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Biosecurity is the management of the risk of pests and diseases entering, emerging, establishing or spreading in Australia and causing harm to animals, plants or human…
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Live animals and animal products from overseas could introduce some of the world’s most damaging pests and diseases into Australia. This could devastate our unique environment.
While it’s common to keep dogs and cats as pets, other unique and interesting animals including reptiles, insects,…
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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…
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This overview has been superseded by the 2019 version.
View the complete Australian forest profiles series.
Information for this overview is drawn from Australia's State of the Forests Report 2013.
Eucalypt forest, New England National Park, New South Wales
Rohan Jacobson
Australia…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesIn the week ending 22 May 2024, a high-pressure system kept much of Australia dry. Exceptions were: central parts of Western Australia, which recorded up to 15 millimetres of rainfall associated with a low pressure trough; along the…
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Information for this profile is drawn from Australia's State of the Forests Report 2018 (SOFR). ABARES is in the process of updating indicators for SOFR with data up to or as at 2021. This forest profile will be updated with new data in early 2024.
Australia has 134 million…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesIn the week ending 11 December 2024, low-pressure systems brought rainfall to every state and territory.Many cropping regions across eastern Australia recorded significant rainfall totals this week. Totals of between 10 to 100…
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Accrediting properties for protocol marketsAustralia’s horticulture industry operates in a highly competitive international market.Importing countries are increasingly requiring assurance of the integrity of Australian exports. Meeting the requirements of our trading partners is key to continuing…
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This criterion aims to cover the range of agents and processes that affect the health and vitality of native forests and commercial plantations, including the scale and impact of vertebrate and invertebrate pests, pathogens and weeds, environmental factors such as drought and extreme weather events…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesIn the week ending 18 December 2024, low-pressure systems brought rainfall to the north and west of Australia.Many northern cropping regions recorded significant rainfall totals this week. Totals of between 5 to 100 millimetres were…
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