Search Results
Weekly Australian Climate,
Water and Agricultural Update
Key issues
During the week ending 12 May 2021, troughs, cold fronts and a low-pressure system resulted in moderate rainfall being recorded across parts of western and south-eastern Australia.
The rainfall across cropping…
- Last modified
The Commonwealth Fisheries Bycatch Policy is currently under review. We are seeking your feedback on the draft review report until 5 December 2024. Visit our Have Your Say page here.The Commonwealth’s Policy on Fisheries Bycatch (Bycatch Policy) provides a framework for managing fishing-related…
- Last modified
16 June 2023The Environment and Invasives Committee (EIC) (members only) met virtually on 16 June 2023. Discussions led to a range of good outcomes.Several matters were endorsed for consideration by the National Biosecurity Committee (NBC) includingThe National Feral Deer Action Plan (NFDAP)next…
- Last modified
The Special Representative for Australian Agriculture, Ms Su McCluskey, travelled to the United Kingdom (UK), Italy and France in October 2024 to promote Australian agricultural sustainability credentials and gain insight into global natural capital policy.Engaging with trading partners and…
- Last modified
This indicator measures the harvest levels of wood products in relation to future yields. The capacity to implement strategies to deal with changing demand for forest products based on future yields from both native and plantation forests is an integral part of sustainable forest management.This…
- Last modified
Joint Communiqué16 December 2021, (virtual meeting hosted by New Zealand)The 17th Australia and New Zealand Biosecurity Cooperation (ANZBC) annual meeting was held virtually on 16 December 2021. Representatives from Australia’s Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWE) and New…
- Last modified
Personal effects and household goods are the unaccompanied items transported into Australia, by a returning resident or a new resident of Australia, via sea or air freight.
To import goods under the tariff code for personal effects, you must be arriving from a place outside Australia, and the…
- Last modified
The SCHS is a voluntary biosecurity agreement that seeks to manage biosecurity risk associated with sea containers arriving in Australia from Country Action List (CAL) countries at the port of loading.Participants in the SCHS can benefit from reduced intervention on arrival in Australia. Onshore…
- Last modified
Weekly Australian Climate,
Water and Agricultural Update
Key issues
For the week ending 19 April 2023, severe Tropical Cyclone (TC) Ilsa brought heavy rainfall across remote areas of central Australia with higher totals near the Pilbara coast in Western Australia. The remnants of TC Ilsa…
- Last modified
Exercise Volare occurred in August - September 2024, as a series of 3 scenario-based discussions, exercises focused on a hypothetical detection of H5N1 high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) clade 2.3.4.4b (further referred to as H5 HPAI) in Australian…
- Last modified