Two travellers have received civil penalties totalling $54,000 following multiple attempts to circumvent Australia’s biosecurity laws and conceal more than 240 live ornamental fish through Melbourne International Airport.
The Albanese Government will hold a high-level summit next month to continue work with the agriculture sector on the path forward to reduce the sector’s emissions while improving productivity and profitability.
The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority will remain in Armidale as the Albanese Government takes decisive action to strengthen the agricultural sector’s chemical regulator.
The Albanese Government has introduced amendments in Parliament to strengthen laws stopping illegally logged timber from entering the Australian market.
The Albanese Government is investing in 12 new timber plantations across the country, to boost supply to help build tens of thousands of new homes and to provide certainty for the forestry industry into the future.
Australian dairy products from northern New South Wales and Southern Queensland are on their way to Japan, marking the first international shipment from Norco’s Lismore dairy operations since before the Northern Rivers floods in 2022.
The Albanese Government’s Future Drought Fund (FDF) will support rural, regional and remote communities across Australia to boost social drought resilience and mental health.
