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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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11 January 2019
Purpose
To advise industry that applications are now open for growers, packhouses and treatment facilities to export persimmons to Thailand in 2019.
Summary of changes and key points
Only farms located in Queensland are eligible to apply under the protocol agreement.
Growers…
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20 October 2017PurposeThe purpose of this Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise mainland Australian apple and pear entities that applications for exports to Thailand for the 2018 season have opened.…
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It is a requirement of each Victorian Regional Forest Agreement (RFA) that its performance is reviewed every five years to provide an assessment of progress made, and includes:
the extent to which milestones and obligations have been met, including the management of the National Estate
the…
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19 August 2016
Purpose
All onshore cold treatment facilities intending to export horticulture commodities that are fruit fly hosts to Thailand must submit an ‘Export approval application form’ by Friday 2 September 2016.
This process is not applicable to facilities already jointly approved by…
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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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28 July 2015Summary All on-shore cold treatment facilities intending to export horticulture commodities that are fruit fly hosts to Thailand must submit an ‘Export listing application form’ by Tuesday 11…
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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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Varroa mites (Varroa destructor and Varroa jacobsoni) are tiny red-brown external parasites of the European honey bee (Apis mellifera) and are about the size of a sesame seed. Until recently both species were exotic to Australia, however in June 2022 Varroa destructor was detected in a sentinel…
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Department of Agriculture and Water Resources – Department of Health Memorandum of Understanding
A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been signed by the Secretaries of the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources and the Department of Health, establishing the framework for how the two…
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