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Weeds are exotic, naturalised plants that aren’t technically feasible to eradicate due to their spread and persistence. They compete with cultivated plants for resources like sunlight, water, and nutrients. They can also disrupt ecosystems and reduce crop yields. Weeds are often difficult to…
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Weekly Australian Climate,
Water and Agricultural Update
Key issues
For the week ending 29 November 2023, widespread showers and thunderstorms resulted in flash flooding and significant damage in eastern parts of the country.
These falls will likely provide sufficient soil moisture to…
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Banana freckle (Phyllosticta cavendishii) - 9 February 2023
On 9 February 2023, the National Management Group (NMG) met to consider the response to the Emergency Plant Pest (EPP) Phyllosticta cavendishii (banana freckle) in the Northern Territory.
The NMG endorsed a revised response plan to…
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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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7-8 June 2017 The National Biosecurity Committee (NBC) met on 7 and 8 June 2017 in Darwin, Northern Territory. The Committee took the opportunity to recognise and thank Western Australia…
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OverviewThe AUSVETPLAN Management manual: Laboratory preparedness has been updated by the AUSVETPLAN technical writing group. It also has support from the Laboratories for Emergency Animal Disease Diagnosis and Response network and the Subcommittee on Animal Health Laboratory Standards.The manual…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesIn the week ending 9 May 2024, dry conditions dominated much of Australia. However, a low pressure system and a series of troughs brought rainfall totals ranging from 10 to 150 millimetres to much of New South Wales and parts of…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesIn the week ending 25 June 2025 cold fronts and low-pressure systems brought rainfall to parts of southern and north-eastern Australia.Across cropping regions rainfall totals of between 5-50 millimetres occurred over much of Western…
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Objectives of this research strategy
The objective of this research strategy is to guide the investments in climate change research for agriculture under Filling the Research Gap in order to:…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesIn the week ending 9 July 2025, frontal systems brought rainfall totals of up to 100 millimetres to parts of southern Australia. High-pressure systems kept much of the remainder of Australia largely dry.Rainfall was highly variable…
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