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Biosecurity review supports hippo populations in Australia’s welfare accredited zoos

  • Media release
  • Biosecurity
Common and pygmy hippopotamuses and their semen can now be imported to Australian zoos after a 40-year hiatus, in a major boost for genetic diversity…
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Insights into challenges and triumphs of NAQS

  • Newsletter
  • Biosecurity
Senior Plant Pathologist, Richard Davis, along with colleagues from the Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy (NAQS) team and two key overseas…
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Exciting new chapter for Indigenous Biosecurity Trainees

  • Newsletter
  • Biosecurity
Last month, five new Indigenous Biosecurity Trainees embarked on a promising journey as they began a two-year traineeship with the Indigenous Ranger…
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How local vets can help in Emergency Animal Disease outbreaks

  • Newsletter
  • Biosecurity
Emergency Animal Disease (EAD) outbreaks can seriously threaten Australia’s agriculture, export industries, and wildlife.
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Increased measures to address non-compliance effectively and proportionately

  • Newsletter
  • Biosecurity
To uphold Australia’s high biosecurity standards, over the past year we have ramped up our enforcement response to non compliance.
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Uninvited guests: The hitchhiker pest awareness initiative

  • Newsletter
  • Biosecurity
We recently concluded the Hitchhiker Pest Awareness campaign: I’m in the business of biosecurity.
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Second-highest year on horizon for sector

  • Media release
  • Agriculture
Despite setbacks and drier conditions across some parts of Australia, the agriculture sector is forecast to have its second-highest value of…
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Cherbourg dog management

  • Case study
  • First Nations
Animal Management in Rural and Remote Indigenous Communities
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Become a biosecurity officer protecting Australia’s future

  • Newsletter
  • Biosecurity
Every day our biosecurity team members make a meaningful impact safeguarding our way of life, protecting our agricultural industries, animals, plants…
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New animal welfare standards in Vietnam

  • Case study
  • Animals
Meat & Livestock Australia and LiveCorp
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Inclusion of imported food safety requirements into BICON

  • Newsletter
  • Biosecurity
Our Biosecurity Import Conditions system (BICON) was built to manage biosecurity import conditions for over 20,000 products, including plant, animal…
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2024 Australian Biosecurity Award winners

  • Newsletter
  • Biosecurity
The winners of the 2024 Australian Biosecurity Awards were announced at a ceremony at Australian Parliament House on 25 November 2024.
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Farmers finding solutions to ease labour shortages

  • Media release
  • ABARES
Labour shortages in the horticulture sector have eased slightly, according to a report from the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource…
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2024 Australian Biosecurity Awards - Industry

  • News
  • Biosecurity
In a career spanning almost 60 years, John Park has played a significant role in reforms in the Australian international trade sector with a…