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About Regional Forest Agreements

​​​RFAs are 20-year plans for the conservation and sustainable management of Australia's native forests. There are 10 RFAs in four States: Western Australia, Victoria, Tasmania and New South Wales. The…
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2016-04 - Horticulture Exports Program – approval of onshore cold treatment facilities for table grape exports to China

2 February 2016PurposeTo advise industry that onshore cold treatment facilities approved by the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources (the department) to treat table grapes to China have been…
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2015-28 – Grain and Seed Exports Program – Quality Systems Recognition of highly processed plant products for export

7 July 2015​PurposeTo advise that the department is now seeking applications from industry for recognition of Export Registered Establishments with quality systems for highly processed plant products…
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2017-26 - Horticulture Exports Program – Applications for export approval of Tasmanian apple and pear orchards, packhouses and treatment facilities to protocol markets

​27 July 2017Purpose The purpose of this Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise that all Tasmanian orchards, packhouses, cold stores and fumigation facilities intending to export apples to China, Japan…
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2012-19 - Plant Export Operations - Live pests and contaminants

​5 April 2012 Purpose To remind industry that prescribed goods must be free from live pests and contaminants before the goods are presented for export inspection. Background Overseas plant…
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2014-33 - Package Assisting Small Exporters – rebate applications are closing soon

​9 October 2014The rebate will be available to eligible export registered establishments in the meat, dairy, fish, eggs, horticulture, grain and plant product sectors.  The rebate is to assist with…
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The WTO sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) agreement: why you need to know…

​Australian Government Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry and AusAID, 2005 This booklet outlines the basic concepts of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS Agreement). All WTO member countries are bound by the…
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154-2019 - Advice in relation to FID lodgements of Unaccompanied Personal Effects under class 19.2 AEPCOMM

25 September 2019 Who does this notice affect? The following information is relevant to Biosecurity Industry Participants (BIPs) and accredited persons operating under Class 19.1 non-commodity for…
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Construction and equipment guidelines for export meat establishments

Publication details Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, May 2023 These guidelines have been designed to inform plant managers, architects, engineers and consultants about the structural and equipment standards for export meat establishments in Australia. In this context, meat has…
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Australian fisheries and aquaculture thrived in 2022

Aquaculture has had another successful year within the Australian seafood industry, according to the latest edition of ABARES Australian Fisheries and Aquaculture Statistics. ​Acting ABARES Executive Director David Galeano said the gross value of fishery and aquaculture production (GVP) in 2021-22…
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