A new Sustainable Biosecurity Funding Advisory Panel will for the first-time boost transparency for farmers and importers by giving them a say on biosecurity priorities and showing how Commonwealth biosecurity funding is used.
The board for the establishment and management of the $100 million Australian Forest and Wood Innovations (AFWI) research institute has been appointed.
In the next step in the Albanese Government’s plan to assist Australia’s agriculture become even more sustainable, two grant rounds worth $54 million will open tomorrow under the Government’s Climate-Smart Agriculture Program.
Australia’s agriculture industry has had its first say on issues to be considered in the Albanese Government's plan to reduce its emissions and lift its sustainability.
Australians will have the opportunity to have their say on how the supermarket sector is impacting the rising cost-of-living, with consultations opening as part of an independent review of the Food and Grocery Code of Conduct (the Code).
Victoria’s commercial fruit growers and horticulturalists will benefit from grants to help purchase and install new netting – protecting their crops and increasing productivity.
I note this evening’s decision by the independent regulator of live animal exports in the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, to reject the application to re-export more than 15,000 sheep and cattle overseas on the MV Bahijah.
