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- Drought
18 November 2022
The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry have launched a new grants program to encourage more farmers to take up drought resilience…
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- Animals
21 October 2022
Have your say on draft rabies risk review
A draft report into a policy review of the rabies virus risk in imported cats and dogs has today been…
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- Biosecurity
28 September 2022
World Rabies Day 2022 with the theme ‘Rabies: One Health, Zero Deaths’ is raising awareness of the global target to end human deaths from dog-…
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- Imports
21 April 2022
New import conditions will help protect Australia against khapra beetle, a highly invasive pest that poses a major threat to Australia’s grains…
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- Biosecurity
29 October 2021
Valais Blacknose sheep, known to be the cutest sheep in the world, have been born for the first time in Australia following the successful…
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- Biosecurity
21 September 2021
Zoos wishing to import live bovid animals or their semen into Australia have received a greenlight following a department review, provided they meet…
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- Imports
23 November 2020
The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment is reminding importers, distributors and manufacturers that they must have approval from the…
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- Imports
08 April 2020
The Australian Government is working with the supermarkets and their brokers to fast-track border clearance of imported groceries during the COVID-19…
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- Grants
25 January 2020
The Department of Agriculture is inviting applications for grants worth $4 million to fund projects to enhance traceability in the food supply chain…