Search Results
The Australian Government partners with state, territory and local governments, the farm and finance sectors, charities and other not-for-profit organisations to help farmers and rural communities get ready for drought. We share information about and seek feedback on drought-related policy and…
- Last modified
We are working to provide updated information relating to the reformed Illegal Logging Prohibition Act 2012 and Illegal Logging Prohibition Rules 2024, which come into effect on 3 March 2025. Please check back regularly as we will be providing answers to common questions relating to these changes.…
- Last modified
ABARES submission to the ACCC Murray-Darling Basin water markets inquiry
Authors: Neal Hughes, Mihir Gupta and David Galeano
About this submission
This document summarises ABARES response to the ACCC Murray-Darling Basin water markets inquiry interim report (ACCC 2020). ABARES submission…
- Last modified
Weekly Australian Climate,
Water and Agricultural Update
Key issues
In the week ending 14 February 2024, troughs generated showers in the tropics, extending into southern Queensland and northern New South Wales. Onshore winds brought showers to the coastal region of southeast Queensland and…
- Last modified
Weekly Australian Climate,
Water and Agricultural Update
Key issues
For the week ending 15 November 2023, troughs and lows resulted in showers and thunderstorms over eastern New South Wales and Victoria, northern and southern Western Australia, southern Queensland, and across Northern…
- Last modified
Weekly Australian Climate,
Water and Agricultural Update
Key issues
For the week ending 8 November 2023, troughs brought widespread showers and storms in Queensland and New South Wales, and in country’s northwest. The remainder of the country remained dry.
While welcomed, the rainfall…
- Last modified
This product contains the latest Total Factor Productivity (TFP) estimates for Australian broadacre and dairy farms. These estimates are produced using ABARES farm survey data from 1977–78 to 2022–23. The data is presented by industry, state and region.Productivity is an important measure of…
- Last modified
On 1 July 2022, we became the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.We are updating our website to reflect our changed role. If you are looking for information about the environment and water portfolio, you will now find it on the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment…
- Last modified
Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesIn the week ending 6 March 2024, rainfall was recorded across the majority of the mainland.Over the coming days, widespread storms and showers are forecast for much of northern Australia and Western Australia. Southerly onshore winds…
- Last modified
The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources (the department) has conducted a review of the biosecurity import requirements for fresh peach (Prunus persica), plum (Prunus salicina and Prunus domestica) and apricot (Prunus armeniaca) fruit from China, for human consumption.
There were three…
- Last modified