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  "strategy_brief_md": "# Terrestrial Vertebrate Working Group — Strategy Brief\n\n**Reporting period**: 2024-25\n**Corporate plan in force**: 2025-26\n**Corporate Plan**: [2025-26](https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2025-26.pdf)\n\n## Vision\n\n> A more sustainable and prosperous Australia through biosecurity, production and trade. [CP p.7](https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2025-26.pdf#page=7) [[CP p.7](https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2025-26.pdf#page=7)(https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2025-26.pdf#page=7)]\n\n## Our purpose / purposes\n\n> Working together to safeguard and grow sustainable agriculture, fisheries and forestry for all Australians. [CP p.7](https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2025-26.pdf#page=7) [[CP p.7](https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2025-26.pdf#page=7)(https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2025-26.pdf#page=7)]\n\n## How we deliver\n\n> We deliver our role, vision and purpose through 3 strategic objectives:\n1) 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.\n2) Sector resilience and sustainability – Increase the contribution agriculture, fisheries and forestry make to a healthy, sustainable and low-emissions environment.\n3) 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. [CP p.8](https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2025-26.pdf#page=8) [[CP p.8](https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2025-26.pdf#page=8)(https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2025-26.pdf#page=8)]\n\n## Government priorities for this department\n\n- Support Australia’s agricultural sector, including the food and fibre industries, to be increasingly prosperous and internationally competitive in an ever-changing world. [[CP p.8](https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2025-26.pdf#page=8)(https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2025-26.pdf#page=8)]\n- Increase the contribution agriculture, fisheries and forestry make to a healthy, sustainable and low-emissions environment. [[CP p.8](https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2025-26.pdf#page=8)(https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2025-26.pdf#page=8)]\n- 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. [[CP p.8](https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2025-26.pdf#page=8)(https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2025-26.pdf#page=8)]\n\n## Outcomes\n\n### Outcome 1 – More sustainable, productive, internationally competitive and profitable Australian agricultural, food and fibre industries\nThrough policies and initiatives that promote better resource management practices, innovation, self-reliance and improved access to international markets. [[CP p.3](https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2025-26.pdf#page=3)(https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2025-26.pdf#page=3)]\n\n**Key activities:**\n- Support sector productivity growth and innovation.\n- Regulate exports and enable, improve and protect access to international markets.\n\n### 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\nThrough risk assessment, inspection and certification, and the implementation of emergency response arrangements for Australian agricultural, food and fibre industries. [[CP p.3](https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2025-26.pdf#page=3)(https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2025-26.pdf#page=3)]\n\n**Key activities:**\n- Effectively prepare for the management of biosecurity risks, imported food and human health through risk assessment, pre-border controls and assurance programs, inspection, treatment, certification and education.\n- Regulate to safeguard Australia’s animal, plant, human health, environmental and food safety status by inspecting, detecting and minimising biosecurity risks at the border.\n- Protect the economy and environment from the impact of exotic pests and diseases in Australia through appropriate post-border measures, including regulation and emergency management capabilities.\n- Manage non-compliance with biosecurity and other relevant portfolio legislation.\n\n## Values and principles\n\n_Our Core 4 values_\n\n- Working together\n- Courage\n- Diversity\n- Excellence\n\n## What they will measure themselves on this year (targets from 2025-26 corporate plan)\n\n| Code | Measure | Target | Source |\n|---|---|---|---|\n| BI-01 | Proportion of biosecurity risk assessments completed in the development of import policy and regulation of biosecurity risks on imported goods, within regulatory and target timeframes. | Target met | [CP p.60](https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2025-26.pdf#page=60)(https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2025-26.pdf#page=60) |\n| RS-01 | Increased investment in activities to build economic, social and environmental resilience to drought. | Target met | [CP p.60](https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2025-26.pdf#page=60)(https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2025-26.pdf#page=60) |\n| BI-02 | Number of pre-border biosecurity assurance arrangements established or maintained with exporting countries. | Increased | [CP p.61](https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2025-26.pdf#page=61)(https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2025-26.pdf#page=61) |\n| RS-02 | Sustainable farming practices funded through the Climate-Smart Agriculture Program. | Target met | [CP p.61](https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2025-26.pdf#page=61)(https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2025-26.pdf#page=61) |\n| BI-03 | Targeted public communication and engagement activities. | Target met | [CP p.61](https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2025-26.pdf#page=61)(https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2025-26.pdf#page=61) |\n| BI-04 | Strengthened emergency management capabilities. | Strengthened | [CP p.62](https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2025-26.pdf#page=62)(https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2025-26.pdf#page=62) |\n| BI-05 | Rates of non-compliance with regulations administered by the department that apply to high-value cargo. | Reduced | [CP p.62](https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2025-26.pdf#page=62)(https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2025-26.pdf#page=62) |\n| BI-06 | Rates of non-compliance with regulations administered by the department that apply to international travellers and their goods. | Reduced | [CP p.62](https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2025-26.pdf#page=62)(https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2025-26.pdf#page=62) |\n| BI-07 | Rates of non-compliance with regulations administered by the department that apply to approved arrangements. | Reduced | [CP p.62](https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2025-26.pdf#page=62)(https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2025-26.pdf#page=62) |\n| BI-08 | Investigate and respond to incidents of high-risk non-compliance through compliance and enforcement measures. | Target met | [CP p.62](https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2025-26.pdf#page=62)(https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2025-26.pdf#page=62) |\n\n## How they performed last year (results from 2024-25 annual report)\n\n| Code | Measure | Result | Status | Source |\n|---|---|---|---|---|\n| BI-01 | Proportion of biosecurity risk assessments completed in the development of import policy and regulation of biosecurity risks on imported goods, within regulatory and target timeframes. | Target met | Achieved | AR p.60 |\n| RS-01 | Increased investment in activities to build economic, social and environmental resilience to drought. | Increased | Achieved | AR p.60 |\n| RS-02 | Sustainable farming practices funded through the Climate-Smart Agriculture Program. | Target met | Achieved | AR p.61 |\n| BI-03 | Targeted public communication and engagement activities. | Target met | Achieved | AR p.61 |\n| BI-04 | Strengthened emergency management capabilities. | Strengthened | Achieved | AR p.62 |\n| BI-05 | Rates of non-compliance with regulations administered by the department that apply to high-value cargo. | Reduced | Achieved | AR p.62 |\n| BI-06 | Rates of non-compliance with regulations administered by the department that apply to international travellers and their goods. | Reduced | Achieved | AR p.62 |\n| BI-07 | Rates of non-compliance with regulations administered by the department that apply to approved arrangements. | Reduced | Achieved | AR p.62 |\n| BI-08 | Investigate and respond to incidents of high-risk non-compliance through compliance and enforcement measures. | Target met | Achieved | AR p.62 |",
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  "internal_strategy_evidence_md": "# Terrestrial Vertebrate Working Group - Strategy, Performance, and Operating Profile\n\n**Generated at**: 2026-05-09T22:09:19.742181+00:00\n**Entity ID**: B-004667\n**Entity type**: Advisory Body\n**Jurisdiction**: Commonwealth\n**Portfolio**: Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry\n**Website**: https://www.agriculture.gov.au/biosecurity-trade/pests-diseases-weeds/pest-animals-and-weeds/eic\n\n> Draft generated from scraped source material. Treat this as an evidence pack for editorial review, not a final judgement.\n\n## Source Coverage\n\n| Source type | Count |\n|---|---:|\n| corporate-plans | 3 |\n| other-pdfs | 5 |\n| pages | 20 |\n| strategies | 12 |\n\n## Executive Readout\n\n### Purpose\n\n- [Page 9]\nCorporate Plan 2024–25\nFigure 3 Connecting our purpose, outcomes and objectives\nFor a comprehensive view of our outcomes and planned performance cycle, this corporate plan\nshould be read in conjunction with our Portfolio Budget Statements 2024–25 and with the full annual\nperformance statements in our Annual report 2024–25, to be published in October 2025, which will\ndetail the outcomes of our planned performance set out here, including results and achievements.\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2024-25.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2024-25.pdf)`\n- [Page 9]\nCorporate Plan 2025–26\nOur strategic objectives\nWe deliver our role, vision and purpose through 3 strategic objectives:\n1) Sector growth – Support Australia’s agricultural sector, including the food and fibre industries,\nto be increasingly prosperous and internationally competitive in an ever-changing world.\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2025-26.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2025-26.pdf)`\n- Changes since the last corporate plan\nWe have reviewed the key activities from our Corporate Plan 2024–25 and consolidated them\n(from 21 to 8) to more directly align with our purpose, strategic objectives and PBS outcomes.\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2025-26.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2025-26.pdf)`\n- Table 3 Objective 2 Biosecurity – performance measure overview\nKey activity Performance measure\n2.1 Effectively prepare for the BI-01 Reduced levels of non-compliance with regulations that apply to:\nmanagement of biosecurity risk\n• BI-01-01 High-value cargo\nthrough pragmatic policy, fit-\n• BI-01-02 Approved arrangements\nfor-purpose regulation and\nmature preparedness. • BI-01-03 International travellers.\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2023-24.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2023-24.pdf)`\n\n### Role and Functions\n\n- [Page 76]\nCorporate Plan 2024–25\nTable A4 Alignment between Portfolio Budget Statements 2024–25 and Corporate Plan 2024–25\nPBS outcome statements PBS programs Key activities in PBS 2024–25 Key activities in the Corporate Plan Performance measures in the Corporate\n2024–25 Plan 2024–25\nOutcome 1: More sustainable, Performance measure SG-01 Support sector productivity, 1.1 Develop and deliver policies and SG-01 Greater growth in average\nproductive, internationally aligned to multiple programs resilience and growth through manage programs to ensure primary agricultural productivity (adjusted for\ncompetitive and profitable under Outcome 1. science, policy and partnership. producers are well positioned to climate and weather effects) for the past\nAustralian agricultural, food and maintain and increase their 10 years, compared with average annual\nfibre industries through policies productivity.\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2024-25.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2024-25.pdf)`\n- Our role is summarised by the 2 outcome statements in our Portfolio Budget Statements 2025–26\n(PBS):\n• Outcome 1 – More sustainable, productive, internationally competitive and profitable\nAustralian agricultural, food and fibre industries through policies and initiatives that promote\nbetter resource management practices, innovation, self-reliance and improved access to\ninternational markets.\n• Outcome 2 – Safeguard Australia’s animal and plant health status to maintain overseas markets\nand protect the economy and environment from the impact of exotic pests and diseases,\nthrough risk assessment, inspection and certification, and the implementation of emergency\nresponse arrangements for Australian agricultural, food and fibre industries.\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2025-26.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2025-26.pdf)`\n- Table 1 Our key activities\nStrategic objective Key activities\nObjective 1 Sector growth: 1.1 Develop and deliver policies and manage programs to ensure primary producers are\nSupport Australia’s well positioned to maintain and increase their productivity.\nagricultural sector, 1.2 Work with levy stakeholders to effectively administer the agricultural levies system.\nincluding the food and fibre\n1.3 Deliver programs and work with portfolio agencies to support farmers’ financial\nindustries, to be\ngrowth.\nincreasingly prosperous and\ninternationally competitive 1.4 Enable and protect international market access to provide growth opportunities for\nin an ever-changing world. agricultural producers and exporters and support global food security.\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2024-25.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2024-25.pdf)`\n- Alignment with our Portfolio Budget Statements 2023–24\nIn accordance with the Finance Secretary’s Direction, the key activities and performance measures in\nour Portfolio Budget Statements 2023–24 (PBS) reflect those in our Corporate Plan 2022–23, which\nwas the current corporate plan when the PBS was published.\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2023-24.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2023-24.pdf)`\n- To measure progress, we have set a target to administer 30% of the available program funding in\n2023–24 and 2024–25 and an additional 20% in 2025–26.\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2023-24.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2023-24.pdf)`\n- [Page 65]\nCorporate Plan 2023–24\nTable A4 Alignment between Portfolio Budget Statements 2023–24 and Corporate Plan 2023–24\nPBS outcome statements PBS programs Corporate plan objectives Updated key activities Updated performance measures\nMore sustainable, productive, Program 1.1 Agricultural Industry growth: Support 1.1 Support industry productivity and IG-01 Greater growth in average\ninternationally competitive and Adaptation industry to grow towards a growth through science, policy and agricultural productivity (adjusted for\nprofitable Australian agricultural, Program 1.3 Forestry Industry $100 billion agriculture, partnerships. a climate and weather effects) for the past\nfood and fibre industries through fisheries and forestry industry 10 years, compared to average annual\nProgram 1.4 Fishing Industry\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2023-24.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2023-24.pdf)`\n\n### Strategic Priorities\n\n- Purposes Our purpose 5\nOur role 5\nOur strategic objectives 5\nKey activities Our key activities 5\nOperating context: Operating environment 9\n• The environment in which the entity will operate over the\nperiod covered by the plan.\n• The capability required by the entity to undertake its key Strengthening departmental capability 13\nactivities to achieve its purposes.\n• Targets under the APS Strategic Commissioning APS Strategic Commissioning Framework 14\nFramework.\n• Summary of the risk oversight and management systems Risk oversight and management 17\nof the entity, the key risks the entity will manage and how\nthose risks will be managed.\n• Any organisations or bodies with which the entity Collaborating with others 19\ncooperates that make a significant contribution to\nachieving the entity’s purposes.\n• If an entity has subsidiaries, the entity’s corporate plan Subsidiaries 22\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2024-25.