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Division/Agency
and Topic
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Proof Hansard page reference
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Monday, 27 May 2013
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Finance and Business Support, Government, Information
Services and People and Service Delivery Divisions
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7–17
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Capability Review
recommendations
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7
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National Food
Plan funding
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7–9, 13
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Department's average
unscheduled leave absences
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9–11
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Lease plan arrangements
for IT equipment
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11–12
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Staffing numbers
and changes
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12
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International
Engagement Team, Indonesia
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12–13
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AusTender notice CN1308911
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13–14
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Wine Australia
staffing levels
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14
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Resignation of
Wine Australia's Chief Executive Officer
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14
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Horticulture
export fees
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14–16
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National Food
Plan support for exporting products
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16–17
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Department's
building lease arrangements
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17
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Interim Inspector–General of Biosecurity
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17–21
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Setting the work
plan of the Inspector–General of Biosecurity
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17–18
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Staffing levels
in the Office for the Interim Inspector–General of Biosecurity
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18
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The role of the
Inspector–General of Biosecurity
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18
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Current work
priorities
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19–21
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Office of the Chief Veterinary Officer
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21–25
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Current status of
Bovine Johne's Disease
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21–22
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National Johne's
Disease Control Program
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22–23
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Bison strain of
Bovine Johne's Disease
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23
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Vaccine for
Bovine Johne's Disease
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23
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Compensation
available for farms affected by Bovine Johne's Disease
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24
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Lyssa virus
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24–25, 44
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Animal Health
Australia; Biosecurity—Animal Division; and Live Animal Exports Division
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25–46
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National Johne's
Disease Control Program
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25
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Compensation for
farms affected by Bovine Johne's Disease
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25
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Dairy cattle
export requirements
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25
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Approved export
program documentation
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26–27
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The review of the
Australian Standards for the Export of Livestock
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27
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Australian Animal
Welfare Standards and Guidelines
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28–29, 45–46
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Animal welfare
issues
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29–30
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Animals grazing
in national parks
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30–31, 34
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The starving
cattle situation in Queensland
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31–34
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The department's
role in live animal exports
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35
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The number of
countries interested in importing live animals
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35–36
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The Exporter
Supply Chain Assurance System
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36, 41–42
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Exporting Australian
cattle to China
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36–37
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Live animal
export market access priorities
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37–38
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Health of animals
moved through Australia for the live export trade
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38
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Overseas
Development Aid funding for agricultural programs
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39
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Serious breaches
of animal welfare
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40
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Bahrain–Pakistan
ship cruelty incident
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40–41
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Animal
Biosecurity and Response Reform
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42
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Alleged cruelty
of Australian cattle in Egypt
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42–44
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Bovine Johne's
Disease in the Kimberly region
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45
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Meat and
Livestock Australia
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46–53
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Budget position
for 2013–14
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46–47
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Market opportunities
to build demand
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47–48
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Free trade
agreements with China and Korea
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48, 52
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Bovine Johne's
Disease
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48
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Ovine Johne's
Disease
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48–49
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Indonesia's long–term
plan for self–sufficiency
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49–50
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Global trends
affecting the live export and boxed chilled meat export trade
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50
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Collaboration
between James Cook University and the Queensland Department of Agriculture,
Fisheries and Forestry Spyglass Beef Research Facility
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50–51
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Beef Crisis
Steering Committee
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51
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Free trade
agreement with Japan
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52
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Allocation of
research and development funds
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52–53
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Genetically
modified free food for Australian cattle
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53
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LiveCorp
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53–55
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Re-engagement
with Saudi Arabia under ESCAS
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54
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Budget position
for 2013-14
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54
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Market
opportunities for live exports
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54–55
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Research and
development work
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55
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Border
Compliance and Post Entry Quarantine Program
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55–79
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Industry
Equalisation Reserve
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56–57, 61–65
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BICON IT System
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57–61
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Post Entry Quarantine
Facility in Mickleham Victoria
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65–68
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Bovine Johne's
Disease protocol
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68–69
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Restructure of
the Adelaide Export Food Documentation Office
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69–70
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Northern
Australia Quarantine Strategy
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70–73
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Biosecurity risk
of marinated prawns entering Australia
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73
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Investigations
into Customs and Border Protection services
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73–74
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Additional funding
provided to Post Entry Quarantine facilities
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74
