Media releases

More growers across South Australia will be able to apply for grants of up to $300,000 to help purchase netting to protect their produce, from today.

Hass avocados from Western Australian have begun landing on dinner tables in Thailand, following the first successful delivery this week.

An extension has been granted to the independent panel overseeing advice on how and when the government will phase out live sheep exports by sea.

A food supply chain workforce capacity study will be undertaken by Jobs and Skills Australia to identify the best opportunities to grow a targeted workforce in the agriculture sector.

Australia’s livestock traceability system will get a technological boost to meet growing consumer demand, while improving Australia’s biosecurity, food safety, and market access.

I welcome today’s announcement that Indonesia will lift its suspension of Australian live cattle and buffalo exports, with immediate effect.

Australia’s tariff-free raw sugar exports to the United Kingdom (UK) have resumed for the first time in 50 years.

The fight against fruit fly is set to be boosted with the opening of the $3 million expansion of the world leading National Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) facility at Port Augusta.

People who flout Australia’s biosecurity laws will face even tougher penalties with new powers granted to biosecurity officers.

The Australian Parliament has passed the Albanese Government’s Export Control Amendment (Streamlining Administrative Processes) Bill 2022 which will simplify the administrative processes associated with exporting goods.