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21 July 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?Following…
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Monday 17 October 2022
Who does this notice affect?
This notice is of interest to importers of animal-based pet food and departmental biosecurity officers at international mail centres.
What has changed?
Biosecurity Animal Division recently conducted a risk analysis of unregulated animal-based…
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Animal welfare is important to Australians and the international community. We ensure that it remains a priority in the way we regulate livestock exports.
What we do
Under the Export Control Act 2020 we regulate animal welfare in livestock exports. We set, maintain and review the Australian…
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13 December 2012
Purpose
To advise industry and Authorised Officers of the requirements relating to exporter details on phytosanitary certificates. This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) rescinds IAN…
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This pictorial guide is designed to assist with the identification of locusts and grasshoppers of economic importance in Australia. The Family Acrididae, to which they all belong, has over 700 species…
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23 May 2023
Purpose
This IAN is to advise that New Zealand’s Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) has begun public consultations on several proposed amendments to import health standards (IHS) for fresh fruit and vegetables from Australia.
Summary of changes and key points
MPI’s proposed…
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Senator the Hon Murray Watt, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry recently attended the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Ministerial Conference in Rome, and then travelled to New Delhi and Mumbai to meet with key Indian ministerial counterparts.
In Rome, Minister…
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10 May 2021
Who does this notice affect?
This notice is of interest to all vessel masters and shipping agents who represent international commercial and non-commercial vessels for the purposes of Australian biosecurity clearance.
What has changed?
The heightened vessel surveillance window for…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateClimateBureau of MeteorologyWeekly rainfall totalsMonthly and last 3-months rainfall percentilesTemperature anomaliesRainfall forecastSeasonal outlookClimate driversDrought statementSoil moistureOtherPasture growth3-month global outlooks:…
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We are the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. We are part of the Australian Government.Our roleOur role and functions are diverse.We work to enhance our agricultural, fisheries and forestry industries. We create new and maintain existing agricultural export opportunities, to provide…
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