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Private vets have an important role to play in emergency animal disease responses in Australia.In 2011 an independent review into Australia’s preparedness for foot-and-mouth disease found that employment conditions in state and territory jurisdictions were not consistent. This could act as a…
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2 June 2010
This Biosecurity Australia Advice (BAA) provides stakeholders with a draft policy review of the biosecurity risks for bluetongue virus (BTV) associated with the importation of cattle, sheep, goat and deer semen and embryos from the European Union (EU), and cattle semen and embryos…
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16 June 2023The Environment and Invasives Committee (EIC) (members only) met virtually on 16 June 2023. Discussions led to a range of good outcomes.Several matters were endorsed for consideration by the National Biosecurity Committee (NBC) includingThe National Feral Deer Action Plan (NFDAP)next…
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Monday 17 October 2022
Who does this notice affect?
This notice is of interest to importers of animal-based pet food and departmental biosecurity officers at international mail centres.
What has changed?
Biosecurity Animal Division recently conducted a risk analysis of unregulated animal-based…
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Australian – European Union Free Trade Agreement: Geographical Indications public objections process
The Australian Government is running a public objections process on the list of geographical indications the EU wants Australia to protect in a free trade agreement. For more information on what…
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All food production activities have some level of impact on the environment. For commercial fishing, one of the most direct and visible impacts from the harvest of commercial fish species is the…
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Department of Primary Industries
Prepared by: Bill Washington
Phone: 03 9210 9450 Fax: 03 9210 9396
Email: bill.washington@dpi.vic.gov.au
DPI response to Biosecurity Australia’s…
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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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This indicator measures the harvest levels of wood products in relation to future yields. The capacity to implement strategies to deal with changing demand for forest products based on future yields from both native and plantation forests is an integral part of sustainable forest management.This…
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The WTO is vital to the Australian Government’s international efforts to push for substantial reductions in trade distorting subsidies, tariffs and non-tariff barriers used by other countries. It also ensures a fair and level playing field for Australia’s agricultural exports. A key objective of…
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