Applications are now open for Round 2 of the Australian Government’s Biosecurity Business Grants Program, for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander businesses and other organisations working with First Nations people in Northern Australia.
A new Northern Australian Coordination Network will be established by the Albanese Government to help manage the threat of lumpy skin disease (LSD) and foot and mouth disease (FMD).
Australia’s cattle graziers will have an extra line of defence against costly disease, following today’s launch of Australia’s first ever National Lumpy Skin Disease Action Plan.
The Australian and South Australian governments have provided $3 million for research proposals to help develop forest and wood products industries in the state’s Green Triangle.
Primary producers in southern Queensland will soon have support from specialised resilience officers to help them recover from recent natural disasters, and plan for future events.
South Australian pastoralists inside the Dog Fence will continue to benefit from the services of wild dog trappers, with funding for the trapper program guaranteed for the next four years.
Australia will be more prepared to respond to any future biosecurity outbreak, after four weeks of rigorous testing of national biosecurity and emergency management plans by the Exotic Animal Diseases Preparedness Taskforce.
Primary producers affected by the February-March flooding event in New South Wales this year can now access additional funding of up to $100,000 thanks to a jointly funded program developed by the Commonwealth and NSW governments.
