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Beekeepers across New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory will help in the fight against the spread of the most serious pest of honeybees in the world through a low-cost Internet of Things solution.
Two pilot programs targeting varroa mite, and co-funded to the tune of $130,000 under…
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The Australian Government Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator the Hon. Murray Watt, and state and territory forestry ministers met virtually today for the second time this year.
Ministers discussed the importance of the sector’s economic contribution and its delivery of high…
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The Australian Government is a signatory to arrangements that will provide support from other participating countries during an emergency animal disease outbreak. It is also a signatory to arrangements…
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Several of Australia’s most valuable fisheries are managed at an international level because the stocks are either migratory or straddle Australia’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and the high seas. UN…
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Under the transparency provisions of the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS agreement), Australia is required to have a National…
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What is biosecurity?Biosecurity protects Australia’s plant, animal and human health by reducing the risk of unwanted pests and diseases arriving and establishing in the country. We need to…
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There can be no doubt that our biosecurity system is complex. Although we divide our system into convenient areas (like plant, animal and marine), some problems don’t fit neatly into our prescribed boxes. For instance, how do we treat seaweed? It’s a plant, but it’s cultivated in ‘hatcheries’,…
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World Rabies Day 2022 with the theme ‘Rabies: One Health, Zero Deaths’ is raising awareness of the global target to end human deaths from dog-mediated rabies by 2030.
Australian Chief Veterinary Officer Dr Mark Schipp said the department was working closely with neighbouring countries to address…
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The Office of the Chief Veterinary Officer (OCVO) has seconded four staff to work overseas – one at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Samoa and three at the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) headquarters in France.
These secondments build on the Australian Government’s…
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Joint Communiqué16 December 2021, (virtual meeting hosted by New Zealand)The 17th Australia and New Zealand Biosecurity Cooperation (ANZBC) annual meeting was held virtually on 16 December 2021. Representatives from Australia’s Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWE) and New…
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