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Animal biosecurity risks of fresh beef and beef products derived from bovines born and raised in Canada or Mexico and legally imported and slaughtered in the United States

We have completed a draft report as an addendum to the beef review for fresh beef and beef products from the United States including sourced from cattle imported from Canada or Mexico. Steps to complete this risk analysisWhen we do a risk analysis, we:start the…
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How you can protect Australia's aquatic animal health

If you see any unusual symptoms in farmed or wild aquatic animals, including unusual fish deaths, report it to the Emergency Animal Disease Hotline on 1800 675 888.Risks to aquatic animal health come from a variety of sources, including:aquarium fish, also known as ornamental fishbait and…
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Procurement feedback guidelines

The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry aims to deal with complaints in a fair, equitable and non-discriminatory way. This procurement feedback process only relates to procurements. If you have feedback, suggestions or complaints relating to other functions including imports,…
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Grants reporting

We report on the grants we’ve approved. We’re required to do this by Senate Order 16 — Departmental and agency grants. We provide: the value of the grant recipient of the grant the program from which the grant was made Find out more about our grants, financial assistance and tenders.…
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Executive and highly-paid staff remuneration

We report on what we pay our executives and other highly-paid staff. This provides greater transparency to the public. Access to data We report on executive and highly paid staff remuneration through our Annual report. Key requirements and definitions We prepare the 'reportable salary' column…
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RSS feeds

Subscribe to RSS news feeds to stay informed about news and web page updates. RSS feeds allow you to get key updates from our website. You need an RSS reader to view RSS feeds. This will give you access to a summary of the update and a link to the content. Topics ABARES media releases…
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Australian Government response to the Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee inquiry report: Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Legislation Amendment (Streamlining Regulation) Bill 2018 [Provisions]

​Introduction On 29 November 2018, the Senate Selection of Bills Committee referred the provisions of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Legislation Amendment (Streamlining Regulation) Bill 2018 (the Bill) to the Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation…
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Australian Government response to the Senate Environment and Communications References Committee Inquiry: Responses to, and lessons learnt from, the January and February 2016 bushfires in remote Tasmanian Wilderness

Australian Government, 2017 Download Australian Government response to the Senate Environment and Communications References Committee Inquiry: Responses to, and lessons learnt from, the January and February 2016 bushfires in remote Tasmanian Wilderness (PDF - 120.82 KB) Australian Government…
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Hatching eggs of poultry

We have started a review of Australian conditions for hatching eggs of poultry Steps to complete this risk analysis When we do a risk analysis, we: start the risk analysis by reviewing the science on pests and diseases of concern assess and analyse biosecurity risks develop proposed risk…
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Importing laboratory materials for use in non-laboratory animals

There are significant biosecurity risks associated with the use of imported biological goods in non-laboratory animals, such as chickens, sheep and cattle. Non-laboratory animals, as defined by the department, are all animal species other than guinea pigs, hamsters, mice, rabbits, rodents and…
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