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Weekly Australian Climate,
Water and Agricultural Update
Key issues
For the week ending 18 January 2023, a broad low-pressure trough remained active over northern Australia and resulted in widespread rainfall and thunderstorms across northern Australia. Meanwhile, onshore flow produced…
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As part of our work under the Northern Australia Biosecurity Strategy (NABS), we have developed an animation to increase awareness and encourage early detection and reporting of lumpy skin disease.Keep a TopWatch!Video transcriptSick and Dead AnimalsNorthern Australia Quarantine Strategy (NAQS)What…
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PLANT PEST
Trees with fire blight look burnt. Bruce Watt, University of Maine, Bugwood.org
Fire blightExotic to AustraliaFeatures: A fast spreading bacterial infection of rosaceous hosts, particularly apple and pear, affecting all parts of the treeWhere it’s from: Asia, Africa, North, Central and…
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The 'Forest inventory for private native forestry, farm forestry and Indigenous forestry' project was developed under the 2018 National Forest Industries Plan [3.1 MB] Growing a Better Australia – A billion trees for jobs and growth. A key goal of the project is to improve the national description…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesIn the week ending 3 September 2025, cold fronts brought rainfall to parts of south-eastern Australia.Rainfall was highly variable across winter cropping regions in the week ending 3 September 2025.Rainfall totals of between 5-25…
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Phytoplasmas
What to look for
Depending on the disease, look for:
fronds turning brown and hanging down the stem before falling
dry rot developing in the newly expanding spear
the premature dropping of fruit of all ages, ripe or otherwise
rotting and blackening of newly opened flowering…
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22 November 2011This Biosecurity Advice notifies stakeholders of the release of the Draft report for the non-regulated analysis of existing policy for fresh lychee fruit from Taiwan and Vietnam.
The…
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Livestock producers across Australia must be alert for signs of lumpy skin disease (LSD) in their animals. LSD is a nationally notifiable disease and you MUST report any suspected signs immediately to the Emergency Animal Disease hotline on 1800 675 888. Save this hotline number in…
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The Gulf Standards Organisation (GSO) of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has published a technical regulation that recognises extended shelf-life for chilled vacuum-packed red meat. This recommends that all GCC members bring their regulations for the shelf-life of chilled, vacuum-packed red meat…
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19 September 2018Who does this notice affect?This notice is of interest to importers, associated industry participants and retailers of pig related goods. This includes pig meat for human consumption,…
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