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Better be-leaf it: celebrating International Day of Plant Health

To honour the International Day of Plant Health on 12 May 2024, the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry is celebrating regional collaboration on plant health. Regional engagement outcomes will be acknowledged at the two-day Plant Biosecurity Research Initiative (PBRI) Symposium…
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53-2018 - Email configuration change for broker class approved arrangements Class 19.1 Approved Arrangement: Non-commodity for containerised cargo (NCCC) and Class 19.2 Approved Arrangement: Automatic Entry Processing for Commodities (AEPCOMM)

12 June 2018 Who does this notice affect? Biosecurity Industry Participants operating under the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources Class 19.1 Approved Arrangement: Non-commodity for containerised cargo (NCCC) and Class 19.2 Approved Arrangement: Automatic Entry Processing for…
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Reporting and Analysis

Statistical reports can be generated for regions (saved in the Mask folder), points (saved in the Overlay folder), and to report on two input data layers within MCAS-S. To view more specific details of your map layers, first check that you have the correct target mask(s) selected, right-click the…
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National Management Group Communiqué: Potato mop top virus – 19 September 2025

On 19 September 2025 the National Management Group (NMG) agreed with advice from the Consultative Committee on Emergency Plant Pests that potato mop-top virus (PMTV) is not technically feasible to eradicate from Australia.This decision reflects several challenges:Difficulty detecting all infected…
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Exporting fish and fish products from Australia

We regulate the export of fish and fish products as food for human consumption from Australia. This ensures that goods:comply with Australia’s export lawsmeet importing country requirements.Laws and regulationsThe department puts export regulations in place to assure our trading partners that…
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DAFF Biosecurity 2030 Roadmap

DAFF Biosecurity 2030 is our strategic roadmap for protecting Australia’s environment, economy and way of lifeCommonwealth Biosecurity 2030, first published in 2021, has been refreshed to better align with the current strategic and operating environment for the department. Now titled DAFF…
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Cascading planetary risks: Coming, ready or not

Source: Shutterstock.com Accelerating changes in earth systems at all scales – from global to microbial – are creating multiple risks and challenges, and some opportunities. Agriculture is already impacted, and adapting. Climate and commodity prices will become more volatile, while emerging…
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Australia's Indigenous land and forest estate (2024)

​​​​​Publication date: 28 October 2024The Australia's Indigenous land and forest estate (2024) is a continental spatial dataset that identifies and reports separately the individual attributes of Australia's Indigenous estate, namely the extent of land and forest over which Indigenous peoples and…
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Sheepmeat and goatmeat quotas (EU and UK)

The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry issues certification for the European Union (EU) and United Kingdom (UK) sheepmeat and goatmeat tariff rate quotas (TRQ) and the EU only ‘erga omnes’ quota.Australian exporters can export specific quantities of eligible products to the EU and UK…
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International Statement on Low Level Presence

​​The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization recently indicated that global agricultural production would need to increase by 70 percent by 2050 in order to meet the rising international…
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