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We use our social media channels to talk, listen and share with you.What we shareWe use our social media accounts to share:news about the department’s workupcoming eventsopportunities to Have Your Sayhow to apply for grants or other fundingupdates on committees, portfolio agencies and other…
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[expand all]First phase of consultation - completedIn 2014 and early 2015 we considered the issues of agvet chemical regulation and developed a range of ideas to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of our agvet chemical regulatory system and improve access to chemicals. These issues and ideas…
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OverviewIn this topic, you will learn about the Australian Carbon Credit Unit (ACCU) Scheme (previously known as the Emissions Reduction Fund). You will learn how farmers and land managers can run an ACCU Scheme project and earn ACCUs.The topic broadly looks at requirements for ACCU Scheme projects…
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OverviewInfestation risk is reduced through imposing quality specifications on the traded commodity.Examples include not permitting export of cracked, damaged or bruised fruit that have a higher risk of infestation, only permitting movement of healthy plants, and ensuring that sea containers are…
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30 October 2017Who does this notice affect?Clients who refer to the Minimum Documentary and Import Declaration Requirements Policy and the Non Commodity Information Requirements Policy to determine and…
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18 December 2007
During the Christmas and New Year period of 2007/08, AQIS offices will be either closed or manned with reduced staff and hours. Confirmed bookings for inspections over the Christmas…
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The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources has completed its group pest risk analysis (PRA) for thrips and orthotospoviruses on fresh fruit, vegetable, cut-flower and foliage imports.
As our first group PRA, we considered the biosecurity risk posed by plant-feeding thrips insects (…
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[expand all]SummaryOn 21 July 2019, Frontier International Northern Pty Ltd (FIN) exported 1,852 feeder/slaughter cattle and 209 feeder/slaughter buffalo to Vietnam. The journey was completed in nine days and discharged in Vietnam over 29 and 30 July 2019.A mortality rate of 1.19 per cent (22 head…
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2021–22 to 2023–24Recent farm performanceAround 39% of Australian farm businesses are classified as broadacre livestock farms (34,000 farms), of which 22,100 were beef specialists, 8,900 were sheep specialists, and around 3,000 produced a mix of beef cattle and sheep (see Methodology).Farm…
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Round 3 grant applications are now open – Batch 5 closes 24 September.You can submit an application and access grant materials for the program on GrantConnect. The grant materials include the program's Grant Opportunity Guidelines, Question and Answer documents, and other important guidance…
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