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Implementing Australia’s National Biosecurity Strategy

  • Media release
  • Biosecurity
The implementation plan to assist in delivery of Australia’s first National Biosecurity Strategy (NBS), a collaborative, national approach to…
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Biosecurity guidelines for Lunar New Year celebrations

  • Media release
  • Biosecurity
As the eagerly awaited Year of the Dragon approaches, it is important to be biosecurity-aware, ensuring a smooth and uninterrupted Lunar New Year…
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Traceability grants to enhance agriculture exports

  • Media release
  • Grants
Applications are now open until 18 March for the third round of the Traceability Grants Program.
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Overview – Agriculture, fisheries, and forestry exports in 2022–23

  • Newsletter
  • Trade
Australia exported $80.4 billion in agriculture, fisheries and forestry (AFF) products in the 2022–23 financial year – a record high, and a 17%…
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Have your say on the Dairy Industry Code

  • Media release
  • Agriculture
The Department has opened consultation on the operation of the Dairy Industry Code.
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Mentoring helped Bianca build a successful stud

  • Case study
  • Future Drought Fund
Before establishing Annandale Acres near Calliope in Central Queensland, Bianca Collins was a secondary teacher and her husband, John, a boilermaker…
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Jaimi-Lee is a pasture coach

  • Case study
  • Future Drought Fund
The University of New England’s Jaimi-Lee Edwards knows farmers learn best alongside their peers as they work with experts on real-world problems.
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Jono’s farm makeover protects natural assets

  • Case study
  • Future Drought Fund
Jono and Kristy Fitzgerald are the custodians of an Endangered Ecological Community on their Luskintyre property in the Lower Hunter.
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Jake and Frankie strengthen their herd from the ground up

  • Case study
  • Future Drought Fund
Mixed cattle farmers Jake and Frankie Fennell run a 4,000-strong beef herd on their property Wintinna Station in Outback South Australia.
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Julie is a community leader in drought resilience

  • Case study
  • Future Drought Fund
Julie Freeman first came to Western Australia’s northern Wheatbelt as a graduate teacher.
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Rooted in culture, growing through connection: First Nations networks to build resilience

  • Case study
  • Future Drought Fund
Across Australia, First Nations farmers and land managers are leading a collaborative movement that blends cultural knowledge, sustainable land…
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Securing water for livestock and landscape

  • Case study
  • Future Drought Fund
Improving a degraded farm dam by installing new fences, revegetating edges, and creating alternative water access points helped Lowesdale NSW farmers…
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Australia's biosecurity

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  • Biosecurity
Watch our video to learn more about Australia's biosecurity system, and the challenges we face. 
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Preparing for drought by embracing innovation in Tropical North Queensland

  • Case study
  • Future Drought Fund
Growing up in outback Queensland, Emily Harrington prepares for drought the same way she approaches her work at the Tropical North Queensland Drought…