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Recent media releases
UPDATE: Government surveillance detects and confirms second site of avian influenza in Hawkesbury control zone
- Biosecurity; Ministerial
MEDIA STATEMENT – from the NSW Minister for Agriculture, Tara Moriarty
UPDATE: Response to Avian Flu at Hawkesbury egg farm
- Biosecurity; Ministerial
MINISTERIAL STATEMENT – from the NSW Minister for Agriculture Tara Moriarty
NSW Government’s Biosecurity plan launched after Avian Influenza detected
- Agriculture; Biosecurity; Ministerial
The NSW Government has enacted its emergency biosecurity incident plan to address the detection of avian influenza in the Hawkesbury district on a poultry egg farm, that has been confirmed as the High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (HPAI).
Recreational fishers are reminded that the annual fishing closure in trout streams and rivers across NSW is in place from Tuesday 11 June 2024.
$13 million boost to protect softwood timber forests and supplies during bushfire season
- Forestry; Research & Development; Ministerial
The NSW Government has announced a $13 million forestry funding package to provide much needed protection of critical timber supplies in the Murray region in the lead up to the next bushfire season.
