, a series of cold fronts brought isolated falls to parts of western, southern and south-eastern Australia. Scattered falls were also recorded across parts of northern Queensland, and the interior of…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateFor the week ending 6 March 2022, low-pressure troughs across northern, eastern and western Australia resulted in moderate rainfall in the east, west and parts of the far north. High-pressure systems in the south resulted in clear,…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesFor the week ending 5 July 2023, the northwest cloud band re-intensification brought widespread unseasonal rainfall to large areas of northern Australia, extending across northern Western Australia, much of the Northern Territory and…
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The information and links on this page give you access to the latest advice from key agencies about Hendra virus.
Current situation
Since 1994, Hendra virus (HeV) has been the cause of death in over 100 horses. Most cases have been the result of spillover infection from flying-foxes. Others have…
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