News - Emergencies and recovery

River Murray support packages helping the recovery effort

8 February 2024

Just over a year on from the peak of the River Murray floods – one of the most damaging natural disasters in South Australia's history – the benefits from a range of assistance packages continue to play an important role in the recovery e…

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New $8 million on-farm emergency water rebate extends to statewide disaster recovery

8 December 2023

Primary producers across South Australia will be able to access funding to install on-farm water infrastructure with the opening of a new round of the On-farm Emergency Water Infrastructure Rebate Scheme.

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Drought resilience training for wine grape growers

24 March 2023

A partnership helping primary producers and communities become more resilient to the impacts of drought is being extended to include the wine grape sector in a key resilience training program.

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River Murray flooding primary producer infrastructure grants open

11 December 2022

River Murray primary producers can now apply for assistance with the costs associated with flood impacts to irrigation infrastructure and electricity supply.

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Japanese encephalitis update

7 June 2022

There has been one more detection of Japanese encephalitis (JE) virus  in South Australian piggeries since the last update provided by the Department of Primary Industries and Regions on 5 May 2022.

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More cases of Japanese encephalitis in SA piggeries

30 March 2022

There have been two more detections of Japanese encephalitis (JE) in South Australian commercial piggeries.

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