The Victoria International Container Terminal (VICT) at the Port of Melbourne has enhanced its biodiversity protection technology through updated processes. VICT launched its rural tailgate inspection process late 2024 as a contribution to protecting Victoria's biodiversity at the Port of Melbourne and is now also able...
The 1st of July saw the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) launch AusTreat: a new initiative aimed at ensuring imported goods undergo proper biosecurity treatment before entering Australia. AusTreat is a holistic integrated scheme that will enable a more efficient and future-ready biosecurity system,...
The Australian government has announced an investment of over $1billion over four years to strengthen Australia's biosecurity system. This funding aims to maintain the national biosecurity policy, operational and technical functions on a sustainable basis, and it will partially be funded by the introduction of cost...
Biosecurity industry participants and accredited persons operating under the department's class 19.2 automatic entry processing for commodities (AEPCOMM) approved arrangement need to be aware of the expansion announced with regards to fertiliser. As of 16 May 2022, the fertiliser AEPCOMM group has been expanded to include...