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Date of issue: 09 April 2024
Date of effect: 30 April 2024
Reference Number: MAA2024-03
8 May 2024
Importers of bulbs or nursery stock which are hosts of Plantago asiatica mosaic virus (and their customs brokers), Approved Arrangements (Class 6.11) and departmental staff.
08 May 2024
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise industry of the release of instructional material for packing product post-treatment or packing Pest Free Area (PFA) product outside of the PFA.
7 May 2024
First point of entry (FPOE) operators, airlines aircraft operators, importers, brokers and others.
The Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport FPOE determination has been amended to permit ‘live horses’. The determination no longer restricts permission to horses arriving from New Zealand and New Caledonia. The amendment also designates ‘T1 Livestock Transfer Facility’ as a Biosecurity Entry Point (BEP) for baggage and live horses, permitting these classes of goods to be unloaded at this location.
07 May 2024
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise that applications for the accreditation of farms and packhouses and registration of treatment facilities are now open to export strawberries to Thailand for the 2024 season.
07 May 2024
We invite you to comment on the draft review by 11.59 pm on Monday 03 June 2024.
The draft report is available for review and comment on our Have Your Say website.
Draft review of fresh beef and beef products derived from bovines born and raised in Canada or Mexico and legally imported and slaughtered in the United States.
More can be achieved together than by going it alone. This principle underpins the Animal Health Quads Alliance (Quads Alliance) – which brings together Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States.
6 May 2024
External Territories – Travellers and Residents from Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Island travelling to Australia.
The 2017 factsheet titled Bringing seafood into Australia from Christmas Island or Cocos (Keeling) Islands, or between the Territories is out of date and not suitable for use.
Over 20 staff from the department, including some from the Plant Protection Office went on a three-day industry field tour of Crookwell and the Riverina facilitated both by AUSVEG, the industry representative body for vegetable and potato growers
Staff from the Plant Protection and Environmental Biosecurity offices travelled to Brisbane in April to take part in a subject matter expert panel for the Nudgeathon at the Queensland University of Technology.
