We provide updates on our progress. Our regulators provide self-assessment reports each year. External stakeholders help validate these reports.
Our reports detail how we meet our RPF KPIs. They also highlight areas where we can improve.
Access to data
Our department was established on 1 February 2020. Before this, we were the:
- Department of Agriculture
- Department of the Environment and Energy (Environment portfolio)
We haven’t yet reported as our new department. You can still access information published before we merged.
2018–19 self-assessments
We are committed to being a best practice regulator. Productive regulation is essential to protect our land, water, heritage and environment.
Australian Government regulators conduct annual assessments against the Regulator Performance Framework. In 2018-19, the former departments of Agriculture and Environment and Energy assessed their own performance. The new Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment will conduct future assessments.
We sought stakeholder feedback on 8 assessments. There were 7 from the agriculture portfolio and 1 from the environment portfolio.
Agriculture
The former department conducted self-assessments for 7 regulatory functions including:
- delivering biosecurity functions
- export control, including certification
- regulating the import of timber products and raw log processing to combat illegal logging
- monitoring imported food
- collecting levies for research, development and marketing
- implementing the Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards scheme
- regulating live animal exports
Maturity rating | Requirement |
---|---|
Optimal | Comprehensive regulatory systems and processes. Demonstrated achievement. |
Managed | Comprehensive regulatory systems and processes. Minor achievement issues. Corrective action in place. |
Sound | Sound regulatory systems and processes. Some achievement issues or limitations in assessing regulator performance. |
In transition | Limited regulatory systems and processes. Significant achievement issues and/or limitations in assessing regulator performance. |
Not meeting expectations | Regulatory systems and processes highly limited. Performance not assessed or limited. |
Download
- Regulator Performance Framework 2018-19 self-assessment for Agriculture - Biosecurity Overview [PDF 444KB]
- Regulator Performance Framework 2018-19 self-assessment for Agriculture - Export Certification [PDF 331KB]
- Regulator Performance Framework 2018-19 self-assessment for Agriculture - Monitoring Imported Food [PDF 496KB]
- Regulator Performance Framework 2018-19 self-assessment for Agriculture - Illegal Logging [PDF 341KB]
- Regulator Performance Framework 2018-19 self-assessment for Agriculture - Collecting Levies on behalf of agricultural industries [PDF 354KB]
- Regulator Performance Framework 2018-19 self-assessment for Agriculture - Live Animal Exports [PDF 354KB]
- Regulator Performance Framework 2018-19 self-assessment for Agriculture - Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Scheme [PDF 365KB]
Environment and Energy
The former Department of Environment and Energy conducted 1 self-assessment that covered all regulatory functions. This includes:
- protection of the environment and biodiversity. This includes assessment and approval of activities impacting on matters of national environmental significance, such as wildlife trade
- regulation of activities in the Antarctic Treaty Area
- managing air quality, product standards for small non-road non-diesel engines and regulation of ozone depleting substances and synthetic greenhouse gases
- managing waste, including regulation of exports of hazardous waste, and administration of product stewardship schemes including e-waste, oil, tyres and the Australian Packaging Covenant
- renewable energy and energy markets.
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2017–18
Agriculture
- Regulator Performance Framework 2017–18 report – Agriculture [PDF 2MB]
- Regulator Performance Framework 2017–18 report – Agriculture [DOCX 2.4MB]
If you have trouble accessing these files, contact us for help.
You can also see past Agriculture regulatory performance information (NLA archive).
Environment
- Regulatory Performance Framework – Environment [PDF 1.6MB]
- Regulatory Performance Framework – Environment [DOCX 2.2MB]
- Regulator performance self-assessment report 2017–18 – Environment [PDF 3.3MB]
- Regulator performance self-assessment report 2017–18 – Environment [DOCX 4.4MB]
If you have trouble accessing these files, contact us for help.
You can also see past Environment regulatory performance information (NLA archive).