Portfolio: Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
https://www.agriculture.gov.au/
Digital Services to Take Farmers to Markets (TFTM)
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Total Budget
$322.9M
Digital Budget
$322.9M
October 2020 — June 2026
The TFTM program is transforming Australia’s agricultural export systems with the delivery of contemporary digital products and services for trade and exporter engagement. Tranche 1 established the foundations for the digital reforms by uplifting existing systems onto modern and reliable platforms and developing new digital services. Tranche 2 builds on the capabilities delivered in Tranche 1 by delivering a dynamic program of work that enables the department to be a risk-based, data-enabled regulator.
Capital Security, Technology, and Asset Refresh (CapSTAR)
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Total Budget
$287.9M
Digital Budget
$201.2M
July 2024 — June 2028
The CapSTAR program aims to refresh and maintain essential property and ICT assets, reduce risk in service delivery and ensure critical business systems are supported, patched and resilient. The outcome will be a sustainable and efficient technology and physical infrastructure portfolio, through reduced technical debt and increased physical and cyber maturity.
Simplified Targeting and Enhanced Processing Systems (STEPS)
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Total Budget
$144.9M
Digital Budget
$144.9M
July 2023 — June 2026
The STEPS program will transform the border process for cargo importers who depend on the department to mitigate and regulate biosecurity risk in a challenging global marketplace. At the time of preparing this report, this project is subject to the escalation protocols set out in the Assurance Framework for Digital and ICT Investments. These protocols are designed to support agencies in the timely resolution of delivery challenges.
Supporting a Stronger and More Sustainable Agriculture Sector
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Total Budget
$9.5M
Digital Budget
$9.5M
July 2023 — June 2026
This project aims to uplift the ICT, data and statistical systems’ capabilities to meet the department’s needs. This will improve the accessibility of agricultural data and information, improve and remediate survey processing systems, rebuild geospatial infrastructure, and gather requirements on future capabilities necessary to transform and enable agricultural data and information products to suit changing needs.
Climate Services for Agriculture (CSA) Program
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Total Budget
$22M
Digital Budget
$11.5M
July 2025 — July 2028
The CSA Program aims to build drought resilience by enabling users to anticipate future climate conditions, compare those conditions with historical climate records, and consider potential impacts on the food and fibre products they produce. CSA provides climate projections for specific commodities at a local scale via a free online platform, ‘My Climate View’.
Knowledge Management (Dorper2)
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Total Budget
$7.6M
Digital Budget
$7.6M
April 2025 — June 2028
This project aims to make the knowledge generated by the Future Drought Fund (FDF) more accessible, and promote wider adoption through a systematic and strategic approach. It will develop a knowledge management system (Dorper2) to collect and store FDF knowledge, such as program outputs and outcomes, project data and information, and contract management information.
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Reform proposals on YourGov that name this department as a delivery partner — drawn from citizen voice, government strategy, research, international examples and gap analysis.
STRATEGY SUMMARY
To control locust populations in those situations where they have the potential to inflict significant damage to agricultural industries in more than one Member State. [AR p.1]
PURPOSE
To control locust populations in those situations where they have the potential to inflict significant damage to agricultural industries in more than one Member State. [AR p.1]
Corporate Plan 2025-26 · p.1Strategic priorities
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Support Australia’s agricultural sector, including the food and fibre industries, to be increasingly prosperous and inte
Support Australia’s agricultural sector, including the food and fibre industries, to be increasingly prosperous and internationally competitive in an ever-changing world.
Corporate Plan 2025-26 · p.9Increase the contribution agriculture, fisheries and forestry make to a healthy, sustainable and low-emissions environme
Increase the contribution agriculture, fisheries and forestry make to a healthy, sustainable and low-emissions environment.
Corporate Plan 2025-26 · p.9Strengthen our national biosecurity system to provide a risk-based approach and an appropriate level of protection to Au
Strengthen our national biosecurity system to provide a risk-based approach and an appropriate level of protection to Australia’s people, our environment and economy.
