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Authors: Steve Hatfield-Dodds, Stefan Hajkowicz and Sandra Eady
Growth juggernaut: Three billion empowered consumers
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Fractal politics: Beware the dance of giants
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More from less: The permanent race for advantage
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Cascading planetary risks: Coming, ready…
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Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, April 2016This statement outlines the department’s approach to managing compliance with biosecurity conditions, but does not consider the development or…
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Food, plant material and animal products that you bring or send to Australia may introduce harmful pests and diseases that could devastate our valuable agriculture and tourism industries, and unique environment. Before these goods are allowed into the country, they are assessed by the Department of…
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ContextIn international trade forums, emissions intensity statistics from FAOSTAT and OECD are widely used. This website provides balance, improving those statistics, which are confronted by challenges such as one-size-fits-all methodologies to calculating emissions, attributing emissions from…
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AnnouncementsWe continue to enhance the CBIS to improve uptake and reward good compliance. Recent changes include:expansion onto document-controlled pathways, starting with a trial on tea bags and AUST R human vaccinesimprovements to biosecurity directions issued for eligible prawn products and…
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Weekly Australian Climate,
Water and Agricultural Update
Key issues
For the week ending 16 November 2022, a combination of low-pressure systems, surface troughs and northerly flow brought rainfall to parts of northern, eastern and southern Australia. Weekly rainfall totals exceeding 50…
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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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Detect and Protect
An Australian biosecurity podcast
Series 2 Episode 2
Host: Casey Baines
Guest: Rachel Holdforth
Rachel Holdforth was one of the very first detector dog handlers. Rachel talks us through the initial pairing of detector dogs with handlers, matching dog and handler…
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Extension of nectarine import risk analysis to peaches, plums and apricots from China - draft report
The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources is conducting a review of biosecurity import requirements for fresh peaches, plums and apricots from China.
The draft report includes risk assessments for identified quarantine pests and the proposed risk management measures in order to reduce…
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Rohan Nelson, Matthew Miller and Andrew Cameron
A new approach is needed
A challenge for ABARES medium-term forecasts of agricultural markets is that no reliable seasonal climate forecasts exist beyond the current growing season in southern Australia. To date, ABARES has addressed this…
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