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On 1 July 2022, we became the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.
We are updating our website to reflect our changed role. If you are looking for information about the environment and water portfolio, you will now find it on the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment…
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Date of notice: 12 June 2020
Effective date for levy returns: 1 July 2020
From 1 July 2020, the research and development (R&D) component of the rice levy, will increase from $2.94 per tonne to $5.94 per tonne. The total rice levy rate will be $6.00 per tonne. It will apply to…
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December 2020
ABARES has changed the way that crop balance sheets are reported. From December 2020, all Australian crop balance sheet components (stocks, production, consumption and trade) will be published and forecast on a marketing year basis unless otherwise specified. The marketing…
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20 November 2020
Who does this notice affect?
Biosecurity industry participants and accredited persons operating under the department’s class 19.2 automatic entry processing for commodities (AEPCOMM) approved arrangement.
What has changed?
As of 7th December 2020, permitted plant fibre products…
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2 December 2019
This biosecurity advice advises stakeholders of the formal commencement of a review of current biosecurity measures for the importation of natural sausage casings for human consumption into Australia.
The Department of Agriculture will prepare a draft report, which will be issued…
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16 May 2017This Biosecurity Advice notifies stakeholders of the formal commencement by the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources of a review of the biosecurity risk of and the import…
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Pests and weeds are costing farmers a combined $5.3 billion a year in both management and production loss.
Australian farmers are spending $3.8 billion a year to control vertebrate pests and weeds and suffering production losses of 1.5 billion.
ABARES Executive Director Dr Jared Greenville said…
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17 March 2010
Commencement of a Non-regulated Analysis of Existing Policy for Mangoes from Pakistan
This Biosecurity Australia Advice announces the commencement of a non-regulated analysis of…
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20 December 2011This Biosecurity Advice announces the formal commencement of a non-regulated analysis of existing policy to consider proposals to import fresh lychee fruit from Taiwan and from…
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3 October 2012
This Biosecurity Advice informs stakeholders that the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has finalised the Guidelines for managing the risk of transmitting transmissible…
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