Corporate Services/Corporate Finance/Corporate Policy

4–17

Impact of recent extreme weather events on department's budget; National Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements; Exceptional Circumstances; possible budget savings to fund reconstruction efforts

4–11

Budget allocations to DAFF as a percentage of government funding

11–12

Changes to the budget or implementation of election commitments since supplementary budget estimates

12–13

Ministerial staff

13

Campaigns and advertising

13–14

Media monitoring

14–15

Draft social media policy

15

Graduate recruitment program

15–16

Use of BlackBerrys, mobile data cards and mobile phones

16–17

Wheat Exports Australia

17–25

Complaints in relation to grain handling; operations of Viterra in South Australia

17–22

Update on access arrangements at ports

23, 24–25

Notifiable matters reported by accredited exporters

23

Productivity Commission review and recommendations

23–24

Accreditation requirements

24

Biosecurity Services Group

25–51

Import requirements for raw prawns

25–26, 27–28, 29–30, 37–38

Mistaken release of imported raw prawns containing white spot syndrome virus

26–27, 28–29, 37

Asian honey bee incursion

30–33, 36–37

Risk categorisation and inspection of imported food; testing for antibiotic residues

33–36

Testing for chemical residues in New Zealand apples

35–36, 38–39

Import risk analysis for New Zealand apples; fire blight

40–43

Import risk analysis for beef from the US and Canada

44

Risk of weeds being spread during distribution of emergency fodder

44

Pressure to reverse ban on the weed, Jatropha curcas, for growing as a biofuel

44

Incoming government brief on biosecurity reform

44–45

Importation of apples from China

45–47

Bacterial canker on kiwifruit

47–48

Zebra chip disease in potatoes

48–50

Live animal exports; animal welfare standards

50–51

Centre for new and emerging infectious diseases

51

Climate Change

51–74

Carbon Farming Initiative

51–53, 54–55

Department's work on climate change strategies

53–54

Exceptional Circumstances application for the Delungra region

55–56, 60–61

ABARES' report on the impact of the recent floods on agricultural commodities

56

Exceptional Circumstances

56–57

WA pilot of drought reform measures

57–60

Climate Commission

60

Assistance for the Mingoola-Bonshaw-Tenterfield region; National Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements; interest rate subsidies

61–63

Tasmanian Forest Contractors Exit Assistance Program

63–67, 71–72

Statement of principles on Tasmanian forests

67–68

Tamar Valley pulp mill

68–69

Forest industry database

69

Regional Forest Agreements

69–70

Forestry Industries Development Fund

70

Activities for the International Year of Forests

70–71

Discussions between Gunns and the Export Finance and Insurance Corporation

71, 74

Greenhouse gas emissions from forest burns in Tasmania

72

Public access to the Plenty link road in Tasmania

72–73

Impact of proposed logging in the Wellington Range on walking track from Hobart to the Snowy Range

73

Illegal logging; blockade against logging at Vanimo in Papua New Guinea

73

Incident involving woman protesting against the destruction of forests near Bermagui

73–74

Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences

74–83

ABARES' report on environmentally sustainable diversion limits in the Murray-Darling Basin

74–75

ANAO report no. 27 of 2010-11, Restoring the balance in the Murray-Darling Basin

75

ABARES' analysis of the impact of recent extreme weather events on agriculture, including: Special report on The impact of recent flood events on commodities released on 21 January 2011; December 2010 Australian crop report; December edition of Australian commodities

76–78

ABARES' farm survey

78

Projections of future oil prices

78–79

Socioeconomic impact of the establishment of marine parks

79

Timber demand

79–80

Timber mill survey

80

Vegetable industry survey

80

Effect of the merger of ABARE and BRS

81–82

Transfer of the energy function to the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism

82

ABARES' project on drivers and barriers to the management of native vegetation on private land

82–83

Sustainable Resource Management

83–90

Release of discussion paper and call for submissions as part of the review of Caring for Our Country; monitoring and evaluation

83–88; 89, 90

Caring for Our Country business plan for 2011-12

88

Funding for NRM groups, including Cape York regional body, and Landcare groups

89–90

Australian Fisheries Management Authority

90–104

Selection process for new Chief Executive

90–91

Management of Southern Bluefin Tuna Fisheries; 2011 stock assessment process; CCSBT quotas; breeding and farming of southern bluefin tuna in South Australia

91–95, 96

Northern Prawn Fishery

95

Coral Sea Fishery

96

Impact of cyclones on the Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery and the Coral Sea Fishery

96–97

Impact of river outflows after flooding on fishing

97–98

Impact of seismic testing on Bass Strait scallop fisheries

98

Illegal foreign fishing; patrols by the Ocean Protector, replacement for the Oceanic Viking

98–99

Impact of the South East Fishery buyback and harvest strategy

99

Recreational Fishing Advisory Committee; appointment of Chair, Mr David Llewellyn; current registration of Mr Llewellyn as a lobbyist

100–101, 101–103

Funding and staffing for the department's fisheries area

101

European Union catch certification process

101, 103–104

Trade and Market Access

104–118

Export access to China for Australian rock lobster

104–105

Red meat exports to the Russian Federation and continuing negotiations to resolve suspensions of kangaroo meat exports

105

Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement

105–109, 113

Distortions in trade

109

Compensation case in relation to export of ram semen from Australia

109–110

Update on import risk analysis for beef from the US, Canada and Japan; stop the clock provisions

110, 111–113

Department's overseas officers dealing with live export trade

110–111

Live Trade Animal Welfare Partnership; improvements in animal welfare conditions overseas

111

Doha round negotiations

113–114

Negotiation of free trade agreement with Japan

114–116

Cargill acquisition of AWB; impact of foreign ownership on food security

116–117

Impact of cheap imports on prune growers in Young

117

Agricultural Productivity

118–129

Regional Food Producers Innovation and Productivity Program

118

Impact of Coles milk marketing strategy

118–120

Horticulture Code of Conduct

120

Development of Australian Animal Welfare Standards and Guidelines

120–122, 123, 124–126

Gemmell review of the Australian Animal Welfare Strategy

122–123

Need for a national emergency management plan for the treatment of injured or dying animals from natural disasters

123–124

Country of origin labelling, in particular, apples from China

126–128

Labelling of agricultural products imported into Australia from New Zealand, originating from third party nations

128–129

Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority

129–131

Additional funding for APVMA; reform agenda

129–130

Health standards for fenthion and dimethoate

130

Use of streptomycin to control fire blight on apple trees in New Zealand; advice from FSANZ on the health impacts of chemical residues on imported fruit

130–131

Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation

131–133

Productivity Commission review of R&D corporations

132, 133

Impact of previous budget cuts on the RIRDC's operations

132–133

Wine Australia

133–134

Counterfeit Australian wine sold overseas; changes to Wine Australia policies in relation to notifying and supporting levy payers; changes to export approval control mechanisms

133, 134

Market research study into the Chinese market

133–134

Requirements for exports of bulk wine from Australia

134

Meat and Livestock Australia

134–135

Importation of beef from the US and Canada; lessons learned by the Australian beef industry; traceability systems for cattle in the US

134–135