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Communiques

We publish communiques:

  • on behalf of our ministerial forums and industry groups
  • to provide updates on ongoing issues

Ministers’ forums

What is the Agriculture Ministers’ Forum.

  • Agriculture Ministers' Forum — 1 November 2021
  • Agriculture Ministers' Forum — 15 June 2021
  • Agriculture Ministers' Forum — 21 February 2020
  • Agriculture Ministers' Forum — 10 December 2019
  • Agriculture Ministers' Forum — 25 October 2019
  • Agriculture Ministers' Forum — 8 February 2019
  • Agriculture Ministers' Forum — 27 April 2018

The Environment Ministers Meeting (EMM) is an intergovernmental forum in which national environmental issues are progressed and a forum to discuss strategic issues and agree cross-government actions to improve Australia’s environment.

EMM comprises the Commonwealth Minister for the Environment, and the environment minister from each Australian state and territory.

Meeting 1

  • Meeting 1 agreed communique - 15 April 2021 [PDF 148KB]
  • Meeting 1 agreed communique - 15 April 2021 [DOCX 31KB]

Meeting of Environment Ministers

The Meeting of Environment Ministers (MEM) was replaced by the EMM following National Cabinet’s 2020 Review of COAG Councils and Ministerial Forums (the Conran Review).

Meeting 9

  • Meeting 9 agreed statement - 8 November 2019 [PDF 312.11KB]
  • Meeting 9 agreed statement - 8 November 2019 [DOCX 38.97KB]

Meeting 8

  • Meeting 8 agreed statement - 7 December 2018 [PDF 144.18KB]
  • Meeting 8 agreed statement - 7 December 2018 [DOCX 26.66KB]

Meeting 7

  • Meeting 7 agreed statement - 27 April 2018 [PDF 138.13KB]
  • Meeting 7 agreed statement - 27 April 2018 [DOCX 29.73KB]

Meeting 6

  • Meeting 6 agreed statement - 28 July 2017 [PDF 78KB]

Out of session

  • Environmental Management of Industrial Chemicals - 16 February 2018 [PDF 19.32KB]
  • National Environmental Management Plan for PFAS - 16 February 2018 [PDF 26.92KB]

Meeting 5

  • Meeting 5 agreed statement - 25 November 2016 [PDF 27.2KB]
  • Meeting 5 agreed statement - 25 November 2016 [DOCX 43.75KB]

Meeting 4

  • Meeting 4 agreed statement - 15 December 2015 [PDF 135.82KB]
  • Meeting 4 agreed statement - 15 December 2015 [DOCX 48.28KB]

Meeting 3

  • Meeting 3 agreed statement - 15 July 2015 [PDF 37.06KB]
  • Meeting 3 agreed statement - 15 July 2015 [DOCX 45.74KB]

Meeting 2

  • Meeting 2 agreed statement - 27 February 2015 [PDF 27.61KB]
  • Meeting 2 agreed statement - 27 February 2015 [DOCX 25.19KB]

Meeting 1

  • Meeting 1 agreed statement - 29 April 2014

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  • Fifth meeting of Fisheries Ministers — 15 February 2019

  • Forestry Ministers meet in Adelaide — 18 November 2019
  • Forestry Ministers meet in Melbourne — 15 February 2019
  • Forestry Ministers meet in Melbourne — 1 June 2018

  • Primary Industries Ministers' Meeting — 29 July 2020
  • Primary Industries Ministers' Meeting — 22 May 2020
  • Primary Industries Ministers' Meeting — 24 April 2020
  • Primary Industries Ministers' Meeting — 14 April 2020
  • Primary Industries Ministers' Meeting — 3 April 2020
  • Primary Industries Ministers' Meeting — 27 March 2020
  • Primary Industries Ministers' Meeting — 19 March 2020

  • Ministerial Indigenous Heritage Roundtable — 21 September 2020

Topics

  • Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N2 — 7 September 2020
  • Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza H7N6 — 7 September 2020
  • Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H7N7 — 7 September 2020
  • Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza — 14 August 2020
  • Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza — 7 August 2020
  • Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza — 1 August 2020

  • Biosecurity Import Supply Chain Roundtables — 26 February 2021

  • National Management Group Communiqué: Browsing ant in the Northern Territory – 24 August 2021
  • National Management Group Communiqué: African black sugar ant (Lepisiota incisa) at Perth, Western Australia — 22 December 2020
  • National Biosecurity Management Group Communiqué: Red Imported Fire Ants Fremantle Port, Western Australia — 13 December 2019
  • National Biosecurity Management Group Communiqué: Browsing ant at the Port of Brisbane, Queensland — 21 June 2019
  • National Biosecurity Management Group agrees to a revised Response plan for Browsing Ant in the Northern Territory — 24 January 2018

  • Australian grains forum — 21 November 2019

  • Bushfire Roundtable on Forestry — 6 February 2020

  • National Management Group Communiqué — 20 December 2019

  • National Management Group agrees to a revised Response Plan for Citrus Canker — 8 November 2019
  • National Biosecurity Management Group agrees to a revised Response Plan for Citrus Canker — 20 December 2018
  • National Management Group agrees to a revised Response Plan for Citrus Canker — 11 July 2018
  • National Management Group agrees to a Response plan for Citrus Canker in the Northern Territory — 11 May 2018

  • Stakeholder update: imported cut flowers and foliage — 17 April 2020
  • Cut flowers and foliage imports industry forum — 5 April 2019

  • Exotic Fruit Flies in the Torres Strait — 28 June 2021
  • Exotic Fruit Flies in the Torres Strait — 3 May 2019

  • National Management Group Communiqué — 1 April 2022

Read the latest communiques.

  • National Biosecurity Management Group agreed Macao Paper Wasp is no longer technically feasible to eradicate from the Cocos (Keeling) Islands — 3 September 2018

  • National Management Group Communiqué: National Tropical Weeds — 23 June 2021

  • National Management Group Communiqué: Red Witchweed V 5 June 2020

  • National Management Group Communiqué: Varroa jacobsoni — 31 July 2020
  • Varroa jacobsoni 2019 Incident — 25 July 2019

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