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Why biosecurity matters in northern AustraliaAustralia is free from many pests, diseases and weeds present in Southeast Asia and some Pacific countries. Their introduction could devastate our plant…
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Date issued 18 August 2004
India has revised their quarantine weed seed list for Australian commodities. The list of quarantine weed seeds list has been reduced from 61 to 33. Of the 33…
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18 November 2011
Biosecurity Australia Advice 2011/22 - Final pest risk analysis report for Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae associated with Actinidia propagative material
This Biosecurity…
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30 May 2012
This Biosecurity Advice informs stakeholders that the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has finalised a biosecurity policy for the importation of zoo perissodactyls from…
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Community members will continue to be able to access free testing services for rabbits and hares, thanks to an Australian Government funded national disease monitoring program.
The National Rabbit Disease Monitoring Program is being delivered by CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency. Through…
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From 1 January 2017, melons produced in Australia and sold by a producer to a first purchaser, including to a selling agent, buying agent, exporter or exporting agent, will attract a levy and export…
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21 March 2023
Purpose
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise of changes to requirements for the export of citrus to New Zealand.
Summary of changes and key points
Market access for limes to New Zealand has been changed. Tahitian limes (Citrus latifolia) have now been approved for…
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The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has successfully eradicated an exotic ant which arrived at the Port of Brisbane and could have posed a serious biosecurity risk if they continued to spread.
Deputy Secretary of Biosecurity, Dr Chris Locke, said this successful eradication went…
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The giant African snail is one of the world’s largest and most damaging land snails. Native to Eastern Africa, it has quickly spread around the world and is now established in most tropical countries. Australia is free from the giant African snail and we want to keep it that way.
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