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development of, and investment in, australian industry. the focus is to improve the economic viability and competitive advantage of australian industry, including the identified growth sectors, and supporting the growth and performance of smes. in achieving this priority, the department has a number of requirements for industry and market research and analysis as described below. as such, the department is seeking tenders from suitable providers of industry and business level market research, data, and intelligence and analysis reports. the scope of the reports shall be relevant to australian industry and businesses, including smes, and shall provide meaningful industry research and business information for use in a range of activities including policy development, program delivery and diagnostic analysis of businesses, markets and industry segments. the department provides briefings to the minister which includes industry sectoral briefs, data cards, company briefs, industry briefs, business case studies, industry for which it sources from various domestic and international industry market research and analysis reports. the industry reports are used in departmental briefings contributing to its strategic direction in encouraging growth in australian industries. the department also develops policy, provides policy advice and designs programs to implement australian government policy particularly in industry, innovation and science. an understanding of australian industry is important in performing this work and the industry reports will be used to inform our work in these areas. the entrepreneurs programme is the australian government’s flagship initiative for business competitiveness and productivity. it is delivered through a network of experienced business advisers and facilitators who have relevant private sector experience to assist businesses to improve business practices, become more competitive, and take advantage of growth and collaboration opportunities in order to build the business’ capacity to trade in australian and/or international markets. the programme also provides assistance to commercialise novel products, services and processes as well as to identify knowledge gaps that may be preventing business growth. opportunities are also available for australian start-ups to achieve commercial success in international markets by helping them develop their business capabilities via the incubator support service. within the entrepreneurs’ programme there is a need for the provision of information on the external environment from critical industry market research and analysis reports, including industry benchmarking data that we make available to our business advisers and facilitators for the business management services.

proposes utilising current grdc northern region branded and supported events, such as the grdc research updates and sponsored field days, to stage a series of short events breakfast or pre-dinner gatherings to support the introduction of experienced agronomists and advisers to graduate level agronomists. in addition, this investment encompasses the establishment of strong linkages into the relevant grdc northern region university/college campuses to develop the bridge between study and career.

suitably qualified consultants to submit a tender for research and analysis in the form of a coag consultation regulation impact statement ris on a proposal to require features to enable accessibility in class 1a and class 2 sole occupancy units sous of the national construction code ncc deliverables a-d. note: public consultation will be undertaken by the abcb. an assessment of public consultation, a final ris incorporating updated analysis, assumptions and discussion to reflect relevant information revealed through stakeholder consultation on the options deliverable e as an extension option will be undertaken at the discretion of the department. the tenderer must demonstrate through their submission their understanding of: • disability, impairment and demographics and how these influence housing choice; • the building regulatory system, the housing market, the influences and contributors to housing stock and tenure; • market, regulatory or behavioural failures relevant to the work and methods to establish and quantify them; • relevant factors that influence the scope of potential benefits and costs, the interaction of other government policies such as, incentive schemes, state and territory planning, affordable housing policies, or the national disability insurance scheme or private adjustments. • a methodology which accounts for the need for research and a number for relevant matters outlined in the atm.

soilborne disease management is reliant on correct identification of the causal pathogen, it is important that growers and advisors are supplied with the knowledge to be able to achieve this. the purpose of this investment is to extend to growers and advisors the different methods for correctly identifying soilborne pathogens. it will incorporate extension activities to assist symptom identification on the roots, promote the use of diagnostic services for pathogens that are difficult to identify by the naked-eye or may be present in a pathogen complex, and demonstrate management options available to reduce soilborne pathogen inoculum and impact

proposes a series of interactive harvester set-up days located across western 30, southern 24 and northern 30 regions to service growers at subregion level. event delivery and duration will vary for each region. this three-year investment will inform growers, harvest contractors, advisors and machinery resellers on harvester set-up and front to back grain quality/ losses through an interactive program with the aim to maximise harvest efficiency and optimise grain losses including the integration of effective harvest weed seed control. information will be practical and delivered using a range of local grower’s machinery. development of extension materials and evaluation of the grower & contractor practice change as a result of attending will be incorporated into this investment and will include the development of case studies and video content. applicants can apply for delivery in one or multiple regions. western – thirty 30 interactive expo days to be delivered over 3 years 10 per annum southern – twenty-four 24 interactive expo days to be delivered over 3 years 8 per annum northern – up to a total of thirty 30 interactive expo days to be delivered over 3 years up to 10 per annum, seasonally dependent the interactive harvester set-up day activities are to be coordinated nationally but designed and delivered strategically for each region. one investment across all three regions or three separate investments, one per region, will be considered. if three separate investments are proposed, applicants will need to outline a mechanism to ensure collaboration across the regions.

