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Australia’s world class biosecurity system is vital to protecting our agricultural industries and our environment.
Biosecurity is a shared responsibility, including contributing to the cost to safeguard Australia from potentially…
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Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, March 2023
This form is to be used by a vessel that is 7 metres or longer, and is on, or intends to make a voyage that arrives at, a place in Australian territory from either the Torres Strait protected zone or the Torres Strait permanent…
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29 July 2008
Biosecurity Australia Advice 2008/23
Draft Import Risk Analysis Report for Fresh Unshu Mandarin Fruit from Japan
This Biosecurity Australia Advice notifies stakeholders of the release…
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Information for this profile is drawn from Australia's State of the Forests Report 2018 (SOFR). ABARES is in the process of updating indicators for SOFR with data up to or as at 2021. This forest profile will be updated with new data in early 2024.
Australia has 134 million…
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The newly established network of Sustainable Agriculture Facilitators will connect stakeholders with others in the industry and share information on sustainable agriculture practices.The facilitators are employed by local Natural Resource Management organisations funded through the Climate-Smart…
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This overview has been superseded by the 2019 version.
View the complete Australian forest profiles series.
Information for this overview is drawn from Australia's State of the Forests Report 2013.
Eucalypt forest, New England National Park, New South Wales
Rohan Jacobson
Australia…
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Increased biosecurity risks and rapid changes in northern Australia requires a collaborative and integrated biosecurity system. Identifying shifts in the biosecurity landscape, the Northern Australia Biosecurity Strategy 2030 (the Strategy) sets out key biosecurity objectives and priority actions…
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17 May 2023
Purpose
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to invite the plant exports industry to attend a webinar on Friday, 19 May 2023 at 4:00PM AEST about the new Biosecurity Protection Levy.
Summary of changes and key points
From 1 July 2024, a new biosecurity protection levy will…
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Locusts as Pests
The three main pest species of locusts in Australia are the Australian plague locust (Chortoicetes terminifera), the spur-throated locust (Austracris guttulosa) and the migratory locust (Locusta migratoria).
Locusts can cause widespread and severe damage to…
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A new report from the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) has found that the majority of stocks assessed were both not overfished and not subject to overfishing.
The ABARES Fishery status reports 2022 provides an annual, independent assessment of the…
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