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31 March 2025Who does this notice affect?Domestic stakeholders in the import and shipping industries – including treatment providers, vessel masters, freight forwarders, biosecurity industry participants, importers and exporters, customs brokers, principal shipping agents, and any other operators…
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Australia's public policies and programs are coordinated nationally by different government committees. This includes public policies and programs for aquatic animal health. These committees have different levels of responsibility. Some provide operational and technical advice, while others make…
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Khapra beetle (Trogoderma granarium) is exotic and considered the 2nd most threatening plant pest for Australia.
While there is no immediate threat to human health or pets, if khapra beetle were to establish in Australia, it would pose a serious threat to many of our agricultural industries…
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On 19 November 2018, the Australian government announced the Smart Fruit Fly Management measure to strengthen and modernise fruit fly management across Australia.
The focus of the work under the measure is to:
strengthen the capability, capacity and resilience of Australia’s fruit fly…
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In November 2020, the department released the National Priority List of Exotic Environmental Pests, Weeds and Diseases. This is also called the Exotic Environmental Pest List (EEPL). Explore detailed information about the development and scope of the EEPL on this page.Development The…
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The National Residue Survey (NRS) contracts the services of Australian and New Zealand laboratories to perform residue testing. The laboratories must have demonstrated capabilities in the specific chemical residue analyses that are required by export and domestic markets.Laboratory performance…
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What are we delivering, and why is it important for animal welfare in Australia? What are we delivering?The government is strengthening a national approach to animal welfare by investing $5 million over 4 years (2023-2027) to renew the Australian Animal Welfare Strategy (AAWS).The Australian…
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The Australian Government is supporting strategic partnerships under the Australian Trade System Support—Cultivating Australia’s Agricultural Traceability—Promoting and Protecting Agriculture measure.Collaborative industry-government partnerships between 2023 and 2026 will build trust in Australia’…
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Key factsEffective national surveillance and control of animal diseases in Australia requires cooperative partnerships among the government agencies, organisations, commercial companies and individuals who are involved in the animal industries.Australia’s animal health system includes all…
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Aquatic animal diseases pose a threat to aquatic animal production and environments. Aquatic emergency animal disease threats are often difficult to predict and manage. This is because aquatic animal diseases:
are often highly pathogenic
have the potential to affect both wild and captive…
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