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Gardening is a great Australian pastime.
Across the country, people turn to their gardens as a way to relax and enrich their lives.
It might surprise you that as a gardener – regardless of the size of your garden – you have a responsibility to uphold and protect our biosecurity status by…
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Digitaria insularis also known as cotton grass or feather-top grass.
What to look for
Large, coarse, tufted grass with rough, hairy leaves. Flowers all-year round.
What you can do
Do not move plants, plant material or soil out of the Torres Strait Protected Zone to the Torres Strait…
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Date of issue: 15 March 2024Date of effect: 19 March 2024Reference Number: IAN 2024-03AttentionOrganic operators, exporters, approved certifying bodies and industry bodies.PurposeTo raise awareness and inform Australia’s organics industry of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)…
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22 March 2024Almost 100 representatives from Australia’s dairy industry gathered in Melbourne on 22 March 2024 for a National Dairy Symposium hosted by the Australian Government. The symposium brought together industry groups, dairy producers, dairy processors, employee representatives and…
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Limnocharis flava
What to look for
An aquatic weed that grows to about one metre in height with pale green oval leaves and yellow flowers, each with three petals and numerous bright yellow stamens.
What you can do
Do not move plants, plant material or soil out of the Torres Strait Protected…
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Communique
The Agricultural Workforce Working Group (the Working Group) met for the fourth time on 1 March 2023.
Members noted the progress achieved to date in attracting, retaining and protecting workers in the agriculture and processing industries, including:
securing 13,200 fee-…
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The tripartite Agricultural Workforce Working Group (the Working Group) met for the third time on 15 December 2022.
Members noted the update on action items being progressed following the 15 November meeting which focused on skills and migration issues affecting the agriculture and processing…
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Survey now openIf you're one of the land managers selected to take part, use the link below to enter the survey.(Note: you will need your login code to access the survey).NALMS surveyWhat is the National Agricultural Land Management Survey (NALMS) 2025?The National Agricultural Land Management…
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Introduction
On 16 October 2018, the Senate referred the following matters to the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee for inquiry and report by 1 February 2019:
The independence of regulatory decisions made by the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines…
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Indigenous rangers are critical to Australia’s ability to maintain an early detection system for exotic pests and diseases in remote coastal areas across the north. Increasing over time, current services provided by rangers include participating in animal, plant and aquatic health surveys, insect…
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