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Honey bees, crop pollination and varroa mite frequently asked questions

[expand all]What is varroa mite, and why is it a threat to crop pollination?Varroa mite, Varroa destructor, is a small mite, around 1 mm in diameter, that parasitises species of bees in the genus Apis, such as Apis cerana, the Asian honey bee, and Apis mellifera, the species that includes the…
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Farm Household Allowance data dashboard

 Australian farmers are among the most productive and innovative in the world. Across the 87,800 farm businesses in Australia, our farmers are constantly assessing and adapting to change.Farm Household Allowance (FHA) provides help to eligible farmers, and their partners, experiencing…
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Become a Junior Biosecurity Officer

Help us build our team of Junior Biosecurity Officers.Uncover fun activities and curriculum linked resources to learn about biosecurity in Australia. Boost your biosecurity awareness and discover your role in protecting our way of life.What is biosecurityBio –…
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Forest economic research

2025An analysis of Plantation ProductivityThis report is a first step towards understanding productivity in the plantation forestry sector and uses a partial productivity measure of Mean Annual Increment (MAI) which is the average annual volume growth per hectare of a plantation over its entire age…
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Indicator 4.1e: Management of the risks to water quality in forests (2025)

This indicator measures the extent to which the risk to water quality has been explicitly identified and addressed in forest management. Water quality is important for forest ecosystem health and water supply for human use.This is the Key information for Indicator 4.1e, published December 2025.Key…
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Indicator 4.1d: Management of the risks to water quantity from forests (2025)

This indicator measures the extent to which the risk to water quantity has been explicitly identified and addressed in forest management. Water quantity is important for ecosystem health and water supply for human use.This is the Key information for Indicator 4.1d, published December 2025.Key…
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Rooted in culture, growing through connection: First Nations networks to build resilience

Across Australia, First Nations farmers and land managers are leading a collaborative movement that blends cultural knowledge, sustainable land stewardship, and community-driven innovation to build resilience in the face of drought and climate change. Through the Future Drought Fund delivery…
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Get updates

We regularly publish illegal logging e-updates. These provide updates of key developments with the illegal logging laws, guidance, and information about upcoming events. They are sent out via an e-newsletter.The newsletter contains relevant information for:timber processorsimporterscustoms…
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AWHN OIE Report 2005

DownloadDocumentPagesFile sizeAWHN OIE Report 2005 PDF 776 KBIf you have difficulty accessing this file, please visit web accessibility.Online version​​Other ‘non listed’ diseases of particular interest and unusual mortalities in wildlife:Free-ranging wildlife A syndrome referred to…
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On arrival in Australia

Before landing in Australian territory, you must comply with our requirements for aircraft clearance.The Biosecurity obligations for aircraft arriving in Australian territory outlines the mandatory obligations at each stage of aircraft clearance.Here we’ve reproduced the section on arrival in…
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