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2024-25.pdf)`\n- [Page 10]\nCorporate Plan 2025–26\nPBS outcome statement Strategic objective Key activities\nOutcome 2 – Safeguard Objective 3 National 3.1 Effectively prepare for the management of\nAustralia’s animal and plant biosecurity – Strengthen our biosecurity risks, imported food and human health\nhealth status to maintain national biosecurity system through risk assessment, pre-border controls and\noverseas markets and protect to provide a risk-based assurance programs, inspection, treatment,\nthe economy and environment approach and an certification and education.\nfrom the impact of exotic pests appropriate level of 3.2 Regulate to safeguard Australia’s animal, plant,\nand diseases, through risk protection to Australia’s human health, environmental and food safety status\nassessment, inspection and people, our environment by inspecting, detecting and minimising biosecurity\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2025-26.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2025-26.pdf)`\n- Table 1 Our key activities\nStrategic objective Key activities\nObjective 1 Sector growth: 1.1 Develop and deliver policies and manage programs to ensure primary producers are\nSupport Australia’s well positioned to maintain and increase their productivity.\nagricultural sector, 1.2 Work with levy stakeholders to effectively administer the agricultural levies system.\nincluding the food and fibre\n1.3 Deliver programs and work with portfolio agencies to support farmers’ financial\nindustries, to be\ngrowth.\nincreasingly prosperous and\ninternationally competitive 1.4 Enable and protect international market access to provide growth opportunities for\nin an ever-changing world. agricultural producers and exporters and support global food security.\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2024-25.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2024-25.pdf)`\n- [Page 69]\nCorporate Plan 2024–25\nAppendix A: Alignment of key activities and performance\nmeasures\nTable A1 Sector growth strategic objective – changes to performance information\nKey activities and performance measures in the Revisions to key activities and performance Changes Reason for changes\nCorporate Plan 2023–24 measures in the Corporate Plan 2024–25 made\nKey activity 1.1 Support industry productivity and Not applicable.\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2024-25.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2024-25.pdf)`\n- [Page 73]\nCorporate Plan 2024–25\nTable A3 National biosecurity strategic objective – changes to performance information\nKey activities and performance measures in the Revisions to key activities and performance Changes Reason for changes\nCorporate Plan 2023–24 measures in the Corporate Plan 2024–25 made\nKey activity 2.1 Effectively prepare for the Not applicable.\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2024-25.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2024-25.pdf)`\n- Table 1 Our key activities\nPBS outcome statement Strategic objective Key activities\nOutcome 1 – More sustainable, Objective 1 Sector growth – 1.1 Support sector productivity growth and\nproductive, internationally Support Australia’s innovation.\ncompetitive and profitable agricultural sector, including 1.2 Regulate exports and enable, improve and\nAustralian agricultural, food and the food and fibre protect access to international markets.\nfibre industries through policies industries, to be\nand initiatives that promote increasingly prosperous and\nbetter resource management internationally competitive\npractices, innovation, self- in an ever-changing world.\nreliance and improved access to\nObjective 2 Sector resilience 2.1 Promote better resource management practices,\ninternational markets.\nand sustainability – Increase sustainability and self-reliance in the\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2025-26.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2025-26.pdf)`\n- Changes since the last corporate plan\nWe have reviewed the key activities from our Corporate Plan 2024–25 and consolidated them\n(from 21 to 8) to more directly align with our purpose, strategic objectives and PBS outcomes.\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2025-26.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2025-26.pdf)`\n- [Page 63]\nCorporate Plan 2025–26\nAppendix A: Alignment of key activities and performance\nmeasures\nTable A1 Strategic objective 1 Sector growth – changes to performance information\nKey activities and performance measures in the Revisions to key activities and performance Changes made Reason for changes\nCorporate Plan 2024–25 measures in the Corporate Plan 2025–26\nKey activity 1.1 Develop and deliver policies and Not applicable.\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2025-26.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2025-26.pdf)`\n- [Page 65]\nCorporate Plan 2025–26\nTable A2 Strategic objective 2 Sector resilience and sustainability – changes to performance information\nKey activities and performance measures in the Revisions to key activities and performance Changes made Reason for changes\nCorporate Plan 2024–25 measures in the Corporate Plan 2025–26\nKey activity 2.1 Create pathways that support the Not applicable.\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2025-26.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2025-26.pdf)`\n- Table A3 Strategic objective 3 National biosecurity – changes to performance information\nKey activities and performance measures in the Revisions to key activities and performance Changes made Reason for changes\nCorporate Plan 2024–25 measures in the Corporate Plan 2025–26\nKey activity 3.1 Use international standards and Not applicable.\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2025-26.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2025-26.pdf)`\n\n## KPIs, Targets, and Where They Are At\n\n- Targets\n2024–25 2025–26 2026–27 2027–28\n$58 million $110 million $126 million $119 million\nTolerances\nAchieved Partially achieved Not achieved\n70–100% 50–69% 0–49%\nRationale\nThis measure covers drought policy and Future Drought Fund (FDF) programs to support long-term\ndrought resilience.\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2024-25.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2024-25.pdf)`\n- Tolerances\nAchieved Partially achieved Not achieved\n70 to 100% of financial year target 50 to 69% of financial year target 0 to 49% of financial year target\nfunding is invested. funding is invested. funding is invested.\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2025-26.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2025-26.pdf)`\n- [Page 59]\nCorporate Plan 2025–26\nTolerances\nAchieved Partially achieved Not achieved\nMaturity level has increased by at Maturity level has remained steady or Maturity level has decreased\nleast 30% compared to the 2023–24 increased by less than 30% compared compared to the 2023–24 baseline\nbaseline result. to the 2023–24 baseline result. result.\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2025-26.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2025-26.pdf)`\n- Tolerances\nAchieved Partially achieved Not achieved\n70–100% of grants have met their 50–69% of grants have met their 0–49% of grants have met their\nmilestone requirements to enable milestone requirements to enable milestone requirements to enable\ngrant payments to be made in the grant payments to be made in the grant payments to be made in the\nyear. year. year.\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2024-25.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2024-25.pdf)`\n- Tolerances\nAchieved Partially achieved Not achieved\nStandard goods: when 90% or more of Standard goods: when 50–89% of Standard goods: when less than 50%\nCategory 1 permit applications are Category 1 permit applications are of Category 1 permit applications are\nprocessed and finalised within processed and finalised within processed and finalised within\n20 business days.\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2024-25.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2024-25.pdf)`\n- [Page 65]\nCorporate Plan 2024–25\nTolerances\nAchieved Partially achieved Not achieved\nThe result is lower than the previous The result is the same as the previous The result is higher than the previous\nperiod’s non-compliance rate. period’s non-compliance rate. period’s non-compliance rate.\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2024-25.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2024-25.pdf)`\n- Tolerances\nAchieved Partially achieved Not achieved\nWhen 8 or more out of 11 service When 5 or more out of 11 service When less than 5 out of 11 service\nstandard measures are met. standard measures are met. standard measures are met.\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2024-25.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2024-25.pdf)`\n- Tolerances\nAchieved Partially achieved Not achieved\n100% of instances of high-risk non- 90–99% of instances of high-risk non- Less than 90% of instances of high-\ncompliance identified against the compliance identified against the risk non-compliance identified against\nBiosecurity Act 2015, Export Control Biosecurity Act 2015, Export Control the Biosecurity Act 2015, Export\nAct 2020 and other relevant portfolio Act 2020 and other relevant portfolio Control Act 2020 and other relevant\nlegislation are subject to enforcement legislation are subject to enforcement portfolio legislation are subject to\naction. action. enforcement action.\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2024-25.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2024-25.pdf)`\n- Tolerances\nAchieved Partially achieved Not achieved\n70 to 100% of grants have met their 50 to 69% of grants have met their 0 to 49% of grants have met their\nmilestone requirements to enable milestone requirements to enable milestone requirements to enable\ngrant payments to be made in grant payments to be made in grant payments to be made in\nthe year. the year. the year.\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2025-26.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2025-26.pdf)`\n- Tolerances\nAchieved Partially achieved Not achieved\n100% of relevant financial year 80–99% of relevant financial year 0–79% of relevant financial year\nfunding profile for Climate-Smart funding profile for Climate-Smart funding profile for Climate-Smart\nAgriculture Program funding Agriculture Program funding Agriculture Program funding\ndelivered. delivered. delivered.\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2024-25.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2024-25.pdf)`\n- Tolerances\nAchieved Partially achieved Not achieved\n100% of financial year funding profile 80 to 99% of financial year funding 0 to 79% of financial year funding\nfor Climate-Smart Agriculture profile for Climate-Smart Agriculture profile for Climate-Smart Agriculture\nProgram funding delivered.\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2025-26.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2025-26.pdf)`\n- Tolerances\nAchieved Partially achieved Not achieved\n70 to 100% of grants funded in 50 to 69% of grants funded in the year.\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2023-24.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2023-24.pdf)`\n- Table 5 Objective 3 National biosecurity – performance measure overview\nKey activity Performance measure Measure type\n3.1 Use international standards and science- BI-01 Proportion of biosecurity risk Qualitative output\nbased risk assessments to develop and inform assessments completed in the development and regulatory\npolicy, legislative frameworks and tools to of import policy and regulation of biosecurity measure.\nsupport the management of exotic pest and risks on imported goods, within regulatory\ndisease risk. and target time frames.\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2024-25.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2024-25.pdf)`\n- Tolerances\nAchieved Partially achieved Not achieved\nImport permits: 100% of risk Import permits: Between 95–99% of Import permits: Less than 95% of risk\nassessments finalised within regulated risk assessments finalised within assessments finalised within regulated\ntime frame. regulated time frame. time frame.\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2024-25.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2024-25.pdf)`\n\n## Key Metrics\n\n| Values found | Evidence | Source |\n|---|---|---|\n| $100 billion, 100 billion | [Page 65]\nCorporate Plan 2023–24\nTable A4 Alignment between Portfolio Budget Statements 2023–24 and Corporate Plan 2023–24\nPBS outcome statements PBS programs Corporate plan objectives Updated key activities Updated performance measures\nMore sustainable, productive, Program 1.1 Agricultural Industry growth: Support 1.1 Support industry productivity and IG-01 Greater growth in average\ninternationally competitive and Adaptation industry to grow tow | `corporate-plans/2023-24.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2023-24.pdf)` |\n| $6,625,117 , $867,567 | This consists of:\n• 50 contractor conversions to APS staff, resulting in $6,625,117 in contractor outsourcing\nexpenditure\n• 2 consultancy conversions resulting in $867,567 in consultancy outsourcing expenditure. | `corporate-plans/2024-25.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2024-25.pdf)` |\n| $147 million, 147 million | Two of the 10\nFDF programs are designed, delivered, and funded in partnership between the Commonwealth and\nstate and territory governments, with a next phase for these programs totalling $147 million to\n2029–30, as announced in the 2024–25 Budget. | `corporate-plans/2024-25.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2024-25.pdf)` |\n| $2.2 million, 2.2 million | [Page 6]\nOFFICIAL\nNational Lumpy Skin Disease Action Plan Progress Report 8, November 2024\nActivity Lead and key Description Status Priority progress update Next steps\ncollaborators\nWates manage the changes, hand over key responsibilities and provide training to new laboratory placements,\nstaff for continuity and sustainability of programs. technical exchanges and\nTechnical assistance participation in the REDS\nproject.\n• DFAT has provided $2.2 mi | `strategies/national-lsd-action-plan-progress-report-november-2024.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/national-lsd-action-plan-progress-report-november-2024.pdf)` |\n| $2 million, 2 million | The program should be\nfunded initially for a five-year period from 2018–19 through the funding\nmechanisms in Chapter 8 and be administered by the Australian Government\nagriculture department\n• increase the funding appropriation to the Rural Industries RDC by $2 million\nannually for a new cross-sectoral biosecurity R&I coordination and investment\nfunction for the RDCs. | `other-pdfs/priorities-for-aus-bio-system.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/sitecollectiondocuments/biosecurity/partnerships/nbc/priorities-for-aus-bio-system.pdf)` |\n| $110 million, $126 million, $119 million, 110 million, 126 million, 119 million | In 2025–26 to 2027–28, it is anticipated that more funds ($110 million, $126 million, and $119 million\nrespectively) will be administered. | `corporate-plans/2024-25.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2024-25.pdf)` |\n| $100 million, $105 million, $121 million, $113 million, 100 million, 105 million | In each of the financial years between 2025–26 and 2027–28, more than the annual $100 million\nfunding appropriation ($105 million, $121 million and $113 million respectively) has been\ncommitted. | `corporate-plans/2025-26.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2025-26.pdf)` |\n| $500 , $125,000 , $1.25 million, 1.25 million | At a $500 per head market value this\nresults in a financial loss of $125,000 per annum, equating to $1.25 million lost revenue over\n10 years. | `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/sitecollectiondocuments/biosecurity/partnerships/nbc/nwdap-may2014.pdf)` |\n| $302.1 million, 302.1 million | [Page 56]\nCorporate Plan 2023–24\nContext\nThe Australian Government’s $302.1 million Climate-Smart Agriculture package will support\ninvestments in sustainable agriculture and natural resource management administered through the\nNHT. | `corporate-plans/2023-24.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2023-24.pdf)` |\n| $100 million, 100 million | 3.3 Strengthen the resilience of RS-03 Each year, the Australian\nindustry and its ability to adapt to the Government commits $100 million to\nimpacts of climate change. a impactful programs and initiatives to drive\ndrought-resilience outcomes. a\nSafeguard Australia’s animal and Program 2.1 Biosecurity and Biosecurity: Strengthen our 2.1 Effectively prepare for the BI-01 Reduced levels of non-compliance\nplant health status to maintain Export Servic | `corporate-plans/2023-24.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2023-24.pdf)` |\n| $89.5 billion, 89.5 billion | The gross value of agricultural production is forecast to reach $89.5 billion in 2024–25, the third\nhighest result on record behind 2022–23 and 2021–22. | `corporate-plans/2024-25.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2024-25.pdf)` |\n| $73 million, $85.6 million, $40.7 million, $36 million, 73 million, 85.6 million | Funding is being delivered in a staged process over the 5 years via a series of grant and procurement\ninvestment streams, including:\n• $73 million for impactful on-ground projects that will trial, demonstrate and implement climate-\nsmart, sustainable agriculture practices\n• $85.6 million for on-ground sustainable agriculture and natural resource management priority\nprojects in the 56 regional management units across Australia\n• $40.7 million to s | `corporate-plans/2024-25.