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Australian Prawn FarmsLocated in regional Queensland, Australian Prawn Farms is committed to their role as an industry leader in biosecurity. They are a premier tiger prawn hatchery, grow-out farm and processing facility.Despite their small workforce, the farm has generously supported the…
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The Intergovernmental Agreement on Biosecurity (IGAB) was first independently reviewed in 2017 with the current IGAB coming into effect in 2019.In July 2017, the independent panel presented the final report, Priorities for Australia’s biosecurity system: an independent review of the capacity of the…
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The Environmental Biosecurity Project Fund (EBPF) was established in 2018. It provides an annual allocation of $825,000.The Environmental Biosecurity Office (EBO) administer the EBPF. We provide leadership, coordination and engagement on national environmental biosecurity issues. We play a key role…
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Introduction
The Australian apple and pear industry takes this opportunity to express to Biosecurity Australia its extreme disquiet over the proposal to import apples from China and particularly over…
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We initiated the prawn imports review following an outbreak of white spot disease in 2016–17.
We have:
assessed the biosecurity risks of importing non-viable, farm-sourced, frozen, uncooked whole prawns intended for human consumption
developed proposed measures to manage the identified risks…
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Publication detailsDepartment of Agriculture and Water Resources, July 2018DownloadDocumentPagesFile sizeWestern Australia Biosecurity Roundtable Report - 4 July 2018, Perth PDF154.3 MBIf you have difficulty accessing this file, please visit web accessibility.Online contentThe 2018 Western…
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We are building a stronger biosecurity system to protect Australia from the increasing risk of hitchhiker pests in sea containers and goods.
Some examples of hitchhiker pests. Top left khapra beetle, top right spotted lanternfly, bottom left giant African…
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Office of the Director-General
Reference:08/18815
Cover Letter
Ms Louise van Meurs
General Manager
Plant Biosecurity
Biosecurity Australia
GPO Box 858
Canberra ACT 2601
Dear Ms van Meurs…
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This is Supporting information for Indicator 6.2b, published October 2024.Industry definitionsThe Australian forestry and forest products industries are defined according to the Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC) 2006. The forestry industry is equivalent to…
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Weekly Australian Climate,
Water and Agricultural Update
Key issues
For the week ending 23 February 2022, low-pressure troughs brought rainfall to northern and eastern parts of the country. In recent days, intense storms resulted in localised flooding to parts of northern New South Wales and…
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