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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesIn the week ending 6 August 2025, low-pressure systems brought rainfall totals of up to 200 millimetres to parts of eastern and south-western Australia.In cropping regions, rainfall was mixed. Western Australia and northern New South…
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Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, 2012Australian waters are home to a diverse and unique array of sharks, rays and related species, which are an important part of our aquatic biodiversity and…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesFor the week ending 4 October 2023, a low-pressure system brought heavy rainfall and damaging winds to much of Victoria, south-western New South Wales and parts of eastern South Australia. Cold fronts brought showers to southwest…
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The implementation plan to assist in delivery of Australia’s first National Biosecurity Strategy (NBS), a collaborative, national approach to protecting Australia from exotic pests and diseases backed by all government agriculture ministers, has been released.
First Assistant Secretary for…
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Centre for Invasive Species SolutionsInvasive species are animals, plants, parasites or disease-causing organisms that establish outside their natural range and become pests. Invasive species are a key extinction threat to Australia’s native animals, with foxes and feral cats alone having…
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This criterion is concerned with two of the fundamental components of a forest ecosystem: soil and water. Forests are important for soil conservation because they contribute directly to soil production and maintenance, and prevent or reduce soil erosion. Forested catchments also provide and protect…
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Weekly Australian Climate,
Water and Agricultural Update
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For the week ending 27 September 2023, cold fronts brought showers to south-eastern parts of the country, mostly to western Tasmania. An easterly onshore airflow brought showers to parts of the Queensland northeast coast. A…
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Weekly Australian Climate,
Water and Agricultural Update
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For the week ending 13 September 2023, frontal systems brought showers to southern parts of the country and onshore winds resulted in some in showers in northeast coastal Queensland. A high-pressure system kept the remainder…
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Efforts to stop exotic fruit flies from entering Australia mainland through the Torres Strait will continue after a revised five-year response was endorsed on 28 June 2021 by the National Management Group (NMG).
The Response Plan 2021-2026 outlines activities aimed at eradicating annual incursion…
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Weeds are one of the most serious threats to Australia's environment and primary production resource base. Nationally pest plants continue to invade the land with exotic species accounting for…
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