Portfolio: Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
http://www.afma.gov.au/fisheries/joint-authority-fisheries/
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
The QFJA is responsible for the management of certain fish species as prescribed under the Offshore Constitutional Settlement Agreement. The Queensland Government is responsible for managing a number of fisheries in the Gulf of Carpentaria that take these species.
PURPOSE
The QFJA is responsible for the management of certain fish species as prescribed under the Offshore Constitutional Settlement Agreement. The Queensland Government is responsible for managing a number of fisheries in the Gulf of Carpentaria that take these species.
Strategic priorities
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Not available
Outcomes
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Outcome 1: Sustainable fisheries
The QFJA manages fisheries to ensure they are sustainable and comply with relevant legislation and regulations.
KEY ACTIVITIES
Values
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Sustainability
Collaboration
Compliance
Performance measures
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| Code | Measure | Target 2025-26 | Latest result | Status |
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Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available Annual Report 2021-22 | Not available |
Source documents
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2021-22
Annual Report 2021–22
Open
2020-21
Annual Report 2020–21
Open
2019-20
Annual Report 2019–20
Open
2018-19
Annual Report 2018–19
Open
2017-18
Annual Report 2017–18
Open
2023
Strategic Plan
Open
2023
Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Harvest Strategy
Open
2023
Coral Sea Fishery – Aquarium Sector Harvest Strategy Framework
Open
2023
Coral Sea Fishery – Lobster and Trochus Sector Harvest Strategy
Open
2025
Coral Sea Fishery – Sea Cucumber Sector Harvest Strategy
Open
2023
Coral Sea Fishery – Line Trawl and Trap Sector Harvest Strategy
Open
2023
Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery Management Strategy
Open
2024
Northern Prawn Fishery Harvest Strategy
Open
2023
North West Slope Trawl Fishery and Western Deepwater Trawl Fishery Harvest Strategy
Open
2025
Small Pelagic Fishery Harvest Strategy
Open
2024
Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Harvest Strategy (amended 2024)
Open
2023
Southern Squid Jig Fishery Harvest Strategy 2022
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.
Eastern%20Tuna%20and%20Billfish%20Fishery%20Management%20Strategy.pdf)
Outcome dashboard linking budget, delivery, and public impact
Build a public-facing outcome dashboard showing spend, outputs, outcomes, and delivery confidence.
Eastern%20Tuna%20and%20Billfish%20Fishery%20Management%20Strategy.pdf)
Triage queue for stuck or ageing cases
Use existing case data to flag ageing, duplicate, incomplete, or high-risk cases for earlier intervention.
Eastern%20Tuna%20and%20Billfish%20Fishery%20Management%20Strategy.pdf)
End-to-end case processing redesign
Redesign the case pathway around risk-based triage, reusable evidence, and automated eligibility checks.
Eastern%20Tuna%20and%20Billfish%20Fishery%20Management%20Strategy.pdf)
Regulatory burden scan for forms, guidance, and reporting
Identify the top 10 highest-friction reporting obligations and simplify guidance, forms, or evidence requirements.
SESSF-Harvest-Strategy-Amended-2024.pdf)
Adaptive regulation program with live feedback loops
Create an adaptive regulation model using sandboxes, industry data, risk scoring, and regular rule updates.
SESSF-Harvest-Strategy-Amended-2024.pdf)
Recommendation tracker for audits, reviews, and inquiries
Publish a single internal tracker for audit/review recommendations, owners, due dates, and implementation evidence.
Coral%20Sea%20Fishery%20%E2%80%93%20Line%20Trawl%20and%20Trap%20Sector%20Harvest%20Strategy.pdf)
Integrated assurance and lessons-learned system
Create an assurance system that connects audit findings, risk registers, delivery reviews, and investment decisions.
Coral%20Sea%20Fishery%20%E2%80%93%20Line%20Trawl%20and%20Trap%20Sector%20Harvest%20Strategy.pdf)
Consultation feedback summaries with response tracking
Summarise consultation submissions by theme and publish what changed in response.
Eastern%20Tuna%20and%20Billfish%20Fishery%20Management%20Strategy.pdf)
Always-on policy participation platform
Create a standing participation platform where citizens and stakeholders can propose, vote, and track ideas.