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2024-25.pdf)` |\n| $58 million, $110 million, $126 million, $119 million, 58 million, 110 million | Targets\n2024–25 2025–26 2026–27 2027–28\n$58 million $110 million $126 million $119 million\nTolerances\nAchieved Partially achieved Not achieved\n70–100% 50–69% 0–49%\nRationale\nThis measure covers drought policy and Future Drought Fund (FDF) programs to support long-term\ndrought resilience. | `corporate-plans/2024-25.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2024-25.pdf)` |\n| $58 million, 58 million | The targets anticipate less funding ($58 million) will be administered in 2024–25, while significant\nprogram design, and co-design activities occur under the 2024–2028 Funding Plan. | `corporate-plans/2024-25.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2024-25.pdf)` |\n| $2.2 million, 2.2 million | The first report detailing results of the NQC testing is currently being building program for IQA\nprepared for publication to the network. laboratories and staff.\n• During February and March 2024 refresher training in PT planning and Technical assistance\nimplementation has been delivered by the ACDP. • Support for improved farm\nTechnical assistance biosecurity and subnational\ndelivery of activities is\n• DFAT has provided $2.2 million for technica | `strategies/national-lsd-action-plan-progress-report-may-2024.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/national-lsd-action-plan-progress-report-may-2024.pdf)` |\n| $4.95 million, 4.95 million | [Page 24]\nOFFICIAL\nNational Lumpy Skin Disease Action Plan Progress Report 11, August 2025\nActivity Lead and key Description Status Priority progress update Next steps\ncollaborators\n• In 2023, NSW, Qld and Commonwealth governments through MLA,\ninvested in a $4.95 million project to support research into messenger\nribonucleic acid (mRNA) vaccines for livestock, including LSD. | `strategies/national-lsd-action-plan-progress-report-August-2025.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/national-lsd-action-plan-progress-report-August-2025.pdf)` |\n| $2.2 million, 2.2 million | [Page 6]\nOFFICIAL\nNational Lumpy Skin Disease Action Plan Progress Report 12, November 2025\nActivity Lead and key Description Status Priority progress update Next steps\ncollaborators\nTechnical assistance\n• In 2022, DFAT provided $2.2 million for technical assistance for a range of support\nactivities including disease surveillance and epidemiology, field services and\nbiosecurity surveillance, emergency management and operations, support for\nnation | `strategies/national-lsd-action-plan-progress-report-november-2025.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/national-lsd-action-plan-progress-report-november-2025.pdf)` |\n| $58 million, $110 million, $126 million, $119 million, 58 million, 110 million | Targets\n2024–25 2025–26 2026–27 2027–28\n$58 million $110 million $126 million $119 million\nTolerances\nAchieved Partially achieved Not achieved\n70–100% 50–69% 0–49%\nRationale\nThis measure covers drought policy and Future Drought Fund (FDF) programs to support long-term\ndrought resilience. | `corporate-plans/2024-25.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2024-25.pdf)` |\n\n## Key Achievements\n\n- 3.3 Strengthen the resilience of RS-03 Each year, the Australian\nindustry and its ability to adapt to the Government commits $100 million to\nimpacts of climate change. a impactful programs and initiatives to drive\ndrought-resilience outcomes. a\nSafeguard Australia’s animal and Program 2.1 Biosecurity and Biosecurity: Strengthen our 2.1 Effectively prepare for the BI-01 Reduced levels of non-compliance\nplant health status to maintain Export Services national biosecurity system to management of biosecurity risk with regulations that apply to:\noverseas markets and protect the provide an appropriate level through pragmatic policy, fit-for-\n• BI-01-01 High-value cargo\neconomy and environment from of protection to Australia’s purpose regulation and mature\n• BI-01-02 Approved arrangements\nthe impact of exotic pests and people, our environment and preparedness.\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2023-24.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2023-24.pdf)`\n- [Page 13]\nOFFICIAL\nNational Lumpy Skin Disease Action Plan Progress Report 10, May 2025\nActivity Lead and key Description Status Priority progress update Next steps\ncollaborators\nCommittee outbreak • The AHC POC testing task group was reformed in August 2023 and completed its clinical samples stored at the\n(AHC) situation. work and disbanded in February 2025.\n  Source: `strategies/national-lsd-action-plan-progress-report-May-2025.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/national-lsd-action-plan-progress-report-May-2025.pdf)`\n- This is scheduled to be\ncompleted before the end of 2025.\n• A progress update and workplan were delivered to AHC in January 2025 and presented to\ngovernment and industry stakeholders at AHA Member’s Engagement Week in March 2025.\n• AHA participates in and contributes to the LSD Surveillance Strategy Working Group and the\nover-arching AHC NVESAG, both of which are led and chaired by DAFF.\n  Source: `strategies/national-lsd-action-plan-progress-report-May-2025.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/national-lsd-action-plan-progress-report-May-2025.pdf)`\n- To measure progress, we have set a target to administer 30% of the available program funding in\n2023–24 and 2024–25 and an additional 20% in 2025–26.\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2023-24.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2023-24.pdf)`\n- [Page 36]\nCorporate Plan 2023–24\nTargets, 2023–24 to 2026–27\nWe do not set a target for this measure because the number and value of market access\nachievements are partially driven by external factors such as seasonal and market conditions and\nactions by other governments.\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2023-24.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2023-24.pdf)`\n- [Page 67]\nCorporate Plan 2023–24\nPBS outcome statements PBS programs Corporate plan objectives Updated key activities Updated performance measures\nProgram 2.2 Plant and Animal Biosecurity: Strengthen our 2.2 Effectively detect biosecurity risk BI-06 Expand offshore biosecurity\nHealth national biosecurity system to through intelligence-led targeting, arrangements. a\nprovide an appropriate level technology-supported inspections and BI-07 Reduction in risk of African swine\nof protection to Australia’s efficient detection methods. fever because of biosecurity measures\npeople, our environment and implemented by the department.\neconomy from the\nbiosecurity threats of today\nand tomorrow.\na New or updated key activity or performance measure.\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2023-24.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2023-24.pdf)`\n- [Page 9]\nCorporate Plan 2024–25\nFigure 3 Connecting our purpose, outcomes and objectives\nFor a comprehensive view of our outcomes and planned performance cycle, this corporate plan\nshould be read in conjunction with our Portfolio Budget Statements 2024–25 and with the full annual\nperformance statements in our Annual report 2024–25, to be published in October 2025, which will\ndetail the outcomes of our planned performance set out here, including results and achievements.\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2024-25.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2024-25.pdf)`\n- Two of the 10\nFDF programs are designed, delivered, and funded in partnership between the Commonwealth and\nstate and territory governments, with a next phase for these programs totalling $147 million to\n2029–30, as announced in the 2024–25 Budget.\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2024-25.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2024-25.pdf)`\n- Tolerances\nAchieved Partially achieved Not achieved\n70–100% of grants have met their 50–69% of grants have met their 0–49% of grants have met their\nmilestone requirements to enable milestone requirements to enable milestone requirements to enable\ngrant payments to be made in the grant payments to be made in the grant payments to be made in the\nyear. year. year.\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2024-25.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2024-25.pdf)`\n- Funding is being delivered in a staged process over the 5 years via a series of grant and procurement\ninvestment streams, including:\n• $73 million for impactful on-ground projects that will trial, demonstrate and implement climate-\nsmart, sustainable agriculture practices\n• $85.6 million for on-ground sustainable agriculture and natural resource management priority\nprojects in the 56 regional management units across Australia\n• $40.7 million to support a national network of Sustainable Agriculture Facilitators, which will\nensure farmers have access to trusted advice on climate-smart agriculture practices and carbon\nand biodiversity markets to inform critical investment decisions for their future sustainability\n• $36 million to focus on supporting soil health.\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2024-25.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2024-25.pdf)`\n- [Page 78]\nCorporate Plan 2024–25\nPBS outcome statements PBS programs Key activities in PBS 2024–25 Key activities in the Corporate Plan Performance measures in the Corporate\n2024–25 Plan 2024–25\nOutcome 2: Safeguard Australia’s Program 2.1 Biosecurity and Effectively prepare for the 3.1 Use international standards and BI-01 Proportion of biosecurity risk\nanimal and plant health status to Export Services. management of biosecurity risk science-based risk assessments to assessments completed in the\nmaintain overseas markets and through pragmatic policy, fit- develop and inform policy, legislative development of import policy and\nprotect the economy and for-purpose regulation and frameworks and tools to support the regulation of biosecurity risks on\nenvironment from the impact of mature preparedness. management of exotic pest and imported goods, within regulatory and\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2024-25.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2024-25.pdf)`\n- Tolerances\nAchieved Partially achieved Not achieved\n70 to 100% of grants have met their 50 to 69% of grants have met their 0 to 49% of grants have met their\nmilestone requirements to enable milestone requirements to enable milestone requirements to enable\ngrant payments to be made in grant payments to be made in grant payments to be made in\nthe year. the year. the year.\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2025-26.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2025-26.pdf)`\n\n## Key Issues, Risks, and Recommendations\n\n- Tolerances\nAchieved Partially achieved Not achieved\n100% of instances of high-risk non- 90–99% of instances of high-risk non- Less than 90% of instances of high-\ncompliance identified against the compliance identified against the risk non-compliance identified against\nBiosecurity Act 2015, Export Control Biosecurity Act 2015, Export Control the Biosecurity Act 2015, Export\nAct 2020 and other relevant portfolio Act 2020 and other relevant portfolio Control Act 2020 and other relevant\nlegislation are subject to enforcement legislation are subject to enforcement portfolio legislation are subject to\naction. action. enforcement action.\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2024-25.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2024-25.pdf)`\n- Tolerances\nAchieved Partially achieved Not achieved\nImport permits: 100% of risk Import permits: Between 95–99% of Import permits: Less than 95% of risk\nassessments finalised within regulated risk assessments finalised within assessments finalised within regulated\ntime frame. regulated time frame. time frame.\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2024-25.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2024-25.pdf)`\n- [Page 22]\nCorporate Plan 2023–24\nThe Chief Risk Officer provides oversight of risk management, culture and capabilities across the\ndepartment and regularly informs the Executive Board and Audit and Risk Committee about current\nand emerging risks and issues.\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2023-24.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2023-24.pdf)`\n- Tolerances\nAchieved Partially achieved Not achieved\n70–100% of grants have met their 50–69% of grants have met their 0–49% of grants have met their\nmilestone requirements to enable milestone requirements to enable milestone requirements to enable\ngrant payments to be made in the grant payments to be made in the grant payments to be made in the\nyear. year. year.\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2024-25.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2024-25.pdf)`\n- Targets\n2024–25 2025–26 2026–27 2027–28\n$58 million $110 million $126 million $119 million\nTolerances\nAchieved Partially achieved Not achieved\n70–100% 50–69% 0–49%\nRationale\nThis measure covers drought policy and Future Drought Fund (FDF) programs to support long-term\ndrought resilience.\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2024-25.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2024-25.pdf)`\n- Tolerances\nAchieved Partially achieved Not achieved\nStandard goods: when 90% or more of Standard goods: when 50–89% of Standard goods: when less than 50%\nCategory 1 permit applications are Category 1 permit applications are of Category 1 permit applications are\nprocessed and finalised within processed and finalised within processed and finalised within\n20 business days.\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2024-25.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2024-25.pdf)`\n- Tolerances\nAchieved Partially achieved Not achieved\nWhen 8 or more out of 11 service When 5 or more out of 11 service When less than 5 out of 11 service\nstandard measures are met. standard measures are met. standard measures are met.\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2024-25.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2024-25.pdf)`\n- Tolerances\nAchieved Partially achieved Not achieved\n70 to 100% of grants have met their 50 to 69% of grants have met their 0 to 49% of grants have met their\nmilestone requirements to enable milestone requirements to enable milestone requirements to enable\ngrant payments to be made in grant payments to be made in grant payments to be made in\nthe year. the year. the year.\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2025-26.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2025-26.pdf)`\n- Tolerances\nAchieved Partially achieved Not achieved\n70 to 100% of financial year target 50 to 69% of financial year target 0 to 49% of financial year target\nfunding is invested. funding is invested. funding is invested.\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2025-26.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2025-26.pdf)`\n- [Page 59]\nCorporate Plan 2025–26\nTolerances\nAchieved Partially achieved Not achieved\nMaturity level has increased by at Maturity level has remained steady or Maturity level has decreased\nleast 30% compared to the 2023–24 increased by less than 30% compared compared to the 2023–24 baseline\nbaseline result. to the 2023–24 baseline result. result.\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2025-26.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2025-26.pdf)`\n- Action 1B.2 Promote Action 4B.2 Implement the\nintegrated and strategic wild Action 3B.2 Develop and apply recommendations of the mid-\ndog management supported community-driven nil-tenure term and final reviews.\nby a scientific, risk-based and planning approaches at the\nhumane approach. appropriate scale.\n  Source: `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/sitecollectiondocuments/biosecurity/partnerships/nbc/nwdap-may2014.pdf)`\n- Current transport volumes already present challenges requiring, in 2015–16, the border\n•\nassessment, screening, inspection or clearance of:\n46,000 sea containers on the Country Action List (containers on high-risk sea cargo\n•\npathways)\n•\n640,000 air freight consignments (under $1,000 in value)\n•\n138 million international mail articles\n•\n19 million arriving international passengers\n800,000 sea passengers and crew (DAWR 2016).\n  Source: `other-pdfs/priorities-for-aus-bio-system.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/sitecollectiondocuments/biosecurity/partnerships/nbc/priorities-for-aus-bio-system.pdf)`\n- Tolerances\nAchieved Partially achieved Not achieved\n100% of relevant financial year 80–99% of relevant financial year 0–79% of relevant financial year\nfunding profile for Climate-Smart funding profile for Climate-Smart funding profile for Climate-Smart\nAgriculture Program funding Agriculture Program funding Agriculture Program funding\ndelivered. delivered. delivered.\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2024-25.