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Adapting to drought achieves huge gains for Central Highlands graziers

It was the poor condition of their land in Queensland’s Central Highlands which forced graziers Greg and Sonya Spencer to start adapting their practices to drought.“If we wind the clock back five years and we were standing here, you’d be thinking you were standing in a desert. There was no grass,…
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Exporting to Australia from the Pacific

To successfully export to Australia, you need to understand why biosecurity maters and what you need to do to meet our biosecurity requirements. Each year around 2.5 million shipping containers arrive in Australia from all over the world. This puts not only our country but the countries we trade…
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Analysis – Opportunities for Australian red meat under A-UKFTA

The Australia-United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement (A-UKFTA) entered into force on 31 May 2023.The A-UKFTA eliminates tariffs on Australian beef and sheepmeat to the UK over 10 years (Table 1) with immediate access to duty-free transitional quotas.This will provide more opportunities for Australian…
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Agricultural workforce data

A wide range of publicly available data provides insights into the Australian agricultural workforce. This includes data and analysis published by ABARES, the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Jobs and Skills Australia and other sources.This page provides a selection of data sources to assist policy…
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2020-03 - COVID-19 – Audit and listing of establishments preparing and/or storing food and other goods (non-prescribed goods) for export – Arrangements and response update

Date of issue: 9 July 2020 Date of effect: 9 July 2020 Who does this notice affect? Due to the escalation of COVID-19 measures in the state of Victoria - all industry stakeholders involved in exports. Purpose The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (the department) has…
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2020-02 - COVID-19 – Audit and listing of establishments preparing and/or storing food and other goods (non-prescribed goods) for export – Arrangements and response

The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (the department) has received enquiries about how it is approaching its staffing, regulatory and operational obligations in relation to regulating export establishments and the risks posed by the COVID 19 outbreak. This notice is to advise…
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Poultry meat that is cooked and ready-to-eat

Improving access to imported food safety requirementsImported food safety requirements are now included in the Biosecurity Import Conditions system (BICON).See more about the Inclusion of food safety requirements in BICON.All biosecurity requirements must be met before Imported Food Inspection…
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1. Introduction

​​In April 2008, the Forest Industries Branch of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) engaged the Fenner School of Environment and Society to identify a set of indicators to…
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1. Introduction

​​​In April 2008, the Forest Industries Branch of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) engaged the Fenner School of Environment and Society to identify a set of indicators to…
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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​A Biosecurity Advice notice  is a notice that informs stakeholders about the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources​ - Biosecurity's work. Biosecurity…
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