All news

Explore all our news and media items. Use filters to find items that interest you.

Formal portrait photo of Dr Mark Schipp in a dark suit with a blue shirt and tie.

Retirement of Australia’s Chief Veterinary Officer

  • Statement
  • Biosecurity
As of 1 December 2023, after a 30-year tenure with the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Dr Mark Schipp will be retiring from the…
Image of plant seedlings being cultivated

Australia supports Pacific for plant health talks

  • Media release
  • Biosecurity
Australia is proud to be able to help Pacific Island nations bring their views and expertise to critical international plant health talks.
A dozen fish hanging by their tails

Analysis – Opportunities for Australian Seafood Exports under the A-UKFTA

  • Newsletter
  • Trade
The Australia-United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement (A-UKFTA) entered into force (EIF) on 31 May 2023.
Various agriculturally-themed images within geometric shapes

Have your say about the biosecurity protection levy

  • Media release
  • Biosecurity
The department of has opened consultation to help shape the way the new biosecurity protection levy will be applied.
Decorative image

Determination on the question of prosecution of Amber Heard

  • Statement
  • Biosecurity
Prosecution action will not be taken against actress Amber Heard over allegations related to her sentencing for the illegal import of two dogs into…
Cows at sunset

Building a world-leading, climate-smart agriculture industry

  • Digital story
  • Agriculture
The Australian agricultural sector is at the forefront of climate change impacts and opportunities.
Decorative image

Suspension of live cattle and buffalo exports to Malaysia

  • Statement
  • Live animal exports
The Department has been advised that Malaysia has temporarily suspended live cattle and buffalo exports from Australia.
Decorative image

Analysis – Australian goat meat makes an impact on the global market

  • Newsletter
  • Trade
There is growing interest in goats as a source of lean red meat and as a hardy l
decorative image

World famous shuttle stallions arrive for Australian breeding season

  • Media release
  • Biosecurity
Shuttle stallions are highly valuable, male thoroughbred and standardbred horses who are ‘shuttled’ between the Northern and Southern hemisphere to…
Decorative image

Australia co-hosts international forum to manage hitchhiker biosecurity risks associated with sea containers

  • Media release
  • International
Hitchhiker pests are not native to Australia and have a specific biology or behaviour that allows them to ‘hitch a ride’ to Australia via sea…
Decorative image

Minister Watt meets counterparts in Rome and New Delhi

  • News
  • Agriculture
Senator the Hon Murray Watt, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry recently attended the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization…
Decorative image

Grants open for wine and cider producers

  • Media release
  • Grants
Applications for the fifth round of the Wine Tourism and Cellar Door Grants program is now open for wine and cider producers.
Decorative image

The detection of lumpy skin disease (LSD) in Australian cattle exported to Indonesia

  • Statement
  • Live animal exports
The Department has been advised by the Indonesian Agriculture and Quarantine Agency that LSD has been detected in a small number of Australian cattle…
Decorative image

Update from the independent panel consulting on the phase out of live sheep exports by sea

  • Statement
  • Live animal exports
Consultation to help inform how and when to phase out live sheep exports by sea has largely been completed.