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Vessels entering Australian territory must comply with requirements under the Biosecurity Act 2015.
Australian legislative requirements
Under the Act, aircraft and vessels (including those from Australia) become subject to biosecurity control upon entering 12 nautical miles of the Australian…
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As an appointed analyst, you test samples of imported food. This is part of our Imported Food Inspection Scheme.This guide sets out:units of measurement to use when reporting resultsminimum performance required of any testing methodology (limit of reporting)how to report the results of analysis.…
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Issues of global strategic importance were discussed during the October 2023 Strategic Planning Group (SPG) meeting of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC), held at FAO Headquarters in Rome.
Issues of importance to Australia and the South West Pacific region included sustainable…
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Grant applications for the Support Plantation Establishment program have closed.The Australian Government is providing $73.76 million (GST exclusive) in grant funding over four years from 2023–24 to 2026–27.To date, $56.47 million (GST exclusive) has been awarded to 67 projects. Announcements…
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The Land Use and Management Information System (LUMIS) is currently being developed as part of a cooperative effort between Federal and State bodies. The framework aims to provide nationally consistent information at a scale relevant to the user needs. A key consideration is the linkage of land…
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27 September 2024PurposeThis Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to notify all Plant Exports Management System (PEMS) users, including plant export clients, exporters and authorised officers, of an outage to the PEMS system due to a production upgrade to the PEMS system.Summary of changes and key…
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16 October 2025Who 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.InformationStart time:As of: 12:00pm Thursday 16 October 2025 (…
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07 July 2023
Purpose
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to notify all EXDOC and PEMS users, including plant export clients and exporters, of an expected system maintenance and associated outage from 8:00pm - 11:00pm (AEDT) Sunday 9 July 2023.
Summary and key
The following services will be…
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NSFS reference: 16
Issue date: 5 October 2023
Date of effect: N/A
Contact officer:
Brett Evans
Director, Meat Export…
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25 June 2020
Who does this notice affect?
Importers of animals, biological and animal-based goods.
This temporary change relates to the import of goods where there is currently a reliance on original paper health certificates (HCs). It does not apply to imports of goods where exporting countries…
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