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Improving a degraded farm dam by installing new fences, revegetating edges, and creating alternative water access points helped Lowesdale NSW farmers Elise Weden and Ian Cocking solve the problem of securing water for livestock and the land.
With support from Bangerang elder, Uncle Dozer Atkinson…
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The Department of Agriculture is committed to improving agricultural outputs, and animal disease identification, management and reporting, through industry education and training.
As part of this commitment we are supporting a series of animal health surveillance projects in 2018 and 2019…
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Farmers and land managers can have more confidence in soil practitioner knowledge thanks to a new $1 million accreditation funded by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.
The Registered Soil Practitioner (RSP) accreditation, which was developed by Soil Science Australia in…
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The Biosecurity Innovation Program (BIP) is looking for innovative and collaborative projects to strengthen our national biosecurity system.
Deputy Secretary of Biosecurity and Compliance Dr Chris Locke said the annual program was an exciting opportunity to invest in innovative technologies and…
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The threat of exotic environmental pests entering and establishing in Australia is constant. We are always looking for ways to innovate and build capability to help us improve environmental biosecurity. This ensures our system is underpinned by the best available science.Our approach …
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The Australian Government is providing development funding for technical assistance and capacity building support which will further strengthen Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) sustainable forest management.Deputy Secretary of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Policy, Matt Lowe, said the PNG Forestry…
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The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry supports the Australian wine industry by providing advice to the Australian Government on matters related to wine. This includes advice on:
international market access,
policy settings and
responding to issues affecting the industry…
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An international student’s visa has been cancelled and an infringement notice of $3,756 issued for attempting to bring more than 2kg of cooked meat, eggs and frangipani flowers into Australia.
Biosecurity detector dog, Ghost, sniffed out the offending items at Adelaide airport’s baggage claim…
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Growing up in outback Queensland, Emily Harrington prepares for drought the same way she approaches her work at the Tropical North Queensland Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub (TNQ Hub).
She thinks ahead while meeting the needs of today.
Emily comes from a farming family that…
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Australia knows how devastating droughts can be for its agriculture sector. That is why more than 30,000 Aussies farmers have taken up opportunities to build their capability to manage farm-risk, including to drought and climate change, through the Future Drought Fund (FDF).Today is the United…
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