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Recognised offshore cleaning and pre-inspection providers

The recognised offshore cleaning and pre-inspection providers (ROCIP) scheme ensures that used passenger vehicles and motorcycles exported from a recognised facility and load ports arrive in Australia free from biosecurity risk material.Recognised providers clean used passenger vehicles or…
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Approved sources of tissue cultures free of media

Update October 2024The department has finalised a review of the approved sources of tissue culture free of media with the key objective of ensuring our ongoing assurance responsibilities continue to be met.As part of the review, the following key measures have been implemented:Development of a new…
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BICON software developers guide

Publication detailsDepartment of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, June 2025If your organisation uses software that requires integration with BICON, you can access the BICON Software Developers Guide which provides the technical interface specifications for this system.DownloadBICON Software…
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Reforming the regulation of agricultural and veterinary chemicals

Australia’s agricultural and veterinary (agvet) chemicals regulatory system is instrumental in protecting the health and safety of people, animals, and the environment from risks associated with agvet chemicals. A well-functioning regulatory system increases the value of the Australian agricultural…
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An evaluation of investment in landcare support projects

​​ The report evaluates the benefits from investments made by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry in landcare support projects across Australia, under the National Landcare Program…
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Hobart Regional Outlook conference

Our final Regional Outlook conference for 2022 discussed a range of issues and opportunities for the state’s innovative agriculture, fisheries and forestry sectors. Catch up on the presentations from our ABARES speakers at the Hobart Regional Outlook conference on Wednesday 2 November. Download…
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National Competition Policy Review of Commonwealth Fisheries Legislation

​​Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, September 2002​​In 1995, COAG agreed to establish a National Competition Policy for Australia. Under this policy, each jurisdiction (federal, state and…
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412-2025: Amendments to inspection and treatment locations under approved arrangement class 19

11 December 2025Who does this notice affect?Biosecurity industry participants and accredited persons operating under approved arrangement class 19.What has changed?From 11 December 2025 class 19 accredited persons will be able to amend approved arrangement locations, for directions generated under…
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Using evolutionary genomics to help manage the Polyphagous shot-hole borer and other pests

Episode: June 2025Presenter:Dr Tom Schmidt - School of Biosciences, Faculty of Science, The University of Melbourne.Summary: In this webinar Tom summarises how evolutionary genomics approaches have been used in Australian biosecurity and how these methods can be applied to plant pests. He then…
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Being responsive and agile in a changing environment – Insights into the updated National Priority Plant Pests (NPPP)

Episode: April 2025Presenters:Dr Susie Collins - Assistant Secretary, Plant Health Policy, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.Summary: Priority pest lists, like the National Priority Plant Pests (NPPP), aim to raise awareness of the threats Australia faces from plant pests and…
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