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Workforce management and planning is part of a suite of responsibilities growers must deal with to successfully run their business operations. Adopting modern workforce planning practices can help adjust to disruptions and challenges in the labour market and assist in attracting, developing, and…
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3 July 2023Who does this notice affect?Stakeholders in the import and shipping industries—including vessel masters, freight forwarders, offshore treatment providers, biosecurity industry participants, importers, customs brokers, principal agents and master consolidatorsWhat has changed?As outlined…
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Weekly Australian Climate,
Water and Agricultural Update
Key issues
For the week ending 17 January 2024, an active monsoon trough combined with a tropical low brought heavy rainfall in tropical parts of the country. Severe thunderstorms brought rainfall to southeast Australia.
These falls…
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The National Biosecurity Statement presents a shared vision for Australia’s biosecurity.
Developed by a working group of industry and environmental groups and government, the statement sets out:
a national vision and goals
clear roles and responsibilities
priorities and principles for…
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Produced by our detector dog capability team, series 2 will take you on a journey through 30 years of the detector dog program. The first episodes feature interviews with the program’s founder Bob Stirling and Australia’s first detector dog handlers. We then follow the program’s expansion through…
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ABARES Working Paper
Published 4 April 2022
Authors: Simon Hone, Peter Gooday, Ahmed Hafi and Jared Greenville
Summary
There is considerable debate around discount rates and the treatment of risk in economic analysis. Since the 1980s, most government economic appraisal guidelines in Australia…
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Codex Committee on Fats and Oils (Host Government - Malaysia)The Codex Committee on Fats and Oils (CCFO) is responsible for elaborating standards for fats and oils of animal, vegetable and marine…
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22 July 2020
Purpose
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise of changes to the plant export authorised officer (AO) application, training, assessment and appointment process.
Summary of changes and key points
The Plant Export Management System (PEMS) has been updated to facilitate all…
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Detect and Protect
An Australian biosecurity podcast
Episode 9
Host: Steve Peios
Guest: Peter Timson
Peter Timson, First Assistant Secretary of the Biosecurity Compliance and Enforcement division, discusses how the department prevents and manages biosecurity risks both offshore and…
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29 September 2020
Purpose
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise the citrus industry that applications are now open for the accreditation of packhouses to export to protocol markets for the 2021 season.
Summary of changes and key points
Applications are now open for the accreditation…
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