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Weekly Australian Climate,
Water and Agricultural Update
Key issues
During the week ending 23 June 2021, a blocking high pressure system restricted rainfall across most of Australia for much of the week. A low-pressure system off the southern coast and associated cold fronts brought some…
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2017–18 to 2019–20
Fred Litchfield
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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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The National Biosecurity Emergency Preparedness Expert Group (expert group) was established by the National Biosecurity Committee (NBC) in March 2015 as a recommendation from the Intergovernmental…
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Australia is fortunate to be free from many weeds that may harm Australia’s primary industries and environment. To help protect Australia from the negative effects of exotic threats, you need to know…
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Managing environmental water effectively is critical for maximising the health of ecosystems across the Murray-Darling Basin for current and future generations.
The Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder uses Commonwealth-owned water in the Murray-Darling Basin with the aim of protecting and…
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China has experienced remarkable economic growth in the past three decades. This has resulted in sustained increase in consumer income, which in turn has led to important changes in food consumption.…
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03 April 2025PurposeThis Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise authorised officers (AOs) of updates to the instructional material for completing plant export inspection and treatment records.Summary of changes and key pointsThe Exports work instruction: Completing plant export inspection and…
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Authors: Jared Greenville, Heather McGilvray and Stephanie Black.
Aerial scene of vineyard in Coonawarra region Australia featuring rows of grapes and vines.
Introduction
Australia’s agricultural trade has by and large continued unhindered by the COVID-19 pandemic. But for some sectors, such…
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As a summary of the work undertaken by the Expert Panel, outcomes of Steps A and B for New South Wales have been listed in Table 17. The table has been constructed so as to show the sieving approach that…
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Import conditions for fresh decrowned pineapples (Ananas comosus) from Taiwan have been published on our Biosecurity Import Conditions system (BICON). Import permits will now be issued.
The decision to commence imports will be a commercial decision between an exporter in Taiwan…
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