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13 March 2026Who does this notice affect?This notice affects importers of live plants (nursery stock), customs brokers and departmental staff.What has changed?The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) is extending Australia’s emergency measures for the bacterial…
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Biosecurity Matters
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Biosecurity is the management of the risk of pests and diseases entering, emerging, establishing or spreading in Australia and causing harm to animals, plants or human…
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A Biosecurity Advice notice is a notice that informs stakeholders about the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry’s biosecurity work. Biosecurity Advice notices are sent to registered stakeholders and placed on the website.
Information about how to register as a stakeholder is also…
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21 June 2019
This Biosecurity Advice notifies stakeholders of the release of the Final pest risk analysis for cut flower and foliage imports – Part 1.
The final report recommends phytosanitary measures to manage the biosecurity risks posed by thrips, mites and aphids associated with cut flower…
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MCAS-S Data Pack – Update 2022 released
The MCAS-S data pack – update 2022 supports the Multi-Criteria Analysis Shell for Spatial Decision Support (MCAS-S) software tool.
This package of nationally consistent Australian spatial layers at one-kilometre resolution contains publicly available…
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We conducted a risk analysis for the release of the gall-inducing thrips Acaciothrips ebneri for the biological control of prickly acacia (Vachellia nilotica subsp. indica).
We conducted the risk analysis in two key steps:
Released the draft report of the risk analysis for the release of…
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Only approved zoos, aquariums or wildlife parks can import exotic or unusual animals for zoological, breeding or conservation purposes.Importing zoo animals - step-by-step guideThis step-by-step guide will help you understand the requirements for importing zoo animals.Please read the information…
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OverviewEnsuring inputs used in production, processing, and packaging are free from pests.Examples include clean packaging, pest-free parent plant stock (e.g. potato tubers, nursery propagation material), or sterilised growing media for use in tissue culture. Evaluating the efficacy of this measure…
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Through the department, the Australian Government is driving improvements to the national management of fruit fly in partnership with state and territory governments, industry and community. This coordinated and shared approach ensures our management of fruit remains strong, facilitating favourable…
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2017–18 to 2019–20
Fred Litchfield
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Financial performance
Farm cash income
Farm cash income of Australian lamb-producing farms is projected to have declined by 12% in 2019–20 to average $211,000 per farm (Table 1, Figure 1). Despite high prices for lambs and sheep,…
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