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The National Hitchhiker (Contaminating) Plant Pest Action Plan 2022–2032 released today will protect Australia’s plant-related industries and environment from exotic hitchhiking plant pests.
Australia’s Chief Plant Protection Officer, Dr Gabrielle Vivian-Smith, said hitchhiking plant pests and the…
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Recent social and economic studies examining the Australian forestry sector were reviewed to identify what types of social and economic impacts have been studied, and the methods used to identify…
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James Fell and Andrew Duver
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Overview
There are several factors contributing to current high global food grain prices:
The Russian invasion of Ukraine,
Poor growing conditions in major exporter countries; and
Impacts of the COVID…
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Date of issue: 17 May 2024Date of effect: ImmediatelyReference Number: MAA 2024-04AttentionIndustries—Industry bodiesMeat export listed establishmentsExporters, pharma contacts and rendering and meat processing establishmentsDepartment of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry — central and regional…
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Authors: Trish Gleeson, Donkor Addai and Liangyue Cao
Australian wine production and exports at a glance
Source: ABARES
Summary
On 26 March 2021, China announced final decisions on its anti-dumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations into wine from Australia. The AD…
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The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment is reviewing sheep exports by sea to, or through, the Middle East during the Northern Hemisphere summer (1 May to 31 October).
As an interim measure to continue to manage heat stress risks and to provide sufficient time for industry to…
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Australia’s environmental biosecurity system is being enhanced through a range of projects, as part of the Environmental Biosecurity Project Fund (EBPF).Launched in 2018, the EBPF has an annual fund of $825,000 administered by Environmental Biosecurity Office. More than 48 projects have been funded…
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The National Biosecurity Committee met on 24 September 2019 in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. The Australian Local Government Association attended this meeting as an observer for the first time.…
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Biosecurity is the management of the risk of pests and diseases entering, emerging, establishing or spreading in Australia and causing harm to animals, plants or human health,…
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