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22 January 2020Who does this notice affect?All industry stakeholders who request the department’s inspection appointments.What has changed?Following activities to better align the bookings and inspection functions across the Client Contact and Inspection Groups, the current service standard for…
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In September 2020, the then Minister for Agriculture launched a National Agricultural Innovation Agenda, which set out five pillars of reform for Australia’s agricultural innovation system:/p>
strengthening ecosystem leadership, cohesion and culture through clear strategic direction and…
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Authors: Benjamin Buetre, Santhi Wicks, Heleen Kruger, Niki Millist, Alasebu Yainshet, Graeme Garner, Alixaandrea Duncan, Ali Abdalla, Charlene Trestrail, Marco Hatt, Lyndal-Joy Thompson and Michael Symes
A foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in Australia would trigger export bans and have severe…
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Author: Ben SlatterIn 2023, data describing crop loss/waste on Australian horticulture farms were collected for the second consecutive year through the ABARES Horticulture Survey. Crop loss/waste refers to primary production outputs that were intended for human use but ended up either not being…
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The Australian Government recovers the cost of delivering agricultural export regulatory services. Under the Australian Government Charging Framework, the department must regularly document changes to regulatory charging activities through a Cost Recovery Implementation Statement (CRIS).Charging…
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Sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures are biosecurity measures designed to protect human, animal or plant life or health from:the introduction, establishment and spread of pests and diseasesadditives, toxins and contaminants in food and feed.These measures are governed by the World Trade…
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7 December 2023
Who does this notice affect?
All internal and external stakeholders who may require Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry regulatory services during the department’s shut down period.
What has changed?
The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry…
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11 December 2023
Purpose
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise industry stakeholders and Authorised Officers (AOs) of the 2023–24 Christmas and New Year period office arrangements.
Summary of changes and key points
Our Canberra offices will be closed for the Christmas/New Year period…
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11 December 2024PurposeThis Industry Advice Notice is to advise industry stakeholders and Authorised Officers of the office arrangements for the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry’s end of year closedown.Summary of changes and key pointsOur Canberra offices will be closed from close…
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2017–18 to 2019–20
Fred Litchfield
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Financial performance
Farm cash income
Farm cash income of Australian lamb-producing farms is projected to have declined by 12% in 2019–20 to average $211,000 per farm (Table 1, Figure 1). Despite high prices for lambs and sheep,…
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