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Australia's commercial fishing and aquaculture industry is worth around $3.6 billion per year (ABARES 2023) and employs about 17,000 people (ABARES 2019). Each year, Commonwealth managed fisheries generate over $370 million in value alone, which represents about 27% of the total value of…
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We're collaborating with Murdoch University to explore the use of ethyl formate as an alternative to methyl bromide for controlling and eradicating khapra beetle at the Australian border.The first stage is complete, where a laboratory based Khapra beetle colony is being established in India for…
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26 September 2013
Purpose
To release the updated Candidate Advices for HOR3002 Inspection of Fruit and Vegetables and HOR3003 Inspection of Nursery Stock, Flowers and Foliage.
Background
The Candidate Advice provides AO candidates with a study tool to prepare themselves for assessment. These…
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Australia’s aquatic animal industries need timely access to safe, appropriate, and effective veterinary chemical products, including medicines, vaccines and antimicrobials. These veterinary medicines are used to prevent or alleviate animal diseases. They are an important tool for managing aquatic…
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To uphold Australia’s high biosecurity standards, over the past year we have ramped up our enforcement response to non compliance. Recent updates to the Biosecurity Act include additional measures to address non-compliance more effectively, which includes:civil sanctions including infringement…
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Friday 9 September 2022
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Commonwealth, state and territory agriculture ministers met virtually on Friday 9 September 2022 for the second Agriculture Ministers’ Meeting (AMM) since the election of the Albanese Government. This meeting had a strong biosecurity focus and…
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On 23 June 2025, Italy notified the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) of an outbreak of LSD on a small cattle farm on the island of Sardinia. Italy immediately implemented emergency disease control and eradication measures.An outbreak of LSD has since been reported in France on 30 June…
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24 May 2012
DAFF Biosecurity has been advised by the National Plant Protection Organisation of Bangladesh, the Department of Agricultural Extension, Plant Protection Wing, of new import conditions for wheat which provides an alternative to requiring treatment details endorsed on the phytosanitary…
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Getting out to see all that Australia has to offer is a fantastic opportunity to explore and learn more about our culture and where we live. However, it is also an opportunity for pests, diseases and weeds to travel with you as you visit different parts of the country.
There are…
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Update: 29 MarchPrecautionary testing undertaken by the Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness has returned negative results for Lumpy Skin Disease and Foot and Mouth Disease, confirming that there is no evidence of an exotic disease.Australia’s Animal Health Status remains unchanged.Update: 28…
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