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Jail sentence for illegal wildlife smuggler

A man involved in an illegal wildlife trafficking ring has been sentenced to 9 months in prison after pleading guilty to 3 offences related to smuggling exotic animals into Australia.Jesse Sayeg admitted to illegally importing live tortoises and turtles in Caloundra Magistrates Court in Queensland…
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BAA 2010-09 Commencement of Drosophila suzukii PRA

​31 March 2010 BIOSECURITY AUSTRALIA ADVICE 2010/09 COMMENCEMENT OF A PEST INITIATED PEST RISK ANALYSIS FOR DROSOPHILA SUZUKII (SPOTTED WING DROSOPHILA) This Biosecurity Australia Advice announces…
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Quarantine Regulators Meeting

The Quarantine Regulators Meeting (QRM), established in 2008, is an annual forum that connects government agencies responsible for or involved in biosecurity and border management.The QRM provides an opportunity for biosecurity agencies worldwide to discuss innovative topics, emerging issues, and…
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MAA 2025-19: Egg and egg products: Avian influenza update #25: High pathogenicity avian influenza updates for New Caledonia, Canada, Solomon Islands and Israel

Date of issue: 30 September 2025Date of effect: ImmediateRelated MAAs: MAA 2024-09, MAA 2024-08, MAA 2024-10, MAA 2024-12, MAA 2024-13, MAA 2024-15, MAA 2024-16, MAA 2024-18, MAA 2024-20, MAA 2024-22, MAA 2024-25, MAA 2024-26, MAA 2024-29, MAA 2024-30, MAA 2024-32, MAA 2024-35, MAA 2024-…
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2015-29 – Horticulture Exports Program – Export of potatoes from Queensland to Korea prohibited

​9 July 2015PurposeTo advise industry that the export of potatoes from Queensland to Korea will be prohibited from 10 July 2015. Key PointsOn the 24 April 2015, the World Trade Organization issued a…
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Engaging with industry on our biosecurity operations

Monica Collins, First Assistant Secretary, Biosecurity Operations Division, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry authored an article in the Freight & Trade Alliance (FTA) Across Borders Magazine with an update on Australia’s biosecurity system.As the head of Biosecurity Operations…
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Laboratory policies and guidelines

Australia has a favourable animal health status. We are free from many of the economically important diseases that occur in other parts of the world.Laboratory diagnostics are key components of Australia’s animal health system.Quality assured diagnostics:detect emergency and emerging animal…
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Announcement Information Paper - Review of biosecurity import requirements for fresh breadfruit from Fiji, Samoa and Tonga

​The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources is conducting a review of biosecurity import requirements for fresh breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis). The commencement of this review is in response to…
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Response to the Biosecurity Australia Issues paper for the import risk analysis for fresh apple fruit from the USA - Western Australian Fruit Growers' Association (WAFGA)

5th September 2008 Mr. John Cahill Chief Executive Biosecurity Australia GPO Box 858 CANBERRA ACT 2601 Dear John, Submission to the issues paper for the import risk analysis of…
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MAA 2025-07: All Markets: Avian influenza market access issues update #20: High pathogenicity avian influenza – certification updates for multiple markets

Date of issue: 25 February 2025Date of effect: ImmediateReference Number: MAA 2025-07Related MAAs: MAA 2024-08, MAA 2024-10, MAA 2024-12, MAA 2024-13, MAA 2024-15, MAA 2024-16, MAA 2024-18, MAA 2024-20, MAA 2024-22, MAA 2024-25, MAA 2024-26, MAA 2024-29, MAA 2024-30, MAA 2024-32, MAA 2024-35, MAA…
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