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The National Fire Ant Eradication Program (NFAEP) continues to make progress toward its goal of eradicating red imported fire ants from Australia by 2032. At the September 2025 National Management Group meeting, the Program shared updates on operations, community engagement, and strategic planning.…
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ABARES undertakes professionally-independent economic and science-based biosecurity research and analysis which underpins decision-making by governments, industry and other…
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10 May 2021
Who does this notice affect?
This notice is of interest to all vessel masters and shipping agents who represent international commercial and non-commercial vessels for the purposes of Australian biosecurity clearance.
What has changed?
The heightened vessel surveillance window for…
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Authors: Jared Greenville, Heather McGilvray, LY Cao and James Fell
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As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads, so will the impacts on Australia’s agriculture, forestry and fisheries sectors. Initially the impact was due to slowing demand in China, however the subsequent global spread of the virus…
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27 August 2013
This Biosecurity Advice (BA) notifies stakeholders of the release of the ‘Final review of policy: Importation of potato (Solanum tuberosum) propagative material into Australia, on 27 August 2013.
Background
DAFF initiated this review as new pathogens have been identified on…
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PurposeThe purpose of this document is to make country-specific Appendix B certificates that have been agreed by approved countries readily available to horse importers.This document is provided for information only. To the extent that this document is inconsistent with any import permit or…
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Cattle and sheep exported to the Middle East in October 2022
May 2023
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Report 225: Independent Observer summary report on MV Al Messilah in October 2022 (PDF 614 KB)
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Livestock: 404…
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The Australian Agricultural Drought Indicators (AADI) tool, jointly developed by CSIRO and ABARES, is a flagship national resource supporting the Australian Government’s efforts to improve drought preparedness and response. Using a newly developed set of drought indicators, AADI provides data-…
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The Biosecurity Economics section within ABARES provides economic modelling research, cost-benefit analysis and related advice on biosecurity issues to the broader department and external clients. The section undertakes a range of multi-disciplinary research projects that assist ABARES, the…
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Authors: Will Chancellor and Chris BoultDownload the full reportThis article looks at the state-of-play for farm productivity in Australia, including recent drivers of growth, the challenges for farmers and the industry, and the opportunities for the future.Download PDF - 1.04 MBDownload Word - 953…
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