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Most Australian water markets are highly localised, involving trade between users within a single river catchment. A key exception is the southern Murray-Darling Basin where the high degree of hydrological connectivity allows water to be traded between river systems and across state boundaries…
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The National Biosecurity Committee in consultation with key stakeholders has developed a National Biosecurity Strategy to provide a strategic direction for Australia’s biosecurity system.The National Biosecurity Committee (NBC) was formed on 1 July 2008 as a ministerial advisory committee to…
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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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Date of issue: 7 June 2017
Date of effect: 1 July 2017
Purpose
To advise of the cessation of the remission program for the Seafood and Egg Export Cost Recovery Arrangement (the arrangement) from 1 July 2017. Remissions currently applied to cost recovered levies for Establishment Registration…
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OverviewThis project aims to enhance our national diagnostic capabilities for glanders at the Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness. Glanders is a national notifiable disease caused by the bacterium Burkholderia mallei.Project Lead: Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness; Department of…
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11 March 2016Public consultation has commenced for cost recovery related draft regulations under the
Biosecurity Act 2015.
The Australian Government, through the Department of Agriculture and Water…
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23 March 2018Who does this notice affect? Vessel operators paying the vessel (>25m) arrival charge.What has changed?The seaports program is not recovering its costs. The actual number of vessel…
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A new three year response plan for the National Tropical Weeds Eradication Program has been approved by the National Management Group on 23 June 2021.
The National Tropical Weeds Eradication Program aims to eradicate five species of exotic weeds: limnocharis (Limnocharis flava), miconia (Miconia…
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The Intergovernmental Agreement on Biosecurity Review (2017) identified a need for governments and industry to adopt a systematic approach to determining and planning for national priority pests and diseases of terrestrial and aquatic animals, plants and the environment.Collaboratively developed by…
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The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources works with its stakeholders to maintain and improve plant health in Australia. Australia has well established government–industry arrangements to support the national plant health system.
National committees
National Biosecurity Committee (NBC…
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