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Gardening is a great Australian pastime.
Across the country, people turn to their gardens as a way to relax and enrich their lives.
It might surprise you that as a gardener – regardless of the size of your garden – you have a responsibility to uphold and protect our biosecurity status by…
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Joint Communiqué12 August 2014, Canberra, Australia The Australian and New Zealand Consultative Group on Biosecurity Cooperation (CGBC) was established in 1999 by the then Australian and New Zealand Ministers responsible for agriculture, under the terms of the Australia–New Zealand Closer…
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What to look for
Avian influenza mainly spreads between birds, but can also infect other species including humans and pigs. In birds, clinical disease is usually only seen in poultry (for example chickens and turkeys).
Mild case:
coughing, sneezing, watery eyes, lack of appetite, ruffled…
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30 October 2008Biosecurity Australia Advice 2008/33Release of Final Import Risk Analysis Report for Chicken MeatThis Biosecurity Australia Advice notifies stakeholders of the release of the final import…
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DownloadDocumentPagesFile sizeDevelopment and Validation - Newcastle Disease PDF 2127 KBIf you have difficulty accessing this file, please visit
web accessibility.Online versionUse of…
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8 November 2019
Who does this notice affect?
This notice is of interest to importers (and their customs brokers) of fresh citrus fruits from Israel.
What has changed?
The Department of Agriculture has recently completed a review of cold treatment schedules used to mitigate the biosecurity risks…
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The risk analysis processWhy is this non-regulated analysis of existing policy being undertaken?The Australian Government Department of Agriculture and Water Resources (the department) helps people and…
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DownloadDocumentPagesFile sizeImproving the relevance and efficiency of wild bird surveillance for avian influenza DOC 228 KBIf you have difficulty accessing this file, please visit
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The following are absent from Tasmania, but not categorised for further consideration.
Nematodes
Criconema mutabile
Cricomella curvata
Cricomella ornata
Cricomella similis
Cricomella xenoplax…
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Import conditions for fresh longan fruit (Dimocarpus longan) from Vietnam have been published on our Biosecurity Import Conditions system (BICON). Importers can now apply for import permits.
The decision to commence imports will be a commercial decision between an exporter in Vietnam and an…
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