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CSIROThe Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Organisation (CSIRO) Giant Oystercracker Dart (Trachinotus anak) fish project represents a welfare-focused development for Australia’s aquaculture industry.This initiative demonstrates how welfare considerations can guide which fish species and…
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The following indicators provide information that can assist in monitoring the social and economic impacts of the forest industry on the people who depend on forestry for their livelihood, by analysing…
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This page explains how we conduct an import risk analysis for a plant commodity/country.Following the prioritisation of an import request, we undertake an import risk analysis to determine if the good is safe to import. That is, we assess whether any biosecurity risks associated with the good can…
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Industry Advice Notice no. 2004/23: Implementation of ISPM 15 for Wood Packaging Material in Exports
Date issued 22 December 2004
Implementation of ISPM 15 for Wood Packaging Material in Exports – The Australian Wood Packaging Certification Scheme (AWPCS)The purpose of this notice is to…
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The Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IA-CEPA) has 7 tariff rate quotas for exports to Indonesia. The Department provides management and administration of the tariff rate quotas under the Export Control (Tariff Rate Quota – General) Rules 2021 (the Rules). The IA-…
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For sheep and lambs exporter, see sheep and lambs exporter charge. When export charges applyExport charge applies to sheep or lambs exported from Australia, where:there is no transfer of ownership before export, orthe sheep or lambs were purchased by the exporter, and the period starting on…
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13 July 2023
Meeting Communiqué
Commonwealth, state, and territory agriculture ministers met in Perth on Thursday 13 July 2023.
National Statement on Climate Change and Agriculture
Gathering on Whadjuk land, Ministers endorsed the National Statement on Climate Change and Agriculture…
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5 July 2024Who does this notice affect?Approved arrangements operators, customs brokers, importers, manned depots, and freight forwarders who lodge and manage requests for inspections through the Biosecurity Portal using the ‘Sign in with your email address to access’ pathway (previously ‘Other…
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2017–18 to 2019–20
Fred Litchfield
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Financial performance
Farm cash income
Farm cash income of Australian lamb-producing farms is projected to have declined by 12% in 2019–20 to average $211,000 per farm (Table 1, Figure 1). Despite high prices for lambs and sheep,…
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What to look for:
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) only affects pigs. Infected pigs may show signs of breathing and respiratory distress, anorexia, fever and depression. Some may have highly prominent blue ears. Infertility, abortion or birth of weak piglets can also be…
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