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Improving access to imported food safety requirementsFrom mid-2025 imported food safety requirements will be incorporated into the Biosecurity Import Conditions system (BICON).See more about the Inclusion of food safety requirements in BICON.All biosecurity requirements must be met before Imported…
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Date of issue: 30 September 2020
Date of effect: Immediate
Previous advice: MAA 2020-11: Canada: Fish: Frozen, in-shell, farmed abalone
Attention:
Industries—Industry bodies – Seafood Export Consultative Committee
Export establishments
Licensed exporters
Department of Agriculture…
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ABARES is conducting its annual farm survey program, the data from which will be used to inform responses to challenges such as drought and trade disruptions.This year’s program is collecting data from farms across the country to provide the facts around how farms are performing.ABARES officers…
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The implementation plan to assist in delivery of Australia’s first National Biosecurity Strategy (NBS), a collaborative, national approach to protecting Australia from exotic pests and diseases backed by all government agriculture ministers, has been released.
First Assistant Secretary for…
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Draft Non-regulated Analysis of Existing Policy
[expand all]Why is this non-regulated analysis of existing policy being undertaken? The Australian Government Department of Agriculture and Water…
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About our quarantine facility
Australia is free from a number of cat and dog diseases and has a highly favourable animal health status. In order to protect this status, cats and dogs must undertake a period of quarantine upon arrival in Australia. This quarantine period allows the Australian…
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30 January 2018Who does this notice affect?Importers and customs brokers involved in the import of consignments of mined and chemical fertiliser into Australia.What has changed?The Department of…
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The exposure and sensitivity of Australian farms to drought
Authors: Neal Hughes, Kevin Burns, Wei Ying Soh and Kenton Lawson
Summary
Australian farmers face high levels of risk due largely to Australia’s extremely variable climate. Recently, the Australian government established the Future…
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Authors: Chandra Wanakula and Sandra Parsons
PSHB Euwallacea fornicatus with frass. Credit: Pia Scanlon, DPIRD, WA.
SummaryEuwallacea fornicatus (Eichhoff), polyphagous shot hole borer (PSHB) [Coleoptera: Scolytinae] is a tiny wood boring beetle native to…
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