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A Biosecurity Advice notice is a notice that informs stakeholders about the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources - Biosecurity's work.…
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3 March 2009
Australia's Director of Animal and Plant Quarantine has made a policy determination establishing a stringent quarantine policy for the importation of bananas from the Philippines, in line with Australia's conservative approach to quarantine.
The Philippines will be required to…
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The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has received several enquiries and correspondence over the last fortnight asking for the Montreal Process Working Group (MPWG) to call for certain Australian jurisdictions to ‘uphold’ sustainable forest management, or the criteria and…
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World class Australian ruminant (cow, goat and sheep) genetics are now more easily traded to Chile.
An audit from the Chilean agriculture department has approved all department-accredited ruminant germplasm (semen and embryo) centres for export to Chile. This is a cost saving to exporters as…
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Publication detailsDepartment of Agriculture and Water Resources, 22 July 2016The department initiated this review of policy to evaluate the existing biosecurity requirements to import…
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24 June 2019Who does this notice affect?All clients who will be required to use the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions (BICON) system during this maintenance period. Information Due to scheduled…
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Coming soon – Episode 16 – One Health in action to end rabies deaths by 2030.
Rabies is a zoonotic viral disease resulting in about 59,000 human deaths a year globally, with most occurring in Africa and Asia. Infected dogs are responsible for its transmission to humans in over 96% of cases.…
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1 September 2022
Who does this notice affect?
All vessel owners, operators, master’s, and shipping agents who represent international commercial vessels, including cruise vessels for the purposes of Australian biosecurity clearance.
What has changed?
The conditions on the Pratique section of…
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Sustainable forest management is an adaptive process, and assessing and reporting on sustainability evolves as data availability and knowledge of forest management improves. Recognising this, a major review of Australia's Sustainable Forest Management Framework of Criteria and Indicators was…
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26 June 2025Who does this notice affect?Approved arrangement operators attempting to access online reports of entries referred to the department for biosecurity assessment, or management under a class 19 Approved Arrangement, via the Industry Reporting.InformationStart time:As of: 00:01 Thursday…
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