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The Improving Consistency of On-farm Emissions Estimates grant program (the program) was announced as part of the 2024−25 Budget to assist the agriculture sector to reduce its emissions and further contribute to the whole-of-economy transition to net zero.
The program will provide a grant of up to $6.8 million to one grantee to incorporate voluntary greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions estimates and reporting ‘standards’ into GHG calculators and accounting tools.
Date of issue: 21 November 2024
Dates of effect: 29 November 2024
World Fisheries Day is a fantastic opportunity to celebrate Australia’s sustainable, productive and well-managed fisheries and aquaculture industries.
Farmers will soon be able to access commodity-specific information to enable them to make decisions on reducing emissions for their businesses thanks to an Australian Government initiative.
20 November 2024
All vessel owners, operators, masters and shipping agents who represent international vessels including cruise vessels in, or arriving in, Australian territory.
Changes have been made to the vessel human health pre-arrival report (PAR) to reflect Australia’s Chief Medical Officer determining (in October 2023) that COVID-19 is no longer a communicable disease incident of national significance.
The following human health questions have been removed from the PAR:
Date of Issue: 20 November 2024
Registered exporters of honey and apiculture products, manufacturers, agents, freight forwarders.
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) - Central and Regional offices.
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise Next Export Documentation (NEXDOC) users of a planned outage.
Travel between New Zealand and Australia has taken a digital turn on selected flights, thanks to a new digital travel declaration pilot process in October.
Date of issue: 18 November 2024
Dates of effect: 22 November 2024
Registered fish and fish products exporters, manufacturers, agents, freight forwarders and automated export permit issuers.
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) - Central and Regional offices.
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise Next Export Documentation (NEXDOC) users of planned outages.
Date of issue: 19 November 2024
Dates of effect: 22 November 2024
Registered eggs exporters, manufacturers, agents, freight forwarders and automated export permit issuers.
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) - Central and Regional offices.
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise Next Export Documentation (NEXDOC) users of planned outages.
