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Publication detailsDepartment of Agriculture and Water Resources, July 2018DownloadDocumentPagesFile sizeWestern Australia Biosecurity Roundtable Report - 4 July 2018, Perth PDF154.3 MBIf you have difficulty accessing this file, please visit web accessibility.Online contentThe 2018 Western…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesFor the week ending 11 January 2023, tropical cyclone activity and seasonal thunderstorms brought widespread rainfall across most of northern Australia. In Australian cropping regions, rainfall totals of between 15 and 50 millimetres…
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Section 57 of the Biosecurity (Conditionally Non-prohibited Goods) Determination 2021 (Goods Determination) specifies a class of goods that must not be brought or imported into Australian territory unless the condition specified in section 56 is complied with.The class of goods specified in section…
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Background
On 24 June 2015, the Senate resolved to establish the Select Committee on the Murray-Darling Basin Plan to inquire on the positive and negative impacts of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan on regional communities.
The Committee presented its final report on 17 March 2016. The majority…
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Episode: April 2025Presenters: Dr Susie Collins, Assistant Secretary, Plant Health Policy, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.Summary: Priority pest lists, like the National Priority Plant Pests (NPPP), aim to raise awareness of the threats Australia faces from plant pests and…
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If you are an Accredited Veterinarian (AAV), you must keep up to date of any changes to your requirements as an AAV. You must maintain your veterinary registration in the state or territory you work in.Renew or vary your accreditationAccreditation is valid for up to 5 years from the date of notice.…
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A new report from the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) has found that the majority of stocks assessed were both not overfished and not subject to overfishing.
The ABARES Fishery status reports 2022 provides an annual, independent assessment of the…
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Phytoplasmas
What to look for
Depending on the disease, look for:
fronds turning brown and hanging down the stem before falling
dry rot developing in the newly expanding spear
the premature dropping of fruit of all ages, ripe or otherwise
rotting and blackening of newly opened flowering…
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Caused by Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus (formerly known as citrus greening disease).
What to look for
Blotchy yellowing of citrus plant leaves and in some instances, misshapen, sour and bitter fruit.
What you can do
Do not move plants, plant material, fruit (especially citrus…
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The RFCS is an ongoing Australian Government program. It provides free and independent financial counselling to eligible farmers, fishers, foresters and small related businesses experiencing, or at risk of, financial hardship.The overarching goal of the RFCS program is to build financially capable…
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