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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesFor the week ending 1 March 2023, storms have resulted in heavy rainfall across northern parts of the country with weekly totals exceeding 150 millimetres from the eastern Kimberley (Western Australia), through the Northern Territory…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesFor the week ending 2 November 2022, low-pressure systems and surface troughs brought extensive rainfall to eastern, central and southern Australia. Weekly rainfall totals exceeding 50 millimetres were observed in the south and east…
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Weekly Australian Climate,
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For the week ending 26 January 2022, remnants of ex-tropical cyclone Tiffany and low-pressure troughs brought heavy rain and storms to large areas of Australia’s tropical north, as well as large areas of central and…
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Weekly Australian Climate,
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For the week ending 26 April 2023, high pressure systems brought little to no rainfall to much of Australia. Meanwhile, a low-pressure trough across northern Queensland combined with south-easterly airflow resulted in heavy…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateDuring the week ending 3 November 2021, low pressure troughs brought storms and significant rainfall to parts of northern and eastern Australia. In the south, low-pressure systems and associated cold fronts brought substantial…
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Exponential advances in digital technology, automation, genetics, and synthetics will disrupt and change how food and fibre products are made, marketed, and delivered. Production systems, supply chains, and customer engagement will become more agile and interconnected…
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The major types of plant-based animal feed are hay, processed stockfeed, pet food, aquaculture feed and bulk grain. Learn more about importing bulk grain.Imported animal feed poses a high biosecurity risk. It can provide a direct pathway for exotic pests and diseases that can harm humans, animals,…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesIn the week ending 29 May 2024, a high-pressure system kept much of Australia dry. Exceptions were southwest parts of Western Australia and Tasmania receiving up to 100 millimetres from cold front and northeast Queensland receiving up…
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Weekly Australian Climate,
Water and Agricultural Update
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For the week ending 29 March 2023, a number of surface low pressure troughs combined with tropical moisture to form severe thunderstorms that resulted in heavy rainfall stretching from the Pilbara through central Australia…
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The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources has completed its group pest risk analysis (PRA) for thrips and orthotospoviruses on fresh fruit, vegetable, cut-flower and foliage imports.
As our first group PRA, we considered the biosecurity risk posed by plant-feeding thrips insects (…
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