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The Strategic Forest and Renewable Materials Partnership provides a forum for industry, unions and government to consult, exchange advice and information, and promote cooperation within the forest and wood products industries.The Partnership undertakes the function of the Forest and Wood Products…
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Dr Michele Allan AO, the independent reviewer of the Intergovernmental Agreement on Biosecurity (IGAB) issued a discussion paper for public consultation seeking feedback from Australian biosecurity stakeholders on potential improvements to the IGABThe public consultation was hosted on the…
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Author: Rupert Summerson
Image of an open human palm with a suminoe river oyster sitting on it - the oyster has a brown shell and is large in size, taking up most of the hand's length.
OverviewSuminoe oyster (Magallana ariakensis) is a large true oyster that…
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The National Biosecurity Management Group (NBMG) met on 21 May 2025 and approved a 3-year Response Plan inclusive of a cost-shared budget of $4 million for the National Browsing Ant Eradication Program (NBAEP) in the Northern Territory (NT).Browsing ant was first detected in the NT in June 2015 and…
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Banana freckle (Phyllosticta cavendishii) - 9 February 2023
On 9 February 2023, the National Management Group (NMG) met to consider the response to the Emergency Plant Pest (EPP) Phyllosticta cavendishii (banana freckle) in the Northern Territory.
The NMG endorsed a revised response plan to…
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Nathaniel Bloomfield and Tony Arthur
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Australia has an active surveillance trapping program for Asian Gypsy Moth (AGM) – a pest that could cause significant impacts should it establish.
This study, conducted in 2019, used a…
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Improving access to imported food safety requirementsImported food safety requirements are now included in the Biosecurity Import Conditions system (BICON).See more about the Inclusion of food safety requirements in BICON.All biosecurity requirements must be met before Imported Food Inspection…
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The WTO is vital to the Australian Government’s international efforts to push for substantial reductions in trade distorting subsidies, tariffs and non-tariff barriers used by other countries. It also ensures a fair and level playing field for Australia’s agricultural exports. A key objective of…
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GPAS 2016/10/001
This general practice administration statement is issued under the authority of the Director of Biosecurity. Department personnel, including non-ongoing staff and relevant contractors, must comply with this practice administration statement, unless doing so creates…
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