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Project 27: Emergency animal disease crisis management planning

OverviewConsidering the biosecurity threats to Australia’s borders, crisis management plans are an important tool for livestock industries. However, it is unclear how many of these plans exist across livestock sectors, or if they would provide sufficient guidance to a sector in an EAD crisis.This…
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2018-01 - Horticulture Exports Program – Trade can commence under new and amended protocols for the export of cherries, nectarines, apricots, plums, peaches, table grapes and citrus to China

12 January 2018PurposeThe purpose of this Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise the horticulture industry that trade can now commence under the new and improved protocols for Australian cherries,…
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Resources for travel professionals

Share our free resources with your clients who plan to travel or return to Australia.These products:help make travellers more biosecurity awareoutline responsibilities for travellers arriving in Australia.Biosecurity factsheet and brochureAccess the online factsheet or order copies of the brochure…
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239-2025: Introducing the Methyl bromide fumigation online training package for approved arrangement class 12.1 accredited persons

24 July 2025Who does this notice affect?Prospective and existing accredited persons operating under the department’s approved arrangement class 12.1 Methyl bromide fumigation.What has changed?The department, in partnership with the Biosecurity Training Centre at Charles Sturt University, has…
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New data confirms broadacre farmland prices have levelled off

Broadacre farmland prices across Australia have continued their plateau for a second straight year after decade of strong growth, which had seen broadacre farmland rates increase by more than 10% per year on average.The ABARES Farmland Price Indicator reveals that the average price per hectare of…
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Animal Biosecurity Advice 2025-A02: Review of the biosecurity risks associated with importing dairy products for human consumption – final report

4 March 2025This Biosecurity Advice notifies stakeholders of the release of the final report for the import risk review for Dairy products for human consumption. All comments on the second draft report for this risk review (Animal Biosecurity Advice 2024-A05) have been considered in the…
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Biosecurity Fact Sheet: Fresh date fruit from the Middle East and North Africa region

​​​Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, Feburary 2019DownloadDocumentPagesFile size Biosecurity Fact Sheet: Fresh date fruit from the Middle East and North Africa region PDF2487…
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Protecting Australia from rabies

Australia is one of the few countries in the world that remains free of rabies. If rabies became established in Australia, the toll on human and animal health would be profound and the cost of response and elimination immense. At least 60,000 people die from rabies each year, with the majority of…
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Meat Notice 2023-02 – Implementation of the new Australian Standard for the Hygienic Production and Transportation of Meat and Meat Products for Human Consumption (AS4696:2023) (Australian Meat Standard)

Download Implementation of the new Australian Standard for the Hygienic Production and Transportation of Meat and Meat Products for Human Consumption (PDF 286 KB) If you have difficulty accessing these files, please visit web accessibility. NSFS reference: 5 Issue date: Immediate Date…
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Plant Biosecurity Advice 2025-P01: Release of the final report for the review of biosecurity import requirements for fresh pomelo from Vietnam

29 April 2025The final report recommends that the importation of commercially produced pomelo to Australia from all commercial production areas of Vietnam can be permitted, subject to a range of biosecurity requirements.The final report takes into account comments received from stakeholders on the…
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