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    • About ABARES
      • ABARES 2021-22 Work Plan
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    • Research topics
      • About my region: regional profiles
      • Agricultural outlook
        • Agricultural overview
        • Australian crop report
          • National overview
          • New South Wales
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        • Beef & veal
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        • Australian rice markets in 2020
        • Water market outlook
        • Commodities and trade data
        • Historical agricultural forecast database
        • Definitions
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      • Biosecurity
        • Biosecurity economics
          • A benefit-cost framework for responding to Varroa
          • Benefits of increased access to minor use chemicals
          • Biosecurity control strategies for red imported fire ants
          • Biosecurity response options for black-striped mussel
          • Consequences of a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak
          • Economic consequences of a scrapie outbreak in Australia
          • Economic impacts of Xylella fastidiosa on the Australian wine grape and wine-making industries
          • Estimating the value of Australian biosecurity arrangements for equine influenza since the 2007 outbreak
          • Farm gate value of biosecurity
          • Potential impact of the wheat steam rust strain Ug99 in Australia
          • The impacts of Xylella fastidiosa on Australian horticulture and the environment
        • Biosecurity sciences
          • Treated ballast water and its impact on port water quality
        • Biosecurity engagement
      • Climate and drought
        • Agricultural Data Integration Project
        • Farm performance and climate
        • Measuring drought risk
      • Fisheries
        • Fishery status reports 2021
        • Fisheries and aquaculture statistics 2020
          • Australian fisheries and aquaculture production
          • Australia’s trade in fisheries and aquaculture products
            • Market access improvements: A case study of stone fruit exports to China
          • Seafood consumption in Australia
          • Employment in Australian fisheries and aquaculture 2019–20
          • About this report
          • Other useful information
          • Economic concepts in Australian fisheries and aquaculture statistics
        • Fisheries data
        • Fisheries economics
          • Australian fisheries and aquaculture outlook
          • Australian fisheries economic indicators
        • Fisheries research
          • Allocating fish stocks between commercial and recreational fishers: examples from Australia and overseas
          • Shark assessment report 2018
      • Food demand in Australia
        • Trends and issues 2018
        • Trends and food security issues 2017
      • Forests
        • Forest economics
          • Australian forest and wood products statistics
            • Socio-economic indicators—trends to 2018
          • Forest economic research
            • A framework for developing medium term projections of traded wood products
            • Economic potential for new plantation establishment in Australia
            • Future opportunities for using forest and sawmill residues in Australia
            • Illegal logging regulation: analysis of regulated importers by business size
            • Productivity and efficiency of the Australian sawmilling industry
            • Responsiveness of demand for structural pine to changes in timber and steel prices
            • Short-term forecasts of selected wood product sales volume: Method and assumptions
            • Upscaling the Australian softwood sawmill industry
          • Plantation and log supply
          • National wood processing survey
        • Forest sciences
        • Forest data
        • Forests overview
      • Invasive species
        • Distribution and impacts of established pest animals and weeds
        • Exotic invasive species with environmental impacts
        • Prioritising targets for biological control of weeds
        • The National Priority List of Exotic Environmental Pests, Weeds and Diseases dataset
        • The state of weeds data collection in Australia
        • Wild dog research
      • Labour
        • Australian agricultural workforce: Stocktake of data sources
        • Previous research
        • Trends in the Australian Agricultural Workforce
      • Land Use
        • Catchment scale land use of Australia - Commodities - Update December 2020
        • Catchment scale land use profiles
      • Agricultural productivity
        • Agricultural productivity estimates
        • International comparisons
        • Measuring productivity
        • Pathways to sustainable and productive agriculture
        • Productivity data
        • Productivity drivers
          • Seasonal workers and working holiday makers comparison report
        • Productivity introduction
        • Productivity publications
        • Related research
          • Labour force survey
          • Rural research, development and extension investment in Australia
      • Social sciences
        • Australian marine pest network analysis
        • Biosecurity research
        • Climate research
        • Community engagement
        • Community involvement in plant biosecurity
        • Human dimensions research
