The Government is delivering funding of $45.6 million to get capital works underway on the Northern Adelaide Irrigation Scheme. (more…)
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Thoroughbred horse levy at the starting gates
Thoroughbred horse breeders and the whole industry will soon have greater certainty about investment in priority long-term research and development, with a new research and development levy to begin on 1 September 2017. (more…)
Partnering for excellence in biosecurity
The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources is set to continue its collaboration with the Centre of Excellence for Biosecurity Risk Analysis (CEBRA), with the Australian Government allocating $7.2 million over the four years to 2020–21. (more…)
Pacific fisheries ministers touch down in Australia to talk tuna
Fisheries ministers from across the Pacific have converged on Mooloolaba, Queensland to meet about the future of critical tuna fisheries. (more…)
Practical policy delivering for unstoppable ag sector
The Federal Government has been ‘whipping’ through the delivery of its commitments in agriculture and water resources, with agriculture growing faster than any other sector, at 15%, in the 12 months to the March 2017 quarter. (more…)
Biosecurity continues to strengthen under new legislation
Since the most comprehensive overhaul of national biosecurity in more than a century came into force, the health of Australian farms, families, flora and fauna is being protected through stronger and more effective legislation than ever before. (more…)