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Date of issue: 3 April 2024Date of effect: From 30 April 2024Reference Number: MAA 2024-04Attention:Industries—Industry bodies – Seafood Export Consultative Committee, Seafood Trade Advisory Group, Seafood Industry AustraliaExport establishmentsExporters, AEPI and EXDOC usersDepartment of…
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Historical events before the establishment of the Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy1908The Quarantine Act 1908 receives royal assent, providing a national approach to quarantine for the first time after State Premiers agree to hand over administration of quarantine to the Commonwealth in 1906.…
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Background
Northern Australia’s vast, sparsely populated 10,000-kilometre coastline is the frontline for many high-risk animal and plant pests and diseases.
Biosecurity risks can reach Australia through the movement of people and goods by sea and air, through traditional visits between Papua New…
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Tony Arthur, Fiona Giannini, Barbara Waterhouse, Belinda Barnes and James Walker
Photo: Kerry Trapnell
The Plant Health Surveillance Program, a component of the Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy's (NAQS) biosecurity surveillance operations, conducts…
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Preventing and controlling emergency animal diseases such as foot-and-mouth disease, lumpy skin disease, and dog-mediated rabies requires collaborative efforts. Australia has been strengthening pre-border biosecurity efforts to control dog-mediated rabies through assistance to our near northern…
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6 March 2009
Biosecurity Australia Advice 2009/04
This Biosecurity Australia Advice informs stakeholders that Biosecurity Australia has undertaken an assessment for recognition of northern China…
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Date of issue: 24 December 2020
Date of effect: Immediate
Reference Number: MAA2020-23
Attention:
Industries—Industry bodies – Dairy Australia, Dairy Export Industry Consultative Committee, Seafood Export Consultative Committee, Australian Food and Grocery Council, Australian Honey Bee…
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18 October 2021
Who does this notice affect?
This notice affects all clients requesting inspections for Cairns, Northern Territory and South Australia.
This change does not apply to overtime requests for document assessment.
What has changed?
Biosecurity Operations within the Department of…
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The National Biosecurity Management Group (NBMG) met on 21 May 2025 and approved a 3-year Response Plan inclusive of a cost-shared budget of $4 million for the National Browsing Ant Eradication Program (NBAEP) in the Northern Territory (NT).Browsing ant was first detected in the NT in June 2015 and…
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22 October 2021
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Scheduling and Workload Management System (SWMS) Frequently Asked Questions PDF
Scheduling and Workload Management System (SWMS) Frequently Asked Questions DOCX
Purpose
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise all clients requesting plant export inspections in…
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