feathertop rhodes grass is a highly aggressive weed that, despite being a focus of several research efforts, is continuing to increase in incidence and severity in northern farming systems. the recent confirmation of resistance to glyphosate also highlights the need to manage the weed with an integrated systems approach. this proposal builds on work in daq00105, us00084, and nga00004 that have investigated various strategies for managing feathertop rhodes grass in the summer/winter cropping areas of the northern region. to facilitate improved management of feathertop rhodes grass in queensland and northern nsw, a communication and extension campaign is required. the procurement will update the current feathertop rhodes grass integrated weed management iwm publication for winter/summer cropping areas by incorporating recent research results and will be used as the focus of a targeted extension campaign

feathertop rhodes grass is a highly aggressive weed that, despite being a focus of several research efforts, is continuing to increase in incidence and severity in northern farming systems. the recent confirmation of resistance to glyphosate also highlights the need to manage the weed with an integrated systems approach. this proposal builds on work in daq00105, us00084, and nga00004 that have investigated various strategies for managing feathertop rhodes grass in the summer/winter cropping areas of the northern region. to facilitate improved management of feathertop rhodes grass in queensland and northern nsw, a communication and extension campaign is required. the procurement will update the current feathertop rhodes grass integrated weed management iwm publication for winter/summer cropping areas by incorporating recent research results and will be used as the focus of a targeted extension campaign.

supply of production of high value, human consumption pulses in australia is dominated by lentil and chickpea, and is concentrated on the more fertile soils in the medium rainfall areas of the southern and northern regions. due to the farming system benefits of imposing a double break and the high prices in recent years, there is much interest in expanding lentil and chickpea production onto soils with a number of constraints acidity, nutrient toxicities and deficiencies, poor structure and into other rainfall zones. it is critical that new pulses be developed and managed such that the crop life-cycle fits within the constraints of availability of soil water, frost and heat stresses and flowering and pod-set occur in the optimum window for different agroecological zones. as time to flowering and pod-set are so critical in these crops, understanding and improving them in existing production regions and where they have not been optimised yet is one of the most critical elements that can contribute to their adoption and deliver potential step changes in yield and profit. the national pulse phenology investment proposed will utilise common genetic resources across existing and potential pulse expansion regions of australia to expedite delivery of data, tools and knowledge which can inform crop breeding. it will leverage international r&d activities, and new synergies provided by recent developments in understanding of genome synteny and conserved pathways in this group of crops to deliver on investment outputs.

recent incursion of the barley disease ramularia has not been fully delimited around the areas of confirmed occurrence. as this disease can spread through infected seed, growers in these regions will need information on the relative risk of saving seed for planting the following year. other regions that currently have had no positive recordings will need to be surveyed to ensure that these areas are currently free from ramularia. ramularia in the northern hemisphere and new zealand has recently increased in pathogen aggressiveness, decreased in fungicide sensitivity and caused epidemics in germany. determining the occurrence of ramularia across the australian grain belt will inform the level of disease management options required including seed hygiene, fungicide and pre-breeding investments. investment description this investment will combine three surveillance approaches over two seasons to determine the incidence and distribution of ramularia across the australian grain belt. 1. delimiting ramularia incidence around existing confirmed occurrences; 2. where found, collection and storage of ramularia samples for further characterisation; 3. determining the areas that are free of the disease with emphasis on areas known to be of highest disease risk across the western, southern and northern grdc regions. there is a preference for a coordinated national approach. expected outcome by 2022, australian grain growers will be implementing effective disease management strategies that minimise the impact of priority diseases on production leading to at least 10% increase in profitability expected outputs by december 2019 and annually thereafter, australian grain growers will know the incidence and distribution of ramularia across the australian grain belt. details: a ramularia occurrence survey to be conducted across the australian grain belt with an emphasis on the high and medium rainfall regions. a delimitation survey will be conducted in western australia

falling number fn is a global industry standard used to quantify detrimental pre-harvest sprouting phs in wheat, as early release from seed dormancy leads to significant effects on end product quality. however, a low falling number can also be caused by the trait of late maturity alpha-amylase lma, with some wheats having a genetic predisposition to accumulate low levels of starch digesting enzymes during grain filling in the absence of sprouting. lma susceptibility is currently a classification criterion for milling wheat in australia. due to the cost involved in the current lma susceptibility screen, it is currently employed at a late phase in the breeding pathway of australian wheat breeding programs, which significantly restricts genetic gains for yield and other traits in australian wheat varieties