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Episode: April 2025Presenters: Dr Susie Collins, Assistant Secretary, Plant Health Policy, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.Summary: Priority pest lists, like the National Priority Plant Pests (NPPP), aim to raise awareness of the threats Australia faces from plant pests and…
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Episode: Oct 2024Presenters: Dr Thorsten Langner, Independent Research Group Leader from the Max Planck Institute for Biology, Germany.Summary: In the webinar we heard from Grains Research and Development Corporation visiting fellow Dr Thorsten Langner, who spoke about the work his research group…
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The ACPPO Webinar series, hosted by Australian Chief Plant Protection Officer Dr Gabrielle Vivian-Smith showcase plant health research, innovation, and biosecurity initiatives; fostering collaboration between the department, plant health stakeholders and the community.
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Farmers and their advisors need local climate predictions to better plan for future climate variability. That’s why the Future Drought Fund is investing in the Climate Services for Agriculture (CSA) program.Delivered by the Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO, the program gives farmers better climate…
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Australia is free of many exotic (new) pests and diseases. This is thanks to Australia’s biosecurity system. But we are always at risk of them entering the country.If these pests or diseases make it through the border, they could threaten our agricultural industries, environment and jobs. Our way…
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The role of the Transition Advocate is to facilitate 2-way communication between industry and government, provide information to industry about the transition plan and assistance, and provide advice to government on how the transition is progressing (including supporting the stocktake in 2026–2027…
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The Australian Government is accountable for ensuring the Future Drought Fund supports genuine improvements in drought preparedness and resilience.To do this, we:monitor and evaluate the fund’s effectiveness, efficiency, appropriateness and impactcapture lessons learnt within each program.…
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