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7 August 2019PurposeThis Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise the Tasmanian apple and pear industry that applications are now open for the accreditation of farms, packhouses and cold stores to…
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Introduction
The Australian apple and pear industry takes this opportunity to express to Biosecurity Australia its extreme disquiet over the proposal to import apples from USA.
This document…
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7 September 2017
This Biosecurity Advice advises stakeholders of the release of the
Final pest risk analysis for ‘Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum’ (‘Ca L. solanacearum’) associated with…
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We develop policies that allow people to safely import plants and plant products into Australia.
Why we do risk analyses
When people want to import plants or plant products from overseas, we need to consider the biosecurity risks. Part of our analysis includes identifying the best ways to manage…
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Australia has a thriving sport and recreational fishing culture and is known for having some of the best fishing locations anywhere in the world.
There are rules and regulations in place in all Australian waters, both freshwater and saltwater, which you are required by law to uphold…
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Mikania micrantha
What to look for
A fast growing vine with heart-shaped leaves in opposite pairs along the stem. Flowers are small greenish-white and found mainly at the end of stems.
What you can do
Do not move plants, plant material or soil out of the Torres Strait Protected Zone to the…
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13 May 2016
Purpose
To advise that the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources has released the remaining protocol job functions for the inspection of berries, stone fruit (other than cherries), tropical fruit, curcubits and chillies, and root vegetables to protocol markets.
Key points…
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The Pine wilt nematode is a microscopic unsegmented worm that affects firs, cedars, larches, spruces, and especially pines. It is unlikely to affect Australian native trees, but it would be damaging to Australia’s forestry industry and amenity trees.
Pine wilt nematode is indigenous to North…
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Japanese sawyer beetle, also known as Japanese pine sawyer, is one of a number of pine-infesting
Monochamus longhorn beetles that attack stressed or recently killed trees. It is known to attack…
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