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This is part of a process to draft and review ANZSDPs by scientific experts, managed through a set of standardised procedures.
1. Background
The Animal Health Committee (AHC) National Laboratory Task Group, with administrative support from the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry,…
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Biosecurity Matters
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Biosecurity is the management of the risk of pests and diseases entering, emerging, establishing or spreading in Australia and causing harm to animals, plants or human…
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The Western Australian Regional Forest Agreement (RFA) is specific to the south-west forest region of Western Australia. The agreement was signed by the Australian and Western Australian governments on 4 May 1999, establishing the framework for the sustainable management of the forests of the south…
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Author: Linden Whittle
The remains of a forest in Australia's Blue Mountains after the 2020 bushfires.
Introduction
For the Australian forest and wood processing sectors, 2019–20 has been a tumultuous year. Beginning in September 2019, bushfires burnt across eastern and southern Australia,…
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Weekly Australian Climate,
Water and Agricultural Update
Key issues
During the week ending 22 September 2021, high pressure systems and weak frontal activity across southern Australia resulted in little rainfall across much of the continent. Weak frontal systems brought rainfall to…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesFor the week ending 3 May 2023, high pressure systems brought clear and dry conditions to much of the country. However, a frontal system moved across the far south of South Australia and Victoria delivering up to 50 millimetres of…
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Animalplan 2022 to 2027 is Australia’s first national action plan for production animal health. It aims to strengthen animal health practices in our livestock industries.The plan consolidates themes from over 30 existing strategies, action plans and frameworks. This includes the Commonwealth…
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Detect and Protect
An Australian biosecurity podcast
Series 2 Episode 6
Host: Casey Baines
Guest: Kelvin Wong
Kelvin recently joined the detector dog program in 2022 and has now found his feet with detector dog Udell at his side. In this episode Kevin outlines learning and development…
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Approved arrangement class 19.2 automatic entry processing for commodities (AEPCOMM) allows accredited persons to assess commodity documentation and manage biosecurity risk for approved commodities.Commodity requirementsTo use approved arrangement class 19.2 an accredited person must ensure the…
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Machinery imported to Australia must be free from biosecurity risk material on arrival. Under the Biosecurity Act 2015,machinery that has been brought into Australia and found to be excessively…
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