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2024-25.pdf)`\n- Tolerances\nAchieved Partially achieved Not achieved\n100% of financial year funding profile 80 to 99% of financial year funding 0 to 79% of financial year funding\nfor Climate-Smart Agriculture profile for Climate-Smart Agriculture profile for Climate-Smart Agriculture\nProgram funding delivered.\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2025-26.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2025-26.pdf)`\n\n## Corporate Values and Operating Culture\n\n- [Page 18]\nCorporate Plan 2025–26\nintegrity culture that is ethical, fair and appropriate by maintaining high standards of professionalism\nand accountability, and responsible behaviour.\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2025-26.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2025-26.pdf)`\n- 3.3 Strengthen the resilience of RS-03 Each year, the Australian\nindustry and its ability to adapt to the Government commits $100 million to\nimpacts of climate change. a impactful programs and initiatives to drive\ndrought-resilience outcomes. a\nSafeguard Australia’s animal and Program 2.1 Biosecurity and Biosecurity: Strengthen our 2.1 Effectively prepare for the BI-01 Reduced levels of non-compliance\nplant health status to maintain Export Services national biosecurity system to management of biosecurity risk with regulations that apply to:\noverseas markets and protect the provide an appropriate level through pragmatic policy, fit-for-\n• BI-01-01 High-value cargo\neconomy and environment from of protection to Australia’s purpose regulation and mature\n• BI-01-02 Approved arrangements\nthe impact of exotic pests and people, our environment and preparedness.\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2023-24.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2023-24.pdf)`\n- We embrace and promote a pro-integrity\nculture that is ethical, fair and appropriate by maintaining high standards of professionalism,\naccountability and responsible behaviour.\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2023-24.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2023-24.pdf)`\n- [Page 36]\nCorporate Plan 2023–24\nTargets, 2023–24 to 2026–27\nWe do not set a target for this measure because the number and value of market access\nachievements are partially driven by external factors such as seasonal and market conditions and\nactions by other governments.\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2023-24.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2023-24.pdf)`\n- Table 3 Objective 2 Biosecurity – performance measure overview\nKey activity Performance measure\n2.1 Effectively prepare for the BI-01 Reduced levels of non-compliance with regulations that apply to:\nmanagement of biosecurity risk\n• BI-01-01 High-value cargo\nthrough pragmatic policy, fit-\n• BI-01-02 Approved arrangements\nfor-purpose regulation and\nmature preparedness. • BI-01-03 International travellers.\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2023-24.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2023-24.pdf)`\n- The gross value of agricultural production is forecast to reach $89.5 billion in 2024–25, the third\nhighest result on record behind 2022–23 and 2021–22.\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2024-25.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2024-25.pdf)`\n- Tolerances\nAchieved Partially achieved Not achieved\nWhen 8 or more out of 11 service When 5 or more out of 11 service When less than 5 out of 11 service\nstandard measures are met. standard measures are met. standard measures are met.\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2024-25.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2024-25.pdf)`\n- [Page 49]\nCorporate Plan 2025–26\nTable 6 Objective 3 National biosecurity – performance measure overview\nKey activity PBS-related programs Performance measure Measure type\n3.1 Effectively prepare for the Program 2.1 Biosecurity BI-01 The import permit service Quantitative\nmanagement of biosecurity risks, and Export Services. standard is met. output and\nimported food and human health regulatory\nthrough risk assessment, pre- measure.\nborder controls and assurance\nProgram 2.2 Plant and BI-02 Number of pre-border Quantitative\nprograms, inspection, treatment,\nAnimal Health. biosecurity assurance effectiveness\ncertification and education.\narrangements established or and regulatory\nmaintained with exporting measure.\ncountries.\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2025-26.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2025-26.pdf)`\n\n## Global Ideas and Case Study Inputs\n\n_No global-intelligence source text found yet. Run `CLAUDE/global-ideas-scraper.py <entity>` to populate case-study sources._\n\n## Source Artifacts Used\n\n- `corporate-plans/2023-24.pdf` - corporate-plans - https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2023-24.pdf\n- `corporate-plans/2024-25.pdf` - corporate-plans - https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2024-25.pdf\n- `corporate-plans/2025-26.pdf` - corporate-plans - https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2025-26.pdf\n- `strategies/lsd-national-action-plan.pdf` - strategies - https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/lsd-national-action-plan.pdf\n- `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pdf` - strategies - https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/sitecollectiondocuments/biosecurity/partnerships/nbc/nwdap-may2014.pdf\n- `strategies/national-lumpy-skin-disease-action-plan-progress-report-november-2023.pdf` - strategies - https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/national-lumpy-skin-disease-action-plan-progress-report-november-2023.pdf\n- `strategies/national-lsd-action-plan-progress-report-Feb-2024.pdf` - 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strategies - https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/national-lsd-action-plan-progress-report-May-2025.pdf\n- `strategies/national-lsd-action-plan-progress-report-february-2025.pdf` - strategies - https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/national-lsd-action-plan-progress-report-february-2025.pdf\n- `strategies/national-lsd-action-plan-progress-report-november-2025.pdf` - strategies - https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/national-lsd-action-plan-progress-report-november-2025.pdf\n- `strategies/national-lsd-action-plan-progress-report-February-2026.pdf` - strategies - https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/national-lsd-action-plan-progress-report-February-2026.pdf\n- `pages/about.html` - pages - https://www.agriculture.gov.au/about/jobs/apply\n- `pages/contact.html` - pages - https://www.agriculture.gov.au/contact\n- `pages/homepage.html` - pages - https://www.agriculture.gov.au/biosecurity-trade/pests-diseases-weeds/pest-animals-and-weeds/eic\n- `pages/inquiries-index.html` - pages - https://www.agriculture.gov.au/about/contactus\n- `pages/inquiries-index__04.html` - pages - https://www.agriculture.gov.au/about/contactus\n- `pages/ministers.html` - pages - https://minister.agriculture.gov.au\n- `pages/news-latest.html` - pages - https://www.agriculture.gov.au/about/news\n- `pages/priorities-index.html` - pages - https://www.agriculture.gov.au/about/what-we-do\n- `pages/priorities-index__05.html` - pages - https://www.agriculture.gov.au/about/reporting/corporate-plan\n- `pages/priorities-index__06.html` - pages - https://www.agriculture.gov.au/about/reporting/information-publication-scheme/agency-plan\n- `pages/priorities-index__07.html` - pages - https://www.agriculture.gov.au/about/reporting/obligations/operations-emissions-reduction\n- `pages/priorities-index__08.html` - pages - https://www.agriculture.gov.au/about/reporting/reconciliation-action-plan\n- `pages/priorities-index__09.html` - pages - https://www.agriculture.gov.au/about/reporting/transformation-action-plan\n- `pages/priorities-index__10.html` - pages - https://www.agriculture.gov.au/about/fees/export-cost-recovery-reform-sust-trade-funding\n- `pages/publications-index.html` - pages - https://www.agriculture.gov.au/about/publications\n- `pages/strategies-index.html` - pages - https://www.agriculture.gov.au/biosecurity-trade/pests-diseases-weeds/pest-animals-and-weeds\n- `pages/strategies-index__00.html` - pages - https://www.agriculture.gov.au/biosecurity-trade/pests-diseases-weeds/animal/lumpy-skin-disease/national-action-plan\n- `pages/strategies-index__01.html` - pages - https://www.agriculture.gov.au/biosecurity-trade/pests-diseases-weeds/bees/honey-bee-pollination-continuity-strategy\n- `pages/strategies-index__02.html` - pages - https://www.agriculture.gov.au/biosecurity-trade/pests-diseases-weeds/bees/honey-bee-pollination-continuity-strategy/statement-research-development\n- `pages/strategies-index__03.html` - pages - https://www.agriculture.gov.au/biosecurity-trade/pests-diseases-weeds/locusts/landholders/start-stop\n- `other-pdfs/apas-final.pdf` - other-pdfs - https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/sitecollectiondocuments/pests-diseases-weeds/consultation/apas-final.pdf\n- `other-pdfs/aws-final.pdf` - other-pdfs - https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/sitecollectiondocuments/pests-diseases-weeds/consultation/aws-final.pdf\n- `other-pdfs/priorities-for-aus-bio-system.pdf` - other-pdfs - https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/sitecollectiondocuments/biosecurity/partnerships/nbc/priorities-for-aus-bio-system.pdf\n- `other-pdfs/terrestrial-snakes.pdf` - other-pdfs - https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/sitecollectiondocuments/biosecurity/partnerships/nbc/terrestrial-snakes.pdf\n- `other-pdfs/EIC-OOS-2019-02-Att-A-Vertebrate-Threat-Categories-List.pdf` - other-pdfs - https://pestsmart.org.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/06/EIC-OOS-2019-02-Att-A-Vertebrate-Threat-Categories-List.pdf\n\n## Gaps To Fix\n\n- No annual report text source found.\n- No global comparison/case-study sources found.",
  "legislation_md": "# Terrestrial Vertebrate Working Group - Acts and Legislation Discovery\n\n**Generated at**: 2026-05-09T21:03:27.396896+00:00\n**Entity ID**: B-004667\n**Jurisdiction**: Commonwealth\n**Portfolio**: Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry\n\n> This is an evidence-based discovery list from scraped department material. A mention does not always mean the department administers the legislation; high-confidence and official register links should be reviewed.\n\n## Summary\n\n- Source files scanned: 40\n- Unique legislation references found: 93\n\n| Type | Count |\n|---|---:|\n| Act | 90 |\n| Determination | 1 |\n| Regulation | 2 |\n\n## Legislation References\n\n### Export Control Act 2020\n\n**Type**: Act\n**Confidence**: high\n**Mentions**: 17\n**Register search**: https://www.legislation.gov.au/search?query=Export+Control+Act+2020\n\n**Sources**:\n- `corporate-plans/2023-24.pages.jsonl`\n- `corporate-plans/2024-25.pages.jsonl`\n- `corporate-plans/2025-26.pages.jsonl`\n\n**Evidence contexts**:\n- ies and Forestry\n28\n\n[page 35]\nCorporate Plan 2023–24\nOur export regulatory framework is designed to facilitate trade, providing a transparent and\npredictable environment for businesses involved in international trade. The regulatory framework\naligns with the Export Control Act 2020 and subordinate commodity rules, harmonising with\ninternational standards where possible. It provides guidelines and procedures for exporters to follow\nwhen preparing and submitting export documentation.\nWe help exporters obtain authorisation, licenses and pe\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2023-24.pages.jsonl`\n- or maintain market access for a wide range of goods.\nOur export regulatory framework is designed to facilitate trade, providing a transparent and\npredictable environment for businesses involved in international trade. The regulatory framework\naligns with the Export Control Act 2020, and subordinate commodity rules, harmonising with\ninternational standards where possible. It provides guidelines and procedures for exporters to follow\nwhen preparing and submitting export documentation.\nWe provide assurance to overseas countries that Austra\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2023-24.pages.jsonl`\n- ces are not reliable or\nverifiable. The new IG-05 and IG-06 performance measures\nreplace this measure in demonstrating how we achieve\nKey activity 1.2. Next year, we will consider the\ndevelopment of a new measure that directly relates to how\nwe administer the Export Control Act 2020 and the export of\nagricultural goods from Australia.\nDepartment of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry\n55\n\n[page 62]\nCorporate Plan 2023–24\nKey activities and performance measures in the Performance information revisions in the Changes made Reason for changes\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2023-24.pages.jsonl`\n- bal food security.\n1.5 Represent Australia’s interests and contribute to global standards for open and free\ntrade by participating in multilateral standard-setting bodies.\n1.6 Provide effective, efficient, and modernised regulation as the administrator of the\nExport Control Act 2020.\n1.7 Support a productive and sustainable Australian forestry industry.\nObjective 2 Sector 2.1 Create pathways that support the agricultural sector to build an understanding of\nresilience and emissions reduction opportunities and adopt emissions reduction act\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2024-25.pages.jsonl`\n- d 5 new performance measures since the last corporate plan:\n• SG-05 Significant representation of Australian interests on multilateral standard-setting bodies\n• SG-06 Effective delivery of regulatory responsibilities for relevant export applications under the\nExport Control Act 2020\n• RS-04 The proportion of Australian Government managed fish stocks that are sustainable\n• BI-02 The import permit service standard is met\n• BI-04 Targeted public communication and engagement activities.\nRegulator performance reporting\nWe approach regulatory\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2024-25.pages.jsonl`\n\n### Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013\n\n**Type**: Act\n**Confidence**: high\n**Mentions**: 7\n**Register search**: https://www.legislation.gov.au/search?query=Public+Governance%2C+Performance+and+Accountability+Act+2013\n\n**Sources**:\n- `pages/priorities-index__05.html`\n- `corporate-plans/2023-24.pages.jsonl`\n- `corporate-plans/2024-25.pages.jsonl`\n- `corporate-plans/2025-26.pages.jsonl`\n\n**Evidence contexts**:\n- Corporate plan - DAFF\n\nCorporate plan\nCorporate Plan 2025–26\nThe corporate plan sets out our purpose, objectives, priorities, key activities and performance measures for the next 4 years.\nThe plan is updated annually in accordance with the requirements of the\nPublic Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013\n.\nDownload PDF - 1.7 MB\nDownload Word - 2.3 MB\nPrevious Plans\nDownload\nDAFF Corporate Plan 2024-25 (PDF - 2.6 MB)\nDAFF Corporate Plan 2024-25 (DOCX - 2.7 MB)\nDAFF Corporate Plan 2023-24 (PDF - 1.7 MB)\nDAFF Corporate Plan 2023-24 (DOCX - 4.0 MB)\nIf you have di\n  Source: `pages/priorities-index__05.html`\n- .\nStatement of preparation\nAs the accountable authority of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, I present the\nCorporate Plan 2023–24. This plan covers the reporting periods from 2023–24 to 2026–27, as\nrequired under paragraph 35(1)(b) of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability\nAct 2013.\nCindy Briscoe\nActing Secretary\nDepartment of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry\nDepartment of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry\niv\n\n[page 5]\nCorporate Plan 2023–24\nContents\nSecretary’s foreword .............................................................\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2023-24.pages.jsonl`\n- culture, fisheries and forestry make\nto a healthy, sustainable and low-emissions environment.\nDepartment of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry\n1\n\n[page 8]\nCorporate Plan 2023–24\nTogether, our purpose and objectives are consistent with the requirements of the Public Governance,\nPerformance and Accountability Act 2013 (PGPA Act), Public Governance, Performance and\nAccountability Rule 2014 and the Department of Finance resource management guides.\nFigure 1 shows that our 3 objectives are connected and united by our focus on enhancing sustainable\nproduction, trade and biosecu\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2023-24.pages.jsonl`\n- .\nStatement of preparation\nAs the accountable authority of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, I present the\nCorporate Plan 2024–25. This plan covers the reporting periods from 2024–25 to 2027–28, as\nrequired under paragraph 35(1)(b) of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability\nAct 2013.\nAdam Fennessy PSM\nSecretary\nDepartment of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry\nDepartment of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry iv\n\n[page 5]\nCorporate Plan 2024–25\nContents\nSecretary’s foreword ................................................................\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2024-25.pages.jsonl`\n- .......................................................................... 