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Biosecurity is the management of the risk of pests and diseases entering, emerging, establishing or spreading in Australia and causing harm to animals, plants or human health,…
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Khapra beetle (Trogoderma granarium) is Australia’s number 2 National Priority Plant Pest.It is a pest of stored grain, nuts and dry foodstuffs worldwide. If Khapra beetle established here it would pose a major threat to our grains industry.The National Khapra Beetle Action Plan 2021–2031 is…
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The Australian Government recognises feral cats are a serious vertebrate pest in Australia that have severe to devastating effects on native fauna. The Government has long recognised predation by feral cats as a threat to Australian fauna with a listing as a key threatening process under…
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Carbon farming helps reduce your carbon footprintCarbon farming, as we have seen, reduces GHG emissions and stores carbon, which are essential to Australia’s response to climate change.A ‘carbon footprint’ or ‘greenhouse gas footprint’ is the amount of GHGs emitted minus the amount of carbon stored…
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The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry maintains this list of procedures, which support the Australian and New Zealand standard diagnostic procedures (ANZSDPs) and Australian standard diagnostic tests (ASDTs), to assist laboratory veterinarians.Standards & Guidelines: Generation…
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The National Management Group (NMG) agreed at its meeting on 29 May 2025 that it is no longer technically feasible to eradicate tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) from Australia. This decision is based on the technical considerations of the Consultative Committee on Emergency Plant Pests (…
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1 August 2025Who does this notice affect?Importers of dairy (excluding cheese, chocolate and lactose) for human consumption from Switzerland.Importers of bovine fluids and tissues for laboratory research from Switzerland.Importers of veterinary therapeutics from Switzerland.Importers of bovine…
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Transhipping refers to the movement of goods through Australia from one overseas port to another. Australian ports (air or sea) are used to facilitate the discharge and re-loading of these goods. The Department of Home Affairs defines transhipment as 'the transfer of goods…
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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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