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The long-term productivity slowdown - and what we can do about it

  • Media release
  • Farming
A new ABARES report investigates the slowdown in productivity which has impacted Australian broadacre agriculture over the past two decades.
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Biosecurity capacity building in Timor-Leste

  • Newsletter
  • Plants
As part of the department’s ongoing international technical collaboration with Australia’s near neighbours, staff from the Pacific Engagement and…
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Boosting Diagnostic Capacity for Plant Production Industries project a win for plant industries

  • Newsletter
  • Plants
Collaboration, technology and innovation is crucial in managing current and emerging biosecurity risks to Australia’s plant production industries.
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Expo showcases STEM careers in government

  • Newsletter
  • Plants
In August during National Science Week the first ever Government Scientists Group STEM Expo was held in the Great Hall of Parliament House in…
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Safe hands on our farms

  • Media release
  • Farming
This year’s National Farm Safety Week is presenting farmers and farming communities with a wide array of stories, information, tips and events…
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Pest profile: Varroa mite

  • Newsletter
  • Plants
Varroa mites (Varroa destructor and Varroa jacobsoni) are tiny red-brown external parasites of the European honey bee (Apis mellifera) and are about…
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Tasmanian RFA outcomes report released

  • News
  • Forestry
The outcomes report for the fifth review of the Tasmanian RFA has been released.
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AusTreat freshens up stink beetle controls

  • Media release
  • Pests
Pests estimated to cost Australia tens of billions over coming decades will now find it much harder to enter the country, thanks to measures…
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Digging into Australia’s Soil Strategy at the Global Soil Partnership Plenary Assembly

  • News
  • Agriculture
The role of the Australian Government in the sustainable management of soils was highlighted at the recent Global Soil Partnership (GSP
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Renewed foreign push for Australian food and fibre

  • Media release
  • International
The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) has renewed its commitment to grow and diversify overseas markets for Australia’s…
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One Health collaboration counters the threat of zoonotic diseases

  • Media release
  • Diseases
Today is World Zoonoses Day, and Australia continues to invest in One Health approaches to combat the emergence and spread of zoonoses – diseases…
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3D training for dairy exporters

  • Media release
  • Exports
The dairy industry now has access to a new training program designed to build exporter skills and knowledge. 
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Strong growth in dairy, forestry, hobby farmland prices

  • Media release
  • ABARES
ABARES has expanded the Farmland Price Indicator to include a new series of experimental estimates by farmland type.
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Global biosecurity leaders spotlight regulation and collaboration

  • Newsletter
  • Biosecurity
In May we co-hosted the 2024 Quarantine Regulators Meeting (QRM) with Vietnam’s Plant Protection Department (PPD).