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- Media release
- ABARES
26 August 2022
Applications are now open for the 2023 Science and Innovation Awards, to fund innovative projects in Australia’s agriculture, fisheries and forestry…
- Media release
- Pests
25 August 2022
The National Hitchhiker (Contaminating) Plant Pest Action Plan 2022–2032 released today will protect Australia’s plant-related industries and…
- Media release
- Plants
22 August 2022
A diagnostic tool using nano technology to rapidly detect high-risk plant pests and pathogens in the field will undergo feasibility testing in a…
- Media release
- Biosecurity
22 August 2022
Around $5 million will be spent over the coming year on projects using cutting-edge science to help boost Australia's biosecurity capabilities.
- Media release
- Plants
16 August 2022
The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has provided funding for the upgrade of two key scientific identification tools for plant pests…
- Media release
- Biosecurity
15 August 2022
The Office of the Chief Veterinary Officer (OCVO) has seconded four staff to work overseas – one at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in…
- Media release
- Biosecurity
12 August 2022
Agricultural industry leaders have taken a tour behind the scenes at Sydney International Airport to scope out Australia's biosecurity measures.
- Statement
- Biosecurity
10 August 2022
Statement by Secretary and Director of Biosecurity Andrew Metcalfe AO, to Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee for…
- Podcast
- Biosecurity
08 August 2022
Detect and Protect
An Australian biosecurity podcast
Episode 8
Host: Steve Peios
Guest: Dr Adrian Dinsdale
- News
- Foot-and-mouth disease
04 August 2022
The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has recently become aware of a fraudulent email campaign using the outbreak of foot-and-mouth…
- Media release
- Biosecurity
04 August 2022
The department’s biosecurity detector dog program is recruiting new biosecurity detector dog handlers, with applications open from Thursday 4 August…
- Media release
- ABARES
28 July 2022
Water allocation prices in the southern Murray–Darling Basin are likely to remain low for a third consecutive year, according to the latest ABARES…
- Media release
- Foot-and-mouth disease
20 July 2022
As part of the Australian Government’s response to the spread of animal diseases in the region, the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry…