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Media Releases 2006

October

  16 October 2006 DAFF/123A Australia leads landmark reform on Southern Blue Fin Tuna
  16 October 2006 DAFF06/122AJ Helping farmers defeat Gorse
  11 October 2006 A101006 Young Tassie researchers win national innovation awards
  10 October 2006 A00697 Securing our Fishing Future - Consultation on Harvest Strategy Policy extended
  9 October 2006 A06956 King Island tree farm decision
  6 October 2006 DAFF06/119AJ $20 million in environment funding marks Weedbuster Week
  5 October 2006 DAFF06/120A More details of fishing buyback released
- second round opens soon -

September

  28 September 2006 DAFF06/118A New Board for the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation
  27 September 2006 DAFF06/117A Assistance for fishing related businesses and communities affected by buy-out
  26 September 2006 DAFF06/116AJ Taruman finding welcomed: One illegal fishing vessel being destroyed per day
  26 September 2006 DAFF06/115AJ Atlas provides first national picture of fishing activity
  25 September 2006 DAFF06/114A Weeds or climate change: what poses a more immediate threat to our biodiversity?
 

23 September 2006 DAFF06/113AE

Toothfish poachers found guilty
  22 September 2006 DAFF06/111AJ Australia Getting Tough on Protecting High Seas Biodiversity
  15 September 2006 DAFF06/112A Over 400 fishing concessions bought back
  7 September 2006 A0686 Beattie will close Moreton Bay
  6 September 2006 A0685 Doubts remain about Labour on Forestry
  5 September 2006 A0684 Labor opposes Tasmanian forest industry

August

  29 August 2006 DAFF06/110A Five star test cells at UTAS
  29 August 2006 DAFF06/109A You can’t live in a pumpkin
  28 August 2006 DAFF06/108A Chinese master found guilty
  23 August 2006 DAFF06/106A In defence of tree farms
  22 August 2006 DAFF06/104A New website connects water managers
  22 August 2006 DAFF06/103A Addicted to fishing, not drugs in WA
  22 August 2006 DAFF06/102A Undeserved bad image responsible for timber industry skills shortage: report
  20 August 2006 DAFF06/97A New counsellor appointed to Indonesia
  16 August 2006 DAFF06/96A Dolphin claims
  15 August 2006 DAFF06/95A $23.10 returned for every $1 spent on biological weed control
  15 August 2006 DAFF06/94A Draft NSW Private Native Forest Code must not become law
  11 August 2006 DAFF06/93AJ $7 million boost for Tasmanian forest industries
  4 August 2006 DAFF06/92AJ New Australian Government fox eradication funding
  4 August 2006 DAFF06/90AJ Labor, Greens soft on border protection
  3 August 2006 DAFF06/91AJ 1080 report released: options for future research
  3 August 2006 DAFF06/89A A career in the timber industry
  2 August 2006 DAFF06/88A Immediate fox action needed from the Tasmanian Government
  2 August 2006 DAFF06/87A Conserving our sea turtles
  1 August 2006 DAFF06/86AJ July Illegal fishing apprehension update
  1 August 2006 DAFF06/85A Overwhelming response to fishing buyback offer

July

  30 July 2006 DAFF06/84A National Tree Day - 1 million trees good news for our environment
  25 July 2006 DAFF06/83A Minister tours frontline in fight on illegal fishing
  19 July 2006 DAFF06/82A New toolkit to assess effects of reforestation
  18 July 2006 DAFF06/81A Central Victoria’s action plan for private forestry
  17 July 2006 DAFF06/80AJ Australian Government gets Tough on Weeds
  17 July 2006 DAFF06/79A Managing the weed menace
  16 July 2006 DAFF06/78AJ Seven Iceboats apprehended off Northern Australia
  14 July 2006 DAFF06/77A Pulp Mill Integrated Impact Statement
  13 July 2006 DAFF06/76A 100 millionth tree planting
  11 July 2006 DAFF06/75AJ Commonwealth, State and Territory Ministerial Meeting on illegal, foreign fishing in Australian waters
  10 July 2006 DAFF06/74A Multi-million hit on illegal fishing king-pins
  7 July 2006 DAFF06/73AJ Trawl fishery educational kit gets environmental seal of approval
  7 July 2006 DAFF06/71AJ $14 million boost for Tasmanian forestry
  6 July 2006 DAFF06/72AJ $13.8 million to sustain the Tasmanian environment
  5 July 2006 DAFF06/70A Innovation the key to success in rural sector
  3 July 2006 DAFF06/69AJ New illegal fishing resources come on-line
  3 July 2006 DAFF06/68AJ Hobart’s bushland skyline conserved forever

June

  29 June 2006 DAFF06/67A Australia and Indonesia agree to establish Ministerial Meeting on illegal fishing in our region
  28 June 2006 DAFF06/66A Disappointment at Tasmanian fox funding
  27 June 2006 DAFF06/065AJ Australian communities helped to save water
  16 June 2006 DAFF06/64A Senate passes tough new illegal fishers legislation
  14 June 2006 DAFF06/63A Demise of Australian Seafood Industry Council
  14 June 2006 DAFF06/62A Torres Fisheries Allocation Advisory Panel
  7 June 2006 DAFF06/61A Beazley's answer to illegal fishing:
ocean junk yard
  7 June 2006 DAFF06/60A South East MPA impacts factored into Commonwealth fishing tender
  7 June 2006 DAFF06/59A Labor’s ten billion-dollar ‘too much, too late’ illegal fishing farce
  7 June 2006 DAFF06/58A 59 new recreational fishing projects funded - new round now open -
  7 June 2006 DAFF06/057AJ New boat ramp a boost for Port Sorell fishers
  7 June 2006 DAFF06/055AJ $5 million boost for Tasmania’s forest industry
  6 June 2006 DAFF06/56A Call for calm over prawn imports
  5 June 2006 DAFF06/54A

