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Salt is a natural part of the Australian landscape but can become a serious problem when carried by water to where it threatens:agricultural landinfrastructure such as roads and buildingswater resourcesthe environmental assets such as wetlandsThis process is called salinisation, and careful…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesIn the week ending 9 May 2024, dry conditions dominated much of Australia. However, a low pressure system and a series of troughs brought rainfall totals ranging from 10 to 150 millimetres to much of New South Wales and parts of…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesIn the week ending 15 October 2025, cold fronts and low-pressure troughs brought rainfall to parts of northern and southern Australia.Rainfall was generally low across southern cropping regions, while parts of Queensland saw up to 50…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesIn the week ending 4 September 2024, cold fronts and low-pressure systems brough rainfall in some areas in the south, with central and northern regions mainly dry.Across cropping regions, rainfall totals ranged from 5 to 10…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesIn the week ending 5 June 2024, rainfall was recorded across much of Australia.Across cropping regions, northern Queensland, central to southeastern parts of Western Australia, and localised areas in central South Australia, New South…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesIn the week ending 5 March 2025, low-pressure systems brought rainfall to the north and east of Australia.Rainfall totals were low in all cropping regions, with between 0-5 millimetres in Queensland, New South Wales and Western…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesIn the week ending 6 November 2024, low-pressure systems and troughs brought rainfall to northern and eastern parts of the country.Across cropping regions, little to no rainfall was recorded across most areas this week. Rainfall…
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Author: Linden Whittle
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Carryover allows water entitlement holders to transfer some or all their unused allocations into the next irrigation season. Carryover was initially introduced as a drought management tool and has been effective in helping irrigators manage variability in seasonal…
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The Asian longhorn beetle is a wood-boring insect that usually targets hardwood trees, especially poplar.
The beetle attacks both healthy trees and stressed or diseased…
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For the week ending 28 June 2023, a northwest cloud band brought widespread rainfall, extending from northern Western Australia to the southeast of the country. Falls of up to 100 millimetres were recorded in northern Western…
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