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Weekly Australian Climate, Water and Agricultural Update, 16 January 2025

Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesIn the week ending 15 January 2025, low-pressure systems brought rainfall to the north and east of Australia:Many northern cropping regions recorded considerable rainfall totals (between 5–100 millimetres) across large areas of…
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Indicator 6.2b: Investment in research, development, extension and use of new and improved technologies (2024) - Supporting information

This is Supporting information for Indicator 6.2b, published October 2024.Industry definitionsThe Australian forestry and forest products industries are defined according to the Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC) 2006. The forestry industry is equivalent to…
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Wildlife Exotic Disease Preparedness Program

Opinions included in the material appearing on this website do not necessarily represent those of the Wildlife Exotic Disease Preparedness Program, the Department or the Australian Government. The Wildlife Exotic Disease Preparedness Program (WEDPP) was a joint program involving the Australian…
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Summary of ABARES agricultural forecasting

Performance between 2000–01 and 2017–18Author: Nathan PittsIntroductionABARES publishes agricultural forecasts in the Australian crop report and Agricultural commodities publications. These cover domestic and global production,…
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Audit and Risk Committee Charter

1. EstablishmentThe Secretary, as the Accountable Authority for the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department), has established the Audit and Risk Committee (the Committee) in compliance with Subsection 45(1) of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013…
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Travelling to Australia

Harmful pests and diseases may arrive with travellers coming to Australia.We screen incoming air and cruise travellers and baggage to protect against this risk. We use X-ray machines, detector dogs, physical inspection and questioning.If you are travelling to Australia, check what to do:before you…
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Honey bees and their pests and diseases

The Australian honey bee industry is composed of about 29,690 registered beekeepers. Around 2000 of these are considered to be commercial apiarists, each with more than 50 hives (average 400 – 800 hives).The European honey bee contributes directly to the Australian economy. The industry produces…
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Australian Government investment in Landcare

We recognise and support the important role that community, farming and industry organisations play as part of the Landcare movement. This involvement builds community capacity to sustainably manage natural resources including reducing adverse impacts and improving the condition of: soils…
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South Australia Biosecurity Roundtable Report 11 April 2018

Publication detailsDepartment of Agriculture and Water Resources, June 2018DownloadDocumentPagesFile sizeSouth Australia Roundtable Report - 11 April 2018, Adelaide PDF 102.7 MBIf you have difficulty accessing these files, please visit web accessibility.Online contentThe 2018 South Australia (SA)…
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Indicator 1.2b: The status of forest dwelling species at risk of not maintaining viable breeding populations, as determined by legislation or scientific assessment (2024)

This indicator measures the conservation status of nationally listed threatened forest dwelling species. Documentation of this information over time allows analysis of changes to species’ conservation status indicating the extent to which forest species biodiversity is being maintained.This is the…
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