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Employment in Australian fisheries and aquaculture

Annual employment estimates   Estimates from 2021 Census  Table 2 Estimated employment in the Australian commercial fishing and aquaculture industry, 2021 a Category NSW Vic. Qld SA WA Tas. NT ACT Aust. b (no.) (…
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Weekly Australian Climate, Water and Agricultural Update,13 February 2025

Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesIn the week ending 13 February 2025, low-pressure systems brought rainfall to the north and east of AustraliaExcessive rainfall has led to widespread flooding across parts of North and Far North Queensland. Reports indicated that…
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Effects of bushfires and COVID-19 on the forestry and wood processing sectors

Author: Linden Whittle The remains of a forest in Australia's Blue Mountains after the 2020 bushfires. Introduction For the Australian forest and wood processing sectors, 2019–20 has been a tumultuous year. Beginning in September 2019, bushfires burnt across eastern and southern Australia,…
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International fisheries

Several of Australia’s most valuable fisheries are managed at an international level because the stocks are either migratory or straddle Australia’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and the high seas. UN…
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Response to the Australian Marine Conservation Society save our sharks campaign

The Australian Marine Conservation Society has laun​ched the ‘save our sharks’ campaign. Senator the Hon Anne Ruston, the Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources responded with a letter…
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Indicator 6.4b: Registered places of non-Indigenous cultural value in forests that are formally managed to protect those values

This indicator measures and monitors management regimes for non-Indigenous cultural values, such as historical, research, education, aesthetic, and social heritage values. Maintaining these values is integral to the protection of non-Indigenous peoples values associated with forests.The most recent…
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Seeing the forests and the trees: a new chapter in Australia’s forest reporting

The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) has today released Australia’s State of the Forests Report: Synthesis 2023.ABARES Executive Director, Dr Jared Greenville, said the five-yearly report covered all areas of Australia’s forests—public and private…
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Weekly Australian Climate, Water and Agricultural Update, 24 April 2025

Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesIn the week ending 23 April 2025 low-pressure systems and troughs brought rainfall to the west, far north and east of Australia.Rainfall totals were low in many cropping regions, with exceptions in Western Australia where 5-50…
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Changes to the wool levy and charge rate – Effective from 1 July 2019

From 1 July 2019, the wool levy and charge rate will reduce from 2 per cent of the sale value or the free-on-board value to 1.5 per cent of the sale value or free-on-board value.…
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174-2018 - Department of Agriculture and Water Resources delays in the generation of invoices/receipts from Agriculture Import Management System (AIMS)

​3 December 2018Who does this notice affect?All importers and customs brokers who receive weekly invoicing and receipts from the Agriculture Import Management System (AIMS).What has occurred?The department…
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