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Date of issue: 5 August 2024Date of effect: 5 August 2024Expiry: 19 August 2024Reference Number: IAN 2024-08AttentionExperts in algae, aquaculture, biology, trade, and organic and bio-dynamic production practices, including scientists or other professionals with organic algae, marine plant or…
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Vets are on the frontlines of public health and today Australia’s largest public sector employer of vets – the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry – is proud to celebrate their achievements.April 27 is World Veterinary Day and this year’s theme is ‘veterinarians are…
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National Farmers’ FederationAnimal welfare is a critical aspect of sustainable agriculture, ensuring the ethical treatment of animals and supporting the health and productivity of livestock. It also impacts social licence to operate and trade, and is critical in meeting the increasing consumer…
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Australia and Papua New Guinea (PNG) share a longstanding, collaborative relationship on biosecurity. As neighbours separated by only 150 kilometres, we face shared biosecurity challenges in our region, including the risk of exotic pests and diseases crossing the Torres Strait.To strengthen this…
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Joint Communiqué16 December 2021, (virtual meeting hosted by New Zealand)The 17th Australia and New Zealand Biosecurity Cooperation (ANZBC) annual meeting was held virtually on 16 December 2021. Representatives from Australia’s Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWE) and New…
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The Australian Government recognises feral cats are a serious vertebrate pest in Australia that have severe to devastating effects on native fauna. The Government has long recognised predation by feral cats as a threat to Australian fauna with a listing as a key threatening process under…
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Throughout the Victorian landscape, weeds such as blackberry, gorse and serrated tussock are highly problematic. Together with the detrimental impacts caused by European rabbits, these present a huge task that is impossible to conquer without collaboration. So, the Victorian Weeds and Rabbits…
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27 October 2023
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This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise industry stakeholders and manufacturers on the process to meet China’s import requirements for establishments exporting unprocessed plant spices/seasoning to China to be listed with the Animal and Plant Quarantine division (…
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An Australia wide waste management business which breached the Biosecurity Act 2015 (Biosecurity Act) by incorrectly dumping imported meat products is the first to be subject to on a new two-year monitoring program.
The Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry accepted an…
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Australia is one of the few countries to remain free from the world’s most severe pests and diseases. Our agriculture and export industries benefit from our favourable biosecurity status.
There are many kinds of pests (such as thrips, mites and aphids) that can arrive on imported cut flowers…
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