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ReviewIn 2017, the department selected GHD Pty Ltd to undertake a study of Australian industry quality assurance (QA) schemes and how they support, or could potentially support, regulation controlling…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesIn the week ending 3 September 2025, cold fronts brought rainfall to parts of south-eastern Australia.Rainfall was highly variable across winter cropping regions in the week ending 3 September 2025.Rainfall totals of between 5-25…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesIn the week ending 8 October 2025, cold fronts and a northwest cloudband brought rainfall to parts of southern Australia.Rainfall was low across most eastern cropping regions. Cropping regions in South Australia and parts of southern…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesIn the week ending 2 October 2025, cold fronts brought rainfall to parts of southern Australia.Rainfall was low across most winter cropping regions in the week ending 2 October 2025.Most cropping regions in Western Australia, New…
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We support our ministers to exercise powers under Australian law.Our secretary and employees exercise any delegated legal powers. The secretary and some employees also have their own, non-delegated powers.Find all laws we administer and matters relating to us in the Administrative Arrangements…
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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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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesIn the week ending 3 December 2025, rainfall was recorded across parts of northern, southern and central Australia, while south-western areas remained comparably dry.Across cropping regions, rainfall totals were highly variable with…
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ResiduesIn agriculture, the term ‘residue’ is generally used to describe the small amounts of agricultural and veterinary chemicals, or their breakdown products, that remain in or on an agricultural product.In the broader context of food safety, a substance can be defined as a ‘contaminant’ if it…
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Author: Jared Greenville
The unbundling of production has created supply chains that span across countries. This is termed a Global Value Chain (GVC), and global developments have created new opportunities for Australian agriculture.
The world’s food and fibre is increasingly being produced…
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The National Residue Survey (NRS) is delivered by the department and monitors residues in animal products through various random and targeted testing programs.Random residue monitoring includes 19 meat programs, an egg program, a honey program, and two seafood programs.The random programs are…
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