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Senior Australian experts, led by Australia’s delegate to the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) and Chief Veterinary Officer, Dr Mark Schipp are in Paris to attend the 90th General Session of the World Assembly of Delegates.
WOAH is the global authority on animal health, coordinating…
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The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) has opened consultation to help shape the way the new biosecurity protection levy will be applied.
The 2023-24 Federal Budget delivered sustainable funding to Australia’s critical biosecurity system. This included $1.03 billion over the…
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Deliberate attempts to circumvent our biosecurity laws has resulted in four $5,500 infringement notices given to four different passengers across a five-day period.On 16 May 2023, the first passenger was travelling from Sri Lanka arriving at Sydney International Airport where they tried to conceal…
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24 August 2021
Who does this notice affect?
Importers of high-risk plant products and other stakeholders in the import and shipping industries – including vessel masters, freight forwarders, treatment providers, Biosecurity Industry Participants, importers, customs brokers, principal shipping…
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Since 2021, Australia’s ports have seen an 88 percent increase in new vehicles arriving with biosecurity risk material contamination.
Over the same period, there has been an 17% percent increase in the total number of new vehicle imports into Australia.
Biosecurity risk material must be removed…
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An international student’s visa has been cancelled and an infringement notice of $3,756 issued for attempting to bring more than 2kg of cooked meat, eggs and frangipani flowers into Australia.
Biosecurity detector dog, Ghost, sniffed out the offending items at Adelaide airport’s baggage claim…
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A significant risk to Australia’s biosecurity has been prevented by biosecurity officers securing approximately 38 tonnes of risk material—including boxes of turtle meat, frog meat, plant products, avian meat, pig meat, beef meat, and raw prawns.On 15 February 2023, a Department of Agriculture,…
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The arrival of the Year of the Rabbit on 22 January is a reminder to be biosecurity aware this Lunar New Year.
Acting Secretary of the Department and acting Director of Biosecurity, Dr Chris Locke, said Lunar New Year gifts could be stopped at the border as they may pose an unacceptable risk to…
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A coconut might be a great souvenir from a Pacific cruise holiday however one traveller’s undeclared keepsake recently cost them $3,300 for breaching Australia’s biosecurity laws.
Cruise ship travellers are reminded to check their bags before attempting to enter Australia and to declare all food,…
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26 March 2021
Who does this notice affect?
Stakeholders in the import and shipping industries—including vessel masters, freight forwarders, treatment providers, Biosecurity Industry Participants, importers, customs brokers, principal shipping agents, and any other operators in the sea container…
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