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23 January 2025PurposeThis Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to remind industry of departmental processes for authorisation of plant and plant product Requests for Permit (RFP), including requirements for out of hours authorisations and urgent/critical requests. Summary of changes and key…
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OverviewThe Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Cargo Consultative Committee (DCCC) is a committee for the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and international trade and logistics service provider industries to consider tactical and strategic biosecurity related…
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IMPORTANT—you can lodge your deer slaughter return onlineYou will need to include levy payer information as part of your return for transactions from 1 January 2023.The type of information you will need to provide is described below under the heading "What must be included in my return?"The…
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The farmed prawns levy was first introduced 1 October 2001. Farmed prawns that are produced in Australia and sold by a producer, used by the producer in the production of other goods, delivered to a person other than for storage, or exported will attract a levy or charge. The Fisheries Research and…
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IMPORTANT—you can lodge your buffalo slaughter return online.Please be aware that you will need to include levy payer information as part of your return for transactions from 1 January 2023. The type of information you will need to provide is available below under the heading ‘What must be…
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IMPORTANT—you can lodge your livestock slaughter return online.The livestock slaughter levy was first introduced 6 May 1964. Goats, lambs and sheep that are slaughtered at an abattoir for human consumption will attract the livestock slaughter levy. The Australian Meat Processor Corporation is…
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Background
The R&D Council is the government’s key advisory body on rural R&D. The principal goal of the council is to provide high level advice and coordination to better target and…
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Private vets have an important role to play in emergency animal disease responses in Australia.In 2011 an independent review into Australia’s preparedness for foot-and-mouth disease found that employment conditions in state and territory jurisdictions were not consistent. This could act as a…
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Authors: Dale Ashton and Jay Gomboso
The Murray–Darling Basin accounts for around 80 per cent of Australia’s total irrigated grape production (MDBA 2016). More than 60 per cent of Australia’s total grapevine area is in the Basin, and grapes contributed an estimated 11 …
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Background
Northern Australia’s vast, sparsely populated 10,000-kilometre coastline is the frontline for many high-risk animal and plant pests and diseases.
Biosecurity risks can reach Australia through the movement of people and goods by sea and air, through traditional visits between Papua New…
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