        • Making general surveillance work
          • General surveillance case study overviews
          • Guidelines for general surveillance programs
          • Literature review: Understanding general surveillance as a system
          • Research report: Making general surveillance programs work
          • Stocktake of general surveillance initiatives
        • Natural resource management
        • Pest animals and weed management survey
        • Recreational boat operators’ self-management of biofouling in Australia
        • Social aspects of weed management
        • Social impact assessment
      • Farm surveys and analysis
        • Farm performance
        • Farm survey data
        • Disaggregating farm performance statistics by size
        • Previous research
      • Trade
        • Australian wine in China: Impact of China’s anti-dumping duties
        • Case study of Australian citrus exports
        • Case study of cattle exports to ASEAN countries
        • Agricultural export price and volume indicators
        • Analysis of government support for Australian agricultural producers
        • Australia's biosecurity market access and agricultural exports
        • Impacts of COVID-19 on Australian agriculture, forestry and fisheries trade
        • Non tariff measures affecting Australian agriculture
        • Overview of recent ABARES China research
        • Research on agriculture, trade and COVID-19
        • South America: an emerging competitor for Australia's beef industry
        • South American wine industry
        • The future of Chinese agricultural policy
        • Understanding how China's tariff on Australian barley exports will affect the agricultural sector
      • Water
        • A model of water trade and irrigation activity in the southern Murray-Darling Basin
        • Future scenarios for the southern Murray-Darling Basin: Report to the Independent Assessment of Social and Economic Conditions in the Basin
        • Measuring water market prices
        • Murray-Darling Basin water markets: trends and drivers 2002-03 to 2018-19
        • Murray-Darling-Basin water market dataset
        • Trends in water entitlement holdings and trade: Analysis of ABARES survey data
        • Water Market Outlook – August 2021
      • Agricultural forecasting
        • Changes to reporting of marketing year data
        • Farm share and price spread
        • Farmers' terms of trade: Update to farm costs and prices paid
        • Forecasting national grain stocks in times of drought
        • Seasonal climate scenarios for medium-term forecasts
        • Summary of ABARES agricultural forecasting
        • The future of public sector forecasting in Australian agriculture
      • Working papers
        • Discount rates and risk in economic analysis
        • A micro-simulation model of irrigation farms in the southern Murray-Darling Basin
        • A model of spatial and inter-temporal water trade in the southern Murray-Darling Basin
        • Defining drought from the perspective of Australian farmers
        • Introducing ABARES farmpredict
        • Non-tariff measures: A methodology
        • Simulating the effects of climate change on the profitability of Australian farms
    • Products
      • Insights
        • Analysis of Australian agricultural trade and the COVID-19 pandemic
        • Analysis of Australia’s food security and the COVID-19 pandemic
        • Australia’s future agricultural trade advantage
        • Analysis of opportunities in India
        • Analysis of 2018 drought
        • Australia’s place in global agriculture and food value chains
        • Climate change impacts and adaptation on Australian farms
        • Effects of bushfires and COVID-19 on the forestry and wood processing sectors
        • Economic effects of water recovery in the Murray–Darling Basin
        • Global responses to climate change
        • Indonesia’s food consumption and trade: will domestic reform keep up with demand?
        • Snapshot of Australian Agriculture 2021
        • Snapshot of Australia’s Agricultural Workforce
        • Snapshot of Australia’s commercial fisheries and aquaculture
        • Snapshot of Australia’s forest industry
        • Snapshot of Australian water markets
        • Stocktake of Fire in Australia’s forests, 2011 to 2016
        • Stocktake of Free trade, competitiveness and a global world: How trade agreements are shaping agriculture
        • Stocktake of Megatrends shaping Australian agriculture (2021 update)
        • The effects of drought and climate variability on Australian farms
        • The future of Chinese agricultural policy
        • United States and Australian agriculture—a comparison
        • Value creation in Australia through agricultural exports
      • Weekly update
        • 19 May 2022
        • 12 May 2022
        • 5 May 2022
      • Research releases
      • How to cite ABARES research and data
      • Definitions, glossaries and classifications
      • Publication information
    • Data
      • About my region
      • Australian Agricultural Census 2015-16 visualisations
      • Farm Data Portal - Beta
      • Improving agricultural statistics
        • Roadmap
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      • Weekly commodity price update
        • World agricultural prices
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      • Outlook Conference 2022
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      • Wagga Wagga Regional Outlook conference
    • Careers

