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Australia’s Chief Veterinary Officer calls for calm concerning animal health and Ebola

​By: Australian Chief Veterinary Officer, Dr Mark Schipp At a time of increased anxiety due to continuing infections and deaths from the Ebola virus in West Africa, Australians can be assured that our biosecurity system is managing the risk posed to Australia. Australia’s biosecurity system is…
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Export listed establishments for non-prescribed goods

Your importing country may require you to be export listed with us. This depends on what you produce and where you are sending your goods. Importing country requirements Goods that you may have to source from an export listed establishment include: bee products blood and blood products…
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NSW Regional Forest Agreements (RFAs) Annual Meeting of Officials Communique - 29 November 2023

The 2023 NSW RFAs Annual Meeting of Officials took place via videoconference on 29 November 2023. The meeting was attended by officials from the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, and the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, the NSW…
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Responses to Stop the Trawler Alliance campaigns

​​​​[expand all]​ 2 March 2016​​ Ms Rebecca Hubbard  Stop the Trawler Alliance​Dear Ms HubbardI am writing in response to the most recent Stop the Trawler Alliance email campaign…
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2024-04: Fish and Fish Products: Great Britain (the United Kingdom, excluding Northern Ireland): Health Certificates no longer required for low-risk products from 30 April 2024

Date of issue: 3 April 2024Date of effect: From 30 April 2024Reference Number: MAA 2024-04Attention:Industries—Industry bodies – Seafood Export Consultative Committee, Seafood Trade Advisory Group, Seafood Industry AustraliaExport establishmentsExporters, AEPI and EXDOC usersDepartment of…
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Adaptation and the agricultural sector

The impacts of climate change are already being felt by the agricultural sector with events such as drought becoming more frequent and extreme.We are committed to supporting the agricultural sector adapt and build resilience to the impacts of climate change. Our action will be guided by the…
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Sending or ordering goods online from outside Australia

We assess all mail articles arriving at Australia’s international mail centres. Our biosecurity officers and detector dogs look for risk goods such as food, plant material (including seeds, cacti and succulents) and animal products (including meat and pet food).You must comply with Australian…
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One Health collaboration counters the threat of zoonotic diseases

Today is World Zoonoses Day, and Australia continues to invest in One Health approaches to combat the emergence and spread of zoonoses – diseases that can spread from animals to humans.This year also marks the 30th anniversary of the emergence of a significant zoonotic virus in Australia, Hendra…
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Aquatic pest biosecurity community awareness

We worked in partnership with the Cairns Aquarium to highlight the importance of marine biosecurity…
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Environment and Invasives Committee meeting 1

2 May 2018 The Environment and Invasives Committee (EIC) held its first face-to-face meeting on 2 May 2018 in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. As agreed by the National Biosecurity Committee (…
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