Eastern%20Tuna%20and%20Billfish%20Fishery%20Management%20Strategy.pdf)
Reusable briefing and summary assistant for internal documents
Create controlled templates for summarising reports, submissions, minutes, and ministerial briefs.
Eastern%20Tuna%20and%20Billfish%20Fishery%20Management%20Strategy.pdf)
Department-wide knowledge and briefing platform
Build a secure knowledge platform that lets staff search, summarise, and cite approved departmental material.
Eastern%20Tuna%20and%20Billfish%20Fishery%20Management%20Strategy.pdf)
KPI evidence register with named owners
Create a simple register mapping each KPI to source data, owner, frequency, target, and last result.
Eastern%20Tuna%20and%20Billfish%20Fishery%20Management%20Strategy.pdf)
Outcome dashboard linking budget, delivery, and public impact
Build a public-facing outcome dashboard showing spend, outputs, outcomes, and delivery confidence.
Eastern%20Tuna%20and%20Billfish%20Fishery%20Management%20Strategy.pdf)
Triage queue for stuck or ageing cases
Use existing case data to flag ageing, duplicate, incomplete, or high-risk cases for earlier intervention.
Eastern%20Tuna%20and%20Billfish%20Fishery%20Management%20Strategy.pdf)
End-to-end case processing redesign
Redesign the case pathway around risk-based triage, reusable evidence, and automated eligibility checks.
Eastern%20Tuna%20and%20Billfish%20Fishery%20Management%20Strategy.pdf)
Regulatory burden scan for forms, guidance, and reporting
Identify the top 10 highest-friction reporting obligations and simplify guidance, forms, or evidence requirements.
SESSF-Harvest-Strategy-Amended-2024.pdf)
Adaptive regulation program with live feedback loops
Create an adaptive regulation model using sandboxes, industry data, risk scoring, and regular rule updates.
SESSF-Harvest-Strategy-Amended-2024.pdf)
Recommendation tracker for audits, reviews, and inquiries
Publish a single internal tracker for audit/review recommendations, owners, due dates, and implementation evidence.
Coral%20Sea%20Fishery%20%E2%80%93%20Line%20Trawl%20and%20Trap%20Sector%20Harvest%20Strategy.pdf)
Integrated assurance and lessons-learned system
Create an assurance system that connects audit findings, risk registers, delivery reviews, and investment decisions.
Coral%20Sea%20Fishery%20%E2%80%93%20Line%20Trawl%20and%20Trap%20Sector%20Harvest%20Strategy.pdf)
Consultation feedback summaries with response tracking
Summarise consultation submissions by theme and publish what changed in response.
Eastern%20Tuna%20and%20Billfish%20Fishery%20Management%20Strategy.pdf)
Always-on policy participation platform
Create a standing participation platform where citizens and stakeholders can propose, vote, and track ideas.
Eastern%20Tuna%20and%20Billfish%20Fishery%20Management%20Strategy.pdf)
Reusable briefing and summary assistant for internal documents
Create controlled templates for summarising reports, submissions, minutes, and ministerial briefs.
Eastern%20Tuna%20and%20Billfish%20Fishery%20Management%20Strategy.pdf)
Department-wide knowledge and briefing platform
Build a secure knowledge platform that lets staff search, summarise, and cite approved departmental material.
Eastern%20Tuna%20and%20Billfish%20Fishery%20Management%20Strategy.pdf)
Source library
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1.0MB
2021-22.pdf
580KB
2020-21.pdf
407KB
2019-20.pdf
233KB
2018-19.pdf
1.6MB
2017-18.pdf
145KB
Arrangement-Between-the-Commonwealth-and-NT-for-the-Demersal-and-Timor-Reef-Fish.pdf
138KB
Arrangement-Between-the-Commonwealth-and-NT-for-the-Northern-Shark-Fishery.pdf
2.1MB
Minutes-NTFJA-2022.pdf
271KB
Arrangement-Cth-and-WA-Northern-Shark-Fishery-in-Waters-East-of-Koolan-Island-19.pdf
552KB
2018-Amendment-General-Arrangement-and-termination-of-JADGL-C2018G00618.pdf
372KB
NAFC-Strategic-Plan-May-2014.pdf
288KB
Bass-20Strait-20Central-20Zone-20Scallop-20Fishery-20Harvest-20Strategy.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