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Biosecurity Emergency Management - Response Planning Guide

​The Biosecurity Emergency Management - Response Planning Guide provides guidance on planning practices and processes that could be followed during the response to biosecurity incidents.The Response…
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Department response to ANAO Performance Audit: Referrals, Assessments and Approvals of Controlled Actions under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

Australian Government, 2020 Download Letter from Secretary to Auditor-General [PDF 178.75 KB] Letter from Secretary to Auditor-General [DOCX 78.23 KB] Department response to ANAO Performance Audit: Referrals, Assessments and Approvals of Controlled Actions under the Environment Protection and…
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Independent review of the pesticides and veterinary medicines regulatory system in Australia

On 28 May 2021, the independent Panel released its final report on the review of the pesticides and veterinary medicines regulatory system in Australia.The final report and report resources are available for download.Final Report of the Independent Review of the Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines…
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Jake and Frankie strengthen their herd from the ground up

Mixed cattle farmers Jake and Frankie Fennell run a 4,000-strong beef herd on their property Wintinna Station in Outback South Australia. After the 2017-2019 drought, they embraced GPS cattle tracking tags and rotational grazing to better prepare their business for drought. “We came across [the…
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Changes to air cargo screening requirements

​The Australian Government has announced new export screening requirements for air cargo. They will apply to all destinations from 1 March 2019. All outbound international air cargo, regardless of its destination, must be examined under the Enhanced Air Cargo Examination (EACE) program before it…
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Response to the Australian Marine Conservation Society campaign

​2 March 2016​Darren Kindleysides Director Australian Marine Conservation Society PO Box 5815 WEST END QLD 4101 Dear Mr KindleysidesI am writing to you in relation to the Australian Marine…
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Regenerative grazing on Tasmania’s east coast

Tasmania’s east coast is one of the country’s most spectacular regions, but it is also an area prone to drought and unpredictable weather patterns. East coast local and regenerative grazing trial project lead, Jason Whitehead is paving the way to…
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Who talks to whom about marine pest biosecurity?

An analysis of the Australian marine pest networkAuthors: Nyree Stenekes, Heleen Kruger, Ryan R. J. McAllister and Rob Garrard Formal network—attendance of policy forums between October 2016 and November 2017 Source: ABARES…
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Environment and Invasives Committee Meeting 5

24 February 2020 The Environment and Invasives Committee met on 24 February 2020 in Adelaide, South Australia. Significant steps were made towards finalising a revised National Environmental Biosecurity Response Agreement (NEBRA) which establishes the national arrangements for responding to…
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Environmental management

​The over-arching objective of APLC's environmental management program is to manage and minimise impacts on the environment resulting from locust monitoring and control operations, including the risks…
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