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Hamish Robertson is a 2025 Nuffield Drought Resilience Scholar based in Tarrenlea, Victoria. Together with his wife Diana and their two children, he owns and runs a 3,000-acre property, focused on producing fine Merino wool and lamb.In recent years, Hamish has experienced variable seasonal…
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21/12/2022
Who does this notice affect?
Customs brokers and importers of consignments over $1000 imported as sea cargo.
What has changed?
The purpose of this advice notice is to:
remind industry about the commencement of cost recovery from 16 January 2023 to manage the risk of hitchhiker…
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Joint Communiqué16 December 2021, (virtual meeting hosted by New Zealand)The 17th Australia and New Zealand Biosecurity Cooperation (ANZBC) annual meeting was held virtually on 16 December 2021. Representatives from Australia’s Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWE) and New…
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Improving access to imported food safety requirementsImported food safety requirements are now included in the Biosecurity Import Conditions system (BICON).See more about the Inclusion of food safety requirements in BICON.All biosecurity requirements must be met before Imported Food Inspection…
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NSFS reference: 13Issue date: 27/11/2018Date of effect: ImmediateReview date: November 2020Contact officers:Dugald MacLachlan
Director Residues and Microbiology Policy
02 6272 3183Mac Tawadros…
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Current status
Import conditions for lychees from Taiwan and Vietnam are available on the Biosecurity Import Conditions system (BICON), making the import of these goods possible.
A decision to import lychees from Taiwan and Vietnam into Australia is a commercial decision between an importer in…
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The recently announced Net Zero Plan called out a significant role for land-based sequestration as part of the net zero transition, totalling 119 million tonnes of carbon to be sequestered in the landscape by 2050.Recent research released today shows that agriculture can continue to grow and…
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14 December 2016
This Biosecurity Advice notifies stakeholders of the release of the Draft group pest risk analysis for thrips and tospoviruses on fresh fruit, vegetable, cut-flower and foliage imports.
The Australian Government Department of Agriculture and Water Resources (the…
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From 1 January 2021, a Plant Health Australia (PHA) levy component at a rate of $1.00 per tonne will be introduced to dried vine fruits sub-variant of the dried fruits levy that is imposed on dried fruits received for processing.
Dried vine fruit producers will benefit from increased…
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14 December 2018
This Biosecurity Advice notifies stakeholders of the release of the final risk analysis report for the proposed release of the fungus Kordyana brasiliensis for the biological control of the weed, Tradescantia fluminensis (wandering trad).
The final report recommends that the…
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