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The National Biosecurity Emergency Preparedness Expert Group (expert group) was established by the National Biosecurity Committee (NBC) in March 2015 as a recommendation from the Intergovernmental…
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The Interstate Deployment Arrangements for Biosecurity Responses (the Arrangements) provide national guidance for coordinating the deployment of Australian jurisdictional staff for biosecurity incidents.In…
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7 December 2023
Who does this notice affect?
All importers, accredited persons and customs brokers who lodge full import declarations for containerised sea cargo.
What has changed?
The Department has not changed the requirement for declaring rural destination of FCL/X consignments.…
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16 February 2024
Who does this notice affect?
Stakeholders associated with the biosecurity clearance of sea freight containers imported into Australia and destined for unpack in a rural location. This includes customs brokers, importers and Biosecurity Industry Participants (BIPs) that hold…
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8 July 2008
Issues Paper for the Import Risk Analysis for Fresh Apple Fruit from The People's Republic of China
This Biosecurity Australia Advice notifies stakeholders of the release of the Issues…
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Trypanosoma evansi
What to look for (depending on strain)
Cattle
Chronic wasting.
Infected horse showing signs of chronic wasting
Horses, donkeys and mules
Fever, weakness, anaemia (pale gums), small pin-point haemorrhages on the nostrils.
Sometimes swelling of the legs and…
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What to look for
Erratic, strange animal behaviour, such as:
drooling, attacking and biting people, animals or things for no reason, howling, twitching and running around blindly if ‘furious’ rabies
wobbly gait or difficulty walking, paralysed or in a stupor if ‘dumb’ rabies.
Animals…
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What is biosecurity?Biosecurity protects Australia’s plant, animal and human health by reducing the risk of unwanted pests and diseases arriving and establishing in the country. We need to…
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There can be no doubt that our biosecurity system is complex. Although we divide our system into convenient areas (like plant, animal and marine), some problems don’t fit neatly into our prescribed boxes. For instance, how do we treat seaweed? It’s a plant, but it’s cultivated in ‘hatcheries’,…
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The South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO) is an inter-governmental organisation committed to the long-term conservation and sustainable use of non-highly migratory fishery resources in the South Pacific Ocean.SPRFMOs objective is, through the application of the…
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