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The National Framework for the Management of Established Pests and Diseases of National Significance (the framework) is a key deliverable of the Intergovernmental Agreement on Biosecurity (IGAB).…
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Feedstocks are essential to bioenergy production. The Australian Government has committed to exploring how we can grow a strong bioenergy feedstock industry. Feeding Australia media release.Australia’s wide range of biomass feedstocks – organic materials used to produce bioenergy - each come with…
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The National Management Group (NMG) met on 27 June 2023 to consider the response to Varroa destructor in New South Wales (NSW). The response plan is being nationally cost-shared under the Emergency Plant Pest Response Deed.
The NMG noted it remains both technically feasible and cost beneficial to…
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The National Management Group (NMG) for the National Red Witchweed Eradication Program met on 06 June 2025 and approved a revised Response Plan for 2025-26. The revised Response Plan will build upon the substantial advances made through this response to date and will deliver final eradication…
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7 March 2025Who does this notice affect?All internal and external stakeholders who may require Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry regulatory services across southern Queensland and northern New South Wales.What has changed?As Tropical Cyclone Alfred continues towards the coast,…
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Policy StatementGiven the developments in vaccine technology, changing international attitudes and the recent experiences of countries experiencing foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreaks around the world…
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Australia is fortunate to be free from many of the world’s most damaging plant pests and diseases that could severely impact our natural environment and agricultural industries.In early December 2024, the department, in collaboration with state and territory governments through the Plant Health…
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OverviewConsidering the biosecurity threats to Australia’s borders, crisis management plans are an important tool for livestock industries. However, it is unclear how many of these plans exist across livestock sectors, or if they would provide sufficient guidance to a sector in an EAD crisis.This…
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