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Agriculture occupies 59 per cent of Australia’s 7.6 million square kilometre landmass. Land managed for agriculture includes assets important for biodiversity conservation. These assets include remnant native vegetation (such as patches of forest, woodlands, shrublands and grasslands…
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20 August 2024Who does this notice affect?Stakeholders in the import and shipping industries—including vessel masters, freight forwarders, treatment providers, Biosecurity Industry Participants, importers, customs brokers and principal agents—associated with shipping or importing goods subject to…
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Food regulators from around the world are gathering in Cairns today for the 27th Codex Committee on Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification Systems (CCIFCS).Delegates to the weeklong gathering will be working to harmonise food import and export standards crucial to international trade…
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Australian agriculture is set to benefit this financial year, as the gross value of agricultural production is forecast to increase by 4%.The ABARES Agricultural Commodities and Crop Reports show a significant growth in the sector, from $82.5 billion in 2023-24 to $86.2 billion in 2024-25.Executive…
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In 2016, the Australian Government began investigating the use of carp virus to control carp numbers in Australia. The Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) led work.The FRDC undertook extensive consultation, detailed investigations and targeted research. Eleven research…
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The National Management Group (NMG) agreed at its meeting on 29 May 2025 that it is no longer technically feasible to eradicate tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) from Australia. This decision is based on the technical considerations of the Consultative Committee on Emergency Plant Pests (…
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Private vets have an important role to play in emergency animal disease responses in Australia.In 2011 an independent review into Australia’s preparedness for foot-and-mouth disease found that employment conditions in state and territory jurisdictions were not consistent. This could act as a…
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Biosecurity Matters To receive an email notification of future editions, subscribe to Biosecurity Matters.Biosecurity is the management of the risk of pests and diseases entering, emerging, establishing or spreading in Australia and causing harm to animals, plants or human health, the…
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Weekly Australian Climate,
Water and Agricultural Update
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During the week ending 27 January 2021, troughs, low-pressure systems and weak cold fronts generated showers and thunderstorm activity across parts of northern, central and eastern Australia. In those summer cropping…
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Weekly Australian Climate,
Water and Agricultural Update
Key issues
During the week ending 15 September 2021, a trough of low-pressure systems across northern parts of Australia resulted in very little rainfall. High pressure systems to the south-east brought clear, dry conditions…
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