2501) NEW DRAFT BIOSECURITY REGULATIONS OUT FOR COMMENT

Public consultation has commenced for three new draft regulations under Australia’s Biosecurity Act 2015.

2502) Suspension of Olea spp. nursery stock imports

Following reports of Xylella fastidiosa affecting olives in Europe, the Department of Agriculture has suspended any further imports of Olea …

2503) Protocol for biological control agents

The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources conducts assessments for release of invertebrate or plant pathogenic biological control agents (which …

2504) Legislation: ports of entry, biological material, articles and things likely to introduce a disease or pest, plant quarantine

The principle legislation regulating quarantine is the Quarantine Act 1908 and provides authority for the Quarantine Proclamation 1998. The Quarantine …

2505) Update on revision of AQIS Giant African Snail Country Action List

AQIS has completed a comprehensive revision of its Giant African Snail (GAS)risk management strategies and initiated the trial of the …

2506) 2016 June call for discussion papers on the International movement of grain

Deadline extended to 26 August 2016 due to low response.

2507) Direction Nationale de la Protection des Végétaux et des Denrées Stockées

Les missions assignées à la Direction Nationale de la Protection des Végétaux et des Denrées Stockées sont, entre autres, a) …

2508) Direction Nationale de la Protection des Végétaux et des Denrées Stockées

Les missions assignées à la Direction Nationale de la Protection des Végétaux et des Denrées Stockées sont, entre autres, a) …

2509) National arrangements for plant health

Australia is a federation composed of different states and territories. Under Australia's biosecurity system, the federal government and state and …

2510) UPDATE pest report June 2016 Identity confirmed: Hemitarsonemus ganeo (fern mite) instead of Hemitarsonemus tepidariorum (pest report March) Wider distribution on ferns outdoors (Polypodium vulgare, Dryopteris carthusiana, Dryopteris filix-mas, and Athyrium filix-femina). Single detection on plants for planting of Platycerium alcicorne (fern plants) in a production greenhouse.

The identity of Hemitarsonemus ganeo could be confirmed on plants for planting of (fern plants) in a production greenhouse, which …