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    • About ABARES
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    • Research topics
      • About my region: regional profiles
      • Agricultural outlook
        • Agricultural overview
        • Economic overview
        • Seasonal conditions
        • Commodities and trade data
        • Australian crop report
          • National overview
          • New South Wales
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        • Wheat
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        • Water market outlook
        • Historical agricultural forecast database
        • Definitions
        • Previous reports
      • Biosecurity
        • Biosecurity economics
          • Cost of established pest animals and weeds to Australian agricultural producers
          • Potential economic consequences of African swine fever in Australia
          • A benefit-cost framework for responding to Varroa
          • Benefits of increased access to minor use chemicals
          • Biosecurity control strategies for red imported fire ants
          • Biosecurity response options for black-striped mussel
          • Consequences of a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak
          • Consequences of a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak - 2022 update
          • Economic consequences of a scrapie outbreak in Australia
          • Economic impacts of Xylella fastidiosa on the Australian wine grape and wine-making industries
          • Estimating the value of Australian biosecurity arrangements for equine influenza since the 2007 outbreak
          • Farm gate value of biosecurity
          • Potential impact of the wheat steam rust strain Ug99 in Australia
          • The impacts of Xylella fastidiosa on Australian horticulture and the environment
        • Biosecurity sciences
          • An assessment of the economic return of specific early detection surveillance for Asian Gypsy Moth
          • Treated ballast water and its impact on port water quality
          • Application of a new method based on portfolio theory to inform the allocation of plant health surveillance resources in northern Australia
        • Biosecurity engagement
      • Climate and drought
        • Agricultural Data Integration Project
        • Farm performance and climate
        • Measuring drought risk
      • Fisheries
        • Fishery status reports
        • Fisheries and aquaculture statistics 2021
          • Australian fisheries and aquaculture production
          • Australia’s trade in fisheries and aquaculture products
            • Market access improvements: A case study of stone fruit exports to China
          • Seafood consumption in Australia
          • Employment in Australian fisheries and aquaculture
          • About this report
          • Other useful information
          • Economic concepts in Australian fisheries and aquaculture statistics
        • Fisheries data
        • Fisheries economics
          • Australian fisheries and aquaculture outlook
          • Australian fisheries economic indicators
        • Fisheries research
          • Allocating fish stocks between commercial and recreational fishers: examples from Australia and overseas
          • An evaluation of the reliability of electronic monitoring and logbook data for informing fisheries science and management: gillnet, hook and trap sector
          • Shark assessment report 2018
      • Food demand in Australia
        • Trends and issues 2018
        • Trends and food security issues 2017
      • Forests
        • Forest economics
          • Australian forest and wood products statistics
            • Socio-economic indicators—trends to 2018
          • Forest economic research
            • A framework for developing medium term projections of traded wood products
            • Economic potential for new plantation establishment in Australia
            • Future opportunities for using forest and sawmill residues in Australia
            • Illegal logging regulation: analysis of regulated importers by business size
            • Productivity and efficiency of the Australian sawmilling industry
            • Responsiveness of demand for structural pine to changes in timber and steel prices
            • Short-term forecasts of selected wood product sales volume: Method and assumptions
            • Upscaling the Australian softwood sawmill industry
          • Australian plantation statistics update
          • Plantation and log supply
          • National wood processing survey
        • Forest sciences
        • Forest data
        • Forests overview
      • Invasive species
        • Distribution and impacts of established pest animals and weeds
        • Exotic invasive species with environmental impacts
        • Prioritising targets for biological control of weeds
        • The National Priority List of Exotic Environmental Pests, Weeds and Diseases dataset
        • The state of weeds data collection in Australia
        • Wild dog research
      • Agricultural workforce
        • At a glance
        • Agricultural workforce data
        • Research
      • Land Use
        • Land use of Australia 2010–11 to 2015–16, 250 m
