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Julie Freeman first came to Western Australia’s northern Wheatbelt as a graduate teacher.
The best way she found to get to know people in the small rural town of Mullewa was through volunteering.
“There comes a point, particularly in a small community, where if you’ve got some skills that are…
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Sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures are biosecurity measures designed to protect human, animal or plant life or health from:the introduction, establishment and spread of pests and diseasesadditives, toxins and contaminants in food and feed.These measures are governed by the World Trade…
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Sustainable fish production and consumption in Southeast Asia is critical to the livelihoods and food supply of people in the region. Overfishing threatens marine biodiversity and the sustainability of global fish stocks and is exacerbated by illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
The…
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Swill feeding is when food scraps are fed to pigs. This practice can cause and spread emergency animal diseases. Diseases like foot-and-mouth disease and African swine fever. In Australia we use laws…
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Introduction
Preparedness for incursions of exotic diseases is of key importance to government, industry, producers and the Australian community. Australia’s exotic disease preparedness is based on emergency management principles. This includes the development of surveillance, monitoring and…
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8 October 2021
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Australia is free of the world's worst animal diseases such as foot-and-mouth disease and avian influenza H5N1. Animal pests and diseases are a major threat to Australia's livestock and poultry industries and an outbreak could impact on our access to export markets and undermine livelihoods. Exotic…
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RDRP project team members at the Qld AIPM awards in Brisbane: (l-r) Janine Waldock, A/Manager, Drought Policy, Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Ben Norling, Managing Director, The Yellow Company, Vern Rudwick, Director, Drought…
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Our research comprehensively covers the agriculture, forestry and fisheries portfolio – reports, information and data is grouped within the following research areas and the ‘About my region’ sub-site.Research topicsABARES InsightsAgricultural outlookAgricultural…
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The Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) gives you a legal right to request access to documents held by the government.
What you can request
You can request access to any document in the possession of:
us (the department)
certain agencies, such as portfolio Ministers.
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