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This list is referenced in sections 6 and 17 of the Biosecurity (Conditionally Non-prohibited Goods) Determination 2021 (Goods Determination). A country is included in this list when the Director of Biosecurity is satisfied that the level of biosecurity risk associated with natural casings brought or imported is acceptable.
This list is referenced in section 6 and section 14 of the Biosecurity (Conditionally Non-prohibited Goods) Determination 2021 (Goods Determination). A country is included in this list when the Director of Biosecurity is satisfied that the level of biosecurity risk associated with canine semen brought or imported from that country is acceptable.
The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Redline is a free call service for people to confidentially report information about suspected breaches of Australian biosecurity, meat or food inspection laws.
If you export food (meat, fish, seed, grains, fruit and vegetables) or livestock, or you import goods into Australia, you must be aware of your obligations under Australian law.
The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry administers a range of import and export legislation and may use provisions of the:
The Biosecurity Act 2015 (Biosecurity Act) came into effect on 16 June 2016 and provides a wide range of modern regulatory tools to encourage compliance with biosecurity requirements. These tools have recently been updated by the Biosecurity Amendment (Traveller Declarations and Other Measures) Act 2020.
Tools include:
Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, April 2016
This statement outlines the department’s approach to managing compliance with biosecurity conditions, but does not consider the development or review of these conditions.
The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry administers a range of Australian Government legislation to manage our biosecurity system, and regulate exports and imports certification. As a Government regulator, the department monitors compliance with import and export legislation.
Certain decisions under the Biosecurity Act 2015 (Biosecurity Act) are reviewable. There is a list of decisions that are reviewable at section 574 of the Biosecurity Act.
If you are not satisfied with the outcome of a reviewable decision, you can apply for a review of the decision. In most cases, this will be for an internal review of the decision.
To support implementation of the Biosecurity Act 2015 we have released an interactive learning tool to help clients and stakeholders gain a deeper understanding of the legislation and the changes for individuals and businesses.
Australia’s biosecurity legislation allows us to adapt to changing biosecurity risk. From time to time, we update import requirements to strengthen control on goods where risk has increased, and reduce control where it is no longer necessary.
