Tag: Quarantine
Cherry export boost
Tasmanian cherry growers are celebrating changes to Japanese quarantine restrictions that are expected to net them millions of dollars in new exports. [MORE]
Potato growers move closer to quarantine clearance
Potato growers in Thorpdale, in south-east Victoria, are a step closer to having an interstate ban on their produce lifted.[MORE]
600kg of fruit seized in Sunraysia fruit fly prevention
Authorities say they have seized more than 600 kilograms of fruit and vegetables from cars in the Sunraysia region this year.[MORE]
Promising signs on abalone virus
There are good indications that an abalone virus could be at very low levels in the wild in Tasmania.[MORE]
Hunter Valley on edge over new horse flu tests
The president of the Hunter Thoroughbred Breeders Association is confident quarantine officials can contain another horse flu outbreak should it arise, negating the need for a privately run facility.[MORE]
Fresh horse flu tests prove negative
The first set of equine influenza tests on horses at Sydney's Eastern Creek Quarantine Station have proved negative.[MORE]
Further tests underway in wake of suspected horse flu case
Every horse at a Sydney quarantine station has been re-tested after one tested positive for horse flu.[MORE]
Abalone bans impact on wrasse fishery
The bans have been imposed after the discovery of the abalone disease, Viral Ganglioneuritis.[MORE]
More abalone sampling today
Dive teams are preparing to take further samples of wild abalone from the southern D'Entrecasteaux Channel.[MORE]
Tasmanians urged to report quarantine nasties
Australia's Quarantine and Inspection Service has called on Tasmanians to be alert to biosecurity and quarantine risks.[MORE]
Burke up-beat about states handling abalone virus
Federal Agriculture Minister Tony Burke says he is confident the states can handle an outbreak of the abalone virus, ganglioneuritis, in Tasmania.[MORE]
Quarantine crackdown for Qld mango industry
New quarantine restrictions to stop a disease found in the Territory from hitting Queensland's $80 million mango industry.[MORE]
North Qld property gets Hendra virus all-clear
A quarantine has been lifted at a property south of Proserpine, in north Queensland, with Biosecurity Queensland giving it the all-clear to further risk of Hendra virus.[MORE]
New rules apply to abalone fishery
The Tasmanian government has introduced strict control measures to stop the spread of a deadly abalone virus.[MORE]
SA on early fruit fly watch
SA is on early fruit fly watch because of dozens of outbreaks in Victoria.[MORE]
$33m research facility to focus on biosecurity
Biosecurity research will be the focus of a new $33 million research facility officially opened today at Gatton, west of Brisbane.[MORE]
Hendra virus vet clinic prepares to reopen
Horse owners will be allowed to retrieve their animals today when a vet clinic hit by the Hendra virus reopens.[MORE]
Hendra virus quartantine to be lifted from Redlands clinic
A quarantine is set to be lifted from a south-east Queensland vet practice at the centre of a fatal outbreak of the Hendra virus.[MORE]
Memorial service pays tribute to dead vet
A memorial service has been held for a south-east Queensland veterinarian who died after being exposed to Hendra virus.[MORE]
Quarantine lifted as mourners prepare to honour dead vet
The quarantine placed on a vet clinic at the centre of the Hendra virus outbreak will be lifted later today.[MORE]
Hendra virus review welcomed
The Qld Horse Council has welcomed the review of the handling of the Hendra virus outbreak.[MORE]
Independent review to examine Hendra virus outbreak
The Qld Govt has announced an independent review of the handling of the Hendra virus outbreak that killed a vet.[MORE]
Tributes flow for vet killed by Hendra virus
Australian vets are mourning the death of their Qld colleague, Dr Ben Cunneen, who has died from Hendra virus.[MORE]
Hendra virus horse put down
A racehorse that survived an outbreak of the Hendra virus has been euthanased in Brisbane.[MORE]
Authorities move to euthanase Hendra virus horse
Qld authorities say the only horse to recover from Hendra virus at a Brisbane vet clinic will be put down this morning. [MORE]
