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Staff from the Plant Protection and Environmental Biosecurity offices travelled to Brisbane in April to take part in a subject matter expert panel for the Nudgeathon at the Queensland University of Technology. The Nudgeathon is an example of collaboration between government and behavioural…
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Date of issue: 05 July 2022
Date of effect: Immediate
Reference Number: MAA2022-05
Attention
Industries – Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC)
Export establishments
Exporters
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry—Central and Regional offices
Purpose
To notify…
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Agriculture occupies 59 per cent of Australia’s 7.6 million square kilometre landmass. Land managed for agriculture includes assets important for biodiversity conservation. These assets include remnant native vegetation (such as patches of forest, woodlands, shrublands and grasslands…
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Date of issue: 7 June 2021
Date of effect: 14 June 2021
Attention:
Registered dairy exporters, manufacturers, agents, freight forwarders, automated export permit issuers and EDI users.
Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment - Central and Regional offices.
Purpose
To notify…
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Date of issue: 12 July 2024Date of effect: ImmediateReference Number: MAA2024-26Related MAAs: MAA 2022-39, MAA 2023-02, MAA 2023-47, MAA 2024-02, 2024-24AttentionIndustries—Industry bodies – Dairy Australia – Infant Nutrition Council, Dairy Export Industry Consultative Committee, Australian Food…
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Ending hunger around the world is the focus of World Food Day today, as 2.8 billion people still can’t afford a healthy diet and 733 million face hunger globally. Australia is one of 150 countries embracing this year’s World Food Day theme, “Right to foods for a better life and better future…
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CSIROAnimals have been used in research for millennia – some of the first recorded experiments on animals date back to the 4th century BCE. Use of animals for the development and testing of medical products like medicines, vaccines and diagnostic procedures has been critically important to the…
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Date of issue: 6 March 2025Date of effect: 6 March 2025 AttentionExporters and freight forwarders with Requests for Permit (RFP), Request for Export (REX) certificates or manual certificates set to print in, obtain signature, or collect from the Brisbane regional office on Thursday 6…
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There has been a recent rise in detections of the exotic Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) by the department and state and territory governments, with over 26 active responses in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, and Adelaide. The roll-out of a new surveillance program targeting non-approved…
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The National Management Group (NMG) agreed at its meeting on 29 May 2025 that it is no longer technically feasible to eradicate tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) from Australia. This decision is based on the technical considerations of the Consultative Committee on Emergency Plant Pests (…
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