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Biosecurity risks
associated with an increase in the number of cruise ships
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75–78
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The establishment
of the Centre of Excellence for Biosecurity Risk Analysis
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78
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Operation Hayride
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78–79
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Clarification of
answers from Additional estimates February 2013
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79
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Biosecurity—Plant
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79–92
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Importation of
fresh Californian table grapes into Western Australia
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79–80, 84
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National Fruit
Fly Strategy
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80
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Importation of
roses from South America
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80–81
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Importation of
apples from New Zealand
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81–82
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Horticulture
register establishment
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82
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Residue testing
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83–84
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Pest risk
assessment
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84–85
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Sterile insect
technology
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85
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Horticulture
export fees
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86–90
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Export
Certification Reform Implementation
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90–92
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Food
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92–102
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High bacteria
levels in long–life milk exported to Hong Kong
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92–93
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National Produce
Monitoring System Pilot Program
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93
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National Residue
Survey
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93–94, 96
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Australian
government authorised officers
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95
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Cold stores
reforms, efficiencies and cost savings
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96–97
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Accredited cold
stores for export access to China
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97–98
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National Food
Plan
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98
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Fate of frozen
beef in containers in Indonesia
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99
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Australian food
manufacturing sector
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99–100
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Bilingual certificate
process with China
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100–102
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Biosecurity—Policy
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102–112
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Biosecurity
Surveillance, Incident Response and Tracing
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102–103
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Australian Centre
of Excellence for Risk Analysis' advice in relation to DAFF's import risk
matrix
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103–107
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DAFF's Import
Risk Analysis matrix
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107–111
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Biosecurity
policy
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111–112
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Rural
Industries Research and Development Corporation
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113–114
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Budget position
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113
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Alternative uses
for plantation tree farms
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113
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Dynamic rural
communities
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114
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Australian
Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences
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114–126
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Wild dog
management in Australia
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114–115
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Australian wheat
crop estimates
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115–116, 120
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Wood supply
projections
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117–118
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Impact of climate
change on fisheries
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118–119
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Climate change
scenarios
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120–121
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Marine heatwave
in Western Australia
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121
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Productivity
forecasts
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121–122
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Research and
development levy system
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122
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Eastern wheat
belt in Western Australia
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122–123
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Multiperil crop
insurance
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123–124
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Clarification of
answers from questions on notice from Additional estimates February 2013
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124
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Surveying the
major Commonwealth fisheries
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124
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The Fishery
Status Report
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125
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Agricultural
commodities – March 2013 edition
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125
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Tuesday, 28 May 2013
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Australian
Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority
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4–18
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The use of
fenthion
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5–6
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The use of
trisulfin
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6–7
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Agricultural and
Veterinary Medicines Chemicals Legislation Amendment Bill 2013
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7–10
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Chemical
registration costs
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10
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Re-registration
process for farm chemicals
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11
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The use of diuron
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11–12
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The issue of
Spray drift and broadacre farming
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12-13
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The use of
carbendazim in imported juice concentrate
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13–15
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Neonicotinoids
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15–18
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Australian
Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA)
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18–44
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AFMA's compliance
process
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18–20
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Borthwick Review
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20–21, 22,
27–28,
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Commonwealth
Scientific Industries Research Organisation's ecosystem model
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21–22
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Reviews of the
Harvest Policy and Bycatch policy
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22–24, 32–33
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Coral Sea Fishery
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24, 26
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East Tuna and
Billfish Fishery
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24
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Bioregional
planning
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24–25
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Incursions by
foreign fishing vessels into Australian waters
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26–27
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AFMA's compliant
process
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28–29
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The Scheme for Compensation
for Detriment caused by Defective Administration claims
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30
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Gillnetting
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30–31
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Sustainable
Fisheries Report
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32
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Small Pelagic Fishery
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33–34, 35
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Marine
Stewardship Council
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34–35
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Northern shark
alliance industry
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35
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Management
Advisory Committees and Resource Assessment Groups
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36–37
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Total levy
revenue from the Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery
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37