20\nDepartment of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry vi\n\n[page 7]\nCorporate Plan 2024–25\nCommonwealth Performance\nFramework\nThe Commonwealth Performance Framework is established by the Public Governance, Performance\nand Accountability Act 2013 (PGPA Act), and requires all Commonwealth approved entities to\ndemonstrate how public resources have been applied to achieve their purpose. It sets out how\nentities must report on how they plan, measure and assess their performance. Figure 1 shows the\n3 relat\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2024-25.pages.jsonl`\n\n### Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Act 2007\n\n**Type**: Act\n**Confidence**: high\n**Mentions**: 3\n**Register search**: https://www.legislation.gov.au/search?query=Biosecurity+and+Agriculture+Management+Act+2007\n\n**Sources**:\n- `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n\n**Evidence contexts**:\n- are part of populations which occur over multiple properties. Managing these pests requires a\nnil-tenure approach coordinated over large areas.\nThe Recognised Biosecurity Group (RBG) framework provides WA communities with a legislated\nopportunity (through the Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Act 2007 [BAM Act]) to work in\npartnership with the WA State Government to address declared pest issues over large areas.\nThe RBG framework is based on the concept that pests are not restricted to individual property\nboundaries; therefore practical management requires\n  Source: `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n- is unprotected on all private land\nand within a 3km buffer zone on the public land and private land interface in some areas of the\nstate, for the purposes of livestock protection.\nIn Western Australia The dingo must be controlled in livestock areas under the Biosecurity and Agriculture\nManagement Act 2007.\nNATIONAL WILD DOG ACTION PLAN MAY 2014 49\n\n[page 52]\nAPPENDIX B:\nAustralian legislation relevant to the\nmanagement of wild dogs\nTable 1: Australian legislation relevant to the management of wild dogs\nAuthority Name Relevance\nCommonwealth Exotic Animal Diseas\n  Source: `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n- NATIONAL WILD DOG ACTION PLAN MAY 2014 53\n\n[page 56]\nAuthority Name Relevance\nWestern Exotic Diseases of Animals Act 1993 Prevention and control of exotic diseases\nAustralia\nStock Diseases (Regulations) Act 1968 Prevention and control of diseases in livestock\nBiosecurity and Agriculture Management Act 2007 Control of declared pest or disease, use of chemicals\nWildlife Conservation Act 1950 Protection of fauna and flora, illegal use of traps – in\nthis Act a subsidiary notice lists dingoes as ‘unprotected\nfauna’\nPoisons Act 1964 Sale and use of poisons\nHealth Act\n  Source: `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n\n### Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999\n\n**Type**: Act\n**Confidence**: high\n**Mentions**: 3\n**Register search**: https://www.legislation.gov.au/search?query=Environment+Protection+and+Biodiversity+Conservation+Act+1999\n\n**Sources**:\n- `other-pdfs/EIC-OOS-2019-02-Att-A-Vertebrate-Threat-Categories-List.pages.jsonl`\n- `other-pdfs/priorities-for-aus-bio-system.pages.jsonl`\n\n**Evidence contexts**:\n- nd have been risk\nassessed for a Threat Category endorsed by VPC/IPAC ................................................................................... 26\nTable 4 List on non-indigenous species that have been assessed by the Australian Government (under the\nEnvironment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999) and approved fro live import with a permit\nbut are not known to be legally kept in Australia ............................................................................................. 26\nTable 5 List of non-indigenous species that have been risk assess bu\n  Source: `other-pdfs/EIC-OOS-2019-02-Att-A-Vertebrate-Threat-Categories-List.pages.jsonl`\n- iosecurity Authority was armed with the appropriate environmental (terrestrial and aquatic)\ntechnical expertise and broadening the membership of Animal Health Australia (AHA) and\nPlant Health Australia (PHA) to encompass environmental pest and disease issues.\nEnvironment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999\nIn responding to the recommendations of the Beale review and environmental biosecurity\narrangements under the (Cwlth)\n•\n(the EPBC Act), Hawke (Hawke 2009) suggested:\nmost of Australia’s ecosystems and species are threatened to some extent by invasion\n•\nby dis\n  Source: `other-pdfs/priorities-for-aus-bio-system.pages.jsonl`\n- dness and behaviour in\n’, Food Control, vol. 72, Part B, pp. 372–377.\nthe 2009 Black Saturday fires’,\nHandmer, J & O’Neill, S 2016, ‘\nThe Australian Environment Act: Report of the Independent Review of the\nEnvironmental Science and Policy, vol. 63, pp. 55–62.\nEnvironment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999\nHawke, A 2009,\n, final report to the Australian\nHarmonising devolved\nGovernment, Canberra.\nresponsibility for biosecurity governance: The challenge of competing institutional logics’\nHiggins, V, Bryant, M, Hernández-Jover, M, McShane, C & Rast, L 2016, ‘\n,\nRe\n  Source: `other-pdfs/priorities-for-aus-bio-system.pages.jsonl`\n\n### Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988\n\n**Type**: Act\n**Confidence**: high\n**Mentions**: 3\n**Register search**: https://www.legislation.gov.au/search?query=Flora+and+Fauna+Guarantee+Act+1988\n\n**Sources**:\n- `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n\n**Evidence contexts**:\n- National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 lists dingoes as unprotected.\nIn Tasmania Dingoes have never colonised Tasmania and importing dingoes is prohibited under the Nature\nConservation Act 2002.\nIn Victoria The dingo is listed as a threatened species under the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 and\nis protected under the Wildlife Act 1975. However, the dingo is unprotected on all private land\nand within a 3km buffer zone on the public land and private land interface in some areas of the\nstate, for the purposes of livestock protection.\nIn Western Aus\n  Source: `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n- eclaration is\nfor the whole of the State of Victoria\nWildlife Act 1975 Wildlife protection and management. Dingo currently\nunprotected on private land and on some public land\nwithin 3km of private land boundary. Dingoes are\nprotected elsewhere on public land.\nFlora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 Management and control of native fauna and flora.\nDingo listed as a threatened species under s16 of the\nFlora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988.\nNational Parks Act 1975 Management of natural environment in designated\nparks. Provides for the protection of Indigenou\n  Source: `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n- rivate land and on some public land\nwithin 3km of private land boundary. Dingoes are\nprotected elsewhere on public land.\nFlora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 Management and control of native fauna and flora.\nDingo listed as a threatened species under s16 of the\nFlora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988.\nNational Parks Act 1975 Management of natural environment in designated\nparks. Provides for the protection of Indigenous fauna\nand the control of exotic fauna.\nAgriculture and Veterinary Chemicals (Control of Sale and use of poisons\nUse) Act 1992\nDrugs, Pois\n  Source: `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n\n### Future Drought Fund Act 2019\n\n**Type**: Act\n**Confidence**: high\n**Mentions**: 3\n**Register search**: https://www.legislation.gov.au/search?query=Future+Drought+Fund+Act+2019\n\n**Sources**:\n- `corporate-plans/2023-24.pages.jsonl`\n- `corporate-plans/2024-25.pages.jsonl`\n- `corporate-plans/2025-26.pages.jsonl`\n\n**Evidence contexts**:\n- d land management practices and\ntechnologies that improve resilience to drought.\n4) Better-prepared communities – building and supporting the community leaders, networks and\norganisations that underpin community resilience.\nFDF investments are governed by the Future Drought Fund Act 2019 and the Drought Resilience\nFunding Plan. The plan is renewed every 4 years and addresses FDF investment objectives.\nEach year, $100 million is made available and investments are aligned with FDF-specific priorities.\nTo allow sufficient time to identify needs\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2023-24.pages.jsonl`\n- by\ndrought. The FDF is a $5 billion initiative, established in accordance with the agreed role of the\nCommonwealth under the National Drought Agreement and is aligned with the forthcoming\nAustralian Government Drought Plan.\nFDF investments are governed by the Future Drought Fund Act 2019 and the Drought Resilience\nFunding Plan (Funding Plan) that is renewed every 4 years. For this reporting period, the Future\nDrought Fund (Drought Resilience Funding Plan 2024–2028) Determination 2024 is the relevant\ngoverning document, and the strategic objec\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2024-25.pages.jsonl`\n- under the National Drought Agreement, working with the states and territories.\nThe FDF is also outlined in the Australian Government Drought Plan, which explains the\ngovernment’s approach to drought and how it is delivered.\nFDF investments are governed by the Future Drought Fund Act 2019 and the Drought Resilience\nFunding Plan, which is renewed every 4 years. For this reporting period, the Future Drought Fund\n(Drought Resilience Funding Plan 2024–2028) Determination 2024 is the relevant governing\ndocument, and the strategic objectives of the\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2025-26.pages.jsonl`\n\n### National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974\n\n**Type**: Act\n**Confidence**: high\n**Mentions**: 3\n**Register search**: https://www.legislation.gov.au/search?query=National+Parks+and+Wildlife+Act+1974\n\n**Sources**:\n- `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n\n**Evidence contexts**:\n- PPENDIX A:\nLegislative protection of the dingo\nacross Australia\nIn the ACT The dingo is protected under the Nature Conservation Act 1980, however it can be culled on\nprivate land subject to a permit.\nIn NSW The dingo is protected as a native species under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974, the\nThreatened Species Conservation Act 1995 and the Forest Act 2012. However, under the Rural\nLands Protection Act 1998 and the Wild Dog Destruction Act 1921 the dingo is classified as a wild\ndog and land owners are required to cull them.\nIn the Northern Te\n  Source: `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n- including dingoes, are declared as a\nRural Lands Protection Amendment Act 2008 pest animal in NSW under this Act and landholders are\nrequired to cull them. Hence, the NPWS has a statutory\nobligation to control wild dogs on lands acquired or\nreserved under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974.\nNational Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 Pest animal management on public land, non-native\nliberation – the dingo is protected as a native species\nunder this Act. Under the Rural Lands Protection\nAmendment Act 2008 the NPWS is required to eradicate\n(continuously\n  Source: `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n- ural Lands Protection Amendment Act 2008 pest animal in NSW under this Act and landholders are\nrequired to cull them. Hence, the NPWS has a statutory\nobligation to control wild dogs on lands acquired or\nreserved under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974.\nNational Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 Pest animal management on public land, non-native\nliberation – the dingo is protected as a native species\nunder this Act. Under the Rural Lands Protection\nAmendment Act 2008 the NPWS is required to eradicate\n(continuously suppress and destroy) any declared pe\n  Source: `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n\n### Natural Heritage Trust of Australia Act 1997\n\n**Type**: Act\n**Confidence**: high\n**Mentions**: 3\n**Register search**: https://www.legislation.gov.au/search?query=Natural+Heritage+Trust+of+Australia+Act+1997\n\n**Sources**:\n- `corporate-plans/2023-24.pages.jsonl`\n- `corporate-plans/2024-25.pages.jsonl`\n- `corporate-plans/2025-26.pages.jsonl`\n\n**Evidence contexts**:\n- icipation in carbon and biodiversity markets\n• apply natural resource management practices that improve soil health, protect natural capital\nand biodiversity resources and deliver long-term sustainable agriculture outcomes.\nNHT investments are governed by the Natural Heritage Trust of Australia Act 1997. At July 2023, the\nClimate-Smart Agriculture package was in the design phase and projects had not yet been awarded,\nso we cannot specify the amount of funding that will flow to emissions reductions projects for this\nperformance measure or sustainable agricult\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2023-24.pages.jsonl`\n- ion Climate-Smart Agriculture Program under\nthe Natural Heritage Trust (NHT) – a program that supports farmers to build climate resilience,\nincrease market access and agricultural growth and achieve sustainability outcomes.\nNHT investments are governed by the Natural Heritage Trust of Australia Act 1997. Each phase of the\nNHT is funded over a 5-year cycle. The current phase commenced in 2023–24 and will operate\nto 2027–28.\nFunding is being delivered in a staged process over the 5 years via a series of grant and procurement\ninvestment streams, including:\n• $7\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2024-25.pages.jsonl`\n- ilding activities. These activities\ninvolve farmers, land managers, Landcare and community groups, industry, research organisations,\nnatural resource management organisations and other stakeholders.\nNatural Heritage Trust (NHT) investments are governed by the Natural Heritage Trust of Australia\nAct 1997. The current investment phase commenced in 2023–24 and will operate until 2027–28.\nFunding is being delivered in a staged process over 5 years, via a series of grant and procurement\ninvestment streams that support trials, demonstrations and climate-smart sust\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2025-26.pages.jsonl`\n\n### Weeds Committee and Vertebrate Pest Committee) IS Invasive Species NBC National Biosecurity Committee NC Act Nature Conservation Act 1980\n\n**Type**: Act\n**Confidence**: medium\n**Mentions**: 1\n**Register search**: https://www.legislation.gov.au/search?query=Weeds+Committee+and+Vertebrate+Pest+Committee%29+IS+Invasive+Species+NBC+National+Biosecurity+Committee+NC+Act+Nature+Conservation+Act+1980\n\n**Sources**:\n- `other-pdfs/terrestrial-snakes.pages.jsonl`\n\n**Evidence contexts**:\n- CRC Invasive Animals Cooperative Research Centre\nIBD Inclusion Body Disease\nIGAB Intergovernmental Agreement on Biosecurity\nNational Incursion Response Plan for Terrestrial Snakes 61\n\n[page 70]\nIPAC Invasive Plants and Animals Committee (merger of Australian Weeds\nCommittee and Vertebrate Pest Committee)\nIS Invasive Species\nNBC National Biosecurity Committee\nNC Act Nature Conservation Act 1980 (ACT)\nNEBRA National Environmental Biosecurity Response Agreement\nPOCTA Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act (1986)\nRSPCA Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals\nSOP Standard Operating Procedure\nVPC Vertebrate Pest Committee (now merged with Au\n  Source: `other-pdfs/terrestrial-snakes.pages.jsonl`\n\n### National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972\n\n**Type**: Act\n**Confidence**: low\n**Mentions**: 2\n**Register search**: https://www.legislation.gov.au/search?query=National+Parks+and+Wildlife+Act+1972\n\n**Sources**:\n- `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n\n**Evidence contexts**:\n- pest inside (south of) the Dog Fence under the Natural Resources\nManagement Act 2004. While not protected in the 60% of the state outside the Dog Fence,\nthere are restrictions on the amount of baiting to ensure the survival of the dingo as a wildlife\nspecies. The National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 lists dingoes as unprotected.\nIn Tasmania Dingoes have never colonised Tasmania and importing dingoes is prohibited under the Nature\nConservation Act 2002.\nIn Victoria The dingo is listed as a threatened species under the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 an\n  Source: `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n- l management - dingoes (including dingo\ncrosses) are declared pests south of the Dog Fence\nand all landholders must destroy dingoes on their\nproperties. Keeping of dingoes or their crosses inside\nthe fence is prohibited except by permit to wildlife parks\netc.\nNational Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 Conservation of wildlife – dingoes are not protected\nControlled Substances Act 1984 Sale and use of poisons\nAnimal Welfare Act 1985 Trapping and destruction of animals\nDog Fence Act 1946 Owners of the Dog Fence must maintain the fence in\ndog-proof condition a\n  Source: `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n\n### Natural Resources Management Act 2004\n\n**Type**: Act\n**Confidence**: low\n**Mentions**: 2\n**Register search**: https://www.legislation.gov.au/search?query=Natural+Resources+Management+Act+2004\n\n**Sources**:\n- `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n\n**Evidence contexts**:\n- go is a declared pest under the Rural Lands Protection Act 1985. It is also protected\nunder the Nature Conservation Act 1992 in conservation areas such as Fraser Island.