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158-2024: *Update* Unplanned Service Disruption: Friday 19 July 2024 – Biosecurity Portal

19 July 2024Who does this notice affect?Approved arrangements operators, customs brokers, importers, manned depots, and freight forwarders who reset their password through the Biosecurity Portal using the ‘Sign in with your email address to access’ (‘Other User’) login method.InformationStart…
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Changes to the laying chickens levy rate – Effective from 1 July 2017

From 1 July 2017, the laying chickens Emergency Animal Disease Response (EADR) levy component of 1.4 cents per chick will be set to zero. The EADR levy component was used to repay the…
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Million-dollar fine for attempting to bypass export controls

An Australian grape-export company was fined more than a million dollars last week for deliberately trying to bypass controls to export table grapes to New Zealand.The Grape House Pty Ltd pleaded guilty on 3 June to 6 counts of making false representations with the intention of dishonestly…
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Report offers insights into crop loss and waste on Australian horticultural farms

The average percentage of crop loss or waste per Australian horticultural farm dropped in 2023-24 and varied significantly depending on crop type, new data collected by ABARES reveals.The report, Crop loss/waste on Australian horticulture farms 2023-24, shows the average percentage of crop loss or…
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2023-02: Inspector General of Animal Welfare: Consultation Paper

2 February 2023 Species: Livestock Countries: All Attention All Purpose To advise all stakeholders that consultation on the implementation of an Inspector-General of Animal Welfare has commenced. The consultation paper is available for feedback on the department’s Have Your Say platform…
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Reforming agricultural markets to support emissions reductions

Authors: Kevin Burns, Ly Cao, Jared Greenville Overview Agriculture produces the food used to feed the world’s population, fibre to clothe people and material for housing, but it accounts for around 11% of the world’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and up to around 31% of GHG emissions across the…
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Notice establishing a levy payer register for macropod by Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation, trading as AgriFutures Australia

Research and development corporationAgriFutures Australia (AgriFutures)Date of notice16 September 2022Effective date for levy returnsThis notice applies to macropod returns for transactions from 1 July 2023 and applies to the following returns:monthly returns due by 28 August 2023 and onwardsannual…
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Notice establishing a levy payer register for tea tree oil by Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation, trading as AgriFutures Australia

Research and development corporationAgriFutures Australia (AgriFutures)Date of notice16 September 2022Effective date for levy returnsThis notice applies to tea tree oil levy returns for transactions from 1 January 2023 onwards and applies to the following returns:half yearly returns due by 28 July…
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Notice establishing a levy payer register for honey by Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation, trading as AgriFutures Australia

Research and development corporationAgriFutures Australia (AgriFutures)Date of notice16 September 2022Effective date for levy returnsThis notice applies to honey returns for transactions from 1 January 2023 and applies to the following returns:quarterly returns due by 28 April 2023 and…
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Changes to the potatoes (unprocessed) levy and charge rate – Effective from 1 October 2018

From 1 October 2018, the Emergency Plant Pest Response (EPPR) component of the unprocessed potatoes levy and charge, currently set at nil, will increase to 10 cents per tonne. The overall levy rate for…
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