Appendix 3

Appendix 3

Topic list

Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry portfolio

Monday, 21 May 2012

Division/Agency and Topic

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Finance and Business Support, Government, Information Services and People and Service Delivery Divisions

4–26

Strategic direction statement

4, 8

Reforming Australia’s biosecurity system

4

Post-entry quarantine station

4

Remediation work of IT

4–7, 16

Export certification

7

Exporter Supply Chain Assurance System (ESCAS)

8

National Food Plan

8

Agvet chemicals reform

8

Illegal logging

8

Research and development review

8–10

Efficiency dividend

10, 17–18, 21

Staffing numbers

10–13, 16–17, 20

Caring for Our Country

13–15

Reef Rescue

13–15

Voluntary redundancies

16

Australian Year of the Farmer

16–17

Detector dogs

18–20

Mobile phones, blackberries and iPads

21–22

Ministerial visits

22–23

Training for department and agencies

23–24

Legal costs

24–25

Departmental reports

25

Discussion paper on ecosystems

25–26

Interim Inspector-General of Biosecurity

26–29

Formal establishment of the Inspector-General of Biosecurity

26

Importation of ornamental finfish

26

Consignments of fertiliser from China

26–27

Consignments of abalone exported to China and Hong Kong

26, 27, 28

Undeclared meat products from the Republic of Korea

26, 27–28

Work plan

26, 29

Myrtle rust

27

Self-referral of audits

27

Budget allocations and staffing

28

Australian Animal Health Laboratory facility in Geelong

29

CSIRO

29

Biosecurity Animal Division

29–53

Live animal export ban

29–31

Freedom of Information documents

30–31

Legal advice

30–31

Claim for compensation

31, 49–50

E Canis

31–32

Importation of fresh shell eggs

32–33

ESCAS

33–37, 39–42, 43–46, 47, 48, 51

Boarding of the Al Shuwaikh

37–39, 52–53

Competition for live export markets

40, 42

Numbers for sheep exports

42

Companies found to be non-compliant

42–46, 48–49

Assistance packages

46–47

Foot and mouth disease

47–48

Proposal to export live cattle through Mourilyan to the Solomons

50–51

Kangaroo meat export to Russia

51–52

Biosecurity Quarantine Division

53–70

Post-entry quarantine facility

53–54, 60–61, 66

Reforming Australia's Biosecurity System—maintaining core biosecurity operations

54

Undeclared meat products from the Republic of Korea

54–60, 69–70

Cost recovery process and guidelines

55–57

AQIS Inspectors in abattoirs

          61–63

International flights checked for biosecurity risks and contamination

63–66

Transportation to the post-entry quarantine facility

66

Snail infestation, threat assessments of grain

66–67

Broomrape

67

Inspection of containers portside

67–69

Possibility of an importer supply chain assurance scheme

69

Biosecurity Plant Division

70–96

Incident of a fruit fly found in New Zealand

70

Fresh ginger from Fiji, import risk analysis

70–78, 96

Myrtle rust

76–77

Removal of dimethoate as a treatment for tomatoes

78–81

Eminent Scientists Group, apple and pear producers

81–83

Export fees and charges for nurseries

83–84

Biosecurity issues as a result of flooding

84

Horticulture Ministerial Task Force

85–87, 89–90

Meat Ministerial Task Force

87

Paper based systems

87–88

Food standards of imported food

90–91

Imported Food Inspection Scheme

91–92

Applications for the importation of bananas

92

Export of duck and chicken meat to New Zealand

92–94

Export of stone fruit into Thailand

94

Chinese apples

94–95

Asian Honey Bees

95–96

Proposal to import pineapples from Malaysia

96

Biosecurity Policy

96–106

Core functions of division

96

Business audit process of export approved premises

96–99

Certification schemes

99

Trade access and the Malaysia free trade agreement

99–102

External inspection for containers

102

Aquatic Animal Health Training Scheme

102–102

Postgraduate curriculum in plant biodiversity

103–104

Threat Abatement Plan for dieback

105–106

Centre of Excellence for Biosecurity Risk Analysis

106

Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences

107–117

Wine grape growers survey, wine industry and phylloxera

107–109, 116–117

FarmReady

108, 109

ESCAS

109–110

Tasmanian Forest Intergovernmental Agreement

110–112

Managed Investment Scheme Plantations

111–112

Potential storage of carbon

111–113

Short-run effects of carbon pricing on agriculture

113–115

Socioeconomic implications of commercial and charter fishing on the proposed South-West Marine Bioregional Plan

115

Factors contributing to employment changes in Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry in 2010-11 to 2009-10

115–116

Foreign investment in agricultural land

116

Tuesday 22 May 2012

Division/Agency and Topic

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Australian Fisheries Management Authority

