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Dr Bernie Hennecke is the new Australian Chief Environmental Biosecurity Officer. Credit: DAFF
You will have noticed a change in faces in the masthead portrait of this edition of the Three Chiefs Newsletter. Dr Bertie Hennecke was recently announced as…
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17 July 2015PurposeTo advise industry that the export of cut flowers and foliage from the Myrtaceae family, to New Zealand, is suspended effective immediately.Background The New Zealand Ministry for…
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Publication detailsDepartment of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, May 2009A cooperative initiative between the Commonwealth Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Animal Health Australia and the Poultry Industry.DownloadNational Farm Biosecurity Manual - Poultry Production (PDF 957…
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23 June 2021
Who does this notice affect?
First point of entry (FPOE) operators, aircraft and vessel operators, shipping agents, airlines, importers, brokers and others.
What has changed?
New FPOE determinations commenced on 16 June 2021, replacing transitional determinations previously in…
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Carbon farming not only benefits the climate by reducing GHG emissions and storing more carbon. It can also provide other benefits — called co-benefits — including:healthier and more productive soils, better managed and more productive livestock and pasture,…
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Motor vehicles, motor cycles and machinery (including machinery parts) can introduce biosecurity risks into Australia. Such risks include, but are not limited to: live insects, seeds, soil, mud, clay, animal faeces, animal material and plant material such as straw, twigs, leaves, roots, bark.
It…
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Through the department, the Australian Government is driving improvements to the national management of fruit fly in partnership with state and territory governments, industry and community. This coordinated and shared approach ensures our management of fruit remains strong, facilitating favourable…
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131 Prentice Road
Orrvale
2nd July, 2011
Office of the Chief Executive
Dr Colin Grant
Biosecurity Australia
GPO Box 858 CANBERRA ACT 260
Good afternoon Colin,
Remember Pears are the first…
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18 October 2018Who does this notice affect?This notice is of relevance to importers, manufacturers, customs brokers, agents and associated biosecurity industry participants involved in the importation…
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Australia’s first Pacific Biosecurity Strategy provides a roadmap for our future work in the Pacific region.
Our new strategy focuses on the department’s approach to improving plant, animal, and environmental health outcomes across the region.
The development of the Pacific Biosecurity Strategy…
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