Corporate Plan 2025-26 · p.9Outcomes
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Outcome 1: More sustainable, productive, internationally competitive and profitable Australian agricultural, food and fibre industries
Through policies and initiatives that promote better resource management practices, innovation, self-reliance and improved access to international markets.
KEY ACTIVITIES
Outcome 2: Safeguard Australia’s animal and plant health status
To maintain overseas markets and protect the economy and environment from the impact of exotic pests and diseases, through risk assessment, inspection and certification, and the implementation of emergency response arrangements for Australian agricultural, food and fibre industries.
KEY ACTIVITIES
Values
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Working together
Courage
Diversity
Excellence
Performance measures
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| Code | Measure | Target 2025-26 | Latest result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
CCE01 | Sector growth | Support Australia’s agricultural sector, including the food and fibre industries, to be increasingly prosperous and internationally competitive in an ever-changing world. Corporate Plan 2025-26 · p.9 | Achieved Annual Report 2019-20 · p.9 | Achieved |
RS-01 | Sector resilience and sustainability | Increase the contribution agriculture, fisheries and forestry make to a healthy, sustainable and low-emissions environment. Corporate Plan 2025-26 · p.9 | Achieved Annual Report 2019-20 · p.9 | Achieved |
BI-01 | National biosecurity | Strengthen our national biosecurity system to provide a risk-based approach and an appropriate level of protection to Australia’s people, our environment and economy. Corporate Plan 2025-26 · p.9 | Achieved Annual Report 2019-20 · p.9 | Achieved |
Source documents
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2019-20
Annual report 2019-20 PDF
Open
2016-17
Annual report 2016-17 PDF
Open
2015-16
Annual report 2015-16 PDF
Open
2014-15
Annual report 2014-15 PDF
Open
2013-14
Annual report 2013-14 PDF
Open
2025-26
Download PDF - 1.7 MB
Open
2024-25
DAFF Corporate Plan 2024-25 (PDF - 2.6 MB)
Open
2023-24
DAFF Corporate Plan 2023-24 (PDF - 1.7 MB)
Open
Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) Actions and Deliverables (PDF 328 KB)
Open
2021
Reconciliation Action Plan 2021 - 2024 (PDF 3.1 MB)
Open
Transformation Action Plan (PDF 2.3 MB)
Open
Ideas distilled from this entity's strategy & evidence
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KPI evidence register with named owners
Create a simple register mapping each KPI to source data, owner, frequency, target, and last result.
daff-corporate-plan-2024-25.pdf)
Outcome dashboard linking budget, delivery, and public impact
Build a public-facing outcome dashboard showing spend, outputs, outcomes, and delivery confidence.
daff-corporate-plan-2024-25.pdf)
Recommendation tracker for audits, reviews, and inquiries
Publish a single internal tracker for audit/review recommendations, owners, due dates, and implementation evidence.
aplc-annual-activity-statement-2011-12.pdf)
Integrated assurance and lessons-learned system
Create an assurance system that connects audit findings, risk registers, delivery reviews, and investment decisions.
aplc-annual-activity-statement-2011-12.pdf)
Regulatory burden scan for forms, guidance, and reporting
Identify the top 10 highest-friction reporting obligations and simplify guidance, forms, or evidence requirements.
daff-corporate-plan-2024-25.pdf)
Adaptive regulation program with live feedback loops
Create an adaptive regulation model using sandboxes, industry data, risk scoring, and regular rule updates.
daff-corporate-plan-2024-25.pdf)
Reusable briefing and summary assistant for internal documents
Create controlled templates for summarising reports, submissions, minutes, and ministerial briefs.
aplc-annual-activity-statement-2012-13.pdf)
Department-wide knowledge and briefing platform
Build a secure knowledge platform that lets staff search, summarise, and cite approved departmental material.
aplc-annual-activity-statement-2012-13.pdf)
Procurement lessons library for repeat purchases
Capture reusable procurement clauses, market lessons, supplier performance notes, and common evaluation criteria.
daff-corporate-plan-2024-25.pdf)
Portfolio delivery office for major investments
Stand up a portfolio delivery office that tracks benefits, risks, dependencies, procurement, and delivery confidence.
