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The Australian Government has invested $40.7 million in a national network of Sustainable Agriculture Facilitators under the Climate-Smart Agriculture Program, funded through the Natural Heritage Trust (NHT).The facilitators will connect farmers, landholders, community groups and agriculture…
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Update 9 April 2024The livestock vessel MV Bahijah has arrived safely in Israel after its consignment was exported from Australia on 3 March 2024.Mortalities onboard the vessel did not exceed the notifiable limit of 0.5% for cattle and 1% for sheep.The remaining livestock have been successfully…
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The Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Andrew Metcalfe AO, has announced his intention to retire from the Australian Public Service on 4 August 2023. Below is his message to his department, distributed on 13 June 2023.
Colleagues
It is with mixed emotions…
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Date of issue: 6 September 2023
Date of effect: 6 September 2023
Attention
Registered dairy exporters, manufacturers, agents, freight forwarders and approved export permit issuers.
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) - Central and Regional offices.
Purpose
To…
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14 April 2022
Who does this notice affect?
All Customs Brokers, Importers, Biosecurity Industry Participants, and food importers who have premises that departmental officers may attend (for inspections, surveillance, or other purposes).
What has changed?
The department continues to experience…
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16 January 2025Who does this notice affect?This notice affects importers of live plants (nursery stock), customs brokers and departmental staff.What is changing?Following our previous notification on 2 January 2025 (IIAN 01-2025), the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the…
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The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry manages 10 quotas under the Australia-United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement (A-UK FTA), including beef meat.Australian exporters can export beef meat at a 0% tariff rate under the following quota volumes.Year of agreementQuantity (MT)120,616.…
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The Export Control (Plants and Plant Products) Rules 2021 (plant rules) set the specific requirements for the export of plants and plant products. The plant rules will be reviewed annually and where needed, amended. Details of the changes will be captured on this webpage.
On 1 January 2022 and 1…
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This indicator measures the consumption of forest-based products in Australia. Consumption trends over time provide a measure of the ability of Australian forest and timber industries, through both domestic production and importation, to meet Australian society’s demand for forest-based products…
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Chapter 8: Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery
T Emery, J Woodhams and R Curtotti
Figure 8.1 Area and sectors of the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery
8.1 Description of the fishery
The Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (SESSF) is a multisector,…
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