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Australia’s Indigenous peoples and communities, which comprise all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and communities, value forests for a range of cultural, social and economic reasons. Substantial areas of Australia’s land and forest estate also have recognised ownership, management,…
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Australia is free of the world's worst animal diseases such as foot-and-mouth disease and avian influenza H5N1. Animal pests and diseases are a major threat to Australia's livestock and poultry industries and an outbreak could impact on our access to export markets and undermine livelihoods. Exotic…
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The Australian Government is searching for a service provider to deliver the Forestry Workforce Training Program (the Program), with an approach to market open from today.Assistant Secretary of Agvet Chemicals and Forestry, Julie Gaglia said identifying a preferred supplier through an open tender…
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Radcliffe J, Catley M, Fischer T, Perrett K and Sheridan K, 2003 The Primary Industries Standing Committee determined a need to review research biosecurity protocols and processes after three plant…
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Senior Plant Pathologist, Richard Davis, along with colleagues from the Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy (NAQS) team and two key overseas collaborators, have recently published an article in the CSIRO special edition of Historical Records of Australian Science.The article showcases the NAQS…
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Nominations are now open for the 2025 Australian Biosecurity Awards. The awards celebrate individuals, groups and organisations who have made an outstanding contribution to our national biosecurity system.Deputy Secretary for Biosecurity, Operations and Compliance Justine Saunders said the awards…
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The Australian Government has unveiled its Net Zero Plan, which sets out how the nation will achieve a fair, orderly and efficient transition to net zero.The Agriculture and Land Sector Plan is one of six sectoral emissions reduction plans underpinning the Net Zero Plan.The sector plan shows how…
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The program has been extended. More growers will get help to buy and install protective netting. This will help them and their communities as they recover from drought and the pandemic. The expansion of the program aims to:
help growers Australia wide
build growers’ ability to handle climate…
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We publish a listing of all files we’ve created or updated in the past 12 months. We’re required to do this by Senate Order 12—Indexed lists of departmental and agency files.What’s not includedThe listings don’t include:files transferred to the National Archivescase related filesfiles related to…
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Our detector dog teams are one of our most effective frontline tools. They help stop exotic pests and diseases from entering Australia.Our biosecurity detector dog program is a national capability built around skilled detector dog teams. Each team is made up of a trained detector dog and its…
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