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244-2021: Upcoming extension of sea container measures (Phase 6A) to protect against khapra beetle

9 December 2021 Who does this notice affect? 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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178-2021: Australian Border Force (ABF) and Maritime Officer user access to the Maritime Arrivals Reporting System (MARS)

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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169-2021: Port Authority user access to the Maritime Arrivals Reporting System (MARS)

9 August 2021 Who does this notice affect? This notice is of interest to state and territory ports operators and corporatised port authority entities across Australia What has changed? The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (the department) can now provide Australian state,…
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166-2021: Crew declarations at first points of entry

6 August 2021 Who does this notice affect? Stakeholders in the import and shipping industries—including operators and persons in charge of aircraft and vessels, masters of vessels and airline pilots, and crew. What has changed? There has been a significant increase in the number of infringement…
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Animals on vessels

Live animals onboard vessels may introduce serious diseases to Australia such as African swine fever, screw worm fly, rabies, Newcastle disease, and foot and mouth disease, and therefore pose a risk to the health of Australian animals, people and environment. Animals include cats, dogs, fish, birds…
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74-2022: Measures to prevent the introduction of foot and mouth disease into Australia

11 May 2022 Who does this notice affect? Stakeholders associated with shipping or importing goods from Indonesia. What has changed? There is currently an outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) in Indonesia. Due to this change in disease status, Indonesia will be removed from the department's…
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135-2021: New biosecurity first point of entry determinations commenced 16 June 2021

23 June 2021 Who does this notice affect? First point of entry (FPOE) operators, aircraft and vessel operators, shipping agents, airlines, importers, brokers and others. What has changed? New FPOE determinations commenced on 16 June 2021, replacing transitional determinations previously in…
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Biosecurity Matters, Edition 4, 2020

​​​​​Biosecurity Matters To receive an email notification of future editions, subscribe to Biosecurity Matters.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 health, the…
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2019-65 - Horticulture Exports Program – Temporary suspension of exports to New Zealand for all fresh cucurbit species for consumption produced in Queensland

16 December 2019 Purpose This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise industry that exports of fresh cucurbit species produced in Queensland are temporarily suspended to New Zealand, following a positive detection of Cucumber Green Mottle Mosaic Virus (CGMMV) from Queensland’s CGMMV Pest Free…
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2018-38 - Horticulture Exports Program – Prohibition of CGMMV host fruit to New Zealand

​​​​​​​16 August 2018PurposeThe purpose of this Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise industry that exports of Cucumber Green Mottle Mosaic Virus (CGMMV) host commodities to New Zealand are…
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