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Dig in and nominate now for the 2022 General Jeffery Soil Health Award

Do you know someone in Australia who is helping improve soil health and inspiring others? Nominations for the 2022 General Jeffery Soil Health Award are open.Now in its second year, the award recognises the work of people who care for soil health and who are educating or inspiring others to do so.…
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Looking to better manage Fireweed and African Boxthorn: New and updated manuals are now available

Fireweed and African Boxthorn are major weeds with economic, environmental, and social impacts. A new National Best Practice Management Manual for Fireweed (Senecio madagascariensis) and a revised edition of the National Best Practice Management Manual for African Boxthorn (Lycium ferocissimum) are…
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Indicator 6.2b: Investment in research, development, extension and use of new and improved technologies (2024) - Supporting information

This is Supporting information for Indicator 6.2b, published October 2024.Industry definitionsThe Australian forestry and forest products industries are defined according to the Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC) 2006. The forestry industry is equivalent to…
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02-2021: Import permit applications for apiaceous vegetable seed species are now open for lodgement

13 January 2021 Who does this notice affect? This notice is of interest to importers (and their customs brokers) of the following apiaceous seed species (including their synonyms and sub-ordinate taxa) imported for human consumption and sowing purposes: Anthriscus cerefolium (chervil)…
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05-2025: Self-service cargo status reports now available on the Biosecurity Portal

9 January 2025Who does this notice affect?Persons under an approved arrangement class 19, including customs brokers and self-reporting importers, who are interested in accessing on-demand details of entries that have been referred to the department.What has changed?The department is pleased to…
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Pest and disease surveillance at Australia’s borders

The department has rigorous and highly effective import declaration, inspection and import treatment requirements in place to reduce the risk of harmful pests and diseases getting into and establishing in Australia.Despite this, a small percentage of imported items may still contain a hitchhiking…
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Response to the Issues paper for import risk analysis for fresh apples from the People's Republic of China - Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries

Office of the Director-General Reference:08/17372 5 Sep 2008 Ms Louise van Meurs General Manager Plant Biosecurity Biosecurity Australia GPO Box 858 Canberra ACT 2601 Dear Ms van Meurs…
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Modernising the agricultural levies legislation – Draft regulations and rules now available for your feedback

You now have the opportunity to provide feedback on draft regulations and rules to modernise the agricultural levies legislation. The draft regulations and rules available on our Have Your Say webpage for your consideration are: Draft Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Regulations Draft…
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Flavell's Apples

​​Flavell Fruit Sales Submission Flavell Fruit Sales Stentiford Road, Forest Range SA 5139 PH: (08) 8389 8519 Fax: (08) 8389 8579 Email: admin@flavells.com.au A.B.N. 73 007 963 699 Dear Sir, We are writing to you regarding the proposal to allow apples to be imported to Australia from New…
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Biosecurity Advice 2022-P10 - Final report for the review of biosecurity import requirements for fresh apple fruit from the Pacific Northwest states of the United States of America

31 October 2022 This Biosecurity Advice notifies stakeholders of the release of the Final report for the review of biosecurity import requirements for fresh apple fruit from the Pacific Northwest states of the United States of America (PNW-USA). The final report recommends that the importation of…
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