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17 December 2025Who does this notice affect?All importers of plants, cats and/or dogs with Outlook accounts awaiting system generated email notifications from the Post Entry Biosecurity System.InformationDetail:The Post Entry Biosecurity System’s (PEBS) automatic system generated notifications were…
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The National Management Group (NMG) met on 17 December 2025 and approved a revised Response Plan for red dwarf honey bee (Apis florea; RDHB) to achieve Proof of Freedom. In approving the revised Response Plan, the NMG has increased its total commitment to the eradication of RDHB in Australia to $13…
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66-2026: Unplanned Service Disruption: Tuesday 07 April 2026 – Biosecurity Portal (Digital Identity)
07 April 2026Who does this notice affect?Approved arrangements operators, customs brokers, importers, manned depots, and freight forwarders who are required to book and manage requests for inspections through the Biosecurity Portal using the ‘Sign in with your Digital Identity to access’ pathway.…
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Historical events before the establishment of the Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy1908The Quarantine Act 1908 receives royal assent, providing a national approach to quarantine for the first time after State Premiers agree to hand over administration of quarantine to the Commonwealth in 1906.…
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Swill feeding is when food scraps are fed to pigs. This practice can cause and spread emergency animal diseases. Diseases like foot-and-mouth disease and African swine fever. In Australia we use laws…
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We have completed the first phase of our review of Australia’s import conditions for tomato and capsicum seed disease testing.This initial phase focused on evaluating seed testing protocols for Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) and Tomato mottle mosaic virus (ToMMV), as well as the…
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Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 2020
Pathogens of highest animal biosecurity concern
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6 December 2019Who does this notice affect?Clients in the import and shipping industries—including freight forwarders, importers and customs brokers.What has changed?Following the identification of significant critical non-compliance, the department has suspended Future Wang Rony (KLG) Sdn Bhd (AEI…
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14 June 2018Who does this notice affect? Biosecurity industry participants operating an approved arrangement (AA) broker class 19.1 and 19.2 and AA site holding class 1 approval.What has changed?As part…
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The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources has undertaken a project aimed at improving public understanding of the seafood industry and fisheries management. A key step was the…
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