Careers

Join ABARES

The bureau is an ideal workplace for those who want to develop their research and analytical skills, build strong relationships, and work across a range of fields relating to the agriculture, fisheries and forestry portfolio.

  • we value professionalism, integrity, great minds and practical thinking.
  • we offer rewarding working conditions and excellent remuneration.
  • we encourage continuous learning and provide a wide range of development opportunities.
  • your work will directly contribute to the evidence base for future policy development by the Australian Government.

Positions are advertised on the Department’s jobs centre.

2023 ABARES graduate program

In 2023 ABARES is offering a 12-month entry level professional program for economists, modellers, scientists and statisticians. You will work in a dynamic research bureau with a team of experienced economists and scientists on issues facing Australia’s agriculture, forestry, and fisheries sectors.

Click here to apply and for more information.

PLEASE NOTE: The closing date for applications has been extended to Tuesday 26 April at 11:30 pm.

Graduate recruitment webinar

If you missed our latest ABARES Perspectives graduate recruitment webinar on Thursday 31 March, or if you attended the webinar and want to watch it again, here’s your chance to hear from some of our economists who started as ABARES graduates, learn about potential career paths and look behind the scenes at the day in the life of an ABARES economist.

Video transcript – ABARES Graduate Webinar (DOCX 35KB)

Register for temporary employment

If you are interested in working for the bureau on a short-term or casual basis, you can register your interest on the Department’s temporary employment register.

Diversity

We are committed to fostering a diverse and flexible workplace that values differences, supports inclusiveness and encourages all employees regardless of gender, cultural background, disability, sexual orientation or caring responsibilities, to achieve their potential.

Reach Program temporary employment register

Our Reach Program is an in-house program that involves recruiting employees with autism to undertake a number of roles within the department. It is part of our commitment to promoting inclusion.

You can register your interest for the Reach Program on the department's Reach Program Temporary Employment Register.

Reasonable adjustments

People with disability can request workplace modifications or reasonable adjustments to assist in applying for positions, participating in the recruitment process, and with their daily job. These adjustments are aimed at removing barriers for people with disability so they can undertake their job in the best way possible. These include access, equipment and other practical support.

If you require reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, you can include these in your online job application or discuss your needs with the position’s contact officer.

RecruitAbility scheme

We take part in the Australian Public Service (APS) RecruitAbility scheme. It supports employing people with disability in the department and wider APS.

If you have a disability, you can opt into the scheme. If you meet the minimum requirements of the job, you’ll advance to the second stage in the selection process.

Our research and data

Latest products
Read new reports and regular series releases from our products centre.

Historic and archived publications
Our all products page provides access to our comprehensive publications database, including historic and archived reports.

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Online research tools

Agricultural Census visualisations
Select 2015-16 datasets, filter by industry, category or commodity, explore national and regional maps.

Climatch – species range prediction
Predict the potential range of a species by matching climate data from region to region.

Rainfall to Pasture Growth Outlook Tool
Access rainfall, soil moisture and pasture growth information.

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Visual data content

Infographics and maps
ABARES analysis and data in easy-to-read and use graphics

Data visualisations
Information ready to use on our Tableau Public page

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Last updated: 13 April 2022

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