Regional Australia is set to benefit today as the Australian Government gets on with the job of building national wide drought resilience.....

Emergency works are nearing completion on parts of Queensland’s road network, after bushfires and monsoonal flooding impacted about 10,990 kilometres of the state network during the 2019-20 disaster season.....

Minister for Agriculture David Littleproud has today announced Dr Michele Allan as the Wine Australia Chair commencing on 4 July 2020 for three years.....

The Australian Government is extending the availability of the Farm Household Allowance (FHA) relief payment for three months, providing $2.1 million to eligible farmers and their families.....

Media Release: 26 June 2020 Federal funding to ensure the North Australia & Rangelands Fire Information (NAFI) service’s 2020/21 operation. NAFI provides near real time fire tracking data for land managers, Indigenous communities managing their country, cattle producers, and savanna fire management projects under the Emissions Reduction Fund. Website recorded more than one million hits....

Media Release: 26 June 2020 The Get Ready Queensland Challenge, a new educational game to help Queensland children and their families prepare for future disasters and severe weather, is now available online. The initiative is funded under joint Commonwealth-Queensland Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA) through the Community Recovery Fund, established in the wake of the....

The Australian Government is spending $36 million to support agricultural show societies recover from the effects of COVID-19, ensuring they can continue after the pandemic.....

The Australian Government is continuing its support for drought-affected farming households by extending Round 2 of the $148.5 million Drought Community Support Initiative (DCSI) program until the end of this year.....

Vital flood recovery services will continue in Townsville for another 12 months with almost $290,000 in additional funding to help the community rebuild after the devastating 2019 monsoon event.....

Media Release: 25 June 2020 Communities impacted by flooding in Far North and North Queensland in early 2019 will benefit from more than $9 million in grant funding for 119 local projects to boost flood recovery and resilience. Minister for Emergency Management David Littleproud said the funding was the largest round delivered under the $15.5....

The Australian Government is toasting the launch of Australian wine industry’s Vision 2050 to guide the sector’s focus and growth over the next three decades.....

The cost of studying agriculture at university will be slashed from 2021 under an Australian Government higher education funding plan aimed at producing graduates for high-priority jobs for growth sectors.....