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18 December 2007
During the Christmas and New Year period of 2007/08, AQIS offices will be either closed or manned with reduced staff and hours. Confirmed bookings for inspections over the Christmas…
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The Australian honey bee industry is composed of about 29,690 registered beekeepers. Around 2000 of these are considered to be commercial apiarists, each with more than 50 hives (average 400 – 800 hives).The European honey bee contributes directly to the Australian economy. The industry produces…
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The Farm performance and climate report examines the effect of climate variability and climate change on the productivity of Australian broadacre cropping farms between 1977–78 and 2014–15.
The study combines ABARES farm survey data with climate data to estimate the effect of climate variables…
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2021–22 to 2023–24Recent farm performanceAround 39% of Australian farm businesses are classified as broadacre livestock farms (34,000 farms), of which 22,100 were beef specialists, 8,900 were sheep specialists, and around 3,000 produced a mix of beef cattle and sheep (see Methodology).Farm…
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Animalplan 2022 to 2027 is Australia’s first national action plan for production animal health. It aims to strengthen animal health practices in our livestock industries.The plan consolidates themes from over 30 existing strategies, action plans and frameworks. This includes the Commonwealth…
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When levies applyLevy applies to sheep and lambs transactions in the following 4 scenarios.1. Transfer of ownershipLevy applies to each transfer of ownership of sheep or lambs from one person to another, where the sheep or lambs are in Australia when the transfer of ownership occurs.2. …
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Dr Michele Allan AO was appointed on 22 May 2024 as independent reviewer of the Intergovernmental Agreement on Biosecurity (IGAB).
Is the Intergovernmental Agreement on Biosecurity effective and fit for the future? Final reportThis report fulfils the requirement…
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Publication detailsDepartment of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, August 2025DownloadApproved Laboratories for Testing Meat and Meat Products (PDF 340 KB)Approved Laboratories for Testing Meat and Meat Products (DOCX 76 KB)If you have difficulty accessing these files, visit web accessibility…
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Publication detailsDepartment of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, May 2009A cooperative initiative between the Commonwealth Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Animal Health Australia and the Poultry Industry.DownloadNational Farm Biosecurity Manual - Poultry Production (PDF 957…
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The North East Regional Forest Agreement (RFA) is one of three RFAs in New South Wales, and comprises two sub regions: Upper North East and Lower North East. The Australian and New South Wales governments signed the North East RFA on 31 March 2000.
The North East RFA was varied on 28 November…
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