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26 May 2016Who does this notice affect?This notice is for those who are interested in the progress of the new biosecurity legislation.What has changed?The Australian Government, through the Department…
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Who does this notice affect?
Stakeholders in the import and shipping industries—including Biosecurity Industry Participants, importers, customs brokers, and principal agents—associated with shipping or importing goods that require increased intervention during the 2023-24 BMSB risk season.
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The Biosecurity Innovation Program (BIP) is looking for innovative and collaborative projects to strengthen our national biosecurity system.
Deputy Secretary of Biosecurity and Compliance Dr Chris Locke said the annual program was an exciting opportunity to invest in innovative technologies and…
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3 July 2023
Who does this notice affect?
Stakeholders in the import and shipping industries—including vessel masters, freight forwarders, offshore treatment providers, biosecurity industry participants, importers, customs brokers, principal agents and master consolidators
What has changed?
As…
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The Australian vegetable–growing sector is an important source of food. It supplies most of the fresh vegetables consumed in Australia and provides inputs for the processed vegetable products consumed in Australia or exported.
Vegetables are an important part of healthy eating and provide a…
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Authors: Dale Ashton and Jay Gomboso
The southern Murray–Darling Basin has around one-fifth of Australia’s total dairy farms. In 2014–15 irrigated dairy production contributed 17 per cent of the total gross value of irrigated agricultural production in the Basin (ABS 2016).
Dairy farming in…
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2017–18 to 2019–20Aruni Weragoda and James Frilay[expand all]Financial performanceFarm cash incomeDairy farm incomes are projected to have risen in 2019–20 because of higher milk prices, reduced quantities of fodder purchased and lower feed prices, despite persistent drought in some regions…
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Detect and Protect
An Australian biosecurity podcast
Series 2 Episode 4
Host: Casey Baines
Guest: Dee Apps
Dee Apps was one of the first few detector dog handlers with a stunning career starting from 1993, one year after the program established up until 2010. In this interview Dee shares a few…
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About our programOur Biosecurity Innovation Program (BIP) funds innovative ideas to enhance our biosecurity system.The BIP invests in new technologies and approaches. It identifies and develops new products and services to manage biosecurity challenges and risks.Through the BIP we:identify and…
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24 May 2016The Biosecurity Act 2015 commences on 16 June 2016, replacing the Quarantine Act 1908. There is now additional information available on what is changing for industry. The Australian…
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