April 23, 2014

The Kalbarri National Park draft management plan is now open for public comment. The plan covers Kalbarri National Park (183, 004 hectares), and considers close to 240,000 hectares of adjacent lands for addition to the conservation reserve system. These areas are collectively referred to as the planning area. The planning area is located adjacent to the town of Kalbarri and is within the local government areas of the Shire of Northampton and the Shire of

The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) has advised that they received a total of 108 submissions from producers, industry bodies and state government last year on the consultation regulation impact statement (RIS) for improving the sheep NLIS. WAFarmers is one of the organisations which made a submission. All submission received, other than those noted as confidential, are able to viewed online. ABARES is using these submissions to refine the analysis

The Department of Agriculture and Food WA has released the latest WA livestock disease outlook, providing a brief overview of recent significant cases investigated by Animal Health Laboratories (AHL). The latest edition can be downloaded here.