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Stereo-video
transition
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37–42
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The ban of the Abel
Tasman vessel
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42–44
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Sustainable
Resource Management
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44–49, 55–71
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Caring for our
Country Program
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44–45, 60, 62, 64–65
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Funding allocated
to Landcare
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45–48, 64
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Funding allocated
to the Natural Resource Management program
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48–49
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Landcare
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61
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Work plan
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56
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The Australian
Feral Camel Management Program
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56–60
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OceanWatch
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62–63
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National Landcare
Directory
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63
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Northern Gulf
Resource Management Group
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63
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Environmental
Stewardship Funding Program
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66–67
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Pilot National
Produce Monitoring System
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67–71
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Australian
Wool Innovation
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49–55
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Budget position
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49–50
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Increase in wool
sales to China
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50
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Opportunities to
increase market share
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50–51
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Sheep health,
welfare and productivity
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51–52
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Research and
development into wool harvesting
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52
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The lack of sheep
shearing at the Canberra show
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52–53
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Wild dog
management
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53
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CRC funding at
the University of New England
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54–55
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Climate Change
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71–103
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Tasmanian Forests
Agreement
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71–74
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Forest
Stewardship Council
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75
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Regional Forests
Agreement
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75–77
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Rural Financial
Counselling Service
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77–82, 85–86
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Improving social
support services to regional and rural communities
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82–84
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Funding for the
Farm Finance Program
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86
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Farm Businesses
Package
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86–98
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Carbon Farming
Initiative
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98
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South-East Queensland
Forest Agreement
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99–101
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Illegal logging
regulations
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102–103
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Australian Egg
Corporation Limited
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103–106
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Hen Welfare
Research Development and Extension Forum
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103–104
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South Australia's
proposal to label free-range eggs
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104
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Stocking rates of
free-range hens
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104
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Greenhouse gas
production of the egg life-cycle assessment
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104–105
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Labelling
relevant stocking density on egg cartons
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105
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Audits of
free-range farms
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106
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Review of the
Domestic Poultry Code of Practice
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106
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Grains
Research and Development Corporation
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106–110
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Budget position
for 2013-14
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106–107,
109–110
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Research
initiatives and priorities
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107–108
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Drought and frost
tolerant types of grain
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108
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Multiperil crop
insurance
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108–109
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Weed control
technology
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109
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Managing Climate
Variability Program
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110
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Agriculture
Productivity
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110–127
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National Food
Plan funding
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110, 113–114, 127
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Asian Food
Markets Research Fund
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110–112
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Community Food
Initiative grants
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111, 116–117
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Food in the
national curriculum
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112, 118–119
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Building our Food
Trade Ties
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112–113
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Australian Food
and Beverage Supplier Advocate
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113
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Brand Australia
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114
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Increasing
agricultural productivity
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114–115, 118
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Global Food Security
Index
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115
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The Council on
Food
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115
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Subcommittee of
the Primary Industries Standing Committee
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117–118
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Review of Food
Labelling Law and Policy (Blewett Review)
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118
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Research and
development funding
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120–121
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Labour shortages
in agricultural industries
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121–122
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Kangaroo meat
trade
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122
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Ord River project
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122
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SPC Ardmona
request for emergency assistance
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123–126
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Food processing
and agricultural productivity
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126–127
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Foreign
investment in the agricultural sector
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127
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Trade and
Market Access
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128–135
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Negotiations for
memorandums of understanding
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128
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Update on the
free trade negotiations with China
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128–129
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Department's role
in Trans-Pacific partnership
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129
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Update on free
trade negotiations with South Korea
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129–130
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Update on free
trade negotiations with Japan
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130
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Opportunities to
expand market access
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130–131
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The Exporter
Supply Chain Assurance System
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131
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DAFF's
relationship with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
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131–133
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Overseas
Development Aid funding for agricultural programs
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133–135
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Food standards in
Japan
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135
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