Portfolio: Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
https://www.agriculture.gov.au/
$3.4B
2026-27 Budget (Budget Paper No. 4)$1.3B
2024-25 Total Revenue5,300
Headcount (2024-25)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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Ideas distilled from this entity's strategy & evidence
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Reduce point-of-entry export failures
Implement a targeted compliance program to reduce export failures at points of entry.
2022-23.pages.jsonl [AR p.10]
Adopt Singapore's smart farming technology
Integrate smart farming technologies used in Singapore to enhance agricultural productivity and sustainability.
singapore-smart-nation.txt
Enhanced biosecurity risk assessment
Develop a dynamic, real-time biosecurity risk assessment system to better predict and mitigate biosecurity threats.
2025-26.pages.jsonl [CP p.3]
Compliance monitoring dashboard
Build a public dashboard showing weekly active-compliance-monitoring counts by EPBC Act decision class.
EPBC-Act.txt
Optimize levies administration cost
Implement process improvements to reduce levies administration costs to below 1% of levies disbursed.
2025-26.pages.jsonl [CP p.13]
Enhanced biosecurity education program
Launch an enhanced education program to improve biosecurity awareness among farmers and the community.
2025-26.pages.jsonl [CP p.3]
Export monitoring report
Create a monthly report summarizing export compliance and monitoring activities.
2022-23.pages.jsonl [AR p.10]
Adopt UK's climate change mitigation strategies
Adopt UK's climate change mitigation strategies to reduce the environmental impact of agriculture.
UK-CCC.txt
Compliance processing queue
Implement a digital queue system to track the status of compliance applications.
2024-25.pages.jsonl [AR p.15]
Boost agricultural productivity
Initiate targeted initiatives to boost agricultural productivity by at least 0.5% annually.
2025-26.pages.jsonl [CP p.11]
Expand trade access
Expand efforts to negotiate new trade access agreements to open new markets for Australian agricultural products.
2025-26.pages.jsonl [CP p.3]
Reduce point-of-entry export failures
Implement a targeted compliance program to reduce export failures at points of entry.
2022-23.pages.jsonl [AR p.10]
Adopt Singapore's smart farming technology
Integrate smart farming technologies used in Singapore to enhance agricultural productivity and sustainability.
singapore-smart-nation.txt
Enhanced biosecurity risk assessment
Develop a dynamic, real-time biosecurity risk assessment system to better predict and mitigate biosecurity threats.
2025-26.pages.jsonl [CP p.3]
Compliance monitoring dashboard
Build a public dashboard showing weekly active-compliance-monitoring counts by EPBC Act decision class.
EPBC-Act.txt
Optimize levies administration cost
Implement process improvements to reduce levies administration costs to below 1% of levies disbursed.
2025-26.pages.jsonl [CP p.13]
Enhanced biosecurity education program
Launch an enhanced education program to improve biosecurity awareness among farmers and the community.
2025-26.pages.jsonl [CP p.3]
Export monitoring report
Create a monthly report summarizing export compliance and monitoring activities.
2022-23.pages.jsonl [AR p.10]
Adopt UK's climate change mitigation strategies
Adopt UK's climate change mitigation strategies to reduce the environmental impact of agriculture.
UK-CCC.txt
Compliance processing queue
Implement a digital queue system to track the status of compliance applications.
2024-25.pages.jsonl [AR p.15]
Boost agricultural productivity
Initiate targeted initiatives to boost agricultural productivity by at least 0.5% annually.
2025-26.pages.jsonl [CP p.11]
Expand trade access
Expand efforts to negotiate new trade access agreements to open new markets for Australian agricultural products.
2025-26.pages.jsonl [CP p.3]
Legislation administered
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2015
Biosecurity Act 2015
The entity administers biosecurity measures to protect Australia's agricultural industries, environment, animal health, and way of life from pests and diseases.
2020
Export Control Act 2020
The entity regulates exports and manages export applications to facilitate trade and protect the interests of Australian exporters.
2014
Farm Household Support Act 2014
The entity provides support to farm households through financial assistance and concessional loans.
1992
Natural Resources Management (Financial Assistance) Act 1992
The entity administers financial assistance programs for natural resource management.
2024
Primary Industries Levies and Charges Disbursement Act 2024
The entity administers levies and charges to fund agricultural research and development.
Source library
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9.4MB
2024-25.pdf
4.5MB
2023-24.pdf
6.5MB
2022-23.pdf
1.8MB
2025-26.pdf
2.8MB
2024-25.pdf
1.8MB
2023-24.pdf
370KB
2024-2030-20Emissions-20Reduction-20Plan.pdf
310KB
export-assurance-reform-for-non-prescribed-goods.pdf
412KB
industry-briefing-sustainable-export-trade-funding.pdf
456KB
industry-briefing-sustainable-export-trade-funding-02-02-26.pdf
336KB
rap-actions-and-deliverables.pdf
3.3MB
stretch-reconciliation-action-plan.pdf
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Cotton Research and Development Corporation Selection Committee
Statutory Body