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The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has fined 14 furniture importers over $186,000 last week because they didn’t act to minimise the risk of importing illegally harvested timber.
Head of Compliance and Enforcement at the department, Peter Timson said Australia has strict…
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The introduction of the seed cotton levy and export charge will ensure that all harvested seed cotton that is intended for export has a levy or charge applied. Commencing 1 April 2017, the seed cotton…
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5 April 2022
Purpose
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise industry and authorised officers (AOs) of the commencement of a limited trial for AO audits.
Summary of changes and key points
We are reimagining the audit process to make it more efficient and effective. Key to this work is…
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27 May 2022
Purpose
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise that the instructional material for the inspection of cotton for export has been updated to allow for bulk loading of cotton into bulk vessels.
Summary of changes and key points
Cotton is now permitted to be exported bulk into…
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The third NSW RFAs Annual Meeting of Officials took place by videoconference on 4 November 2021. The meeting was attended by officials from the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment and the NSW Government Department of Planning, Industry and Environment (which…
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17 December 2021
Purpose
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to notify stakeholders of updates to the Plant Exports Management System (PEMS).
Summary of changes and key points
The following updates have been made to PEMS
Automatic validation of ‘Accredited Farm Block Numbers’ and ‘…
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The Chief Plant Protection Officer and staff from her office part sponsored, helped organise and attended the Plant Biosecurity Research Initiative (PBRI) Symposium in Cairns on 8-9 May 2024. This biennial Symposium, coordinated by Dr Jo Luck, Program Director of the PBRI, highlights the importance…
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Australian – European Union Free Trade Agreement: Geographical Indications public objections process
The Australian Government is running a public objections process on the list of geographical indications the EU wants Australia to protect in a free trade agreement. For more information on what…
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23 June 2022
Purpose
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to notify stakeholders of updates to the Plant Exports Management System (PEMS) occurring on the 30 June 2022.
Summary of changes and key points
On 30 June 2022, PEMS will be enhanced with the below updates.
Relevant PEMS user…
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7 June 2021
Purpose
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to notify stakeholders of updates to the Plant Exports Management System (PEMS).
Summary of changes and key points
To align with the recent legislation changes, the name ‘Containerised Goods Inspection’ has been changed to ‘Grain and…
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