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On 21 June 2022, the department released a Notice of Intention to conduct a Biosecurity Import Risk Analysis (BIRA) under the Biosecurity Act 2015 and the Biosecurity Regulation 2016, in relation to the importation of live sturgeon for aquaculture. This commenced a 30-month timeframe to complete…
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Fishery status reports 2024 provides an independent evaluation of the biological and economic status of fish stocks managed solely or jointly by the Australian Government.This 29th edition of the Fishery status reports covers the biological status of 102 fish stocks across 22 fisheries,…
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OverviewInspection of a representative portion of the consignment, with remedial action applied to the consignment or pathway if a pest threshold is exceeded.Use as a phytosanitary measure includes the post-production inspection of fruit, grain or seeds for planting, with remedial actions required…
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Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, March 2021
The datasets below outline testing that was carried out on animal products in the 2019-20 financial year, under the National Residue Survey.
Tables in each document give details of the:
chemicals that were screened
analytical…
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Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, 2017 The animal residue testing datasets 2016-17 outline testing that was carried out on animal products in the 2016-17 financial year, under the National…
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Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
The datasets below outline testing that was carried out on animal products in the 2022-23 financial year, under the National Residue Survey.
Tables in each document give details of the:
chemicals that were screened
analytical findings from the…
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Canine monocytic ehrlichiosis (CME), commonly known simply as ehrlichiosis, is a tick-borne disease of dogs caused by infection with the bacterium Ehrlichia canis. In Australia, dogs can be infected with E.canis within hours after being bitten by an infected brown dog tick (Rhipicephalus linnaei;…
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Northern Australia is considered one of the ‘frontlines’ from a biosecurity perspective. There have been numerous plant pest/disease detections over the last 10 years in northern Australia, many of them significant in terms of costs (financial and social) to industry, the environment, and the…
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Detect and Protect
An Australian biosecurity podcast
Episode 3
Guest: Dr Mark Schipp, Australian Chief Veterinary Officer, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an issue that poses a serious and long-term threat to human and animal health in…
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Proposed reform of sugar research and development arrangements.
Overview
The Australian sugar industry produces raw and refined sugar from sugarcane. Around 95 per cent of sugar produced in Australia is grown in Queensland and about five per cent in northern New South Wales, along 2,100 km of…
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