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An import request is a proposal made to bring goods into Australia where import conditions for the goods have not yet been established. Import requests are also referred to as ‘import proposals’ or ‘market access requests’.Australia receives a significant number of import requests for a variety of…
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Important: The current Methyl bromide fumigation methodology (version 2.0) is in force until 30 April 2025. It is available on the ‘methodologies and documents for biosecurity treatments’ page.Familiarise yourself with the updated methodology (version 3.0). It will replace the current documents and…
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20 March 2025Who does this notice affect?All importers and customs brokers who lodge imported cargo eligible under the Highly Compliant Importer Project (HCIP).BackgroundThe highly compliant importer project (HCIP), implemented in July 2018, is an initiative to reduce intervention for compliant…
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Adult spotted lanternfly, Lycorma delicatula
Spotted lanternflyExotic to AustraliaFeatures: Spotted lanternfly adults are up to 2.7 cm long and approximately 1.2 cm wide with large, visually striking wings. A hitchhiker that feeds on the sap of host plants, including economically…
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Leaf yellowing and wilting, and fruit pulp and bunch stalk/rachis discoloration from banana blood disease.Blomme et al. 2017.
Blood disease and moko diseaseExotic to AustraliaFeatures: Banana-infecting bacterial wilt diseases with infected plants showing striking symptoms, the leaves…
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We are helping Australia’s forestry industries recover from the 2019-20 Black Summer bushfires through these 4 measures:Construction Softwood Transport Assistance ProgramForestry Recovery Development Fund ProgramForestry Transport AssistanceSalvage Log Storage FundConstruction Softwood Transport…
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On 6 March 2025, Hungary provided official notification to the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) of the detection of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) at a dairy farm in Kisbajcs near the border with Slovakia. This is the first detection of FMD in Hungary since 1973.To help manage the…
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The Department is in the process of reforming the non-prescribed goods (NPG) export sector.These reforms include the drafting of a new export control rule, improvement of IT systems and uplift of data capture and assurance processes that the Department will undertake on behalf of the…
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Banana phytoplasma diseases cause plants to wilt and die.Richard Davis, Department of Agriculture,Fisheries and Forestry, Musarama
Banana phytoplasmaExotic to AustraliaFeatures: Bacterial diseases causing wilting and severelosses in banana crops overseasWhere they’re from: Asia, Papua…
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Exotic bee species look similar to everyday honey bees, but can carry pests and diseases, or take over our honey bee hives. Left is Asian honey bee; centre is everyday honey bee; right is the giant honey bee.Ken Walker, Museum Victoria, PaDIL.
Bees (Apis spp.) (exotic species)Exotic to…
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