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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesIn the week ending 17 September 2025, cold fronts and low-pressure systems brought rainfall to parts of northern and southern Australia.Rainfall was highly variable across winter cropping regions in the week ending 17 September 2025.…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesIn the week ending 19 November 2025, rainfall was recorded across parts of northern, western and eastern Australia, while central areas remained comparably dry.Across cropping regions, rainfall outcomes were low in southern areas with…
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The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources has undertaken a project aimed at improving public understanding of the seafood industry and fisheries management. A key step was the…
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Before any work can commence, we must first establish the need for:a new Australian and New Zealand standard diagnostic procedure (ANZSDP), orrevision of an existing ANZSDP or Australian standard diagnostic technique (ASDT).This is part of a process to draft and review ANZSDPs by scientific…
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Australian Food Statistics 2002 is designed to meet the information needs of the food industry, policy makers and researchers in analysing and capturing the many opportunities currently presented to the…
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We completed an import risk assessment (IRA) for pig meat in 2004.
Steps to complete this risk analysis
When we do a risk analysis, we:
start the risk analysis by reviewing the science on pests and diseases of concern
assess and analyse biosecurity risks
develop proposed risk management…
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6 August 2014
Purpose
To advise licensed livestock exporters of the completion of three reportable mortality investigations for livestock exported by air and changes to declarations required for livestock exports by air.
Background
There have been three recent reportable mortality incidents…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesIn the week ending 3 July 2024, a series of low-pressure troughs and cold fronts brought rainfall to the southern half of Australia.Across cropping regions, rainfall was received across all states, with Western Australia and northern…
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The Australian Parliament has passed laws to end live sheep exports by sea from 1 May 2028. The department will continue to regulate the export of live sheep by sea during the transition to ensure compliance with all requirements, including animal welfare.Assistance for the sheep supply chain to…
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Weekly Australian Climate,
Water and Agricultural Update
Key issues
For the week ending 22 November 2023, severe thunderstorm activity resulted in showers and thunderstorms over northern, central, and eastern Australia.
These falls are likely to have been sufficient to spark widespread…
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