\nIn South Australia The dingo is a declared pest inside (south of) the Dog Fence under the Natural Resources\nManagement Act 2004. While not protected in the 60% of the state outside the Dog Fence,\nthere are restrictions on the amount of baiting to ensure the survival of the dingo as a wildlife\nspecies. The National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 lists dingoes as unprotected.\nIn Tasmania D\n  Source: `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n- ssession and use of weapons, including firearms\nWorkplace Health and Safety Act 1995 Protection in the workplace\nSouth Australia Livestock Act 1997 Regulate livestock matters, including exotic disease\ncontrol\nEmergency Management Act 2004 Emergency management\nNatural Resources Management Act 2004 Pest animal management - dingoes (including dingo\ncrosses) are declared pests south of the Dog Fence\nand all landholders must destroy dingoes on their\nproperties. Keeping of dingoes or their crosses inside\nthe fence is prohibited except by permit to wildlife\n  Source: `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n\n### Nature Conservation Act 1992\n\n**Type**: Act\n**Confidence**: low\n**Mentions**: 2\n**Register search**: https://www.legislation.gov.au/search?query=Nature+Conservation+Act+1992\n\n**Sources**:\n- `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n\n**Evidence contexts**:\n- cull them.\nIn the Northern Territory The dingo is protected under the Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 2000 as a native\nspecies.\nIn Queensland The dingo is a declared pest under the Rural Lands Protection Act 1985. It is also protected\nunder the Nature Conservation Act 1992 in conservation areas such as Fraser Island.\nIn South Australia The dingo is a declared pest inside (south of) the Dog Fence under the Natural Resources\nManagement Act 2004. While not protected in the 60% of the state outside the Dog Fence,\nthere are restrict\n  Source: `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n- ncy management\nLand Protection (Pest and Stock Route Pest animal management – the wild dog is a Class 2\nManagement) Act 2002 declared pest animal under this Act and landholders\nhave a legal responsibility to control wild dogs (including\ndingoes) on their land\nNature Conservation Act 1992 Conservation of nature - the dingo is defined as both\n‘wildlife’ and ‘native wildlife’ under this Act and is a\nnatural resource within certain protected areas (e.g.\nNational Parks). Protected areas have their own\nmanagement principles, which help to conserve\n  Source: `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n\n### Nature Conservation Act 2002\n\n**Type**: Act\n**Confidence**: low\n**Mentions**: 2\n**Register search**: https://www.legislation.gov.au/search?query=Nature+Conservation+Act+2002\n\n**Sources**:\n- `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n\n**Evidence contexts**:\n- rictions on the amount of baiting to ensure the survival of the dingo as a wildlife\nspecies. The National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 lists dingoes as unprotected.\nIn Tasmania Dingoes have never colonised Tasmania and importing dingoes is prohibited under the Nature\nConservation Act 2002.\nIn Victoria The dingo is listed as a threatened species under the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 and\nis protected under the Wildlife Act 1975. However, the dingo is unprotected on all private land\nand within a 3km buffer zone on the public land and priva\n  Source: `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n- ct 2000 Control and management of dogs – the control of feral\nand commensal dogs preying upon livestock is covered\nunder this Act\nNational Parks and Reserves Management Act Protection of national parks and wildlife against\n2002 introduced species and diseases\nNature Conservation Act 2002 Protection and conservation of native flora and fauna –\ndingoes have never colonised Tasmania and the import\nof dingoes is banned under this Act\nPoisons Act 1971 Regulate sale, supply and use of poisons\nAgricultural and Veterinary Chemical (Control of Use and\n  Source: `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n\n### Public Service Act 1999\n\n**Type**: Act\n**Confidence**: low\n**Mentions**: 2\n**Register search**: https://www.legislation.gov.au/search?query=Public+Service+Act+1999\n\n**Sources**:\n- `corporate-plans/2023-24.pages.jsonl`\n- `corporate-plans/2025-26.pages.jsonl`\n\n**Evidence contexts**:\n- h. The Australian Workplace Equality Index provides a national benchmark on\nlesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer or questioning workplace inclusion in Australia. Attendance types: ‘full-time’\nrefers to employees engaged under section 22 (2)(a) of the Public Service Act 1999. These are permanent employees; ‘part-\ntime’ refers to employees engaged under section 22 (2)(b) or (c) of the Act. These employees can be engaged for a specified\nterm or for the duration of a specified task; ‘casual’ refers to employees engaged under section\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2023-24.pages.jsonl`\n- e, regulatory,\nfinancial and other obligations. The framework also assists our secretary (the accountable authority)\nto meet his legislated obligations under the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability\nAct 2013 (PGPA Act) and under section 57 of the Public Service Act 1999.\nDepartment of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 12\n\n[page 19]\nCorporate Plan 2025–26\nThe Executive Board is our key leadership, planning and accountability forum, and plays a critical role\nin the department’s enterprise-wide governance and strategic direct\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2025-26.pages.jsonl`\n\n### Rural Lands Protection Act 1998\n\n**Type**: Act\n**Confidence**: low\n**Mentions**: 2\n**Register search**: https://www.legislation.gov.au/search?query=Rural+Lands+Protection+Act+1998\n\n**Sources**:\n- `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n\n**Evidence contexts**:\n- Act 1980, however it can be culled on\nprivate land subject to a permit.\nIn NSW The dingo is protected as a native species under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974, the\nThreatened Species Conservation Act 1995 and the Forest Act 2012. However, under the Rural\nLands Protection Act 1998 and the Wild Dog Destruction Act 1921 the dingo is classified as a wild\ndog and land owners are required to cull them.\nIn the Northern Territory The dingo is protected under the Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 2000 as a native\nspecies.\nIn Queens\n  Source: `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n- page 53]\nAuthority Name Relevance\nNew South Animal Diseases (Emergency Outbreaks) Act 1991 Control of outbreaks of animal diseases\nWales\nStock Diseases Act 1923 Management of disease in stock\nState Emergency and Rescue Management Act Emergency management\n1989\nRural Lands Protection Act 1998 Pest animal management on private and agricultural\nland - wild dogs including dingoes, are declared as a\nRural Lands Protection Amendment Act 2008 pest animal in NSW under this Act and landholders are\nrequired to cull them. Hence, the NPWS has a statutory\nobl\n  Source: `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n\n### Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995\n\n**Type**: Act\n**Confidence**: low\n**Mentions**: 2\n**Register search**: https://www.legislation.gov.au/search?query=Threatened+Species+Conservation+Act+1995\n\n**Sources**:\n- `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n\n**Evidence contexts**:\n- ingo\nacross Australia\nIn the ACT The dingo is protected under the Nature Conservation Act 1980, however it can be culled on\nprivate land subject to a permit.\nIn NSW The dingo is protected as a native species under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974, the\nThreatened Species Conservation Act 1995 and the Forest Act 2012. However, under the Rural\nLands Protection Act 1998 and the Wild Dog Destruction Act 1921 the dingo is classified as a wild\ndog and land owners are required to cull them.\nIn the Northern Territory The dingo is protected under the Terri\n  Source: `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n- pecies\nunder this Act. Under the Rural Lands Protection\nAmendment Act 2008 the NPWS is required to eradicate\n(continuously suppress and destroy) any declared pest\nanimal “ … to the extent necessary to minimise the risk of\nthe pest causing damage on any land”.\nThreatened Species Conservation Act 1995 Native flora and fauna conservation – the dingo is\nprotected as a native species under this Act\nPesticides Act 1999 Regulate use of pesticides and poisons\nGame and Feral Animal Control Act 2002 Regulate hunting of game animals and some pest\nspecies on public\n  Source: `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n\n### Under the Biosecurity Act 2015\n\n**Type**: Act\n**Confidence**: low\n**Mentions**: 2\n**Register search**: https://www.legislation.gov.au/search?query=Under+the+Biosecurity+Act+2015\n\n**Sources**:\n- `corporate-plans/2024-25.pages.jsonl`\n- `corporate-plans/2025-26.pages.jsonl`\n\n**Evidence contexts**:\n- g the biosecurity risks associated\nwith goods within Australia’s appropriate level of protection.\nThis measure assesses our performance against the import permit service standard for the issuance\nof permits through our BICON system to manage biosecurity risk.\nUnder the Biosecurity Act 2015 and Biosecurity Regulation 2016, we have a maximum of 6 months\n(123 business days) to assess and finalise a permit application and decide whether to grant or refuse\na permit. We also have a client service charter and client service standard that sets out what\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2024-25.pages.jsonl`\n- e-driven\ndecision-making. A critical component of this in biosecurity is our role in assessing and managing\nimport permit applications to ensure high-risk goods – defined in the Biosecurity Act 2015 as\nconditionally non-prohibited – are effectively regulated.\nUnder the Biosecurity Act 2015 (Biosecurity Act) and its subordinate legislation, we have up to 123\nbusiness days to assess permit applications and decide whether to grant an import permit. However,\nto deliver a timely and reliable regulatory service, we have set an import permit service s\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2025-26.pages.jsonl`\n\n### Wild Dog Destruction Act 1921\n\n**Type**: Act\n**Confidence**: low\n**Mentions**: 2\n**Register search**: https://www.legislation.gov.au/search?query=Wild+Dog+Destruction+Act+1921\n\n**Sources**:\n- `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n\n**Evidence contexts**:\n- rivate land subject to a permit.\nIn NSW The dingo is protected as a native species under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974, the\nThreatened Species Conservation Act 1995 and the Forest Act 2012. However, under the Rural\nLands Protection Act 1998 and the Wild Dog Destruction Act 1921 the dingo is classified as a wild\ndog and land owners are required to cull them.\nIn the Northern Territory The dingo is protected under the Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 2000 as a native\nspecies.\nIn Queensland The dingo is a declared pest unde\n  Source: `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n- ve flora and fauna conservation – the dingo is\nprotected as a native species under this Act\nPesticides Act 1999 Regulate use of pesticides and poisons\nGame and Feral Animal Control Act 2002 Regulate hunting of game animals and some pest\nspecies on public land\nWild Dog Destruction Act 1921 Wild dog management in Western Division only - wild\ndogs including dingoes, are declared as a pest animal\nunder this Act and landholders are required to cull them\nPrevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1979 Trapping, handling and destruction of animals\nFirearms\n  Source: `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n\n### Workplace Health and Safety Act 1995\n\n**Type**: Act\n**Confidence**: low\n**Mentions**: 2\n**Register search**: https://www.legislation.gov.au/search?query=Workplace+Health+and+Safety+Act+1995\n\n**Sources**:\n- `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n\n**Evidence contexts**:\n- and use of poisons\nAnimal Care and Protection Act 2001 Trapping, handling and destruction of animals\nPest Management Act 2001 Protect public health from pest control and fumigation\nactivities\nWeapons Act 1990 Possession and use of weapons, including firearms\nWorkplace Health and Safety Act 1995 Protection in the workplace\nSouth Australia Livestock Act 1997 Regulate livestock matters, including exotic disease\ncontrol\nEmergency Management Act 2004 Emergency management\nNatural Resources Management Act 2004 Pest animal management - dingoes (including di\n  Source: `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n- of Use and application of agricultural and veterinary\nUse) Act 1995 chemical products\nPolice Offences Act 1935 Illegal use of poisons\nAnimal Welfare Act 1993 Use of traps and poisons, destruction of animals\nFirearms Act 1996 Regulation and control of firearms\nWorkplace Health and Safety Act 1995 Health and safety of workers\nVictoria Livestock Disease Control Act 1994 Prevention, monitoring and control of livestock diseases\nEmergency Management Act 1986 Organisation of emergency management\nCatchment and Land Protection Act 1994 The Act under Part 3 –\n  Source: `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n\n### ACRONYMS ACT Australian Capital Territory Animal Welfare Animal Welfare Act 1992\n\n**Type**: Act\n**Confidence**: low\n**Mentions**: 1\n**Register search**: https://www.legislation.gov.au/search?query=ACRONYMS+ACT+Australian+Capital+Territory+Animal+Welfare+Animal+Welfare+Act+1992\n\n**Sources**:\n- `other-pdfs/terrestrial-snakes.pages.jsonl`\n\n**Evidence contexts**:\n- mals CRC\n\n[page 69]\nTarget Species that are the subject or goal of a particular action, program, technique,\nmethod, manoeuvre, or the like\nViviparous Animals in which development of the embryo is inside the body of the mother,\neventually leading to live birth\nACRONYMS\nACT Australian Capital Territory\nAnimal Welfare Animal Welfare Act 1992 (ACT)\nAct\nAPVMA Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority\nAQIS Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service\nAusBIOSEC Australian Biosecurity System for Primary Production and the Environment\nAusVETPLAN Australian Veterinary Emergency Plan\nCCEAD\n  Source: `other-pdfs/terrestrial-snakes.pages.jsonl`\n\n### Act Nature Conservation Act 1980\n\n**Type**: Act\n**Confidence**: low\n**Mentions**: 1\n**Register search**: https://www.legislation.gov.au/search?query=Act+Nature+Conservation+Act+1980\n\n**Sources**:\n- `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n\n**Evidence contexts**:\n- ion Act 1999 biodiversity\nAustralian Animal Diseases Act 2005 Prevention and control of outbreaks of animal diseases\nCapital Territory\nPest Plants and Animals Act 2005 Pest animal management – wild dogs including\ndingoes) are a declared pest animal under this Act\nNature Conservation Act 1980 Conservation of native flora and fauna - the dingo is\nprotected under this Act, however it can be culled on\nprivate land subject to a permit\nEnvironment Protection Act 1997 Regulate use of hazardous substances, coordinate\nenvironment protection\nMedicines, Poi\n  Source: `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n\n### Act Pesticides Act 1999\n\n**Type**: Act\n**Confidence**: low\n**Mentions**: 1\n**Register search**: https://www.legislation.gov.au/search?query=Act+Pesticides+Act+1999\n\n**Sources**:\n- `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n\n**Evidence contexts**:\n- nd destroy) any declared pest\nanimal “ … to the extent necessary to minimise the risk of\nthe pest causing damage on any land”.\nThreatened Species Conservation Act 1995 Native flora and fauna conservation – the dingo is\nprotected as a native species under this Act\nPesticides Act 1999 Regulate use of pesticides and poisons\nGame and Feral Animal Control Act 2002 Regulate hunting of game animals and some pest\nspecies on public land\nWild Dog Destruction Act 1921 Wild dog management in Western Division only - wild\ndogs including dingoes, are d\n  Source: `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n\n### Act Poisons Act 1971\n\n**Type**: Act\n**Confidence**: low\n**Mentions**: 1\n**Register search**: https://www.legislation.gov.au/search?query=Act+Poisons+Act+1971\n\n**Sources**:\n- `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n\n**Evidence contexts**:\n- ct Protection of national parks and wildlife against\n2002 introduced species and diseases\nNature Conservation Act 2002 Protection and conservation of native flora and fauna –\ndingoes have never colonised Tasmania and the import\nof dingoes is banned under this Act\nPoisons Act 1971 Regulate sale, supply and use of poisons\nAgricultural and Veterinary Chemical (Control of Use and application of agricultural and veterinary\nUse) Act 1995 chemical products\nPolice Offences Act 1935 Illegal use of poisons\nAnimal Welfare Act 1993 Use of traps a\n  Source: `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n\n### Act. Under the Rural Lands Protection Amendment Act 2008\n\n**Type**: Act\n**Confidence**: low\n**Mentions**: 1\n**Register search**: https://www.legislation.gov.au/search?query=Act.