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Animalplan webinar series – Episode 3

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  • Animals
Animalplan - how research ideas become projects to strengthen production animal health and biosecurity systemsOn 28 October 2024, we hosted a webinar…
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Seeing the forests and the trees: a new chapter in Australia’s forest reporting

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  • Forestry
The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences has today released Australia’s State of the Forests Report: Synthesis 2023.
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Trial investigates ways to verify timber species and harvest origins

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  • Forestry
The Department has completed a timber testing trial investigating the best ways to implement technologies verifying claims of species and harvest…
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Consolidation a key driver of change in Australia’s wood processing sector

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  • Forestry
The ABARES National Wood Processing Survey 2021–22 shows that in 2021-22 there were a total of 252 mills operating.
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Strengthening Locust Management with Advanced Forecasting Models

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  • Biosecurity
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Strengthening Australia’s Biosecurity: The DAFF Biosecurity 2030 Roadmap

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  • Biosecurity
Commonwealth Biosecurity 2030, first published in 2021, has been refreshed to better align with the current strategic and operating environment for…
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World Food Day: Australia helping global food security

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  • Food
Ending hunger around the world is the focus of World Food Day today, as 2.8 billion people still can’t afford a healthy diet and 733 million face…
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Highlights and challenges for sustainable fisheries

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  • Fisheries
The annual assessment of Commonwealth fish stocks by ABARES has found that the majority of stocks assessed were not overfished or subject to…
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Enhancing fish welfare in commercial capture fisheries

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  • Animals
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Finding her feet in a feedlot

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  • Drought
International Day of Rural Women is a reminder of the vital work rural women have always done – and the changing way they’re contributing to…
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Invasion Alert – using AI to detect and recognise invasive ants

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  • Biosecurity
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly finding its way into many aspects of our lives.
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Australian support for animal health in the Pacific

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  • Diseases
A meeting of the Pacific Heads of Veterinary and Animal Production Services (PHOVAPS) Network this month will further support the development of…
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Deputy Chief Vet brings first rate knowledge and experience

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  • Animals
In August 2024, Dr Sam Hamilton, was formally appointed as Deputy Australian Chief Veterinary Officer (Deputy ACVO).
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United Airlines enters enforceable undertaking for biosecurity breach

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  • Biosecurity
An international airline has entered an enforceable undertaking with the Australian Government after it failed to declare two dogs’ arrival to the…