World Environment Day: a challenge to consider the real environmental issues

  4 June 2006 DAFF06/53A Wilderness Society protest makes a mockery of World Environment Day

May

  30 May 2006 DAFF06/52A 43 projects to help Defeat the Weed Menace
  29 May 2006 DAFF06/51A More time for fishers to consider fishing tender
  27 May 2006 DAFF06/50A Greens' action akin to environmental treason
  26 May 2006 DAFF06/49A $5 fine appeal outcome welcomed
  26 May 2006 DAFF06/48A Brown scared of Abetz and scared of the facts
  24 May 2006 DAFF06/047AJ $2.1 million for Tasmania’s Meander Dam
  24 May 2006 DAFF06/046A Getting tougher on illegal foreign fishers
  22 May 2006 DAFF06/045A Apprehension of another Chinese trawler
  12 May 2006 DAFF06/044A No time wasted in implementing new illegal fishing Budget measures
  11 May 2006 DAFF06/043A

Talk about a double drop off! Kon and Jon dropped right in it by Beazley

  11 May 2006 DAFF06/042A $14.2 million helps Defeat the Weed Menace
  11 May 2006 DAFF06/041A Protecting Tasmanian forests on private land (As Acting Minister for the Environment and Heritage)
  11 May 2006 DAFF06/040A Envirofund to kickstart $20 million in projects (As Acting Minister for the Environment and Heritage)
  9 May 2006 DAFF06/035AJ $388.9m budget boost in fight against illegal foreign fishing in Australian waters
(Budget 2006)
  9 May 2006 DAFF06/034A $1.5 million to secure Torres Strait Prawn Fishery’s long-term viability (Budget 2006)
  9 May 2006 DAFF06/033A $6.6 million for recreational fishing grants in 2006-07 (Budget 2006)
  8 May 2006 DAFF06/039A $2 million to close gaps in used oil recycling (As Acting Minister for the Environment and Heritage)
  8 May 2006 DAFF06/038A

New projects to protect neighbourhood biodiversity (As Acting Minister for the Environment and Heritage)
  8 May 2006 DAFF06/037A More details on the Australian Government’s AFMA Levy Subsidy
  7 May 2006 DAFF06/032A FishBook II — seafood industry guide updated
  5 May 2006 DAFF06/036A Final Marine Protected Areas: A win-win for fishers and for conservation
  2 May 2006 DAFF06/030AJ Progress in delivering Community Forest Agreement - Independent review into 1080 alternatives; old-growth clear-felling to be further reduced
  1 May 2006 DAFF06/031A Chinese captains to face illegal fishing charges
  1 May 2006 DAFF06/029A Forest and Wood Products R&D Corporation appointments

April

  21 April 2006 DAFF06/028AJ $700,000 for turtle and dugong plan in the Torres Strait
  21 April 2006 DAFF06/027A Disgraceful timber job buy-out in Queensland
  21 April 2006 DAFF06/026A $30 million investment in R&D for fish futures
  11 April 2006 DAFF06/025A Ice-fish plays it cool to win environmental certification
  6 April 2006 DAFF06/023A Melbournians eating more seafood: report
  5 April 2006 DAFF06/022AJ Operation Breakwater — protecting our borders while netting 23 suspected illegal fishing vessels
  5 April 2006 DAFF06/021A Fight against illegal fishing enhanced
  4 April 2006 DAFF06/024A Wilderness Society wrong over UK timber procurement
  4 April 2006 DAFF06/020A $4.5 billion boost for Australia's pulp and paper industry
  3 April 2006 DAFF06/019A New protocols to open export doors in China (As acting Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Minister)
  3 April 2006 DAFF06/018A $5.5 million agricultural agreement with China (As acting Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Minister)

March

  30 March 2006 DAFF06/017A Securing our Fishing Future — exit assistance tender open
  24 March 2006 DAFF06/016AJ Interception of two Chinese trawlers
  21 March 2006 DAFF06/014AJ A clean, green program for lobsters
  21 March 2006 DAFF06/015AJ Biodiversity brochure launched
  21 March 2006 DAFF06/013A World Forestry day - Australian timber: world class, renewable and sustainable
  20 March 2006 DAFF06/012A Over 90 applications for recreational fishing grants
  16 March 2006 DAFF06/011A Where would today’s forestry protesters source their timber?
  11 March 2006 DAFF06/009A Australia commits to practical measures to stop IUU fishing on the high seas
  10 March 2006 DAFF06/010A Chen Long to be released - Government to consider legislation change
  4 March 2006 DAFF06/007A A sustainable future for the highly-prized Patagonian toothfish

February

  28 February 2006 DAFF06/008AJ Torres Strait Prawn Fishery arrangements for the 2006 season
  28 February 2006 DAFF06/006A Torres Strait prawn tender concluded
  28 February 2006 DAFF06/005A Consumers encouraged to dob in dodgy seafood retailers
  28 February 2006 DAFF06/004A New report on impact of Marine Protected Areas welcomed
  16 February 2006 DAFF06/003A Prison sentences for fishers who resisted apprehension welcomed
  13 February 2006 DAFF06/002A Interception of foreign vessel Chen Long
  3 February 2006 DAFF06/001A Pulp mill funding
 
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