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The Australian plague locust, Chortoicetes terminifera, is the most important pest species of locust in Australia due to the large areas infested, the frequency of outbreaks and its ability to produce several generations in a year.
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Description of Australian plague locust…
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We regulate the export of eggs and egg products from Australia. This ensures that goods:
comply with export laws
meet importing country requirements.
Laws and regulations
Regulation assures our trading partners that our goods are safe to import.
Our export laws define:
types of…
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We are building a stronger biosecurity system to protect Australia from the increasing risk of hitchhiker pests in sea containers and goods.
Some examples of hitchhiker pests. Top left khapra beetle, top right spotted lanternfly, bottom left giant African…
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Department of Primary Industries and Regions, South Australia
The Department of Primary Industries and Regions, South Australia (PIRSA) has received a 2022 Australian Biosecurity Award in the Government category for their role in the Kangaroo Island (KI) Feral Pig Eradication Program.
The program…
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Since 2021, Australia’s ports have seen an 88 percent increase in new vehicles arriving with biosecurity risk material contamination.
Over the same period, there has been an 17% percent increase in the total number of new vehicle imports into Australia.
Biosecurity risk material must be removed…
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ADDENDUM to FINAL REPORT – 19 February 2010
Prepared by Cathy Moir
Addendum to CSIRO Report reference R-661-03-11
For:
Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry,
Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service
Enquiries should be addressed to:
Cathy Moir
Food…
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This profile has been superseded by the 2019 version, which is available here.
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Information for this profile is drawn from Australia's State of the Forests Report 2013.
Australia has 3.6 million hectares of the Rainforest native forest…
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Influenza Viruses in Dogs
Canine influenza virus
The first outbreak of canine influenza virus (CIV) was detected in racing greyhounds in the United States of America (USA) in 2004. The virus was…
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Publication date: 28 October 2024The Australia's Indigenous land and forest estate (2024) is a continental spatial dataset that identifies and reports separately the individual attributes of Australia's Indigenous estate, namely the extent of land and forest over which Indigenous peoples and…
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