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The South East Queensland Regional Forest Agreement (RFA) will be a 20-year agreement between Queensland and the Commonwealth focussed primarily on how the region's public native forests can best be used and managed.
The RFA process emerged from the 1992 National Forest Policy Statement, under…
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Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, 2013The plant residue testing datasets 2012-13 outline testing that was carried out on plant products in the 2012-13 financial year, under the National…
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NSFS reference: 14Issue date: 02/03/2018Date of effect: ImmediateReview date: 2 March 2020Contact officers:Mac Tawadros
Veterinary officer
Export Meat program
02 8334 7568Samantha Allan
National…
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In accordance with the 1992 National Forest Policy Statement, in February 1995, the Ministerial Council on Forestry, Fisheries and Aquaculture, representing the states, territories and the Australian Government forestry authorities, prepared a statement of national…
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5 June 2019
Who does this notice affect?
Stakeholders in the import and shipping industries—including vessel masters, freight forwarders, treatment providers, Biosecurity Industry Participants, importers, customs brokers, principle agents and master consolidators—associated with importing goods…
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Policy StatementGiven the developments in vaccine technology, changing international attitudes and the recent experiences of countries experiencing foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreaks around the world…
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OverviewTrade is restricted to specific stages of development or harvest maturity where the risk of infestation is low.Examples include restricting trade to fruit developmental stages that are less vulnerable to infestation (e.g.. immature stages), and limiting imports of plant material for…
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28 July 2025Who does this notice affect?Stakeholders in the import and shipping industries interested in applying to participate in the department’s Safeguarding Arrangement Scheme — including, Biosecurity Industry Participants, Suppliers, Customs Brokers—associated with importing goods that…
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Date of issue: 14 March 2023
Date of effect: Immediate
Reference Number: MAA2022-07
Attention:
Industries — Industry bodies — Australian Food and Grocery Council
Export establishments
Exporters
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry — Central and Regional offices
Purpose
To…
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A coconut might be a great souvenir from a Pacific cruise holiday however one traveller’s undeclared keepsake recently cost them $3,300 for breaching Australia’s biosecurity laws.
Cruise ship travellers are reminded to check their bags before attempting to enter Australia and to declare all food,…
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