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Trigger for sampling abalone
When Tasmania’s Shellfish Market Access Program (ShellMAP) monitoring detects the presence of biotoxins and/or potentially toxic phytoplankton in waters and/or shellfish meat samples that contain paralytic shellfish toxins (PST) levels which result in closure of…
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This Biosecurity Advice notifies stakeholders of the release of the draft pest risk analysis report for brown marmorated stink bug (Halyomorpha halys). The draft pest risk analysis report identifies…
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Background
In 2006, the Council of Australian Governments’ (COAG) acknowledged that agricultural chemicals and veterinary medicines (agvet chemical) regulation required reform and established a Ministerial Taskforce to develop an updated and harmonised national system for…
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11 February 2016 Ms Rebecca Hubbard
Stop the Trawler Alliance
Dear Ms Hubbard I am writing in response to the most recent Stop the Trawler Alliance campaign seeking a permanent ban on the…
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Australia’s biosecurity legislation allows us to adapt to changing biosecurity risk. From time to time, we update import requirements to strengthen control on goods where risk has increased,…
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OverviewInspection of a representative portion of the consignment, with remedial action applied to the consignment or pathway if a pest threshold is exceeded.Use as a phytosanitary measure includes the post-production inspection of fruit, grain or seeds for planting, with remedial actions required…
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1. Project overviewProvide a general overview of the project including details of:project proponentcompany managing projectproject operational location/sproposed timeframe of project.2. PurposeProtecting…
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There are many widely documented and researched ways to improve farm productivity. The main ‘drivers’ of farm productivity are summarised below:
Innovation and technology adoption
Innovation and the adoption of technology is closely linked to improvements in farm productivity and has generated…
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Import conditions for fresh strawberries (Fragaria x ananassa) from Japan have been published on our Biosecurity Import Conditions system (BICON). Import permits will now be issued.
The decision to commence imports will be a commercial decision between an exporter in Japan and an…
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The Australia-United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement (A-UKFTA) entered into force on 31 May 2023.
Under the agreement, tariffs on Australian sugar exports into the UK will be fully eliminated on 1 January 2031. Annual duty-free quotas during the tariff elimination period will also improve market…
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