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Antimicrobial Awareness Week

Detect and Protect An Australian biosecurity podcast Episode 3 Guest: Dr Mark Schipp, Australian Chief Veterinary Officer, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an issue that poses a serious and long-term threat to human and animal health in…
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Indicator 1.3b: Native forest and plantations of indigenous timber species which have genetic resource conservation mechanisms in place (2024)

This indicator uses the coverage and implementation of formal genetic resource conservation mechanisms as a measure of the degree to which timber species genetic resources are managed and conserved.This is Key information for Indicator 1.3b, published October 2024.Key pointsThere are 129 tree…
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Sheep and goat eID National Implementation Plan

Updated May 2025Implementing individual electronic identification (eID) for sheep and goats is a national effort. Information provided through the national Sheep and Goat Traceability Task Force is shared to help coordinate the national effort.Australian Capital TerritoryImplementation dates1…
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Routine tests

The Animal Health Committee maintains a list of routine tests for infectious animal diseases used by veterinary laboratories in Australia. The information presented in this test register was last updated in June 2014. For more up-to-date information, please contact the relevant laboratory directly…
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New South Wales North East Regional Forest Agreement

​​​The North East Regional Forest Agreement (RFA) is one of three RFAs in New South Wales, and comprises two sub regions: Upper North East and Lower North East. The Australian and New South Wales governments signed the North East RFA on 31 March 2000. The North East RFA was varied on 28 November…
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Australian agricultural trade and the COVID-19 pandemic

Authors: Jared Greenville, Heather McGilvray and Stephanie Black. Aerial scene of vineyard in Coonawarra region Australia featuring rows of grapes and vines. Introduction Australia’s agricultural trade has by and large continued unhindered by the COVID-19 pandemic. But for some sectors, such…
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MV Bahijah livestock vessel updates

Update 9 April 2024The livestock vessel MV Bahijah has arrived safely in Israel after its consignment was exported from Australia on 3 March 2024.Mortalities onboard the vessel did not exceed the notifiable limit of 0.5% for cattle and 1% for sheep.The remaining livestock have been successfully…
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Indonesia’s food consumption and trade: will domestic reform keep up with demand?

Authors: Kevin Burns, Shujia (Charlie) Qin and Trish Gleeson Source: Indonesia-Australia Commercial Cattle Breeding program (IACCB) Introduction Indonesia’s trade ties with Australia are longstanding. However, Indonesia’s previously strong growth in…
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Conditions for operating approved arrangements

The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has set conditions for how activities can be performed under an approved arrangement. Some conditions are specific to the class of approved arrangement you are operating, and some apply across multiple arrangement classes.The class of your…
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Modernising food import and export systems through international standards

Australia hosted and chaired the 26th meeting of the Codex Committee on Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification Systems (CCFICS) held from 1 to 5 May in Hobart, Tasmania. This was the first time a Codex sub-committee has met in a hybrid format that allowed both virtual and physical…
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