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The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) has today released Australia’s State of the Forests Report: Synthesis 2023.ABARES Executive Director, Dr Jared Greenville, said the five-yearly report covered all areas of Australia’s forests—public and private…
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An international airline has entered an enforceable undertaking with the Australian Government after it failed to declare two dogs’ arrival to the country, breaching Australian biosecurity measures.The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, which has regulatory powers for Australia’s…
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A new National Diagnostic Protocol (NDP) has been developed for the exotic meadow spittlebug, Philaenus sprumarius. The meadow spittlebug is one of the most significant exotic insect vectors for the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa, which is ranked as number 1 among our National Priority Plant Pests,…
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15 July 2025The draft report proposes that the importation of commercially produced fresh guava fruit (Psidium guajava) to Australia from all commercial production areas of Taiwan can be permitted, subject to a range of biosecurity requirements.The draft report is being issued for a public…
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The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has fined 14 furniture importers over $186,000 last week because they didn’t act to minimise the risk of importing illegally harvested timber.
Head of Compliance and Enforcement at the department, Peter Timson said Australia has strict…
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9 December 2022
This Biosecurity Advice notifies stakeholders of the release of the Dragon fruit from the Philippines: biosecurity import requirements draft report (PDF 3.36 MB).
This draft report proposes that the importation of commercially produced dragon fruit to Australia from all…
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21 February 2022
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This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise industry and Authorised Officers about a trial service for an out of hours contact for urgent RFP authorisation or certification requests.
Summary of changes and key points
The department will be trialling an out of hours…
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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 imported food intended for sale in Australia must be safe and meet…
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14 August 2013
This Biosecurity Advice informs stakeholders that the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has finalised the Importation of laboratory mouse (Mus musculus) embryos from approved countries: policy review of hantavirus. Importation of laboratory mouse embryos may be…
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