Appendix 3

Appendix 3

Topic list

Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry portfolio

Monday 23 May 2011

Division/Agency and Topic

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Corporate Services/Corporate Finance/Corporate Policy

4–30

Efficiency dividend

4–14

Staffing

10–11

Graduate program

14–15

Total funding for DAFF in the last 5 years

15–16

Interim Inspector General of Biosecurity

16–22

Possible importation of New Zealand apples

22–27

Departmental planning with the Minister

27–28

Media monitoring

28–30

Climate Change

30–69

WA drought reform Pilot

30–33, 38–40

Exit grants

33–35, 40–42

Exceptional circumstances

35–38, 40–41

Forestry capacity building in the Asia Pacific

42–44

Tasmanian forest contractors package

44–52

Tasmanian Community Forest Agreement

52–55

Carbon farming initiative

56–60

Climate change research

60–61

Carbon tax

61–65

Carbon farming

65–69

Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES)

69–87

Oil usage and prices

69–71

Efficiency dividend

71

Impact of floods

71–72

Forest and Wood Products Australia – forestry statistics

72–73

Marine planning

73–74

Vegetable industry survey

74–75

Effect of climate change on fisheries

75

Irrigation survey on farm financial performance

75–76

Regional sponsored migration scheme

76

Winter crop harvest

76

Productivity growth in dairy

76–77

Asian honey bee

77–78

Myrtle rust

77

Access Economics report on impacts of greenhouse gas mitigation strategies for farmers

78

Bumblebees

78–79

Definition of 'regional'

79

Murray Darling Basin Authority

79–83

Global food security in relation to agricultural productivity

83–86

Agricultural census

86

Sustainable Resource Management (SRM)

87–99

Caring for Our Country program

87–97

Working on Country

87

National Heritage Trust

87

Indigenous Ranger program

87–88

No-take zones in fishing

92–93

Australian Feral Camel Management Project

97–99

Australian Fisheries Management Authority

99–117

Boundary changes to the Commonwealth North-West Slope Trawl Fishery

99–101

Efficiency dividend

102–103

Sustainable fish advertisements from Coles and Woolworths

103–104

Southern blue-fin tuna

104–108

Fisheries data

106–107

No-take zones

108

Gear assessments

109–110

Seismic and exploratory drilling

110–111

Effects of Cyclone Yasi

111–112

Ban on gillnets

112–114

Terminated programs

114

Harvest strategy policy

114–116

Agency resource statement

116–117


Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority

117–125

Mouse plague

117–119

Two-headed fish in Noosa

119, 125

Budget allocations

119–120

Assessment of applications

120–121

Use of chemicals lethal to honeybees

121

Reform process

121–123

Maximum residue levels

123–124

Wine Australia

125–130

Counterfeit wine

125–130


Tuesday 24 May 2011

Division/Agency and Topic

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Trade and Market Access

4–16

Carbon tax

4–5

Forecasts for the Australian dollar

5

Trade negotiations with countries in Asia-Pacific

5–11

New Zealand apples

11–12

International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

12–14, 16

High-impact projects addressing food security

12–14

Economic relationship with New Zealand

14–15

In-country offices

16

Biosecurity Services Group

16–66

Chief Veterinary Officer

16–17

Budget allocations

17

Staffing at airports and ports

17

Inspection of cargo and luggage

18–19

New Zealand apples

19–38

Fungal disease

38–39

Small hive beetle's incursion into European honeybee hives

39–40

Myrtle rust

40–43

Asian honeybees

43–48

Varroa mite

45

Equine influenza

48–51

Export certification process

51–63

Australian Standards for the Export of Livestock

63

Mortality figures for sheep exported to the northern hemisphere

63

Australian and New Zealand pork

63–64

Exploding watermelons

64–65

Funding for eradication

65

Slow lorises

65–66

Export of genetic material

66

Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation

67–71

Staffing

67

Weeds productivity program

67–68

Biofuels

68–69

Carbon tax

69–70

Broadband

70–71

Agricultural Productivity

71–91

Animal welfare/live trade animal welfare

71–84

Milk pricing

84

Horticulture Code of Conduct

85

Regional Food Producers program

85–87

Australia and New Zealand Food Regulation Ministerial Council

87

National Food Plan

87–88

Global food security

89

Chemicals checked for at the border

89–90

Country of origin labelling

90

Wheat Exports Australia

91–99

Grain buyers

91

Sales

91–93

Productivity Commission's inquiry into wheat marketing arrangements

93–96

Seasonal impacts on harvests

97

Audits

98

Exports in containers

98–99

Australian Wool Innovation

99–106

Wool prices

99

Levies

99, 103–104

Impact of Australian dollar

99–101

Mulesing

101–102

Skintraction

103

Labour shortages

103

On-farm research

105–106

Grains Research and Development Corporation

106–113

International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

106–107

Germplasm

107–109

Staffing and operational funds

109–110

Farm-to-farm transfer

110–113

Meat and Livestock Australia

113–119

Live cattle exports

113–119

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