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Indicator 6.5d: Resilience of forest dependent Indigenous communities to changing social and economic conditions (2024)

This indicator provides a measure of the extent to which forest dependent Indigenous communities are able to respond and adapt to change successfully. Resilient forest dependent Indigenous communities will adapt to changing social and economic conditions, ensuring they prosper into the future.This…

25 October 2024 - Last modified

Engaging Private Veterinarians in an Emergency Animal Disease Response

Private vets have an important role to play in emergency animal disease responses in Australia.In 2011 an independent review into Australia’s preparedness for foot-and-mouth disease found that employment conditions in state and territory jurisdictions were not consistent. This could act as a…

28 May 2024 - Last modified

Animal Biosecurity Advice 2022-A06 - Final report from the policy review of biosecurity risks associated with glanders (Burkholderia mallei) in horses and horse semen

28 October 2022 The department has published the final report from the review after considering all stakeholder feedback. The final review is available on the Biosecurity risk analysis web page. On 19 January 2022 the department issued Biosecurity Advice 2022-A02 inviting comments on the draft…

28 October 2022 - Last modified

An assessment of the economic return of specific early detection surveillance for Asian Gypsy Moth

Nathaniel Bloomfield and Tony Arthur Source: Shutterstock Overview Australia has an active surveillance trapping program for Asian Gypsy Moth (AGM) – a pest that could cause significant impacts should it establish. This study, conducted in 2019, used a…

30 November 2022 - Last modified

Bringing cats and dogs to or from Norfolk Island

We manage the risk of diseases and pests of biosecurity concern under the Biosecurity Act 2015. The Biosecurity Act 2015 and its subordinate legislation sets out biosecurity arrangements and responsibilities for the movement of cats and dogs into Australian territory, including the external…

03 November 2022 - Last modified

Freedom of Information

The Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) gives you a legal right to request access to documents held by the government. Before you make a request, check if you can access the information another way. Access your documents Some information is available to you without an FOI request. For…

26 August 2022 - Last modified

Forest Industry Advisory Council (FIAC)

FIAC undertook the function of the Forest and Wood Products Council, which is required under section 11 of the Regional Forest Agreements Act 2002 (RFA Act), from 2014 until 2023. The Strategic Forest and Renewable Materials Partnership was established in 2023, and has assumed…

09 January 2025 - Last modified