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Australian Government response to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Agriculture and Water Resources: APVMA Regulatory Reforms – Inquiry based on the Auditor-General report No. 56 (2016-17)

Pesticide and Veterinary Medicine Regulatory Reform Introduction The registration of agricultural chemicals and veterinary medicines (collectively known as agvet chemicals) in Australia is managed by the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA). The APVMA is a statutory…
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IFN 04/24 – 2024/25 prices for biosecurity and imported food regulatory activities

AttentionStakeholders in the import and shipping industries — including importers, customs brokers, freight forwarders, vessel masters, biosecurity industry participants and shipping agents. Purpose To advise stakeholders that:new prices for biosecurity and imported food regulatory…
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Australian Agriculture Sustainability

National Farmers’ FederationAnimal welfare is a critical aspect of sustainable agriculture, ensuring the ethical treatment of animals and supporting the health and productivity of livestock. It also impacts social licence to operate and trade, and is critical in meeting the increasing consumer…
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Copyright notice

We aim to make our information available on an open and reusable basis where possible. This includes on our websites and in social media channels.Our websiteMaterial on this website is copyright Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry except as otherwise stated.Unless otherwise specified…
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2025-01: Transition to NEXDOC – Other Goods registration open

Date of issue: 14 January 2025Dates of effect: 10 February 2025AttentionOther Goods exporters, manufacturers, agents, freight forwarders.Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) - Central and Regional offices. PurposeThis Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise…
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Horse Industry Consultative Committee - Meeting Minutes 15

​Download Document Pages File size Meeting Minutes 15 PDF 8 97 KB If you have difficulty accessing this file, please visit web accessibility. Online version ​​Thursday 30 July 2015 10.30am to 2.30pm Department of Agriculture 7 London Circuit,…
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Compliance Investigation Report 22: Cattle Exported to Mauritius

​Summary On 23 October 2013, the Department of Agriculture received a report from Animals Australia that Australian cattle exported to Mauritius under Exporter Supply Chain Assurance System (ESCAS) requirements had been moved to locations outside of the approved supply chain and slaughtered in a…
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Indicator 2.1e: The area of native forest harvested and the proportion of that effectively regenerated, and the area of plantation harvested and the proportion of that effectively re-established (2024)

This indicator is used to assess the success of the re-establishment of forests after harvesting. Re-establishment is critical to the maintenance of the productive capacity of the forest.This is Key information for Indicator 2.1e, published October 2024.Key pointsOver the period 2016-17 to 2020-21…
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Australian lamb: financial performance of lamb-producing farms

2017–18 to 2019–20 Fred Litchfield [expand all] Financial performance Farm cash income Farm cash income of Australian lamb-producing farms is projected to have declined by 12% in 2019–20 to average $211,000 per farm (Table 1, Figure 1). Despite high prices for lambs and sheep,…
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Australian Government response to the Productivity Commission inquiry on national water reform

April 2019 The Australian Government has responded to the Productivity Commission’s Inquiry on National Water Reform. More information on the inquiry is available on the Productivity Commission’s web​site. Overview The Australian Government welcomes the findings of the Productivity Commission’s…
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