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Authors: Rhys Downham and Fred Litchfield
Labour is a key input to Australian agriculture and there is significant interest in understanding whether labour markets are meeting the needs of the Australian farm sector. This interest has recently been heightened by the COVID-19 pandemic, which…
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Weekly Australian Climate,
Water and Agricultural Update
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For the week ending 10 November 2021, low pressure troughs brought storms and significant rainfall to parts of northern and eastern Australia. In the south, low-pressure systems and associated cold fronts brought…
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The Partnering to implement the National Soil Action Plan program is a $20 million initiative from the 2023-2024 budget.The Australian Government is partnering with states and territories to deliver 17 projects that address one or more priority actions of the National Soil Action Plan (2023-2028)…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesDuring the 7 days to 31 March 2021, a blocking high pressure system resulted in little rainfall across much of southern Australia, while troughs in the north generated showers across northern Australia.While little or…
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Australian farm businesses are world leaders in terms of production efficiency, sustainability, product quality, innovation and ability to supply and respond to market needs.
The Australian Government and agriculture , fisheries and forestry industries recognise the importance of…
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Publication date: 15 December 2023Tenure of Australia’s forests (2023) is a continental spatial dataset of national land tenure types, assembled for Australia's State of the Forests Report – 2023 update. It was developed from land tenure information from multiple sources, including…
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Authors: Jasmine Howorth, Lucy Randall and Jane Stewart
The Future Drought Fund is using ground cover (total vegetation cover) as an environmental indicator to monitor resilience. These ground cover metrics build on monitoring work under the National Landcare Program (Regional Land Partnerships…
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The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (the department) may impose conditions on imported biological goods, including conditions on how the goods can be used after they are imported into Australia. Some goods are only approved to be imported into Australia for a specific end use…
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Weekly Australian Climate,
Water and Agricultural Update
Key issues
For the week ending 24 November 2021, low-pressure troughs brought significant rainfall to much of Australia, especially in the east and south. A tropical low-pressure system off Western Australia developed into Tropical…
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