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Several fishery resources of commercial importance to Australia include species that range between Australian waters and other areas of the ocean including high seas areas and the waters of other countries.
In the past, veterinarians were required to register in every state they wanted to practise in. This is because each state and territory in Australia has separate legislation covering veterinary practise which is regulated under the relevant state or territory veterinary surgeons board (also known as a ‘veterinary practitioners board’ in some states).
The National Biosecurity Statement presents a shared vision for Australia’s biosecurity.
Developed by a working group of industry and environmental groups and government, the statement sets out:
Period: 2017 to 2027
Applies to: Australia
The National Aquaculture Strategy sets out how we will achieve the goal to double the current value of our aquaculture industry to $2 billion a year by 2027.
Achieving an aquaculture growth target of $2 billion a year by 2027 will require strong collaboration between aquaculture industry participants and Australian, state and territory governments.
The National Aquaculture Strategy details the actions government and industry need to take to meet this target.
Commemorating 30 years of the Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy – Biosecurity in Northern Australia
The Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy (NAQS) was established in 1989 to provide an early warning system for exotic pest, weed and disease detections across northern Australia and to help address unique biosecurity risks facing the region.
With over 10 000 kms of coastline, inlets and islands, northern Australia is vast and remote and vulnerable to exotic pest, weed and disease arrivals from countries to Australia’s north.
Australia’s north is vast and sparsely populated with a coastline of over 10,000km. It is the frontline entry-point for many high-risk animal and plant pests and diseases which can damage agriculture and our broader environment.
A clean, safe and ‘biosecure’ northern border benefits all Australia. It helps safeguard investment in agriculture, prevents diseases passing to humans and allows Australia to export around $61 billion of produce around the world when we can prove we don’t have diseases that are present in many other countries.
The MPSC develops and coordinates the implementation of harmonised, national arrangements to identify, minimise and address the pest risk to Australia’s marine environment and associated industries, and plays an advocacy role within Government for highlighting the impact of marine pests on Australia’s marine environment and associated industry.
Personal effects and household goods are the unaccompanied items transported into Australia, by a returning resident or a new resident of Australia, via sea or air freight.
To import goods under the tariff code for personal effects, you must be arriving from a place outside Australia, and the goods must be your personal property that you owned while overseas.
This National Rural Advisory Council (NRAC) report assesses the feasibility and practicality of implementing ‘traditional’ multiple peril crop insurance and ‘index–based’ insurance in Australia.
Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, June 2015
