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The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) has reviewed Australia’s policies for testing tomato and capsicum seed. As a result of this review, Australia’s seed testing policy has been updated by establishing a list of authorised laboratories registered to undertake…
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IAN 2026-21: RESOLVED - Unplanned EXDOC systems outageDate of issue: 3 April 2026AttentionAll EXDOC registered users and EDI usersDepartment of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) – all users of EXDOCPurposeThis notice advises the unplanned system outage impacting the Export…
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22 October 2009
Draft Import Risk Analysis Report for Fresh Apple Fruit from the United States of America Pacific Northwest States
This Biosecurity Australia Advice notifies stakeholders of the release of the Draft import risk analysis report for fresh apple fruit from the United States of…
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11 December 2020
Purpose
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise industry and Authorised Officers about arrangements for plant exports systems and services during the Christmas and New Year period.
Summary of changes and key points
Our Canberra offices will be closed for the Christmas…
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When levies applyLevy applies to olives grown in Australia if the grower:sold the olivesprocessed the olives themselves, orhad the olives processed by another person.ExemptionsLevy does not apply to olives sold or processed after export.Levy does not apply to olives if the grower sold them by…
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08 December 2025PurposeThis Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise industry stakeholders and authorised officers (AOs) of the office arrangements for the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry’s end of year closedown.Summary of changes and key pointsOur Canberra offices will be closed…
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Weekly Australian Climate,
Water and Agricultural Update
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For the week ending 15 December 2021, a surface trough resulted in storms and significant rainfall across parts of northern Australia. Low-pressure systems along the east coast also brought substantial rainfall, especially in…
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Authors: Andrew Cameron
South America is a major world producer and exporter of wine. It accounted for almost 14 per cent of wine produced globally in 2013, up from 8 per cent in 2000. Chile and Argentina together account for over 80 per cent of South American wine production, and Brazil…
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Biosecurity enforcement officers have the powers and ability to issue all 55 of the infringement notices under the Infringement Notice Scheme (INS). They can issue infringement notices to importers and import industry participants across all import pathways. They can also issue infringement notices…
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About Innovation PilotsThe Innovation Pilots team works with Governments, Industry and the community, as well as partnering through the Catalysing Australia Biosecurity (CAB) initiative, to test new technologies and approaches to support a strong national biosecurity system, prepare for future…
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