List of recommendations
Recommendation 1
2.35 The committee recommends that the
Government should, in consultation with relevant industry participants and with
consideration to world’s best practice, develop and establish a national honey
bee colony survey scheme to collect reliable and comprehensive data about the
industry and inform future decisions. The survey should include the
establishment of a residue monitoring project to analyse pesticide residues in
plant and bee media.
Recommendation 2
2.50 The
committee recommends that the Government liaise with state and territory land
management agencies to establish relevant guidelines to clarify access to
public lands for beekeepers within the next 12 months.
Recommendation 3
2.64 The
committee recommends that the Government ensure that beekeeping and pollination
services are considered as an integral part of free trade agreement
negotiations, and consider the impact current agreements have on the industry.
Recommendation 4
2.77 The
committee recommends that AHBIC, Pollination Australia and the Commonwealth
government enter into discussions about the best way forward to enable the
pollination industry to make a contribution for pollination services to
research and development, and to biosecurity.
Recommendation 5
3.22 The committee recommends the
categorisation of varroa destructor be completed as a matter of urgency
to provide industry with funding certainty in case of an incursion.
Recommendation 6
3.35 The
committee recommends that the Commonwealth government confirm, and consider
enlarging, its commitment to the National Bee Pest Surveillance Program.
Recommendation 7
3.36 The
committee recommends that the Commonwealth government give urgent consideration
to facilitating efforts by the industry to import suitable varroa-resistant
breeding material into Australia, subject to stringent biosecurity safeguards
being put in place.
Recommendation 8
3.56 The
committee recommends the Department of Agriculture consult with relevant
industry groups to ensure quarantine concerns are addressed, either as part of
the proposed facility relocation or through the establishment of a specific
bee-centric facility.
Recommendation 9
3.71 The
committee recommends the Department of Agriculture, in consultation with
industry groups, review the Import Risk Analysis for honey bee commodities,
with a view to protecting the Australian industry and its ‘clean, green’
reputation.
Recommendation 10
3.74 The
committee recommends that the Commonwealth government, in consultation with the
AHBIC and other relevant stakeholders, investigate the viability and benefits
of producing an annual industry report in the terms outlined in paragraph 3.73.
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