APVMA Media Release Archive
2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2001 2000 1999
2007
- Pig and Poultry Treatment Cancelled - 5 July
- Methyl Bromide - June 2007
- Restrictions on Pig and Poultry Treatment - 11 May
- Diazinon Review Backgrounder (PDF, 41kb) - 9 May 2007
- APVMA Suspends the Use of Diazinon for Sheep Dipping and Jetting - 9 May
- Australian Regulator Releases World-First Electronic Application Tool - 7 May
- Regulator Extends the Suspension of High Volatile Forms of 2,4-D - 4 May
- Electronic Application and Registration System (EARS) - 4 May
- Veterinary Antibiotic to be Reviewed by Regulator - 26 March
2006
- Regulator Suspends Registration of High Volatile Forms of 2,4-D - 3 October
- Regulation of 2,4-D Short-Chain Esters 3 Oct 2006
- Diazinon Review Released - 30 June
- Diazinon Review Findings (PDF, 78kb) - 30 June 2006
- Regulatory Phase-Out of Ozone-Depleting Gas Continues - May
- Sheep Ectoparasiticdes - 28 Apr 2006
- Sheep Ectoparasiticides Preliminary Review Findings - April
- Regulator Proposes to De-Register Some Forms of 2,4-D - 18 April
- National regulator promotes responsible use of 2,4-D - 13 January
- Chlorpyrifos statement - 20 Jan 2006
2005
- Sheep chemical workshop recognises need for regulatory change - December
- APVMA Diazinon and Sheep Ectoparasiticides Reviews (PDF, 39kb) - 8 Dec 2005
- APVMA releases final Endosulfan report - July
- 1080 Review released - May
- Some uses of CCA timber treatments to be phased out - March
2004
- Regulator clears atrazine for continued use - December
- Regulatory changes for veterinary antibiotic - November
- Regulatory action on popular horticultural fungicide - November
- Regulator proposes changes for popular agricultural and home garden pesticide - June
- Producer industries urged to have say on future availability of endosulfan - May
- Major changes proposed for widely used agricultural chemical (fenitrothion) - April
- APVMA Issues Health Warning for Owners of Pools
and Spas - March
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2003
- Draft Report on Arsenic Treated Timber Released for Public Comment - December
- APVMA impounds quantity of plant growth hormone - December
- Suspected supply and use of prohibited chemicals in Victorian grape industry - December
- APVMA to Review the Registration of the Agricultural Fungicide, Benomyl - October
- Copper Chrome Arsenate (CCA) - APVMA puts industry on notice - July
- Update to APVMA response to detection of BSE (Bovine Spongiform)
- Encephalopathy in Canada - June
- Call for Public Submissions on an Application for the Registration of the
- Bollgard II Genes for use in Genetically Modified Cotton - June
- APVMA response to detection of BSE (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy) in Canada - May
- APVMA suspends veterinary products manufacturer's licence - April
- Queensland company fined for supplying an unregistered pesticide - April
- APVMA proposes to cancel growth promotant uses of the antibiotic Virginiamycin - April
- Release of scope document for review of Arsenic - March
- NRA cancels registration of home garden spray,
water-based Triforine - March
2002
- NRA introduces new conditions for use of endosulfan - September
- Scope Document released for NRA's review of 1080 - July
- NRA Wants Tighter Controls for Rabbit Bait, Pindone - June
- Importation of unregistered products - May
- Public comment sought on atrazine review - April
2001
- NRA reviews registration of popular fox bait - December
- NRA approves more pesticides to fightFire Ants - September
- NRA decision helps Tully Banana growers - September
- NRA gives go ahead for pesticide to fight cane grub - September
- Use of popular insecticide to continue - July
- Public comment sought on findings of the draft review of Pindone - July
- New Look for NRA's Chemical Review Program - July
- NRA foreshadows review of important animal antibiotic - May
- Public Comment Sought on Findings of the Draft Review of Aldicarb - April
- NRA Cancels Ultra Low Volume (ULV) Endosulfan - March
2000
- Changed rules for the insecticide, Chlorfenvinphos - December
- The wrong formulation of an agricultural chemical proves costly - December
- Special study to examine pesticide's links with Parkinson's Disease - public statement - November
- Public comment sought on findings of the Draft Review of Diazinon - November
- Long term solution needed to control rats in sugarcane- Warns the NRA - October
- New regulatory measures to reduce exposure to the insecticide Chlorpyrifos - media release, full report - September
- Call for public comment on review of the insecticide - Dichlorvos - July
- Court fines company and Director for importing unregistered agricultural chemical - July
- NRA gets tough on Endosulfan to protect Australian beef - June
- Government cuts charges on Agvet chemicals - reduction in levy - June
- Release of Report of Expert Panel into the possible effects on farm workers of Organophosphate sheep dip chemicals. Text of Volume 1 (PDF, 135kb) and Volume 2 (PDF, 339kb) - March
- Endosulfan audits commence in NSW and Queensland coastal areas - February
- Company fined over poor record keeping on hormone growth promotants - February
- WA company fined for supplying an unregistered product - January
1999
- Company fined after incorrect claims about using insecticide - December
- Registration of monocrotophos cancelled - December
- Archem convicted for supplying unregistered product to remote communities - December
- Inaccurate chemical record keeping results in conviction - December
- Endosulfan audits commence - November
- NRA to meet with growers on Endosulfan changes release - October
- Chlorfenvinphos press release, draft report released for comment - September
- Review of ectoparasiticides - September
- Restrictions on Fenitrothion - September
- Australian experts to review a UK organophosphate pesticides report - press release and background information - August
- WA farmer fined for illegally importing unregistered herbicide - 29 July
- Review Recommends Stricter Controls and User Certification on Locust Insecticide - Monocrotophos - 8 July
- Tough Stance on Cotton Insecticide (Endosulfan) - 17 March