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05 August 2022
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise stakeholders that the relocation of all Melbourne based offices into one new office location has been postponed.
This notice affects clients and service providers who interact face-to-face with the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry at its following Melbourne based offices:
Date of issue: 1 August 2022
Date of effect: Immediate
Reference Number: MAA2022-13
2 August 2022
All vessel owners, operators, master’s, and shipping agents who represent international commercial vessels, including cruise vessels for the purposes of Australian biosecurity clearance.
This is a step-by-step guide on how to export live horses overseas.
We recommend that you contact a transport company or a registered veterinarian. They can help you with the export process, including:
You do not need an export licence to export a horse overseas.
Use these forms when preparing non-livestock animals for export.
1 August 2022
Accredited persons under the class 19.2 Approved Arrangement (AA) who lodge bulk consignments of risk level 3 fertiliser using AEPCOMM under tariffs 2834, 3102-3105.
Independent observers (observers) monitor and provide data on exporter arrangements on-board livestock export vessels. Their observations cover loading of the vessel through to completion of discharge at the final port.
Observers provide us with data to assist with effective regulation of the livestock export trade.
We carefully review all data provided by the observer and identify any issues that require regulatory action. If we find significant issues, we require the exporter to take corrective actions.
Friday, 29 July 2022
Commonwealth, state, and territory agriculture ministers met virtually on Wednesday 20 July 2022 for a 'new look' Agriculture Ministers’ Meeting (AMM). It was the first AMM for 2022 and the first chaired by the Australian Government Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator the Hon Murray Watt.
Minister Watt welcomed new members and returning members.
The third WA RFA Annual Meeting of Officials took place by videoconference on 5 May 2022. The meeting was attended by officials from the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment; the WA Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA); and the WA Forest Products Commission (FPC).
29 July 2022
Customs brokers, importers, vessel masters and shipping agents.
As many are aware, Australia’s biosecurity measures have been ramped up over the last several months in response to the outbreak of foot and mouth disease (FMD) in Indonesia.