        • Catchment scale land use of Australia - Commodities - Update December 2020
        • Catchment scale land use profiles
      • Agricultural productivity
        • Agricultural productivity estimates
        • Measuring productivity
        • Productivity drivers
          • Seasonal workers and working holiday makers comparison report
        • Productivity introduction
        • Productivity publications
        • Related research
          • Labour force survey
          • Rural research, development and extension investment in Australia
      • Social sciences
        • Australian marine pest network analysis
        • Biosecurity research
        • Climate research
        • Community engagement
        • Community involvement in plant biosecurity
        • Human dimensions research
        • Making general surveillance work
          • General surveillance case study overviews
          • Guidelines for general surveillance programs
          • Literature review: Understanding general surveillance as a system
          • Research report: Making general surveillance programs work
          • Stocktake of general surveillance initiatives
        • Natural resource management
        • Pest animals and weed management survey
        • Recreational boat operators’ self-management of biofouling in Australia
        • Social aspects of weed management
        • Social impact assessment
      • Farm surveys and analysis
        • Dairy farm performance
        • Farm survey data
        • Disaggregating farm performance statistics by size
        • Previous research
      • Trade
        • Climate, sustainability & agricultural trade
        • Trade facilitation, barriers and NTMs
        • Future value chain opportunities
        • Dashboard (beta)
      • Water
        • A model of water trade and irrigation activity in the southern Murray-Darling Basin
        • Future scenarios for the southern Murray-Darling Basin: Report to the Independent Assessment of Social and Economic Conditions in the Basin
        • Measuring water market prices
        • Murray-Darling Basin water markets: trends and drivers 2002-03 to 2018-19
        • Murray-Darling-Basin water market dataset
        • Trends in water entitlement holdings and trade: Analysis of ABARES survey data
        • Water Market Outlook
      • Agricultural forecasting
        • Changes to reporting of marketing year data
        • Farm share and price spread
        • Farmers' terms of trade: Update to farm costs and prices paid
        • Forecasting national grain stocks in times of drought
        • Seasonal climate scenarios for medium-term forecasts
        • Summary of ABARES agricultural forecasting
        • The future of public sector forecasting in Australian agriculture
      • Working papers
        • A micro-simulation model of irrigation farms in the southern Murray-Darling Basin
        • A model of spatial and inter-temporal water trade in the southern Murray-Darling Basin
        • Analytical distributions and statistics for managing import pathway risk using the continuous sampling plan CSP-1
        • Analytical distributions and statistics for managing import pathway risk using the continuous sampling plans CSP-2 and CSP-3
        • Defining drought from the perspective of Australian farmers
        • Discount rates and risk in economic analysis
        • Non-tariff measures: A methodology
        • Simulating the effects of climate change on the profitability of Australian farms
    • Products
      • Insights
        • Snapshot of Australia’s Agricultural Workforce 2023
        • Environmental sustainability and agri-environmental indicators – international comparisons
        • Snapshot of Australian Agriculture 2023
        • Australian agriculture on a roll, but where to next?
        • Emissions, agricultural support and food security
        • Reshaping agricultural support to build a competitive agricultural sector
      • Weekly update
        • 30 November 2023
        • 23 November 2023
        • 16 November 2023
        • 9 November 2023
        • 2 November 2023
      • Release schedule
      • How to cite ABARES research and data
      • Definitions, glossaries and classifications
      • Publication information
    • Data
      • ABARES Farmland Price Index
      • About my region
      • Trade data dashboard
      • Australian Agricultural Census 2020–21 visualisations
      • Farm Data Portal - Beta
      • Improving agricultural statistics
        • Roadmap
        • Stakeholder engagement
      • Infographics and maps
      • Weekly commodity price update
        • World agricultural prices
        • Australian agricultural prices
        • Australian horticulture prices
      • Web mapping services and applications
    • News
      • All news
      • ABARES Essentials
    • Conferences and events
      • Regional Outlook conferences
      • 2023 Science and Innovation Awards
        • 2022 award recipients
        • 2021 award recipients
        • 2020 award recipients
        • 2019 award recipients
      • Wagga Wagga Regional Outlook conference
      • Toowoomba Regional Outlook conference
      • Bendigo Regional Outlook conference
      • Hobart Regional Outlook conference
    • Careers
      • ABARES Graduate program

