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Authors: Rachel Slatyer, Ahmed Hafi, Kirsty Richards, Mark Cozens, Donkor Addai, LY Cao, Chris Mornement, Miles Keighley, Tony Arthur
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Since 2007, African swine fever (ASF) has spread through Europe, Asia and some of Australia’s nearest Pacific…
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The Australia-United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement (A-UKFTA) entered into force (EIF) on 31 May 2023.
A-UKFTA eliminated tariffs on many Australian seafood products at EIF, including finfish and rock lobster (Table 1). Remaining seafood tariffs will be phased out and eliminated completely by 1…
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Date of issue: 7 June 2022
Date of effect: Immediate
Attention
Industry bodies, Dairy Export Consultative Committee
Registered dairy exporters, manufacturers, agents, freight forwarders, and automated export permit issuers.
Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment – Central and…
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May 2024DownloadAustralian Government response to the Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee report: Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Bill 2023 [Provisions] and related bills (PDF 776 KB)If you have difficulty accessing these files, visit web accessibility for…
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Authors: Donkor Addai, Ahmed Hafi, Lucy Randall, Philip Tennant, Tony Arthur and Jay Gomboso
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Wheat stem rust is a fungal disease caused by the Puccinia graminis f. sp. Tritici (Pgt) fungus that can affect wheat, barley, oat, rye and triticale when seasonal conditions are…
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(including uncooked prawns and uncooked prawn meat) into Australia
May 2018
Introduction
The Australian Government welcomes the Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee’s interim and final reports on biosecurity risks associated with the importation of seafood and…
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A recent ABARES report noted that the impacts of the 2018 drought on farm incomes may not be as severe as experienced in previous droughts, but that aggregate and average trends would likely mask significant variation in performance across different industries and regions.
Interim results1…
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(Approved Auditors)Dear Approved Auditors,The department has circulated advice to industry advising of its current position on staffing, regulatory and operational obligations in relation to the audits of export establishments and the risks posed by the COVID-19 outbreak.At this time, all audits…
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The sections below are key information from Australia's State of the Forests Report. This information provides important context for users of the Forests Australia website.Forest definitionThe definition of forest used by Australia's National Forest Inventory is:An area, incorporating all living…
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Weekly Australian Climate,
Water and Agricultural Update
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For the week ending 12 October 2022, low-pressure systems and troughs drew down moist, tropical air, resulting in rainfall across eastern and northern Australia. Weekly rainfall totals exceeding 50 millimetres were observed…
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