Never bean a better year for pulse producers
Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, Senator Anne Ruston, has welcomed the International Year of Pulses 2016 as a chance for all Australians to discover more about the valuable contribution these crops make to agriculture and our economy.
Australian wine exports surge to $2.1 billion
Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, and South Australian Senator Anne Ruston welcomes news that the value of Australian wine exports has surged 14 per cent to $2.1 billion in 2015, reaching its highest value since October 2007.
Productivity Commission inquiry into regulation of the Australian marine fisheries and aquaculture sectors
Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, Senator Anne Ruston
Treasurer, Scott Morrison
We wish you a merry fish-mas
After a cracker of a season across many Commonwealth managed fisheries this year, Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, Senator Anne Ruston, is encouraging Australians to add sustainable, local seafood to your Christmas menu this year.
Lobster rocks fishery figures
Australian fisheries and aquaculture production has risen four per cent to $2.5 billion in the past year—riding on the back of a boom in rock lobster production value and price, according to the latest Australian Bureau of Agricultural Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) report.
New Australian Government funding for forestry R&D
The Australian Government has announced up to $4.6 million in new funding over four years to match voluntary financial contributions that industry makes to Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA) for eligible research and development.
Seafood Directions 2015 Media Release 26 October 2015
Clear communication required to drive seafood directions
Senate committee backs 1500 GL cap
The Senate Environment and Communications Legislation Committee today backed the Australian Government’s move to cap buybacks from irrigators in the Murray-Darling Basin at 1500 GL/year.
Senator for South Australia Anne Ruston, who chaired the inquiry into the Water Amendment Bill 2015, said the legislation provided much-needed certainty to river communities.
New facility an important asset in national fruit fly effort
Work has begun on the development of a new research centre in Port Augusta which will become a vital national asset in the national fruit fly effort.
Senator for South Australia Anne Ruston said the $3.8 million National Sterile Insect Technology (SIT) facility will take efforts to manage Queensland fruit fly (Q-fly) to the next level.
Stocktake report backs balanced Basin approach
An independent report on the progress of the Murray Darling Basin Plan will be welcomed by communities on the river system according to Senator for South Australia Anne Ruston.
Senator Ruston said the Sustainable Diversion Limit (SDL) Stocktake Report released yesterday had shown more than 500 gigalitres of water per year could be recovered by supply measure projects.