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Australia’s successful agricultural policy reforms show policy makers in developed countries a pathway to cutting subsidies and tariffs, according to a new ABARES Insights paper.Australia transformed its agriculture sector through reforms over the past half century that prioritised innovation,…
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27 November 2025Who does this notice affect?All airlines and aircraft operators arriving in Australian territory, their representatives and ground handling agents.What has changed?The department is releasing the modernised Biosecurity obligations for aircraft arriving in Australian territory (…
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A summary of the latest enhancements and software bug fixes are provided in the following document.It will be updated each time new functionality and bug fixes are released in the Portal.DownloadsBiosecurity Portal release notes – March 2026 (DOCX 553 KB)Biosecurity Portal release notes – November…
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Private vets have an important role to play in emergency animal disease responses in Australia.In 2011 an independent review into Australia’s preparedness for foot-and-mouth disease found that employment conditions in state and territory jurisdictions were not consistent. This could act as a…
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The West Victorian Regional Forest Agreement (RFA) was one of five RFAs in Victoria. It was terminated on 31 December 2024 and is no longer in force. The Australian and Victorian Governments originally signed the West Victorian RFA on 31 March 2000, establishing the framework for the sustainable…
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We have developed guidance material to assist importers and processors of regulated timber products understand and meet their due diligence requirements under Australia’s illegal logging laws.The Due Diligence Toolkit for processors is available to download on our Resources for Processors webpage.…
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PurposeThe purpose of this Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise industry of the in-transit cold treatment (ITCT) certification requirements, for the export of citrus to Japan.Summary of changes and…
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Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and ForestryThe datasets below outline residue testing that was carried out on plant products in the 2023-24 financial year, under the National Residue Survey.Tables in each document give details of the:chemicals that were screenedanalytical findings from the…
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10 April 2017Who does this notice affect?Industry stakeholders that deal with imported fresh fruit and vegetables, nursery stock and cut flowers (perishables) consignments including importers, Approved…
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10 December 2018
This Biosecurity Advice notifies stakeholders of the release of the draft report for the review of biosecurity import requirements for fresh longan fruit from Vietnam.
The draft report proposes that importation of fresh longan fruit from all commercial production areas of…
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