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28 September 2023
Who does this notice affect?
All vessel owners, operators, masters, and shipping agents who represent international commercial vessels including cruise vessels, preparing for arrival in Australian territory, or reporting a voyage change.
What has changed?
Australian External…
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Dr Kylie Hewson
Dr Kylie Hewson has received a 2022 Australian Biosecurity Award in the Industry category.
Dr Hewson has a long-standing, well-established career working in the fields of animal health management and biosecurity. Dr Hewson’s network of contacts and background in biotechnological…
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Authors: Ahmed Hafi, Jenny Eather and Graeme Garner
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Scrapie could threaten Australia's sheep meat exports, valued at $2.5 billion in 2015–16
This ABARES report presents estimates of the economic impact of a hypothetical outbreak of scrapie in Australia's sheep and goat…
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The Australian Fumigation Accreditation Scheme (AFAS) is a bilateral arrangement between the Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) and participating overseas government agencies. AFAS manages the high biosecurity risk posed by ineffective methyl bromide (MB)…
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Australia is a party to international treaties that govern the trade of goods. As a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Australia is obliged to ensure that sanitary (relating to human and animal health) and phytosanitary (relating to plant health) measures are based on science and applied…
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The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources (now the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) has made a submission to the Senate Environment and Communications References Committee Inquiry into the environmental, social and economic impacts of large-capacity fishing vessels…
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18 December 2025PurposeThis Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to alert exporters of certain products to the European Union (EU) of the adoption by the European Parliament of a further a 12-18 month delay to the implementation of EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) and adopted simplification measures.…
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18 December 2025PurposeThis Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to alert exporters of certain products to the European Union (EU) of the adoption by the European Parliament of a further a 12-18 month delay to the implementation of EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) and adopted simplification measures.…
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18 December 2025PurposeThis Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to alert exporters of certain products to the European Union (EU) of the adoption by the European Parliament of a further a 12-18 month delay to the implementation of EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) and adopted simplification measures.…
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Biosecurity Matters To receive an email notification of future editions, subscribe to Biosecurity Matters.Biosecurity is the management of the risk of pests and diseases entering, emerging, establishing or spreading in Australia and causing harm to animals, plants or human health, the…
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