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Agriculture occupies 59 per cent of Australia’s 7.6 million square kilometre landmass. Land managed for agriculture includes assets important for biodiversity conservation. These assets include remnant native vegetation (such as patches of forest, woodlands, shrublands and grasslands…
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Under the Tasmanian Country Sawmills Assistance Program, the Australian Government has provided $3 million to assist Tasmanian country sawmills to adjust to changes in forest resources arising from the Tasmanian Community Forest Agreement. Specifically, the program has provided financial…
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Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, July 2018
Report on Reassessment visit to Department of Agriculture and Water Resources approved facility form.
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Authors: Dale Ashton and Jeremy van Dijk
In 2014–15 rice production contributed 4 per cent of the total gross value of irrigated agricultural production in the Murray–Darling Basin (ABS 2017). Almost all of Australia’s rice production occurs in the NSW Murray and Murrumbidgee regions in the…
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22 March 2016PurposeTo provide advice of the locations and times of protection industrial action taking place on 24, 25 and 29 March 2016.Background The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources has…
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1.1 Introduction
1.2 What is a regional forest agreement?
1.3 Objectives and benefits of a regional forest agreement
1.3.1 Objectives
1.3.2 Benefits
1.4 Developing a…
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The Australia-United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement (A-UKFTA) entered into force on 31 May 2023.
The A-UKFTA immediately eliminates tariffs on all Australian wine exports to the UK. Before the agreement, Australian wine entered the UK at the UK Global Tariff (UKGT) rate. The UKGT replaced the EU's…
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High global energy prices and disruptions to global supply chains led to sharp rises in farm input costs, including fertiliser and diesel, in 2021 and 2022.
International energy prices have been falling since mid-2022. However, the cost of fertiliser and fuel remain higher than long-term averages…
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The Decade of Landcare initiative was launched in the 1989 Statement on the Environment by Prime Minister Bob Hawke. The initiative began as a joint National Farmers' Federation - Australian…
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23 January 2019PurposeThis Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise industry of information sessions being held on the new Export Plan for fresh produce to New Zealand.Summary of changes and key…
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