Department of Agriculture

Department of Agriculture

Questions on notice index: (PDF 623 KB)

Answers were due Friday, 17 April 2015.

Answers to Questions on Notice
QoN no. Division/Agency View File Date received
1 Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (PDF 46KB) 21/04/2015
2-5 Agricultural Adaptation and Forestry (PDF 84KB) 21/04/2015
6-7 Agricultural Policy Division (PDF 60KB) 21/04/2015
8 Australian Egg Corporation (PDF 62KB) 21/04/2015
9-13 Australian Fisheries Management Authority (PDF 120KB) 21/04/2015
14-19 Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicine Authority (PDF 133KB) 21/04/2015
20-21 Biosecurity Animal Division (PDF 55KB) 21/04/2015
22-25 Biosecurity Plant Division (PDF 91KB) 21/04/2015
26-47 Compliance Division (PDF 302KB) 21/04/2015
48-56 Executive (PDF 2289KB) 21/04/2015
57-69 Exports Division (PDF 215KB) 21/04/2015
70-72 Finance and Business Support Division (PDF 93KB) 21/04/2015
73-78 Governance Branch (PDF 127KB) 21/04/2015
79 Grains Research and Development Corporation (PDF 46KB) 21/04/2015
80-82 Australian Livestock Export Corporation (LiveCorp) (PDF 378KB) 21/04/2015
83-94 Office of the General Counsel (PDF 1575KB) 21/04/2015
95-96 Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation (PDF 352KB) 21/04/2015
97-101 Service Delivery Division (PDF 260KB) 21/04/2015
102-109 Sustainability and Biosecurity Policy (PDF 154KB) 21/04/2015
110-118 Trade and Market Access Division (PDF 182KB) 21/04/2015


Tabled Documents View File
1.) Chronology of key events relating to the hepatitis A outbreak linked to imported berries from China. Tabled by Ms Raelene Vivian, First Assistant Secretary, Compliance Division, Department of Agriculture on 23 February 2015. (PDF 319KB)
2.) Correspondence from Food Standards Australia New Zealand. Tabled by Ms Rona Mellor PSM, Deputy Secretary, Department of Agriculture on on 23 February 2015. (PDF 243KB)
3.) Document containing a summary of the current Patties Foods testing program for imported berries. Tabled by Ms Raelene Vivian, First Assistant Secretary, Compliance Division, Department of Agriculture on 23 February 2015. (PDF 227KB)
4.) Opening statement. Tabled by Dr Paul Grimes, Secretary, Department of Agriculture on 5 March 2015. (PDF 731KB)
5.) Correspondence between the Department of Agriculture and the office of the Minister for Agriculture on 20 October 2014.Tabled by Ms Kerrie-Anne Luscombe, General Counsel, Department of Agriculture on 5 March 2015. (PDF 552KB)

 
Additional Information and clarification of evidence

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1.) Correspondence received 17 March 2015 from Dr Paul Grimes, clarifying evidence given on 5 March 2015. Provided by Mr Phillip Glyde, Acting Secretary, Department of Agriculture. (PDF 3516KB)
2.) Correspondence received 2 March 2015 from Dr Paul Grimes, Secretary, Department of Agriculture, clarifying evidence given on 23 February 2015. (PDF 1609 KB)
3.) Correspondence received 10 April 2015 from Ms Lee Cale, Assistance Secretary, Governance Branch, Department of Agriculture, clarifying evidence given on 23 February and  5 March 2015. (PDF 196KB)

For further information, contact:

Estimates Officer
Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia

Phone: +61 2 6277 3511
Fax: +61 2 6277 5811
Email: rrat.sen@aph.gov.au