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Australia and the Pacific Community (SPC) sign agreement supporting animal health in the Pacific

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08 April 2022
The Australian Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWE) and the Pacific Community (SPC) Land Resources Division (LRD) have signed…
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Better environmental management of industrial chemicals

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23 March 2022
A national roadmap to deliver Australia’s new Industrial Chemicals Environmental Management Standard (IChEMS) is now available.
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Australian Chief Vet to visit Indonesia for animal health cooperation talks

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23 March 2022
Australian Chief Veterinary Officer Dr Mark Schipp is travelling to Indonesia to meet with senior government officials on a range of cooperation…

Japanese encephalitis detected in Eastern Australia

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01 March 2022
Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) has been detected in piggeries in New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria.

Australian Biosecurity continuing to protect cattle and buffalo from lumpy skin disease

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25 February 2022
Australia’s strong biosecurity system is continuing to protect against lumpy skin disease, which affects cattle and water buffalo and which could…

One Health Day: The buzz of a mosquito highlights the risk of vector-borne diseases

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03 November 2021
On One Health Day 2021 Australia’s Chief Veterinary Officer Dr Mark Schipp is highlighting the importance of Australia’s disease surveillance and…

World Zoonoses Day: Prolific mice numbers highlight risk of zoonotic disease

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06 July 2021
On World Zoonoses Day, Australia’s Chief Veterinary Officer Dr Mark Schipp has highlighted how the risk of zoonoses, diseases which can be…

Annual forum to discuss top plant disease risk

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07 May 2021
The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment has hosted the first online forum with industry and federal and state governments to review…

Biosecurity keeping Australia’s cattle and buffalo free from Lumpy skin disease

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30 April 2021
Lumpy skin disease (LSD), a significant animal disease which affects cattle and water buffalo, could have a devastating impact if it arrived in…

Statement on COVID reports aboard the Al Kuwait

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26 May 2020
As of 3pm AEST 26 May 2020, six crew members of the live export vessel Al Kuwait have tested positive to COVID while the vessel was berthed at…

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