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23 August 2021
Who does this notice affect?
This notice is of interest to national ABF officers and government maritime officers. Maritime officers include the Commonwealth’s Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) agency and state government’s Maritime Safety Queensland (MSQ).
What has…
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In early 2024, officers from the Office of the Chief Veterinary Officer travelled to Timor-Leste to help with a large-scale canine rabies vaccination program. With rabies entering neighbouring West Timor for the first time in early 2023, the Timor-Leste Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock Fisheries…
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9 November 2023
Who does this notice affect?
All clients attempting to contact the department or anticipating outcomes of biosecurity assessments.
Information
The impacts to the departments network, caused by the national Optus outage, have been resolved.
Inbound and outbound communication via…
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Australia's plantations 2020-21 is a dataset of commercial plantations derived from spatial data provided by plantation growers and managers. ABARES has prepared this dataset under the auspices of the National Plantation Inventory (NPI). The NPI has surveyed public and private plantation…
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OverviewAgriFutures Australia funded a consultancy to investigate traceability options for the deer industry. This project was completed in June 2024.Project Lead: AgriFutures AustraliaProject Contact: animalplan@aff.gov.au Project Status: CompleteObjective alignment:7 – Improve the integrity…
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Weekly Australian Climate,
Water and Agricultural Update
Key issues
During the week ending 18 August 2021, high pressure systems dominated southern Australia, resulting in little rainfall across much of the continent. Cold fronts brought rainfall to western Tasmania and parts of…
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Detect and Protect
An Australian biosecurity podcast
Series 2 Episode 5
Host: Casey Baines
Guest: Clare O’Shannessy
Clare O’Shannessy was in the Detector Dog program for 14 years. Clare played an integral role in the program’s expansion into international mail centres. In this episode we…
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The Australian Biosecurity Awards recognise significant commitment to our nation’s biosecurity system.These are the past recipients of the awards.2022Dr David Banks Biosecurity Lifetime Achievement AwardDr Darryl HardieDr Kim Ritman Award for Science and InnovationDr Richard BradhurstFarm…
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7 December 2023
Who does this notice affect?
All internal and external stakeholders who may require Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry regulatory services during the department’s shut down period.
What has changed?
The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry…
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The Self-Assessed Clearance (SAC) cost recovery charge has commencedThe cost recovery charge for biosecurity clearance of declared low value goods - valued at AUD $1,000 or less - being brought into Australian territory by air or sea commenced on 1 October 2024.Any reporting party lodging a short…
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