Media releases

Australia’s wine and cider producers will be able to access a fourth round of grants to support the wine industry, attract visitors to wine regions and promote agri-tourism.

Australia has endorsed the Glasgow Breakthrough Agenda on Agriculture (GBAA) at COP27.

Applications are now open for the National Agriculture Traceability Regulatory Technology (RegTech) Research and Insights grant round.

The Albanese Government has reaffirmed its ongoing support for the live export cattle industry ahead of the LIVEXchange Conference in Darwin, Australia’s major event for the livestock export industry.

Australia has become a founding member of the Forests and Climate Leaders Partnership, a new international group to accelerate the contribution of forests to global climate action.

The Albanese Government has released a public discussion paper seeking ideas on a long-term sustainable biosecurity funding model.

A new CEO has been appointed to lead the Regional Investment Corporation (RIC), the Australian Government-backed specialist finance provider for farmers and farm-related small businesses.

Primary producers affected by ongoing flooding in New South Wales can apply for recovery grants of up to $25,000 as part of the jointly funded Commonwealth-State Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements.

Central Queensland will benefit from $6 million in funding for Beef 2024, delivered in the Albanese Government’s first Federal Budget, handed down last week.

An additional 3 million doses of foot and mouth disease (FMD) vaccine doses supplied by the Australian Government have arrived in Indonesia.