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What is eCert?
eCert allows importing and exporting government agencies to exchange government certificates electronically. It works via a secure and encrypted data exchange.
We use eCert to exchange:
phytosanitary certificates for plant and plant-related products
sanitary…
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The National Biosecurity Committee (NBC) met in Brisbane on 20 June 2025. The meeting was chaired by Justine Saunders (Deputy Secretary, Biosecurity, Operations and Compliance Group, Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department)).Key discussions and outcomesNBC…
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National Biosecurity Committee
June 2014
Introduction
The Intergovernmental Agreement on Biosecurity (IGAB) was established to enhance Australia’s biosecurity system and strengthen the collaborative approach between the Commonwealth, state and territory governments (jurisdictions) to address…
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Concerns have been raised by state environmental protection authorities about the prospect of large volumes of chemically treated ballast water, above, being discharged in Australian ports.
Authors: Rupert…
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13 - 14 July 2016The National Biosecurity Committee (NBC) met from 13 - 14 July 2016 and considered the following issues:Review of the Intergovernmental Agreement on Biosecurity The committee discussed…
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Notes from the Chair
This has been a busy period for the Marine Pest Sectoral Committee (MPSC), with the committee progressing a number of priority tasks and gearing up to consider future processes in light of the Australian Government Review of National Marine Pest Biosecurity.…
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Host specificity testingHost specificity testing is carried out to ensure that the proposed biological control agent is specific to the target weed or insect pest.A host specificity test list is a list of plants/insects closely related to the target weed or insect pest that is developed by a…
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