Australia’s support to its near neighbours to control exotic animal diseases has received a boost with one million doses of lumpy skin disease (LSD) vaccines to be provided to Indonesia.
A one-million-dollar grant to boost Indonesia’s exotic animal disease testing capability will help protect Australia from diseases like lumpy skin disease (LSD) and foot and mouth disease (FMD).
Non-English speaking fruit and vegetable growers from northern Australia will now be better prepared for biosecurity risks thanks to a $235,400 partnership with the Northern Territory Farmers’ Association.
Thousands of South East Queensland primary producers, small businesses and non-profit organisations impacted by flood events in the first half of 2022 have made the most of available grants and loans to help them continue to recover.
Residents isolated by flooding in Camooweal, 190km north-west of Mount Isa, can now access Personal Hardship Assistance provided by the Queensland Government and jointly funded by the Australian Government through the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangement
Australia is forecast to reach another record-breaking year for winter crops, value of farm production and exports, following three consecutive years of exceptional growing conditions.
