Draft final import risk review for psittacine birds and expert panel review report

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This release comprises the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry's draft final import risk review for psittacine birds (parrots and related species) from all countries, dated March 2025, with an expert panel review report (July 2021, with a response in August 2023). The document runs to 224 pages, but the excerpt shows mainly the contents, method, and references, with much of the substantive text withheld under section 47E(d) and section 33(a)(iii). The review assesses eleven hazards: avian influenza viruses, avian orthoavulavirus 1, avian paraavulavirus 3, avian metaavulavirus 5, internal and external parasites, parrot bornavirus, psittacid herpesviruses, psittacine pox virus, reovirus, Salmonella, and West Nile virus. It also sets out risk management conditions for cohort and individual bird imports, including pre-export quarantine and post-entry requirements. The policy background notes that live psittacine bird imports were suspended in 1995 owing to incomplete disease knowledge and testing limitations. No quantified outbreak or trade figures are visible in the excerpt.