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While many of us enjoy online shopping, you may not know the packages you order from around the world could carry pests or diseases that pose a serious risk to Australia. Biosecurity is a shared responsibility, we can all help to ensure our environment, industries, plant, animal and human…
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Date of issue: 22 July 2024Date of effect: 22 July 2024Reference Number: MAA2024-28AttentionIndustries—Industry bodies – Dairy Australia – Infant Nutrition Council, Dairy Export Industry Consultative Committee, Australian Food and Grocery CouncilDairy Export establishmentsDepartment of Agriculture…
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Date of issue: 22 July 2024Date of effect: 22 July 2024Reference Number: MAA2024-08AttentionIndustry bodies: Seafood Export Consultative Committee, Seafood Trade Advisory Group, Seafood Industry AustraliaSeafood Export EstablishmentsDepartment of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry: Central and…
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Date of issue: 22 July 2024Date of effect: 22 July 2024Reference Number: MAA2024-07AttentionIndustry bodies: Australian Food and Grocery Council, Australian Honey Bee Industry CouncilHoney and Other Non-Prescribed Goods Export EstablishmentsDepartment of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry: Central…
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Weekly Australian Climate,
Water and Agricultural Update
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For the week ending 14 September 2022, tropical moisture combined with cold fronts brought significant rainfall over large parts of eastern and southern Australia. Weekly rainfall totals exceeding 50 millimetres were recorded…
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Declines in the coastal ecosystems of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) have been linked with increases in the land-based runoff of suspended sediments and nutrients and the addition of herbicides since European settlement. The 2013 Scientific Consensus Statement noted that there is strong evidence…
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Torres Strait – Thursday Island (Waiben) Biosecurity Office
Street Address:
Ground Floor, Pearls Building
Victoria Parade
Waiben QLD 4875
Phone: +61 7 4212 0185
Northern Peninsula Area of Cape York
Phone: +61 7 4241 7952
Cairns
Street Address:
Fitzroy Building
114, Catalina Crescent…
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Publication detailsDepartment of Agriculture and Water Resources, April 2018This report details food that was found to fail under the Imported Food Inspection Scheme during the month. For full data on activity and compliance under the Scheme refer to the six monthly Imported Food Inspection…
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Dr Laurence MoundDr Laurence Mound is a taxonomist who has made significant contributions to Australia’s biosecurity and entomology during his career. He is a world-leading authority on the minute insects called thrips (Thysanoptera), many of which are known as crop pests and vectors of plant…
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