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7 November 2025Who does this notice affect?This notice affects importers of plant products for human consumption (e.g. rice, beans, lentils, dried chilli, cumin and coriander seed), freight forwarders, biosecurity industry participants and accredited persons operating under the department’s…
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Watch the biosecurity videos on the department's YouTube channelThe six short biosecurity videos on this page focus on the practical steps that you can take to reduce the biosecurity risk to your property. There are six videos (or audio versions) covering:On-farm Biosecurity‘Biosecurity’ is…
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DownloadSupporting data - Agricultural research and development (R&D) investment in Australia – 2024-25 update (XLSX 101 KB)If you have difficulty accessing these files, visit web accessibility for assistance.Key findingsTotal Australian agricultural R&D funding in 2024-25 is expected to be…
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We conducted a risk analysis for fresh dragon fruit (Hylocereus spp.) from Indonesia.
We conducted the risk analysis in three key steps:
Announced the commencement of the risk analysis on 14 December 2017, via Biosecurity Advice 2017-28 and the Announcement Information Paper. We…
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2 February 2021
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Stakeholders in the import and shipping industries—including vessel masters, freight forwarders, treatment providers, Biosecurity Industry Participants, importers, customs brokers, principal shipping agents, and any other operators in the sea container…
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In 2019 the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment and its partners marked 30 years of continuous operations under the Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy (NAQS). The NAQS initiative commenced in July 1989, initially as a 3-year trial focussed on early detection of incursions of…
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Joint Communiqué6 November 2019, Auckland, New ZealandThe Australian and New Zealand Biosecurity Cooperation (ANZBC) was established in 1999 under the Australia–New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement. The ANZBC met on 6 November 2019 in Auckland, New Zealand for their…
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18 October 2019This Biosecurity Advice notifies stakeholders of the release of the Draft report for the review of biosecurity import requirements for fresh pomegranate whole fruit and processed ‘ready-to-…
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22 January 2013
This Biosecurity Advice notifies stakeholders that Australia’s Director of Animal and Plant Quarantine (the Director) has determined a policy for the importation of fresh ginger for…
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Brassicaceous crop seeds for sowing import conditions review Communiqué for meeting on 11 April 2018
Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, April 2018The purpose of the communiqué is to provide additional information about the brassicaceous crop seeds for sowing import conditions…
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