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Australia is in a unique position free from many of the animal and plant diseases affecting other countries. The department – in cooperation with other jurisdictions, industry and the community – manages biosecurity onshore, at the border and offshore to minimise the risk of exotic pests and…
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Approved arrangements, previously Quarantine Approved Premises and Compliance Agreements, are voluntary arrangements entered into with the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.These arrangements allow operators to manage biosecurity risks and/or perform the documentary assessment of…
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Stem borers of sugarcane would be difficult to control if they made it into Australia’s cane fields.Chilo terrenellus. N. Sallam, BSES, PaDIL
Stem borers of sugarcane (Chilo spp.) (exotic species)Exotic to AustraliaFeatures: Medium to large moths…
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28 April 2017PurposeThe purpose of this Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to remind Authorised Officers (AOs) and registered entities under the Bilateral Quarantine Arrangement Systems Operation Manual 6E…
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Australia's commercial fishing and aquaculture industry is worth around $3.6 billion per year (ABARES 2023) and employs about 17,000 people (ABARES 2019). Each year, Commonwealth managed fisheries generate over $370 million in value alone, which represents about 27% of the total value of…
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We're collaborating with Murdoch University to explore the use of ethyl formate as an alternative to methyl bromide for controlling and eradicating khapra beetle at the Australian border.The first stage is complete, where a laboratory based Khapra beetle colony is being established in India for…
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Weekly Australian Climate,
Water and Agricultural Update
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For the week ending 28 June 2023, a northwest cloud band brought widespread rainfall, extending from northern Western Australia to the southeast of the country. Falls of up to 100 millimetres were recorded in northern Western…
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Weekly Australian Climate,
Water and Agricultural Update
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For the week ending 8 March 2023, a monsoon burst has brought thunderstorms and heavy rain across the northern tropics throughout the week, with weekly totals greater than 150 millimetres recorded in parts of central Northern…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesDuring the 7 days to 31 March 2021, a blocking high pressure system resulted in little rainfall across much of southern Australia, while troughs in the north generated showers across northern Australia.While little or…
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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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