Media releases

Farmers, fishers, foresters and related small businesses will be able to continue accessing free financial counselling services, with the announcement today of new funding agreements under the Rural Financial Counselling Service. 

Queensland’s rural and agricultural communities will be in a stronger position to adapt to drought and climate change thanks to the Albanese and Palaszczuk Governments’ investment in drought resilience planning.

Working together to prepare communities for the dry conditions ahead will be front and centre at the National Drought Forum in Rockhampton this week.

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.