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Leaders in Australia's fisheries and forestry industries are set to benefit from the much-anticipated launch of the Turnbull Government's $5 million Leadership in Agricultural Industries Fund.

Australia's horticulture sector has taken a huge step forward in innovation with the opening today of the nation's first state-of-the-art vegetable glasshouse-production research centre at the Western Sydney University.

Legislation improving the capacity for recreational and Indigenous fishers to have greater input on the management of Commonwealth fisheries passed Parliament last week, fulfilling another key 2016 election commitment to the sector by the Turnbull Government.

Legislation enacted today will help deliver an ambitious $50 million, three-year plan to increase the value of wine exports up to $2.8–2.9 billion and bring $170 million worth of wine tourism to regional communities.

Australia and China have agreed to new horticulture market access priorities that will allow future exports of Australian blueberries to China.

This Sunday is National Gone Fishing Day and there is no better time to cast a line with friends and family or get out and enjoy the warmer weather in quiet solitude.

Over $1 million has been provided by the Australian Government to improve Adelaide Hills and Mount Barker roads.

Australia's illegal logging laws are being improved to reduce compliance costs for timber importers and processors.

Australia can officially lay claim to being home to the world's best wine with Taylors Wines (Wakefield Wines) being named 2017's most awarded winery by the World Association of Wine Writers and Journalists overnight. 

Consumers can continue to enjoy fresh, sustainable Australian seafood in confidence that it comes from the world's best managed fisheries.