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Commonwealth, state, and territory ministers with responsibility for forestry met virtually on Friday 14 November 2025 for the Forestry Ministers’ Meeting (FMM).Australian Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, the Hon Julie Collins, chaired the meeting.One new Minister was welcomed…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesIn the week ending 26 November 2025, rainfall was recorded across parts of northern, southern and eastern Australia, while central areas remained comparably dry.Across cropping regions, rainfall totals were low across most south-…
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23 July 2020
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, principle agents and master consolidators—associated with importing goods…
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30 June 2020
Who does this notice affect?
Biosecurity industry participants and accredited persons operating under the department’s class 19.1 non-commodity for containerised cargo clearance (NCCC) & class 19.2 automatic entry processing for commodities (AEPCOMM) approved arrangements;…
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17 September 2020
Who does this notice affect?
Customs brokers and importers who import uncooked pig meat.
What has changed?
Effective 17 September 2020, all uncooked imported pig meat phone enquiries and related uncooked imported pig meat email contact with the department are to change as…
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15 January 2018Who does this notice affect?Biosecurity Act 2015 stakeholders.What has changed?The Australian Government, through the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, commenced consultation on an exposure draft of the Biosecurity Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2017 (the Bill…
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29 November 2016PurposeTo advise departmental staff and industry of changes to billing arrangements for EXDOC generated invoices. ScopeThis notice applies to dairy, egg and fish exporters and EDI users.…
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Australia’s forestry industry supports our economy and our people. Particularly regional communities.
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The forestry industry
The forestry industry is…
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Under the Tasmanian Forest Industry Development Program (TFIDP), the Australian Government has provided $42 million to assist the Tasmanian native timber industry to adjust to changes in forest resources arising from the Tasmanian Community Forest Agreement. Specifically, the…
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24 October 2019
Who does this notice affect?
Industry stakeholders that are associated with imported goods subject to the department’s 2019-20 Brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) seasonal measures – including vessel masters, freight forwarders, treatment providers, Biosecurity Industry…
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