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Essential Freshwater booklet
All the rules are in one place in a new Essential Freshwater rules booklet you can download:
Essential Freshwater Rules [PDF, 1.5 MB]
Intensive Winter Grazing rules
Here's all the information about the rules around Intensive Winter Grazing.
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Synthetic Nitrogen Fertiliser rules
Here's all the information about the rules around the cap on how much synthetic nitrogen fertiliser can be used on farms and how farmers can report how much they are using.
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Protecting wetlands
New regulations to protect wetlands were introduced in the National Environmental Standards for Freshwater 2020 (NES-F) as part of the Government’s Essential Freshwater reforms.
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Agricultural intensification rules
Here's all the information about the rules around agricultural intensification.
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Stock exclusion rules
Here's all the information about the rules around stock exclusion.
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Feedlots and stockholding areas rules
Here's all the information about the rules around feedlots and stockholding areas.
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Freshwater Farm Plans
Here's all the information about the new Freshwater Farm Plans.
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Fish passage and structures in rivers rules
Here's all the information about the rules around fish passages and structures in rivers and lakes.
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