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Weekly Australian Climate,
Water and Agricultural Update
Key issues
During the week ending 21 April 2021, blocking high pressure systems resulted in little rainfall being recorded across much of Australia. However, low pressure troughs generated moderate rainfall across parts of…
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2017–18 to 2019–20Aruni Weragoda and James Frilay[expand all]Financial performanceFarm cash incomeDairy farm incomes are projected to have risen in 2019–20 because of higher milk prices, reduced quantities of fodder purchased and lower feed prices, despite persistent drought in some regions…
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Weekly Australian Climate,
Water and Agricultural Update
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For the week ending 15 November 2023, troughs and lows resulted in showers and thunderstorms over eastern New South Wales and Victoria, northern and southern Western Australia, southern Queensland, and across Northern…
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Weekly Australian Climate,
Water and Agricultural Update
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For the week ending 8 November 2023, troughs brought widespread showers and storms in Queensland and New South Wales, and in country’s northwest. The remainder of the country remained dry.
While welcomed, the rainfall…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesIn the week ending 11 April 2024, large areas in the eastern Australia were affected by a severe weather system with recorded rainfall of up to 200 millimetres in southern Queensland and 400 millimetres in New South Wales.Cropping…
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On 1 July 2022, we became the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.We are updating our website to reflect our changed role. If you are looking for information about the environment and water portfolio, you will now find it on the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment…
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ABARES undertakes a range of multi-disciplinary research projects that assist the department and external clients to achieve strategic objectives as they relate to biosecurity issues in invasive species, social sciences and quantitative sciences.This includesimproving techniques for mapping and…
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Detect and Protect
An Australian biosecurity podcast
Series 2 Episode 2
Host: Casey Baines
Guest: Rachel Holdforth
Rachel Holdforth was one of the very first detector dog handlers. Rachel talks us through the initial pairing of detector dogs with handlers, matching dog and handler…
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The forests of South-East Queensland support a range of forest-based industries including recreation, ecotourism, timber production and processing, grazing, bee keeping, mining and flora collection. The…
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Robert Owen (Bob) Makinson
Robert Owen (Bob) Makinson has received a 2022 Australian Biosecurity Award in the Environmental Biosecurity category.
Bob Makinson has been instrumental in galvanising attention and action for the introduced plant disease myrtle rust (Austropuccinia psidii). He has…
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