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Water and Agricultural Update
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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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The Natural Heritage Trust (NHT) is the Australian Government’s key investment platform for achieving its natural resource management, sustainable agriculture and environmental protection outcomes.Through the NHT the Australian Government has established the $302.1 million Climate-Smart…
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Australia's State of the Forests Report 1998 (SOFR 1998) is the first in the series of Australia's State of the Forests Reports. The purpose of this report was to describe for the first time, at the national level, the broad characteristics, location, extent and ownership of Australia's forest,…
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1 November 2017This Biosecurity Advice announces the formal commencement of a review of biosecurity import requirements for the importation of fresh strawberry fruit (Fragaria × ananassa) from Japan…
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Animal Welfare Standards and Guidelines for Livestock at Processing Facilities and Establishments
AWTG 01-22 noted an update from Queensland that the independent scientific literature review to inform the development of the new standards and guidelines was completed in February 2022 and has been…
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1 November 2018
This Biosecurity Advice announces the commencement of the risk analysis for fresh apple fruit from the Pacific Northwest States (Oregon, Idaho and Washington) of the United States of America (PNW-USA).
The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources (the department) expects…
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Phytoplasmas
What to look for
Depending on the disease, look for:
fronds turning brown and hanging down the stem before falling
dry rot developing in the newly expanding spear
the premature dropping of fruit of all ages, ripe or otherwise
rotting and blackening of newly opened flowering…
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The implementation plan to assist in delivery of Australia’s first National Biosecurity Strategy (NBS), a collaborative, national approach to protecting Australia from exotic pests and diseases backed by all government agriculture ministers, has been released.
First Assistant Secretary for…
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The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry regulates the importation of reproductive materials into Australia. The department’s role is to protect Australia’s animal populations from diseases and pests that could inadvertently be introduced.
To import reproductive materials from…
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The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry manages 5 tariff rate quotas put in place by the Australia-India Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (AI-ECTA), including an annual quota for cotton of 51,000 tonnes.Access to the quota will be administered via an allocation system and a…
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