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Ministers launch new plan to manage feral deer

Two and a half years of hard work and extensive collaboration came to fruition in August with the launch of Australia’s first National Feral Deer Action Plan at a two-day workshop in Canberra. The plan is the result of broad consultation with state and regional land management departments as well…
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Celebrating women in plant science

The STEM Equity Monitor is a national data resource provided by the Australian Government Department of Industry, Science and Resources, measuring the changes and trends in women and girl’s participation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Their most recent report showed…
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Project 15: Carcass disposal – Destroy and let lie

A collaborative research project to examine if natural carcass decomposition processes effectively inactivate pathogens under Australian conditions.OverviewThis collaborative research project built on previous research to examine if natural carcass decomposition processes effectively inactivate…
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Biosecurity Advice 2025-P05: Guava from Taiwan – additional pest risk analysis and consultation process for myrtle rust

21 August 2025On 15 July 2025, the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry released the draft report on biosecurity import requirements for guava fruit from Taiwan. Public consultation is open for 60 days via the Have Your Say platform, closing 13 September 2025.Shortly after…
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ABARES

Welcome to the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES), the science and economics research division of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.Pause image slider Agricultural Commodities Report December 2025Agricultural production value forecast…
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2020-19 - Business Systems Program – Update for the mandatory use of the Plant Exports Management System (PEMS)

5 May 2020 Purpose This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise Authorised Officers about the mandatory use of PEMS and to update industry that work continues to integrate existing third-party plant exports software with PEMS, and the implications this has on the mandatory use of PEMS. Summary…
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Biosecurity Advices 2019

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​A Biosecurity Advice notice is a notice that informs stakeholders about the Department of Agriculture - Biosecurity's work. Biosecurity Advic​e notices are sent to registered stak​eholders and placed on the websit​e. Information about…
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Report of the Eminent Scientists Group on the Import Risk of Apples from New Zealand to the Director of Animal and Plant Quarantine

​Dr John C Radcliffe AM Emeritus Professor Malcolm Nairn AM Dr Mark Lonsdale Dr T J Higgins October 2006IntroductionThe then Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestr,…
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Japan bovine offal quota

The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry manages 8 Japan quotas including edible bovine offal. These quotas were put in place by the Japan–Australia Economic Partnership Agreement (JAEPA). Australian exporters can export specific quantities of edible bovine offal products at reduced…
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2015-11 - Grain and Seed Exports - China's import conditions for Australian wheat and barley

​​​​​​18 February 2015 Purpose​To advise Australian exporters that the import conditions for wheat (Triticum aestivum, Triticum durum and Triticum tauschii) and barley (Hodeum vulgare) for processing…
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