+Under+the+Rural+Lands+Protection+Amendment+Act+2008\n\n**Sources**:\n- `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n\n**Evidence contexts**:\n- gation to control wild dogs on lands acquired or\nreserved under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974.\nNational Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 Pest animal management on public land, non-native\nliberation – the dingo is protected as a native species\nunder this Act. Under the Rural Lands Protection\nAmendment Act 2008 the NPWS is required to eradicate\n(continuously suppress and destroy) any declared pest\nanimal “ … to the extent necessary to minimise the risk of\nthe pest causing damage on any land”.\nThreatened Species Conservation Act 1995 Native flora and fauna conservati\n  Source: `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n\n### Animal Care and Protection Act 2001\n\n**Type**: Act\n**Confidence**: low\n**Mentions**: 1\n**Register search**: https://www.legislation.gov.au/search?query=Animal+Care+and+Protection+Act+2001\n\n**Sources**:\n- `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n\n**Evidence contexts**:\n- nserve their\nnatural resources and natural condition; however,\nthe Department of National Parks, Recreation, Sport\nand Racing’s good neighbour policy allows for the\nmanagement of wild dogs in protected areas.\nHealth Act 1937 Regulate supply and use of poisons\nAnimal Care and Protection Act 2001 Trapping, handling and destruction of animals\nPest Management Act 2001 Protect public health from pest control and fumigation\nactivities\nWeapons Act 1990 Possession and use of weapons, including firearms\nWorkplace Health and Safety Act 1995 Protection in the\n  Source: `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n\n### Animal Welfare Act 1985\n\n**Type**: Act\n**Confidence**: low\n**Mentions**: 1\n**Register search**: https://www.legislation.gov.au/search?query=Animal+Welfare+Act+1985\n\n**Sources**:\n- `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n\n**Evidence contexts**:\n- erties. Keeping of dingoes or their crosses inside\nthe fence is prohibited except by permit to wildlife parks\netc.\nNational Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 Conservation of wildlife – dingoes are not protected\nControlled Substances Act 1984 Sale and use of poisons\nAnimal Welfare Act 1985 Trapping and destruction of animals\nDog Fence Act 1946 Owners of the Dog Fence must maintain the fence in\ndog-proof condition and take all reasonable steps to\ndestroy wild dogs in the vicinity of the fence\nFirearms Act 1977 Control possession, use and sale of\n  Source: `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n\n### Animal Welfare Act 1992\n\n**Type**: Act\n**Confidence**: low\n**Mentions**: 1\n**Register search**: https://www.legislation.gov.au/search?query=Animal+Welfare+Act+1992\n\n**Sources**:\n- `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n\n**Evidence contexts**:\n- cted under this Act, however it can be culled on\nprivate land subject to a permit\nEnvironment Protection Act 1997 Regulate use of hazardous substances, coordinate\nenvironment protection\nMedicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act Regulate use of poisons\n2008\nAnimal Welfare Act 1992 Trapping, handling and destruction of animals\nFirearms Act 1996 Regulate possession and use of firearms\nWork Safety Legislation Amendment Act 2009 (or Secure health, safety and welfare of employees at work\nequivalent)\n50\n\n[page 53]\nAuthority Name Relevance\nNe\n  Source: `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n\n### Animal Welfare Act 1993\n\n**Type**: Act\n**Confidence**: low\n**Mentions**: 1\n**Register search**: https://www.legislation.gov.au/search?query=Animal+Welfare+Act+1993\n\n**Sources**:\n- `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n\n**Evidence contexts**:\n- banned under this Act\nPoisons Act 1971 Regulate sale, supply and use of poisons\nAgricultural and Veterinary Chemical (Control of Use and application of agricultural and veterinary\nUse) Act 1995 chemical products\nPolice Offences Act 1935 Illegal use of poisons\nAnimal Welfare Act 1993 Use of traps and poisons, destruction of animals\nFirearms Act 1996 Regulation and control of firearms\nWorkplace Health and Safety Act 1995 Health and safety of workers\nVictoria Livestock Disease Control Act 1994 Prevention, monitoring and control of livestock\n  Source: `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n\n### Animal Welfare Act 2002\n\n**Type**: Act\n**Confidence**: low\n**Mentions**: 1\n**Register search**: https://www.legislation.gov.au/search?query=Animal+Welfare+Act+2002\n\n**Sources**:\n- `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n\n**Evidence contexts**:\n- Wildlife Conservation Act 1950 Protection of fauna and flora, illegal use of traps – in\nthis Act a subsidiary notice lists dingoes as ‘unprotected\nfauna’\nPoisons Act 1964 Sale and use of poisons\nHealth Act 1911 Use, storage and transport of certain pesticides\nAnimal Welfare Act 2002 Humane handling, and destruction and control\ntechniques\nFirearms Act 1973 Regulated use of firearms\nOccupational Safety and Health Act 1984 Improved standards of occupational safety and health\n54\n\n[page 57]\nAPPENDIX C:\nWild dog management stakeholders\nThis li\n  Source: `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n\n### Australia Stock Diseases (Regulations) Act 1968\n\n**Type**: Act\n**Confidence**: low\n**Mentions**: 1\n**Register search**: https://www.legislation.gov.au/search?query=Australia+Stock+Diseases+%28Regulations%29+Act+1968\n\n**Sources**:\n- `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n\n**Evidence contexts**:\n- onal Health and Safety Act 2004 Health, safety and welfare of workers\nNATIONAL WILD DOG ACTION PLAN MAY 2014 53\n\n[page 56]\nAuthority Name Relevance\nWestern Exotic Diseases of Animals Act 1993 Prevention and control of exotic diseases\nAustralia\nStock Diseases (Regulations) Act 1968 Prevention and control of diseases in livestock\nBiosecurity and Agriculture Management Act 2007 Control of declared pest or disease, use of chemicals\nWildlife Conservation Act 1950 Protection of fauna and flora, illegal use of traps – in\nthis Act a subsidiary\n  Source: `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n\n### Australian Animal Diseases Act 2005\n\n**Type**: Act\n**Confidence**: low\n**Mentions**: 1\n**Register search**: https://www.legislation.gov.au/search?query=Australian+Animal+Diseases+Act+2005\n\n**Sources**:\n- `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n\n**Evidence contexts**:\n- se Control Amendment Act\n1995\nAgricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act Control of agricultural and veterinary chemical products\n1994\nEnvironment Protection and Biodiversity Protection of environment and conservation of\nConservation Act 1999 biodiversity\nAustralian Animal Diseases Act 2005 Prevention and control of outbreaks of animal diseases\nCapital Territory\nPest Plants and Animals Act 2005 Pest animal management – wild dogs including\ndingoes) are a declared pest animal under this Act\nNature Conservation Act 1980 Conservation of native flora\n  Source: `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n\n### Authority Name Relevance Commonwealth Exotic Animal Disease Control Act 1989\n\n**Type**: Act\n**Confidence**: low\n**Mentions**: 1\n**Register search**: https://www.legislation.gov.au/search?query=Authority+Name+Relevance+Commonwealth+Exotic+Animal+Disease+Control+Act+1989\n\n**Sources**:\n- `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n\n**Evidence contexts**:\n- under the Biosecurity and Agriculture\nManagement Act 2007.\nNATIONAL WILD DOG ACTION PLAN MAY 2014 49\n\n[page 52]\nAPPENDIX B:\nAustralian legislation relevant to the\nmanagement of wild dogs\nTable 1: Australian legislation relevant to the management of wild dogs\nAuthority Name Relevance\nCommonwealth Exotic Animal Disease Control Act 1989 Prevention and control of outbreaks of animal diseases\nExotic Animal Disease Control Amendment Act\n1995\nAgricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act Control of agricultural and veterinary chemical products\n1994\nEnvironment Protection and Biodiversity Protec\n  Source: `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n\n### Authority Name Relevance Queensland Exotic Diseases in Animals Act 1981\n\n**Type**: Act\n**Confidence**: low\n**Mentions**: 1\n**Register search**: https://www.legislation.gov.au/search?query=Authority+Name+Relevance+Queensland+Exotic+Diseases+in+Animals+Act+1981\n\n**Sources**:\n- `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n\n**Evidence contexts**:\n- ical products\nUse) Act 2004\nAnimal Welfare Act Trapping, handling and destruction of animals\nFirearms Act Regulate possession and use of firearms\nWorkplace Health and Safety Act Health and safety of workers\nNATIONAL WILD DOG ACTION PLAN MAY 2014 51\n\n[page 54]\nAuthority Name Relevance\nQueensland Exotic Diseases in Animals Act 1981 Control of animal diseases\nStock Act 1915 Stock disease management\nDisaster Management Act 2003 Emergency management\nLand Protection (Pest and Stock Route Pest animal management – the wild dog is a Class 2\nManagement) Act 2002 declared pest animal under this\n  Source: `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n\n### Authority Name Relevance Tasmania Animal Health Act 1995\n\n**Type**: Act\n**Confidence**: low\n**Mentions**: 1\n**Register search**: https://www.legislation.gov.au/search?query=Authority+Name+Relevance+Tasmania+Animal+Health+Act+1995\n\n**Sources**:\n- `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n\n**Evidence contexts**:\n- proof condition and take all reasonable steps to\ndestroy wild dogs in the vicinity of the fence\nFirearms Act 1977 Control possession, use and sale of firearms\nOccupational Health, Safety and Welfare Act 1986 Health, safety and welfare of workers\n52\n\n[page 55]\nAuthority Name Relevance\nTasmania Animal Health Act 1995 Prevention, detection and control of animal diseases\nDog Control Act 2000 Control and management of dogs – the control of feral\nand commensal dogs preying upon livestock is covered\nunder this Act\nNational Parks and Reserves Management Act Protection of nation\n  Source: `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n\n### Authority Name Relevance Western Exotic Diseases of Animals Act 1993\n\n**Type**: Act\n**Confidence**: low\n**Mentions**: 1\n**Register search**: https://www.legislation.gov.au/search?query=Authority+Name+Relevance+Western+Exotic+Diseases+of+Animals+Act+1993\n\n**Sources**:\n- `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n\n**Evidence contexts**:\n- on of Cruelty to Animals Act 1986 Trapping, handling and destruction of animals\nFirearms Act 1996 Regulation and use of firearms\nOccupational Health and Safety Act 2004 Health, safety and welfare of workers\nNATIONAL WILD DOG ACTION PLAN MAY 2014 53\n\n[page 56]\nAuthority Name Relevance\nWestern Exotic Diseases of Animals Act 1993 Prevention and control of exotic diseases\nAustralia\nStock Diseases (Regulations) Act 1968 Prevention and control of diseases in livestock\nBiosecurity and Agriculture Management Act 2007 Control of declared pest or disease, use of chemicals\nWildlife Conservati\n  Source: `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n\n### Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999\n\n**Type**: Act\n**Confidence**: low\n**Mentions**: 1\n**Register search**: https://www.legislation.gov.au/search?query=Biodiversity+Conservation+Act+1999\n\n**Sources**:\n- `other-pdfs/aws-final.pages.jsonl`\n\n**Evidence contexts**:\n- ce the impact of a\nplans or strategies that outline their identify strategies and actions to listed key threatening process under\nweed policy and legislation. control the weed species. They the Environment Protection and\nfacilitate coordinated action from all Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 on\nstakeholders at a national level and native species and ecological\nimprove linkages between research communities.\nand ongoing control.\nRegional Local government Community groups Industry\nNational Resource Weed plans and Local community Best practice and\nMa\n  Source: `other-pdfs/aws-final.pages.jsonl`\n\n### Biosecurity (Conditionally Non-prohibited Goods) Determination 2021\n\n**Type**: Determination\n**Confidence**: low\n**Mentions**: 1\n**Register search**: https://www.legislation.gov.au/search?query=Biosecurity+%28Conditionally+Non-prohibited+Goods%29+Determination+2021\n\n**Sources**:\n- `corporate-plans/2024-25.pages.jsonl`\n\n**Evidence contexts**:\n- will not permit trade.\nIf it can, we will mandate import conditions that importers must meet to import the good.\nThis is a regulatory measure as the requirement for an import permit is imposed as regulations on\nimporters through conditions in the Biosecurity (Conditionally Non-prohibited Goods) Determination\n2021. Our delivery of import risk analysis and import permit assessments is consistent with the best\npractice regulatory principles.\nDepartment of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 46\n\n[page 53]\nCorporate Plan 2024–25\nWe include 2 types of biosecurity risk asses\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2024-25.pages.jsonl`\n\n### Biosecurity Act, Export Control Act, Imported Food Control Act 1992\n\n**Type**: Act\n**Confidence**: low\n**Mentions**: 1\n**Register search**: https://www.legislation.gov.au/search?query=Biosecurity+Act%2C+Export+Control+Act%2C+Imported+Food+Control+Act+1992\n\n**Sources**:\n- `corporate-plans/2025-26.pages.jsonl`\n\n**Evidence contexts**:\n- actual response.\nKey activity 3.4\nManage non-compliance with biosecurity and other relevant portfolio legislation.\nWe are the national regulator of biosecurity and must make decisions and take actions within legal\nand operational frameworks. We administer the Biosecurity Act, Export Control Act, Imported Food\nControl Act 1992 (Imported Food Control Act) and various other Acts in order to protect Australia’s\nanimal, plant and human health and maintain market access for Australian food and other\nagricultural exports. This key activity reinforces the importance of managing non-compli\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2025-26.pages.jsonl`\n\n### Biosecurity Act, Export Control Act, Imported Food Control Act, and the Illegal Logging Prohibition Act 2012\n\n**Type**: Act\n**Confidence**: low\n**Mentions**: 1\n**Register search**: https://www.legislation.gov.au/search?query=Biosecurity+Act%2C+Export+Control+Act%2C+Imported+Food+Control+Act%2C+and+the+Illegal+Logging+Prohibition+Act+2012\n\n**Sources**:\n- `corporate-plans/2025-26.pages.jsonl`\n\n**Evidence contexts**:\n- lio legislation are subject to\nenforcement action. enforcement action.\nRationale\nWe undertake enforcement actions against high-risk non-compliance referrals identified against\nrelevant portfolio legislation. This includes but is not limited to breaches of the Biosecurity Act,\nExport Control Act, Imported Food Control Act, and the Illegal Logging Prohibition Act 2012 and its\nassociated Rules. These actions strengthen our national biosecurity system, serve as a deterrent and\nenhance our reputation as a regulator.