4–26

Fees and charges

4–9, 10

Number of fisheries

4–9, 10

Disallowance motion

9, 10–11, 22–23

Cost recovery budget

10–11, 12–13, 15–16, 17–18

Staffing

11

Cost of observers

13–15, 23–24

Drivers for overspends in fisheries

16–17

Fisheries independent surveys

17

Fishery closures, sea lion mortalities

18–19

Marine bioregional planning process and marine protected areas                                                                      

19–22

200-metre isobar from the Western Australian government

24–26

Seismic testing in Bass Strait

26

Sustainable Resource Management

26–54

Caring for Our Country

26–32, 33, 34, 36–37, 40–41, 42, 43–45

Landcare

27–28, 31, 32, 39, 42

Reef Rescue

28, 30, 44–46

Community action grants

28, 40–41

Natural Resource Management

32–36, 40, 42–44

Environmental stewardship program

33

National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality

33–35

Monitoring and evaluation

35–36

Feral camel management project

37–38

Dingo wild dog populations

37–38

Border Rivers Gwydir Catchment Management Authority

38–39

National Weeds and Productivity Research program

41–42

Indian Ocean Tuna Commission

46

Western and Central Pacific Fisheries

46

Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna

46–47, 53, 75

Assistance with capacity building for other countries

47–48

Illegal fishing near Heard, McDonald and Macquarie Island

48

Budget initiatives specifically supporting the fishing sector

48–49

Bycatch Initiative

49–51

Harbour Policy

49–51

Work done  by the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) and ABARES

51

Seabird and shark abatement plans

51–52

Departmental contribution for the FRDC

52

Reporting of catch rates

53

Recreational industry development strategy

53

Climate Change Division

54–75

Carbon Farming Initiative

54–61, 66–67

ABARES report on the impact of alternative carbon prices on the likely area of land that would be put into forestation for carbon plantings

55–56

Domestic Offsets Integrity Committee

57–58

Soil Carbon Research Program

59, 61

Intergovernmental Agreement

61–63, 66, 74

Regional Forestry Agreements

63, 64–66, 71, 74–75

Five yearly reviews

63

Changes to the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act

63–64

The Hawke review

65

Natural Resource Management

67

Income recovery subsidy for the live cattle suspension

68–70

Compensation for live exports suspension

70–71

Voluntary exit grants

71–74

Agricultural Productivity Division

75–91

Sale of dairy heifers

75–76

Livestock industry's agricultural and veterinary chemicals

76–77

FarmReady

77–81

Cassava industry in North Queensland

81

National Food Plan

81–83, 88

National Strategic Rural R&D Investment Plan

82–83

Australian Year of the Farmer

83–85

Regional Food Producers program

85–87

New Industries Development Program

87–88

Food Processing Industry Strategy Group; Prime Minister's Taskforce on Manufacturing

88

Training of Meat and Livestock staff

88–89

Sow stalls

89

Matched funding for research and development

89

Aussie Apple Accord package

90

Horticulture Australia Ltd research and development extension plan for the apple industry

90–91

Forest and Wood products Australia

91–94

Expenditure for research and development  on climate variability and climate change

91

R&D Investment plan

91

Strategies and priorities

91–93

Process to appoint board members

93

Fund agreement

93

Life cycle assessments

94

Green Building Council of Australia

94

Australian Pork Limited

94–97

Move to ban sow stalls by 2015

94–95

Labelling laws

95

Free-range pig farming

95–96

Increase in the pig slaughter levy

96

Importation of sow stall produced pork

96–97

Australian Egg Corporation

97–100

Importation of fresh shell eggs

97–98

Definition of 'free-range'

97–100

Proportion of R&D funding invested in animal welfare

100

Meat and Livestock Australia

100–104

Training of workers in approved abattoirs

100–101

Purchasing of web domain names

101–102

R&D program

102–103

How members of the board deal with potential conflicts of interest

103–104

Australian Livestock Export Corporation Limited

104–107

Strategic plan and annual operating plan

104–105

Animal welfare provisions

104–105

Management structure

105

Board membership

106

Funding allocated to animal welfare

106

Countries that receive Australian live exports

106–107

Trade and Market Access

107–116

Export market for goats

107

Relationship with Austrade

107–108

Table grapes into China

108

Work with Wine Australia

108–109

Wine exported to Malaysia

109–110, 111

Free Trade Agreements

110–111

Malaysian Free Trade Agreement

111–113

Tropical fruit exported to Malaysia

112

United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation

113–114

Access through Indonesian ports

114–115

Cattle numbers to Indonesia

115

Price pressures in the Indonesian market

115–116

Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority

116–126

Cost recovery discussion paper

116–117

New legislation

117–118

International Federation for Animal Health survey

118

Agricultural chemicals and spray drift

118–119

The use of dimethoate on tomatoes

119–126

Maximum residue limits

123–125

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