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New South Wales - RFA Reviews and Annual Reports

​​​​Five–yearly Review of NSW’s RFAs An important element of each of the NSW RFAs is the requir​ement for a five–yearly review of the performance of the RFAs. Clauses 38, 39, 40 and 41 of the Eden RFA, Clauses 40, 41, 42 and 43 of the North East RFA, and Clauses 38, 39, 40 and 41 of the Southern…
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Residue chemistry and laboratory performance and evaluation

The National Residue Survey (NRS) contracts the services of Australian and New Zealand laboratories to perform residue testing. The laboratories must have demonstrated capabilities in the specific chemical residue analyses that are required by export and domestic markets.Laboratory performance…
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Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Cargo Consultative Committee

OverviewThe Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Cargo Consultative Committee (DCCC) is a committee for the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and international trade and logistics service provider industries to consider tactical and strategic biosecurity related…
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National Residue Survey

​​The National Residue Survey (NRS) is a vital part of the Australian system for managing the risk of chemical residues and environmental contaminants in Australian animal and plant products. The NRS…
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McLeods take ground up approach to drought resilience

Seeing the impact of climate variability on their beef and hay production business in Central Queensland, Matt and Justine McLeod knew they needed to adapt their practices.“When we first came here, a shower of rain or a storm would end up down the creek not staying in our paddocks,” Matt said.“We…
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Agricultural Commodities Report September 2024

Download Full Report and DataThis report contains ABARES forecasts for the value, volume and price of Australia’s agricultural production and exports to 2024–25.Download the full reportAgricultural Commodities Report – September Quarter 2024 (PDF - 4.7 MB)Download the dataAgricultural Commodities:…
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2025-02: Assessment Services Exports – Requests for permit (RFP) authorisations for plant and plant products

23 January 2025PurposeThis Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to remind industry of departmental processes for authorisation of plant and plant product Requests for Permit (RFP), including requirements for out of hours authorisations and urgent/critical requests. Summary of changes and key…
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Decision and co-design process

 Decision processUntil 1 May 2028 the export of live sheep by sea may continue under the Export Control Act 2020 without caps or quotas. The export regulatory requirements, including the animal welfare requirements, remain in place.Other livestock exports continue, including of live cattle and…
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Export Industry Advice Notices – Plant Export Operations 2022

Export Industry Advice notices 2022 Date No. Description 14/12/2022 2022-69 Horticulture – Applications for the export of carrots to Taiwan in 2023 08/12/2022 2022-68 Plant Export Operations – Public Consultation on the proposed amendments to the…
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Ground cover indicator for drought resilience

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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