Media releases

Minister for Agriculture and Northern Australia, David Littleproud has today announced Dr Martin Cole as the new CEO of Wine Australia, commencing 15 November 2021. 

The Australian Government has released its National Agricultural Innovation Policy Statement as part of the National Agricultural Innovation Agenda. 

A newly identified Hendra virus variant has been confirmed in a horse from West Wallsend near Newcastle.

World Egg Day is an opportunity to celebrate the significant role Australia’s egg farmers play in agriculture and our way of life.

The Australian Government is partnering our Pacific family, and with a leading international development organisation – DT Global – to grow agricultural trade with Pacific Island countries and enhance biosecurity.

A single exotic mussel has been detected by Indigenous rangers on a boat in Cairns.

A research and development project at James Cook University, Townsville will receive $378,564 in funding from Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA).

22 Indigenous ranger groups across Australia’s north will receive a share of $1.1 million in grant funding to build biosecurity capacity and capability.

The Australian Government is expanding the focus of the eight Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hubs across the country to catalyse agricultural innovation, drive commercialisation and create jobs.

A $151,157 grant has been awarded to the Wuthathi Aboriginal Corporation to improve Indigenous ranger services across both land and sea.