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Australia’s first National Soil Action Plan has been officially launched!
The National Soil Action Plan 2023 to 2028 will address priorities in soil health and long-term soil security or the first 5 years under the 20-year National Soil Strategy.
The action plan set out 4 priority actions to…
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Authors: Rachel Slatyer, Ahmed Hafi, Kirsty Richards, Mark Cozens, Donkor Addai, LY Cao, Chris Mornement, Miles Keighley, Tony Arthur
Overview
Since 2007, African swine fever (ASF) has spread through Europe, Asia and some of Australia’s nearest Pacific…
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18 July 2018
This Biosecurity Advice notifies stakeholders of the release of the draft report for the proposed release of the gall fly Cecidochares connexa for the biological control of the weed Chromolaena odorata (commonly known as chromolaena).
The draft report proposes that the…
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Who does this notice affect?
Importers of geotextile products and their customs brokers.
What has changed?
The import conditions for geotextile products are changing on 18 October 2023. The changes will consist of the following:
The ‘Geotextiles for bioremediation’ BICON case will be renamed to…
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The Indigenous Ranger Biosecurity Program (IRBP) helps protect Australia’s more than $81 billion agriculture industries by contributing to the delivery of enhanced biosecurity capability in northern Australia, engaging Indigenous rangers through fee for service arrangements to undertake biosecurity…
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Authors: Peter Lock and Linden Whittle
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This report presents estimates of the potential production and use of harvest and sawmill residues in Australia in 2050. It provides insights into what the production and use of wood residues may look like in decades to come, once any required…
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The Environmental Biosecurity Advisory Group (EBAG) met online on 10 November 2023.EBAG members were updated on the priority environmental biosecurity work of the Environmental Biosecurity Office in DAFF and work undertaken by the Office of the Threatened Species Commissioner at the Department of…
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Biosecurity is the management of the risk of pests and diseases entering, emerging, establishing or spreading in Australia and causing harm to animals, plants or human…
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News and alertsChanges to Vegetable seed for sowingFrom 1 July 2025 an import permit will be required for Brassicaceous seed requiring treatment and Cucurbitaceous seed requiring testing and/or treatment, that are imported for an end use of sowing. Importers will be able to apply for import permits…
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Publication date: 19 March 2019
This dataset is the most current national compilation of catchment scale land use data for Australia (CLUM), as at December 2018. It replaces the Catchment Scale Land Use of Australia – Update September 2017. It is a seamless raster dataset that combines land use…
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