\nBy subjecting all non-compliance referrals to a risk-assessment process, we can action\nnon-compliance that pose\n  Source: `corporate-plans/2025-26.pages.jsonl`\n\n### COAG Council of Australian Governments CSIRO Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999\n\n**Type**: Act\n**Confidence**: low\n**Mentions**: 1\n**Register search**: https://www.legislation.gov.au/search?query=COAG+Council+of+Australian+Governments+CSIRO+Commonwealth+Scientific+and+Industrial+Research+Organisation+Environment+Protection+and+Biodiversity+Conservation+Act+1999\n\n**Sources**:\n- `other-pdfs/priorities-for-aus-bio-system.pages.jsonl`\n\n**Evidence contexts**:\n- th Committee\nALOP Appropriate Level of Protection\nBIRA Biosecurity Import Risk Analysis\nCCEBO Chief Community and Environmental Biosecurity Officer\nCEBC Community and Environmental Biosecurity Committee\nCEBRA Centre of Excellence for Biosecurity Risk Analysis\nCOAG Council of Australian Governments\nCSIRO Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation\nEnvironment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999\nEADRA Emergency Animal Disease Response Agreement\nEPBC Act (Cwlth)\nEPPRD Emergency Plant Pest Response Deed\nIGAB Intergovernmental Agreement on Biosecurity\nIGAE Intergovernmental Agreement on the Environment\nIPAC Invasive Plants and Animals Committee\nMPSC Mar\n  Source: `other-pdfs/priorities-for-aus-bio-system.pages.jsonl`\n\n### Capital Territory Pest Plants and Animals Act 2005\n\n**Type**: Act\n**Confidence**: low\n**Mentions**: 1\n**Register search**: https://www.legislation.gov.au/search?query=Capital+Territory+Pest+Plants+and+Animals+Act+2005\n\n**Sources**:\n- `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n\n**Evidence contexts**:\n- icultural and veterinary chemical products\n1994\nEnvironment Protection and Biodiversity Protection of environment and conservation of\nConservation Act 1999 biodiversity\nAustralian Animal Diseases Act 2005 Prevention and control of outbreaks of animal diseases\nCapital Territory\nPest Plants and Animals Act 2005 Pest animal management – wild dogs including\ndingoes) are a declared pest animal under this Act\nNature Conservation Act 1980 Conservation of native flora and fauna - the dingo is\nprotected under this Act, however it can be culled on\nprivate land subject to a\n  Source: `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n\n### Catchment and Land Protection Act 1994\n\n**Type**: Act\n**Confidence**: low\n**Mentions**: 1\n**Register search**: https://www.legislation.gov.au/search?query=Catchment+and+Land+Protection+Act+1994\n\n**Sources**:\n- `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n\n**Evidence contexts**:\n- n and control of firearms\nWorkplace Health and Safety Act 1995 Health and safety of workers\nVictoria Livestock Disease Control Act 1994 Prevention, monitoring and control of livestock diseases\nEmergency Management Act 1986 Organisation of emergency management\nCatchment and Land Protection Act 1994 The Act under Part 3 – Duties of the Secretary and\nLand Owners s20 General duties of and owners – (1) In\nrelation to his or her land a land owner must take all\nreasonable steps to (f) prevent the spread of, and as far\nas possible eradicate, established pest a\n  Source: `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n\n### Controlled Substances Act 1984\n\n**Type**: Act\n**Confidence**: low\n**Mentions**: 1\n**Register search**: https://www.legislation.gov.au/search?query=Controlled+Substances+Act+1984\n\n**Sources**:\n- `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n\n**Evidence contexts**:\n- and all landholders must destroy dingoes on their\nproperties. Keeping of dingoes or their crosses inside\nthe fence is prohibited except by permit to wildlife parks\netc.\nNational Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 Conservation of wildlife – dingoes are not protected\nControlled Substances Act 1984 Sale and use of poisons\nAnimal Welfare Act 1985 Trapping and destruction of animals\nDog Fence Act 1946 Owners of the Dog Fence must maintain the fence in\ndog-proof condition and take all reasonable steps to\ndestroy wild dogs in the vicinity of the fence\nFirea\n  Source: `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n\n### Disaster Management Act 2003\n\n**Type**: Act\n**Confidence**: low\n**Mentions**: 1\n**Register search**: https://www.legislation.gov.au/search?query=Disaster+Management+Act+2003\n\n**Sources**:\n- `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n\n**Evidence contexts**:\n- rearms\nWorkplace Health and Safety Act Health and safety of workers\nNATIONAL WILD DOG ACTION PLAN MAY 2014 51\n\n[page 54]\nAuthority Name Relevance\nQueensland Exotic Diseases in Animals Act 1981 Control of animal diseases\nStock Act 1915 Stock disease management\nDisaster Management Act 2003 Emergency management\nLand Protection (Pest and Stock Route Pest animal management – the wild dog is a Class 2\nManagement) Act 2002 declared pest animal under this Act and landholders\nhave a legal responsibility to control wild dogs (including\ndingoes) on thei\n  Source: `strategies/nwdap-may2014.pages.jsonl`\n\n### Dog Control Act 2000\n\n**Type**: Act\n**Confidence**: low\n**Mentions**: 1\n**Register search**: https://www.legislation.gov.au/search?query=Dog+Control+Act+2000\n\n**Sources**:\n- `strategies/nwdap-m\n\n_…truncated, open the .md file for the full content._",
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    "corporate_plan_period": "2025-26",
    "vision": "A more sustainable and prosperous Australia through biosecurity, production and trade. [CP p.7]",
    "vision_source_page": 7,
    "purposes": "Working together to safeguard and grow sustainable agriculture, fisheries and forestry for all Australians. [CP p.7]",
    "purposes_source_page": 7,
    "how_we_deliver": "We deliver our role, vision and purpose through 3 strategic objectives:\n1) 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.\n2) Sector resilience and sustainability – Increase the contribution agriculture, fisheries and forestry make to a healthy, sustainable and low-emissions environment.\n3) 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. [CP p.8]",
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      {
        "text": "Support Australia’s agricultural sector, including the food and fibre industries, to be increasingly prosperous and internationally competitive in an ever-changing world.",
        "source_page": 8
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      {
        "text": "Increase the contribution agriculture, fisheries and forestry make to a healthy, sustainable and low-emissions environment.",
        "source_page": 8
      },
      {
        "text": "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.",
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        "name": "Outcome 1 – More sustainable, productive, internationally competitive and profitable Australian agricultural, food and fibre industries",
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          "Support sector productivity growth and innovation.",
          "Regulate exports and enable, improve and protect access to international markets."
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        "name": "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",
        "description": "Through risk assessment, inspection and certification, and the implementation of emergency response arrangements for Australian agricultural, food and fibre industries.",
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          "Effectively prepare for the management of biosecurity risks, imported food and human health through risk assessment, pre-border controls and assurance programs, inspection, treatment, certification and education.",
          "Regulate to safeguard Australia’s animal, plant, human health, environmental and food safety status by inspecting, detecting and minimising biosecurity risks at the border.",
          "Protect the economy and environment from the impact of exotic pests and diseases in Australia through appropriate post-border measures, including regulation and emergency management capabilities.",
          "Manage non-compliance with biosecurity and other relevant portfolio legislation."
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      "Courage",
      "Diversity",
      "Excellence"
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        "code": "BI-01",
        "measure": "Proportion of biosecurity risk assessments completed in the development of import policy and regulation of biosecurity risks on imported goods, within regulatory and target timeframes.",
        "target": "Target met",
        "source_page": 60
      },
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        "code": "RS-01",
        "measure": "Increased investment in activities to build economic, social and environmental resilience to drought.",
        "target": "Target met",
        "source_page": 60
      },
      {
        "code": "BI-02",
        "measure": "Number of pre-border biosecurity assurance arrangements established or maintained with exporting countries.",
        "target": "Increased",
        "source_page": 61
      },
      {
        "code": "RS-02",
        "measure": "Sustainable farming practices funded through the Climate-Smart Agriculture Program.",
        "target": "Target met",
        "source_page": 61
      },
      {
        "code": "BI-03",
        "measure": "Targeted public communication and engagement activities.",
        "target": "Target met",
        "source_page": 61
      },
      {
        "code": "BI-04",
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        "target": "Strengthened",
        "source_page": 62
      },
      {
        "code": "BI-05",
        "measure": "Rates of non-compliance with regulations administered by the department that apply to high-value cargo.",
        "target": "Reduced",
        "source_page": 62
      },
      {
        "code": "BI-06",
        "measure": "Rates of non-compliance with regulations administered by the department that apply to international travellers and their goods.",
        "target": "Reduced",
        "source_page": 62
      },
      {
        "code": "BI-07",
        "measure": "Rates of non-compliance with regulations administered by the department that apply to approved arrangements.",
        "target": "Reduced",
        "source_page": 62
      },
      {
        "code": "BI-08",
        "measure": "Investigate and respond to incidents of high-risk non-compliance through compliance and enforcement measures.",
        "target": "Target met",
        "source_page": 62
      }
    ],
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      {
        "code": "BI-01",
        "measure": "Proportion of biosecurity risk assessments completed in the development of import policy and regulation of biosecurity risks on imported goods, within regulatory and target timeframes.",
        "result": "Target met",
        "status": "Achieved",
        "source_page": 60
      },
      {
        "code": "RS-01",
        "measure": "Increased investment in activities to build economic, social and environmental resilience to drought.",
        "result": "Increased",
        "status": "Achieved",
        "source_page": 60
      },
      {
        "code": "RS-02",
        "measure": "Sustainable farming practices funded through the Climate-Smart Agriculture Program.",
        "result": "Target met",
        "status": "Achieved",
        "source_page": 61
      },
      {
        "code": "BI-03",
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      },
      {
        "code": "BI-04",
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        "status": "Achieved",
        "source_page": 62
      },
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        "code": "BI-05",
        "measure": "Rates of non-compliance with regulations administered by the department that apply to high-value cargo.",
        "result": "Reduced",
        "status": "Achieved",
        "source_page": 62
      },
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        "code": "BI-06",
        "measure": "Rates of non-compliance with regulations administered by the department that apply to international travellers and their goods.",
        "result": "Reduced",
        "status": "Achieved",
        "source_page": 62
      },
      {
        "code": "BI-07",
        "measure": "Rates of non-compliance with regulations administered by the department that apply to approved arrangements.",
        "result": "Reduced",
        "status": "Achieved",
        "source_page": 62
      },
      {
        "code": "BI-08",
        "measure": "Investigate and respond to incidents of high-risk non-compliance through compliance and enforcement measures.",
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        "status": "Achieved",
        "source_page": 62
      }
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      "entity_id": "B-004667",
      "entity_name": "Terrestrial Vertebrate Working Group",
      "folder_name": "Terrestrial-Vertebrate-Working-Group",
      "category": "Data & Performance",
      "scale": "small",
      "title": "KPI evidence register with named owners",
      "idea": "Create a simple register mapping each KPI to source data, owner, frequency, target, and last result.",
      "quote": "[Page 69]\nCorporate Plan 2024–25\nAppendix A: Alignment of key activities and performance\nmeasures\nTable A1 Sector growth strategic objective – changes to performance information\nKey activities and performance measures in the Revisions to key activities and performance Changes Reason for changes\nCorporate Plan 2023–24 measures in the Corporate Plan 2024–25 made\nKey activity 1.1 Support industry productivity and Not applicable.",
      "impact": "High",
      "effort": "Low",
      "proof": "Evidence-backed",
      "beneficiaries": "Executives / Parliament / public",
      "source": "corporate-plans/2024-25.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2024-25.pdf)",
      "implementation": [
        "Pick one high-volume process or document family.",
        "Name an owner and baseline current volume, time, cost, and satisfaction.",
        "Run a 4-8 week pilot with clear before/after metrics.",
        "Publish lessons and decide whether to scale."
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        "Privacy and data quality",
        "Change fatigue",
        "Unclear accountability"
      ]
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      "entity_id": "B-004667",
      "entity_name": "Terrestrial Vertebrate Working Group",
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      "category": "Data & Performance",
      "scale": "large",
      "title": "Outcome dashboard linking budget, delivery, and public impact",
      "idea": "Build a public-facing outcome dashboard showing spend, outputs, outcomes, and delivery confidence.",
      "quote": "[Page 69]\nCorporate Plan 2024–25\nAppendix A: Alignment of key activities and performance\nmeasures\nTable A1 Sector growth strategic objective – changes to performance information\nKey activities and performance measures in the Revisions to key activities and performance Changes Reason for changes\nCorporate Plan 2023–24 measures in the Corporate Plan 2024–25 made\nKey activity 1.1 Support industry productivity and Not applicable.",
      "impact": "Very High",
      "effort": "High",
      "proof": "Evidence-backed",
      "beneficiaries": "Executives / Parliament / public",
      "source": "corporate-plans/2024-25.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2024-25.pdf)",
      "implementation": [
        "Create a senior responsible owner and cross-functional delivery team.",
        "Map legislation, data, privacy, procurement, cyber, and workforce constraints.",
        "Co-design with users and frontline staff before technology selection.",
        "Stage delivery through pilots, benefits tracking, and public reporting."
      ],
      "risks": [
        "Privacy and data quality",
        "Change fatigue",
        "Unclear accountability"
      ]
    },
    {
      "entity_id": "B-004667",
      "entity_name": "Terrestrial Vertebrate Working Group",
      "folder_name": "Terrestrial-Vertebrate-Working-Group",
      "category": "Regulation & Policy",
      "scale": "small",
      "title": "Regulatory burden scan for forms, guidance, and reporting",
      "idea": "Identify the top 10 highest-friction reporting obligations and simplify guidance, forms, or evidence requirements.",
      "quote": "[Page 78]\nCorporate Plan 2024–25\nPBS outcome statements PBS programs Key activities in PBS 2024–25 Key activities in the Corporate Plan Performance measures in the Corporate\n2024–25 Plan 2024–25\nOutcome 2: Safeguard Australia’s Program 2.1 Biosecurity and Effectively prepare for the 3.1 Use international standards and BI-01 Proportion of biosecurity risk\nanimal and plant health status to Export Services. management of biosecurity risk science-based risk assessments to assessments completed in the\nmaintain overseas markets and through pragmatic policy, fit- develop and inform policy, legislative development of import policy and\nprotect the economy and for-purpose regulation and frameworks and tools to support the regulation of biosecurity risks on\nenvironment from the impact of mature preparedness. management of exotic pest and imported goods, within regulatory and",
      "impact": "High",
      "effort": "Low",
      "proof": "Evidence-backed",
      "beneficiaries": "Regulated entities / policy teams",
      "source": "corporate-plans/2024-25.pdf (https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/daff-corporate-plan-2024-25.pdf)",
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        "Run a 4-8 week pilot with clear before/after metrics.",
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        "Regulatory capture",
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      "scale": "large",
      "title": "Adaptive regulation program with live feedback loops",
      "idea": "Create an adaptive regulation model using sandboxes, industry data, risk scoring, and regular rule updates.",
      "quote": "[Page 78]\nCorporate Plan 2024–25\nPBS outcome statements PBS programs Key activities in PBS 2024–25 Key activities in the Corporate Plan Performance measures in the Corporate\n2024–25 Plan 2024–25\nOutcome 2: Safeguard Australia’s Program 2.1 Biosecurity and Effectively prepare for the 3.1 Use international standards and BI-01 Proportion of biosecurity risk\nanimal and plant health status to Export Services. management of biosecurity risk science-based risk assessments to assessments completed in the\nmaintain overseas markets and through pragmatic policy, fit- develop and inform policy, legislative development of import policy and\nprotect the economy and for-purpose regulation and frameworks and tools to support the regulation of biosecurity risks on\nenvironment from the impact of mature preparedness. management of exotic pest and imported goods, within regulatory and",
      "impact": "Very High",
      "effort": "High",
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