Careers

7 photos of ABARES staff

Yes, these are real people that work at ABARES!

What kind of work does ABARES do?

ABARES is the Australian government’s agricultural commodity forecaster and the research arm of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.

We deliver high-quality scientific & economic research, analysis & advice on issues affecting Australia's agriculture, fisheries and forestry sectors.

Working at ABARES

Read the essential guide to life and work at ABARES (PDF 876 KB).
If you have difficulty accessing this file, contact the ABARES team for assistance.

ABARES staff (affectionately known as Bears), enjoy a relaxed, safe, and inclusive working environment.

  • We value differences and welcome people with diverse backgrounds and working styles.
  • We encourage continuous learning and provide a wide range of development opportunities.
  • We’re collaborative and work across teams within the bureau, department and sometimes, other organisations!
  • We understand that everyone works best in different ways. Our teams enjoy flexible working arrangements to best support collaborative and balanced working patterns.
  • We provide the evidence base for future policy development for the Australian Government. Your work will directly contribute to this from the get-go.

The bureau is the ideal workplace to develop research and analytical skills, and build strong and collaborative relationships in the agriculture, fisheries and forestry sectors.

Our work is diverse. It ranges from producing forecasts on a quarterly cycle to long term projects that take years to complete.

“Working for ABARES allows you to dig into problems. You get a chance to sit down and think about the many complexities while also developing technical skills."

Charlie Xia, Agricultural Forecasting and Policy Branch

People working at ABARES are employed by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF). To check eligibility, benefits and conditions and our RecruitAbility scheme please visit the DAFF People and jobs page.

What skills does ABARES look for?

ABARES has a number of professional streams to suit your career. A good foundation in economics, science, statistics, or data science is invaluable – as is the ability to network, communicate and present technical research.

“Our research is only useful if we can explain it to the right people and influence policy development.”

Peter Gooday, Farm Performance, Biosecurity and Information Branch

  • Effective communication - It is vital that we can explain our research to the right people, so that we can influence the development of government policy.
  • Technical skills and the desire to learn - Many of our staff are subject matter experts. Some arrived as experts, but many started as generalists and became experts with guidance in a supportive environment. These staff are called upon from within government and the private sector to shape policy and provide input to industry decisions.
  • An inquisitive nature - Our teams are curious and want to dig into a problem to get to the bottom of it.
  • Open-mindedness - Draw on the expertise of your team and seek collective and thoughtful solutions to issues.

Apply to work at ABARES

We’re always looking for passionate economists, scientists, analysts and team members with relevant skills. If you want to work at ABARES, we want to hear from you! Email ABARES Recruitment.

All ABARES job opportunities are posted on APS Jobs and on the Department’s jobs portal.

ABARES also offers a 12-month entry level professional program for graduate economists, modellers, scientists and statisticians and other talented people with relevant skills. Learn more about the ABARES Graduate Program.

Our research and data

Latest products
Read new reports and regular series releases from our products centre.

Historic and archived publications
Our all products page provides access to our comprehensive publications database, including historic and archived reports.

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Online research tools

Agricultural Census visualisations
Select 2015-16 datasets, filter by industry, category or commodity, explore national and regional maps.

Climatch – species range prediction
Predict the potential range of a species by matching climate data from region to region.

Rainfall to Pasture Growth Outlook Tool
Access rainfall, soil moisture and pasture growth information.

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Visual data content

Infographics and maps
ABARES analysis and data in easy-to-read and use graphics

Data visualisations
Information ready to use on our Tableau Public page

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