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Fisheries Research and Development CorporationA growing societal awareness of animal welfare has prompted a critical examination of practices within the commercial fishing sector. Recognising the need for improved standards, the FRDC project Australian Animal Welfare Strategy: The Development of…
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Weeds are exotic, naturalised plants that aren’t technically feasible to eradicate due to their spread and persistence. They compete with cultivated plants for resources like sunlight, water, and nutrients. They can also disrupt ecosystems and reduce crop yields. Weeds are often difficult to…
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1 May 2025Who does this notice affect?Import-related biosecurity treatment stakeholders, including all importers, brokerages, onshore approved arrangement holders, overseas government and industry treatment providers, relevant domestic state and territory government agencies, and other shipping,…
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10 March 2025Who does this notice affect?All internal and external stakeholders who may require Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry regulatory services across southern Queensland and northern New South Wales. What has changed?Communities across south-east Queensland and…
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A joint PNG-Australia expedition visited remote Treaty Villages in PNG’s Western Province last week to discuss and help manage one of the world’s worst horticultural pests, the Oriental fruit fly.The team of Australian and PNG officials, a PNG national PhD candidate and local rangers began…
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Date of effect: 24 December 2012
DAFF issues this direction in writing under the Export Control (Fish and Fish Products) Orders 2005, Order 75, directing exporters and export registered…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesIn the week ending 28 May 2025, tropical and polar lows brought rainfall to parts of north-western and south-eastern Australia respectively.Cropping regions in New South Wales received 5-100 millimetres of rainfall, while rainfall was…
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28 May 2025Who does this notice affect?This notice affects importers of plant products for human consumption (e.g. rice, beans, lentils, dried chilli, cumin and coriander seed), freight forwarders, biosecurity industry participants and accredited persons operating under the department’s approved…
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Georgie Somerset, Red Earth Community Foundation Chair presenting at the leadership forum.
Photo credit: Red Earth Community Foundation
In July 2022, the Red Earth Community Foundation hosted the inaugural Red Earth 'Cultivate our Future' leadership forum…
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8 March 2023
This Biosecurity Advice notifies stakeholders of the release of the Okra from India: biosecurity import requirements final report.
The final report recommends that the importation of commercially produced okra fruit to Australia from all commercial production areas of India be…
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