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It was the poor condition of their land in Queensland’s Central Highlands which forced graziers Greg and Sonya Spencer to start adapting their practices to drought.“If we wind the clock back five years and we were standing here, you’d be thinking you were standing in a desert. There was no grass,…
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All food imported into Australia must comply with Australian food standards and requirements for safety. This includes compliance with:the Australia and New Zealand Food Standards Codecountry of origin food labelling requirements.We monitor imported food to check it meets these requirements through…
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Publication detailsDepartment of Agriculture and Department of Health, November 2016 Implementation Plan: National Antimicrobial Resistance Strategy 2015-2019. Antimicrobial medicines are a precious…
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24 October 2025Who does this notice affect?This notice affects importers and brokers of fresh whole mangosteens from Indonesia.What has changed?The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) has updated import conditions in the department’s Biosecurity Import Condition…
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Publication detailsDepartment of Agriculture and Department of Health, October 2014 Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global threat to human health, with bodies such as the World Health Organization (…
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[expand all]What’s the difference between the Australian Border Force and the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry?The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry protects Australia from exotic pests and diseases, while the Australian Border Force intercepts illegal goods, such…
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Animal welfare in AustraliaAnimal welfare within Australia is generally a state and territory responsibility. However, there is a collaborative approach to managing animal welfare that requires the cooperation of all layers of government and the broader animal welfare system.The Australian…
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The fifth annual International Day of Plant Health was celebrated on 12 May, with the global theme of the importance of plant health in One Health – an integrated, unifying approach that recognises the interconnectedness of human, animal, plant and environmental health. Plant health is the…
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Carbon farming helps reduce your carbon footprintCarbon farming, as we have seen, reduces GHG emissions and stores carbon, which are essential to Australia’s response to climate change.A ‘carbon footprint’ or ‘greenhouse gas footprint’ is the amount of GHGs emitted minus the amount of carbon stored…
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