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Successful Innovation Grants recipients have been announced.
$29 million in grants will develop projects that can help farmers and communities thrive through future droughts.
Drought Resilience Innovation Grants support projects that help Australian farmers, and agricultural-…
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Australian Government response to the Independent Review of the Regional Investment Corporation (PDF - 390 KB)
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The Regional Investment Corporation (RIC) is a Corporate Commonwealth Entity that was established under the Regional Investment Corporation Act 2018 (the RIC Act) on 8…
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News and alertsSee the latest updates from the Australian Government (australia.gov.au)Our agricultural sectors play an important role in Australia's food security. Feeding our nation is an essential service.We’re making sure there’s food on the table for all Australians.Products will continue to…
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Weekly Australian Climate,
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For the week ending 16 March 2022, low-pressure troughs across northern and eastern Australia resulted in moderate rainfall. The east coast low-pressure system that resulted in heavy rainfall and flooding across…
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The Australian Government partners with state, territory and local governments, the agriculture and finance sectors, charities and other not-for-profit organisations to help farmers and rural communities get ready for drought. We share information about and seek feedback on drought-related…
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The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources has completed its group pest risk analysis (PRA) for thrips and orthotospoviruses on fresh fruit, vegetable, cut-flower and foliage imports.
As our first group PRA, we considered the biosecurity risk posed by plant-feeding thrips insects (…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesIn the week ending 20 March 2024, the monsoon lows generated rain and storms in the tropics extending to central Western Australia and far-north Queensland. Tropical Cyclone Megan generated higher than anticipated rainfall in the…
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The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has today released a public consultation paper seeking feedback on the first Data Interoperability Framework. Data interoperability means you can exchange data between different systems and organisations efficiently. The draft…
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The Dairy Export Industry Consultative Committee (DEICC) is the principal consultative committee for the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (the department) and the Australian dairy export industry (industry).
The aim of DEICC is to provide an effective and ongoing forum for…
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Australia imposes regulations on goods that arrive in the country and have the potential to introduce exotic pests and diseases. Continuous sampling plans (CSP) are operational biosecurity systems commonly implemented at the border to manage risk and, simultaneously, keep…
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