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- Media release
- Biosecurity
Australia’s biosecurity officers have had a busy year in 2021, with some weird and wonderful frontline finds including reindeer meat, rat skewers and…
- Media release
- Biosecurity
A Victorian woman returning home from overseas is being hailed a biosecurity hero, after she reported finding one of Australia’s most potentially…
- Statement
- Live animal exports
The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWE) has published guidebooks to support users of the Australian Standards for the Export…
- Media release
- ABARES
Current carryover arrangements in the southern Murray-Darling Basin could be worth over $50 million a year to irrigators, the latest ABARES research…
- Media release
- Exports
Amendments to the Export Control Rules 2021 have been made.
- Have your say
- Live animal exports
Public consultation is now open on the Department’s draft review of the regulatory settings for the export of live sheep by sea to, or through, the…
- Media release
- ABARES
Australia’s farmers are on track to smash production value and volume records in 2021-22 on the back of exceptional seasonal conditions and a surge…
- Media release
- ABARES
The ABARES Financial performance of sugarcane farms 2020–21 to 2021–22 survey finds Australian sugarcane farm cash income was 91 per cent higher…
- Media release
- Biosecurity
Australia’s Chief Veterinary Officer Dr Mark Schipp is traveling to Fiji to strengthen ties with key Fijian agricultural, veterinary and animal…
- Media release
- ABARES
An ABARES Insights report released today confirms Indonesia’s booming food market offers significant opportunities for Australian agriculture—but…
- Media release
- ABARES
Australian winter crop production is forecast to reach a new national record.
- Media release
- Live animal exports
On 26 November 2021, the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) made a decision in response to the application by Emanuel Exports Pty Ltd and EMS…
- Media release
- Compliance
An individual pleaded guilty on 23 April 2021 to illegally importing foetal bovine serum in 2012 and producing fraudulent health certificates.
- Media release
- ABARES
ABARES research reveals that in 2020–21 Australian horticultural farm output levels have remained steady despite an eight per cent drop in the number…