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Adult spotted lanternfly, Lycorma delicatula
Spotted lanternflyExotic to AustraliaFeatures: Spotted lanternfly adults are up to 2.7 cm long and approximately 1.2 cm wide with large, visually striking wings. A hitchhiker that feeds on the sap of host plants, including economically…
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Grapevine leaf rust causes dark spotting on the top surface of leaves.Credit: Andrew M. Daly DPIFM, PaDIL
Grapevine leaf rustExotic to AustraliaFeatures: Fungal disease of grape causing dark spots on the uppersurface of leaves.Where it's from: Asia, North America, South America,Timor-…
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Authors: Linden Whittle, David Galeano, Neal Hughes, Mihir Gupta, Peter Legg, Tim Westwood, Tom Jackson, Steve Hatfield-Dodds
The junction of the Murray-Darling Basin where the River Murray meets the Darling River at Wentworth
Introduction…
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Biosecurity Advice 2016-10 - Draft pest risk analysis for Cucumber green mottle mosaic virus (CGMMV)
8 April 2016
This Biosecurity Advice (BA) invites stakeholders to provide comments on the ‘Draft pest risk analysis for
Cucumber green mottle mosaic virus (CGMMV)’ by 9 May 2016. Background…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesIn the week ending 10 July 2024, cold fronts and low-pressure troughs brought widespread rainfall to the southern half of Australia.Across cropping regions, rainfall totals between 10 and 50 millimetres were recorded in parts of…
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From August 2025, we will start to implement new risk management measures for import of dairy products for human consumption. This will include negotiation of new health certificates with trading partners.The transition to new measures will take 12 months to complete.We will negotiate with…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesIn the week ending 2 April 2025 monsoon lows and low-pressure systems brought intense rainfall to the north and east of Australia.High rainfall continued in much of northern and central Australia, including Queensland (10 - 400…
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Weekly Australian Climate,
Water and Agricultural Update
Key issues
For the week ending 22 November 2023, severe thunderstorm activity resulted in showers and thunderstorms over northern, central, and eastern Australia.
These falls are likely to have been sufficient to spark widespread…
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2025–26 Portfolio Budget StatementsOur budget statements detail how we will use our allocated funds each financial year.Released on 25 March for the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.2025-26 Portfolio Budget Statements - Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (PDF 7.5 MB)…
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The Australian Government recovers the cost of delivering agricultural export regulatory services. Under the Australian Government Charging Framework, the department must regularly document changes to regulatory charging activities through a Cost Recovery Implementation Statement (CRIS). …
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