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Biosecurity is the management of the risk of pests and diseases entering, emerging, establishing or spreading in Australia and causing harm to animals, plants or human…
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The WRA system was developed after a review of Australia’s biosecurity systems which identified the need to screen plants for weed potential before importation.Nairn Quarantine ReviewBefore 1996, plants…
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The Wildlife Exotic Disease Preparedness Program (WEDPP) was a joint program involving the Australian…
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Opinions included in the material appearing on this website do not necessarily represent those of the Wildlife Exotic Disease Preparedness Program, the Department or the Australian Government.
The WEDPP is a joint program involving the Australian Government and state and territory governments…
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Round three, Rural R&D for Profit summary of approved projectsOn 4 May 2017, the Hon. Barnaby Joyce MP, the Minister for Agriculture, approved funding of more than $35.8 million from 2016-17 to 2019-…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesIn the week ending 5 June 2024, rainfall was recorded across much of Australia.Across cropping regions, northern Queensland, central to southeastern parts of Western Australia, and localised areas in central South Australia, New South…
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Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues (Host Government - China)
The Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues (CCPR) provides recommendations to the Codex Alimentarius Commission about maximum limits for pesticide residues for specific food items or groups of food.
A Codex Maximum Limit for…
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The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization recently indicated that global agricultural production would need to increase by 70 percent by 2050 in order to meet the rising international…
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In April 2008, the Forest Industries Branch of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) engaged the Fenner School of Environment and Society to identify a set of indicators to…
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DGO08/565
Mr John Cahill
Chief Executive
Biosecurity Australia
GPO Box 858
CANBERRA ACT 2601
Dear Mr Cahill
I refer to the release by Biosecurity Australia (BA) in May 2008 of the…
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