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Christmas is fast approaching, and our biosecurity officers are getting ready for an increase of passengers flying in and out of our airports.
While the holidays are a great time for all, our officers will be working hard to keep Australia safe from pests and diseases that can do harm to our…
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6 February 2024Who does this notice affect?Clients in the import and shipping industries—including freight forwarders, importers and customs brokers—associated with importing goods that require BMSB treatment during the BMSB risk season (goods manufactured in or shipped from target risk countries,…
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7 March 2024 Who does this notice affect? Clients in the import and shipping industries—including freight forwarders, importers and customs brokers—associated with importing goods that require BMSB treatment during the BMSB risk season (goods manufactured in or shipped from target risk…
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The below training courses and tools are available to help you and your establishment on your dairy export journey.TrainingCulture: Growing dairy exportsThis course aims to build exporter skills and knowledge, focusing on whole of system thinking that improves participants' self-regulation of…
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26 August 2024Public consultationWe invite you to comment on the draft report by 5pm on Monday, 28 October 2024.The draft report is available for review and comment on our Have Your Say website.Have your sayThis risk review was initiated in response to trade enquiries, new scientific knowledge, and…
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27 September 2024Who does this notice affect?This notice affects importers of seed for sowing, all permit holders of seed for sowing, custom brokers and departmental staff.What has changed?Effective immediately, the department has suspended the acceptance of seed testing results issued by any…
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26 November 2024This Animal Biosecurity Advice Notice announces the publication of the ‘Import risk review for natural casings: issues paper’. The department is undertaking this consultation with the intention of publishing a draft report for the importation of natural casings.The department…
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Non-tariff barriers: A multi-billion dollar burdenThis Insights paper summarises the impact of non-tariff barriers on agriculture and presents new modelling results that that show non-tariff barriers are equivalent to a 19% tariff and are a multi-billion dollar burden on Australian agricultural…
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The Decade of Landcare initiative arose from a joint National Farmers' Federation-Australian Conservation Foundation proposal to the Commonwealth for action on land degradation. The proposal emphasised…
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A breakthrough in how we identify pests entering Australia has now been successfully tried and tested in Sydney. ‘MALDI-TOF’ and ‘MinION’ are new diagnostic systems being adopted in our border biosecurity operations that use protein and DNA profiles to rapidly identify species through…
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