The Future Drought Fund is providing funds to build the capacity and resilience of soils and agricultural landscapes to underpin farm productivity through times of drought.

The grants are for innovative NRM practices, systems and approaches. These will improve natural capital and contribute towards landscape-scale drought resilience.

In our foundational year (2020/21), following a competitive process, we awarded 66 grants. Please see the successful grants table for full details.

This report lists food that has failed under the Imported Food Inspection Scheme (IFIS).

Data set - Importing Food Inspection Scheme - monthly failing food reports

27 May 2022

Purpose

This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise that the instructional material for the inspection of cotton for export has been updated to allow for bulk loading of cotton into bulk vessels.

Date of issue: 25 May 2022

Date of effect: Immediate

Reference Number: MAA2022-17

Related MAA: 2022-04

25 May 2022

Who does this notice affect?

Biosecurity industry participants and accredited persons operating under the department’s Class 19.1 non-commodity for containerised cargo clearance (NCCC) & Class 19.2 automatic entry processing for commodities (AEPCOMM) approved arrangements; Continued Biosecurity Competency (CBC) providers and registered training organisations (RTOs).

25 May 2022

Who does this notice affect?

This notice is of interest to importers and customs brokers of used vehicles that have been cleaned by an offshore cleaning and pre-inspection provider recognised by the department.

Recognised Offshore Cleaning and Pre-inspection Provider (ROCIP) Scheme

The Recognised Offshore Cleaning and Pre-inspection Provider (ROCIP) Scheme allows used vehicles to be cleaned and pre-inspected by approved offshore cleaning and pre-inspection providers.

24 May 2022

Purpose

This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise all clients requesting plant export inspections in Western Australia (WA) of a change to the email address. This change does not apply to overtime requests for document assessment.

The AFFTAC is a subcommittee of the Plant Health Committee (PHC). It oversees Australia’s National Fruit Fly Management Protocol (ANFFMP) for the PHC.

Priorities

The AFFTAC supports delivery of relevant schedules under the Intergovernmental Agreement on Biosecurity (IGAB).

The AFFTAC oversees the maintenance, development and implementation of the ANFFMP to ensure:

Date of issue: 23 May 2022

Date of effect: 25 May 2022

Attention

• Registered dairy exporters, manufacturers, agents, freight forwarders, approved export permit issuers and EDI users.
• Registered honey and apiculture goods exporters.
• Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (the department) - Central and Regional offices.

Purpose

To notify Next Export Documentation (NEXDOC) system users of a planned outage.

23 May 2022

Who does this notice affect?

Biosecurity industry participants, including vessel owners, operators, shipping agents and importers involved in the importation process of inorganic fertiliser originating from the manufacturer, Yantai Shengyuan Hengfeng Agricultural Technology Development Co Ltd.

What has changed?

As of 19 May 2022, the department revoked the Level 1 ‘low risk’ registration status of the inorganic fertiliser manufacturer, Yantai Shengyuan Hengfeng Agricultural Technology Development Co Ltd.