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Australia is strengthening its biosecurity capabilities with technology that identifies potential biosecurity threats in minutes, instead of hours. This is revolutionising how we protect our agricultural and environmental assets.The department has deployed new identification technology that enables…
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Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) guidelines for raw milk collection advise milk should be cooled on farm to 5ºC within 3.5 hours from the start of milking. FSANZ guidelines also allow…
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Our role and work plan processABARES work centres around its remit to provide robust and objective data, research, analysis, and advice that informs government policy and private decisions affecting Australia’s agriculture, fisheries and forestry, and water resources.Before setting our research…
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The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry plays a critical role as a regulator.Through our regulation, we support a more sustainable and prosperous Australia through biosecurity, production and trade. We regulate in the public interest while continuing to safeguard and grow sustainable…
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NSFS Ref 30
Last notice on this issue: 2004/07
Date of Effect: 01 June 2009
Date of Expiry: Until further notice Contact Officers Operational ContactChristina McPhie
Director…
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Afforestation
Afforestation is the establishment of new forest in an area that was not previously covered by forest.
Agroforestry
See farm forestry.
Apiculture
The keeping of honey bees.
Biological…
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27 July 2018This Biosecurity Advice notifies stakeholders of the new import conditions for breaded, battered and crumbed (BBC) prawns imported for human consumption. All BBC prawns imported into Australia…
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This Biosecurity Advice notifies stakeholders that, pending consideration of comments received during the comment period, new import conditions for breaded, battered and crumbed (BBC) prawns imported…
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Weekly Australian Climate,
Water and Agricultural Update
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For the week ending 7 September 2022, tropical moisture combined with a range of weather systems to produce significant rainfall over large parts of the country. Weekly rainfall totals exceeding 50 millimetres mm were…
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Information for this profile is drawn from Australia's State of the Forests Report 2018 (SOFR). ABARES is in the process of updating indicators for SOFR with data up to or as at 2021. This forest profile will be updated with new data in early 2024.
Australia has 6.4 million…
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