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On 1 July 2022, we became the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.
We are updating our website to reflect our changed role. If you are looking for information about the environment and water portfolio, you will now find it on the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment…
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Jenny Eather, Andrew Duver & James Fell
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Food security is an important national policy goal for leaders around the world. Ending hunger is a UN Sustainable Development Goal.
This report explores evidence in food security…
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Preventing and controlling emergency animal diseases such as foot-and-mouth disease, lumpy skin disease, and dog-mediated rabies requires collaborative efforts. Australia has been strengthening pre-border biosecurity efforts to control dog-mediated rabies through assistance to our near northern…
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This is Supporting information for Indicator 1.1a.ii Forest area by tenure, published December 2023.1.1a.ii Forest area by tenure is one of four parts of Indicator 1.1a Area of forest by forest type and tenure.Methodology for determining the tenure of Australia’s forestsThe method used to determine…
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The Australian Government is accountable for ensuring the Future Drought Fund supports genuine improvements in drought preparedness and resilience.To do this, we:monitor and evaluate the fund’s effectiveness, efficiency, appropriateness and impactcapture lessons learnt within each program.…
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Georgie Somerset, Red Earth Community Foundation Chair presenting at the leadership forum.
Photo credit: Red Earth Community Foundation
In July 2022, the Red Earth Community Foundation hosted the inaugural Red Earth 'Cultivate our Future' leadership forum…
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Australia is proud to be able to help Pacific Island nations bring their views and expertise to critical international plant health talks.
Three delegates from American Samoa, Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia will attend the Pacific Plant Protection Organisation (PPPO)…
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This is Supporting information for Indicator 7.1a, published July 2024.Legal framework for forest managementThe following information supplied by each state supports the listing of key legislation on Table 7.1a-1:New South WalesThe Forestry Legislation Amendment Act 2018 updated the Forestry Act…
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2 June 2016Who does this notice affect?Importers, customs agents and brokers involved in the import of consignments of small bags of mined fertiliser and liquid mined fertilisers, which are not made of…
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The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment has signed an agreement with Charles Sturt University (CSU) to deliver a new Biosecurity Training Centre to strengthen Australia’s biosecurity capability.
Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment and Australia’s…
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