Agriculture and Biosecurity

The department delivers a broad range of initiatives across the state including research and development to grow our agriculture industry and regulation and administration of biosecurity, food safety and animal welfare in NSW.

The department also has a range of responsibilities to prepare, respond to and assist in recovery from animal and plant biosecurity emergencies, natural disasters and other emergencies affecting the sector, as well as international market access support and export enhancement across a range of products and industries.

Permits 2024

• Group Biosecurity Emergency Permit Sugarcane Harvest (movement to Condong Sugar Mill) 6/6/24 (PDF 202.52KB)
• Group Biosecurity Emergency Permit Sugarcane Harvest (movement to Broadwater Sugar Mill) 6/6/24 (PDF 182.15KB)
• Group Biosecurity Emergency Permit Sugarcane Harvest (movement to Harwood Mill) 6/6/24 (PDF 198.29KB)
• Group Biosecurity Emergency Permit Sugarcane Harvesting Machinery 6/6/24 (PDF 217.99KB)
• Group Biosecurity Emergency Permit Hay Fire Ants 3/6/24 (PDF 221.31KB)
• Group Biosecurity Permit - Pyricularia oryzae (rice blast) 15/2/24 (PDF 417.42KB) (PDF 417.42KB)

Permits 2023

• Group Biosecurity Permit dealings with Varroa Mite 25/10/23 (PDF 263.99KB) (PDF 263.99KB)

Orders 2024

• Biosecurity Avian Influenza Emergency Order (No 2) 2024 (PDF 444.45KB)

  Published at 11:30am on 23 June 2024

• 31 May 2024 - Biosecurity Fire Ant Emergency Order (No 7) 2024 (PDF 701.27KB)

  Published at 2:48pm on 31 May 2024

• Biosecurity White spot disease Evans and Richmond Rivers Control Order 2024 (PDF 393.46KB)

  Published at 6:16pm on 27 May 2024

• 24 May 2024 - Biosecurity Fire Ant Emergency Order (No 6) 2024 (PDF 647KB)

  Published at 12:35pm on 24 May 2024

• Biosecurity (White spot disease - Evans River) Control Order (No. 2) 2024 (PDF 432.63KB)

  Published at 2:22pm on 10 May 2024

• Biosecurity (White spot disease - Evans River) Control Order 2024 (PDF 264.81KB)

  Published at 2:24pm on 9 May 2024

• Biosecurity (Varroa Mite) Revocation Order 2024 (PDF 370.58KB)

  Published at 5:05pm on 29 April 2024

• 23 April 2024 - Biosecurity Fire Ant Emergency Order (No 5) 2024 (PDF 637.83KB)

  Published at 3:54pm on 23 April 2024

• 19 April 2024 - Biosecurity Fire Ant Emergency Order (No 4) 2024 (PDF 635.03KB)

  Published at 10:05am on 19 April 2024

• 7 March 2024 Biosecurity Fire Ant Emergency Order (No 3) 2024 (PDF 535.42KB)

  Published at 8:55pm on 7 March 2024

• 24 February 2024 - Biosecurity (Abalone viral ganglioneuritis) Control Order 2024 (PDF 258.5KB) (PDF 258.5KB)

  Published at 2:25pm on 24 February 2024

• 14 February 2024 - Biosecurity (Fire Ant) Emergency Order (No 2) 2024 (PDF 790.03KB) (PDF 790.03KB)

  Published 5:20pm on 19 February 2024

• Biosecurity (Varroa mite) Control Order (No.2) 2024 (PDF 385.04KB)

  Published 9:31am on 6 February 2024

• 23 January 2024 - Biosecurity (Fire Ant) Emergency Amendment Order 2024 (PDF 216.48KB) (PDF 216.48KB)

  Published at 4:54pm on 23 January 2024

• 20 January 2024 - Biosecurity Fire Ant Emergency Order 2024 (PDF 1.18MB)

  Published at 6:08pm on 20 January 2024

• 16 January 2024 - Fisheries Management (Winburndale Rivulet Sub-catchment Fishing Closure) Notification 2024 (PDF 225.19KB) (PDF 225.19KB)

  Published at 16:23pm on 16 January 2024

Orders 2023

• 21 December 2023 - Biosecurity (Fire Ant) Emergency Order (No. 4) 2023 (PDF 986.42KB)

  Published at 5:41pm on 21 December 2023

• 20 December 2023 - Biosecurity (Varroa Mite) Emergency Order (No. 49) 2023

  Published at 6:10pm on 20 December 2023

• 5 December 2023 - Biosecurity (Fire Ant) Emergency Order (No. 3) 2023 (PDF 1.17MB)

  Published at 12:48pm 7 December 2023

• Erratum for Biosecurity (Fire Ant) Emergency Order (No 3) 2023 (PDF 151.33KB)

  Published at 2:36pm 12 December 2023

• 27 November 2023 - Biosecurity (Fire Ant) Emergency Order (No. 2) 2023 (PDF 1.15MB)

  Published at 5:45pm 27 November 2023

• Biosecurity (Fire Ant New South Wales) Emergency Order 2023 (PDF 488.91KB)

  Published at 7:35pm 25 November 2023

• Biosecurity (Varroa Mite) Emergency Order 20/10/23