daff-corporate-plan-2024-25.pdf)
Triage queue for stuck or ageing cases
Use existing case data to flag ageing, duplicate, incomplete, or high-risk cases for earlier intervention.
daff-corporate-plan-2024-25.pdf)
End-to-end case processing redesign
Redesign the case pathway around risk-based triage, reusable evidence, and automated eligibility checks.
daff-corporate-plan-2024-25.pdf)
KPI evidence register with named owners
Create a simple register mapping each KPI to source data, owner, frequency, target, and last result.
daff-corporate-plan-2024-25.pdf)
Outcome dashboard linking budget, delivery, and public impact
Build a public-facing outcome dashboard showing spend, outputs, outcomes, and delivery confidence.
daff-corporate-plan-2024-25.pdf)
Recommendation tracker for audits, reviews, and inquiries
Publish a single internal tracker for audit/review recommendations, owners, due dates, and implementation evidence.
aplc-annual-activity-statement-2011-12.pdf)
Integrated assurance and lessons-learned system
Create an assurance system that connects audit findings, risk registers, delivery reviews, and investment decisions.
aplc-annual-activity-statement-2011-12.pdf)
Regulatory burden scan for forms, guidance, and reporting
Identify the top 10 highest-friction reporting obligations and simplify guidance, forms, or evidence requirements.
daff-corporate-plan-2024-25.pdf)
Adaptive regulation program with live feedback loops
Create an adaptive regulation model using sandboxes, industry data, risk scoring, and regular rule updates.
daff-corporate-plan-2024-25.pdf)
Reusable briefing and summary assistant for internal documents
Create controlled templates for summarising reports, submissions, minutes, and ministerial briefs.
aplc-annual-activity-statement-2012-13.pdf)
Department-wide knowledge and briefing platform
Build a secure knowledge platform that lets staff search, summarise, and cite approved departmental material.
aplc-annual-activity-statement-2012-13.pdf)
Procurement lessons library for repeat purchases
Capture reusable procurement clauses, market lessons, supplier performance notes, and common evaluation criteria.
daff-corporate-plan-2024-25.pdf)
Portfolio delivery office for major investments
Stand up a portfolio delivery office that tracks benefits, risks, dependencies, procurement, and delivery confidence.
daff-corporate-plan-2024-25.pdf)
Triage queue for stuck or ageing cases
Use existing case data to flag ageing, duplicate, incomplete, or high-risk cases for earlier intervention.
daff-corporate-plan-2024-25.pdf)
End-to-end case processing redesign
Redesign the case pathway around risk-based triage, reusable evidence, and automated eligibility checks.
daff-corporate-plan-2024-25.pdf)
Source library
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3.0MB
2019-20.pdf
2.9MB
2016-17.pdf
2.6MB
2015-16.pdf
3.8MB
2014-15.pdf
3.2MB
2013-14.pdf
1.8MB
2025-26.pdf
2.8MB
2024-25.pdf
1.8MB
2023-24.pdf
1.3MB
aplc-annual-activity-statement-2012-13.pdf
2.3MB
aplc-annual-activity-statement-2011-12.pdf
370KB
2024-2030-20Emissions-20Reduction-20Plan.pdf
310KB
export-assurance-reform-for-non-prescribed-goods.pdf
Bodies within the Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry portfolio
Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation (trading as AgriFutures Australia)
Corporate Commonwealth Entity
Grains Research and Development Corporation
Corporate Commonwealth Entity
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation
Corporate Commonwealth Entity
Cotton Research and Development Corporation
Corporate Commonwealth Entity
Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority
Corporate Commonwealth Entity
Wine Australia
Corporate Commonwealth Entity
Australian Fisheries Management Authority
Non-corporate Commonwealth Entity
Regional Investment Corporation
Corporate Commonwealth Entity
Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation Selection Committee
Statutory Body
Grains Research and Development Corporation Selection Committee
Statutory Body
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation Selection Committee
Statutory Body
Cotton Research and Development Corporation Selection Committee
Statutory Body