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Prevailing currents and conditions in the Torres Strait, and the Arafura and Timor Seas, make our region vulnerable to some of the highest densities of marine pollution in the world.Indigenous Rangers are on the front foot in protecting our marine environment…
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13 April 2011Why is this non-regulated risk analysis being undertaken?
Australia is responding to a formal market access request for table grapes from Korea submitted in 2007.
Why is the risk…
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6 June 2019
This Biosecurity Advice notifies stakeholders of the release of the draft report for the review of biosecurity import requirements for fresh strawberry fruit from Japan.
This draft report proposes that the importation of fresh strawberry fruit to Australia from all commercial…
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Public consultation on the draft risk analysis report for the release of the leaf spot pathogen Neoramulariopsis unguis-cati for the biological control of cat’s claw creeper (Dolichandra unguis-cati) has closed.We will conduct the risk analysis in two key steps:Release the draft report of the risk…
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Potato late blight is caused by exotic strains of Phytophthora infestans (A2 mating type).Scott Bauer, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org
Potato late blight (exotic strains)Exotic to AustraliaExotic to Australia: Phytophthora infestans that causes potato late blight is…
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Spongy moth infesting a tree trunk. Note the dark yellow egg masses.Karla Salp, Washington State Department of Agriculture, Bugwood.org.
Spongy mothExotic to AustraliaFeatures: Medium sized moths that infest and destroy many kinds of plants; large hairy caterpillars up to 7 cm…
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19 January 2017This Biosecurity Advice notifies stakeholders of the release of the Final report for the non-regulated analysis of existing policy for fresh strawberry fruit from the Republic of Korea. The…
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