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Imported live plants can carry exotic pests and diseases that if introduced, could have devastating consequences for our agriculture, environment and economy.
We set import conditions to manage these pest and disease risks. We determine these conditions based on whether the imported plant…
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14 February 2025Who does this notice affect?Stakeholders in the import and shipping industries—including vessel masters, freight forwarders, offshore treatment providers, Biosecurity Industry Participants, importers, customs brokers, principal agents and master consolidators.What has changed?…
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Reform of global agricultural subsidies and tariffs at the World Trade Organization would support better environmental and food security outcomes, according to the latest ABARES Insights paper.Executive Director of ABARES, Dr Jared Greenville, said taxpayers and consumers bear the brunt of hundreds…
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11 April 2025Who does this notice affect?Stakeholders in the import and shipping industries—including vessel masters, freight forwarders, offshore treatment providers, Biosecurity Industry Participants, importers, customs brokers, principal agents and master consolidators.What has changed?Yukselis…
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16 June 2025Who does this notice affect?Importers and brokers who have imported or plan to import goods containing or derived from foot- and-mouth disease (FMD)-susceptible species (including cattle, sheep, pigs, deer, giraffe, elephants, camelids (alpacas, llamas and camel)) to Australia from…
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6 August 2024Who does this notice affect?All importers, approved arrangement class 19 accredited persons and customs brokers who import or lodge consignments of tyres, aircraft and machinery/machinery parts.What has changed?From 7 August 2024, the scope of the highly compliant importer (HCI) scheme…
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A Southeast Asian exchange program designed to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing held its first event in Bangkok last month.A group of 15 fisheries officers from five countries spent a week exchanging ideas with officers from the world’s largest tuna exporter, Thailand,…
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24 July 2025This Biosecurity Advice notifies stakeholders of the release of the final report for the import risk review for ‘Fresh (chilled or frozen) beef and beef products derived from cattle born and raised in Canada or Mexico and legally imported and slaughtered in the United States’. All…
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We have completed the Import risk review for cooked duck meat from Thailand.Steps to complete this risk analysisWhen we do a risk analysis, we:start the risk analysis by reviewing the science on pests and diseases of concernassess and analyse biosecurity risksdevelop proposed risk management…
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Category: Legal requirements including market access requirements
NSFS reference: 20
Issue date: 27/02/2015
Date of effect: 13 April 2015
Review date: February 2017
Contact officers…
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