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Weekly Australian Climate,
Water and Agricultural Update
Key issues
For the week ending 17 May 2023, high-pressure systems kept much of the country dry. Fronts and troughs brought isolated showers to southern parts of Australia. Meanwhile, moist onshore flow coupled with a low-pressure system…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesIn the week ending 22 May 2025 low pressure systems and troughs brought rainfall to parts of eastern and southern Australia, with rainfall totals of between 5-100 millimetres recorded across much of northern and eastern New South…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesIn the week ending 19 November 2025, rainfall was recorded across parts of northern, western and eastern Australia, while central areas remained comparably dry.Across cropping regions, rainfall outcomes were low in southern areas with…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesIn the week ending 3 December 2025, rainfall was recorded across parts of northern, southern and central Australia, while south-western areas remained comparably dry.Across cropping regions, rainfall totals were highly variable with…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesIn the week ending 20 March 2024, the monsoon lows generated rain and storms in the tropics extending to central Western Australia and far-north Queensland. Tropical Cyclone Megan generated higher than anticipated rainfall in the…
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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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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesFor the week ending 6 December 2023, widespread shower activity over south-eastern Australia and troughs over northern Australia brought significant rainfall totals.These falls will likely provide sufficient soil moisture to allow for…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesIn the week ending 11 September 2024, a series of cold fronts and low-pressure systems brought rainfall to parts of western and southern Australia, with other areas largely dry.Across cropping regions, rainfall totals ranged from 5…
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