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The Plant Innovation Centre (PIC) is a world-class research, development, and extension (RD&E) facility. By providing innovative solutions that detect, identify and manage plant pests, our team helps strengthen Australia’s biosecurity.
The PIC team have significant scientific expertise and…
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A veterinary officer from the department’s Office of the Chief Veterinary Officer has been seconded to work with the Food and Agriculture Organization’s Subregional Office for the Pacific Islands in Apia, Samoa.
This secondment builds on the Australian…
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Staff from the department recently travelled to Nadi, Fiji to pilot a biosecurity training program.
The new Pacific Export Pathway Operational Training Program aims to help Organisations with staff working along the plant export pathway learn to identify…
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21 October 2022
Purpose
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise industry that export certification for edible honey and apiculture products to Qatar will be moved to the Next Export Documentation System (NEXDOC) system from 27 October 2022.
Manual certificate applications will no longer…
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Have your say on draft rabies risk review
A draft report into a policy review of the rabies virus risk in imported cats and dogs has today been released for stakeholder comment.
Deputy Secretary of Biosecurity and Compliance, Dr Chris Locke said Australia was free from the rabies virus and to…
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The Future Drought Fund (FDF) is the key investment by the Australian Government to build drought resilience in Australia’s agriculture sector, the agricultural landscape, and communities. The FDF Monitoring Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Framework, outlines the rationale, scope and…
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Find out who can help and how
Information about the south-eastern floods and assistance can be found at the National Emergency Management Authority (NEMA) website
If you’re a farmer impacted by flooding, you may be eligible for community-wide flood assistance programs such as:
Australian…
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Weekly Australian Climate,
Water and Agricultural Update
Key issues
For the week ending 19 October 2022, low-pressure systems to the south of Australia and an associated cold front brought significant rainfall to much of south-eastern Australia. Weekly rainfall totals exceeding 50 millimetres…
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New procedures for imported animal-based pet food through the mail will see items destroyed if they don’t pass muster.
Deputy Secretary of Biosecurity and Compliance Dr Chris Locke said the new measures were to control the risk of diseases.
“Animal-based pet food often contains high-risk…
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ABARES climate change research examines the impacts of climate change and climate change policy on Australian agriculture, monitors emerging adaptation responses, and considers possible future climate scenarios.
Analysis on the Australian broadacre farming sector draws heavily on economic scenario…
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