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Weekly Australian Climate,
Water and Agricultural Update
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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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Weekly Australian Climate,
Water and Agricultural Update
Key issues
For the week ending 24 November 2021, low-pressure troughs brought significant rainfall to much of Australia, especially in the east and south. A tropical low-pressure system off Western Australia developed into Tropical…
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Weekly Australian Climate,
Water and Agricultural Update
Key issues
During the week ending 27 October 2021, a cold front and associated cloud band brought rainfall to southern Australia, while low-pressure troughs brought rainfall to scattered areas of northern and eastern Australia…
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18 March 2016 The Invasive Plants and Animals Committee (IPAC) met on 18 March 2016 by teleconference. Key issues discussed by the committee are summarised below.Australian Weeds Strategy/Australian…
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The Commonwealth, State and Territory governments laid the foundations for Australia's 10 Regional Forest Agreements (RFAs) with the 1992 National Forest Policy Statement (NFPS).
Through the NFPS, the…
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A joint PNG-Australia expedition visited remote Treaty Villages in PNG’s Western Province last week to discuss and help manage one of the world’s worst horticultural pests, the Oriental fruit fly.The team of Australian and PNG officials, a PNG national PhD candidate and local rangers began…
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You may be familiar with the brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB), but how much do you know about its dotted relation, the yellow spotted stink bug (Erthesina fullo)?Following a spike in border detections during the 2023–24 season, the yellow spotted stink bug (YSSB) was added to Australia’s National…
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The Agricultural Workforce Working Group (the Working Group) met for the second time on 15 November 2022. This tripartite group, comprising representatives of agriculture and processing employers and unions, along with government, was created as an outcome of the Government’s Jobs and Skills Summit…
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As an organisation, we are committed to building a culturewhere difference is valued and respected, and where we worktogether and leverage the benefit of our diversity. Why work for usOur responsibilities are diverse…
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The Australian Biosecurity Awards recognise significant commitment to our nation’s biosecurity system.These are the recipients for 2025.Read the announcement for this year’s winners.Winners
Dr Allison CrookDr David Banks Biosecurity Lifetime Achievement Award…
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