We publish our responses to inquiries, reviews and reports that relate to our work. We do this to be open and transparent about what we do.
Our portfolio
Read our responses:
- Australian Government response to the Senate Environment and Communications Legislation Committee report: Industrial Chemicals Environmental Management (Register) Bill 2020 [Provisions] and related bills
- Australian Government response to the report of the Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Committee: Regulatory approaches to ensure the safety of pet food
- Australian Government response to the Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee report: Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Amendment (Dairy Cattle Export Charge) Bill 2020 [Provisions] - December 2020
- Australian Government response to the Review of the Wheat Port Access Code of Conduct - October 2020
- Updated Australian Government response to Australia's Faunal Extinction Crisis - October 2020
- Australian Government response to the Review of the Water for the Environment Special Account
- Australian Government response to the Independent assessment of social and economic conditions in the Basin
- Australian Government actions in response to the Sydney Harbour Federation Trust Review Recommendations - September 2020 update
- Australian Government response to the Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee inquiry report: Feasibility of a national horse traceability register for all horses
- Australian Government response to the Review of the Product Stewardship Act 2011
- Australian Government response to the Senate Environment and Communications References Committee Report: Protection of Aboriginal rock art of the Burrup Peninsula
- Australian Government response to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on the Environment and Energy: Cane toads on the march Inquiry into controlling the spread of cane toads
- Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee inquiry report: Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Legislation Amendment (Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority Board and Other Improvements) Bill 2019 [Provisions]
Past reporting
Our department was established on 1 February 2020. Before this, we were the:
- Department of Agriculture
- Department of the Environment and Energy (Environment portfolio)
You can still access information published before we merged.
Agriculture
Read our responses to the:
- Independent review and report of the Farm Household Allowance program: Rebuilding the FHA: a better way forward for supporting farmers in financial hardship
- Final report of the Independent Assessment of the 2018–19 Fish Deaths in the Lower Darling (the Vertessy Report)
- Productivity Commission inquiry on national water reform
- Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee inquiry report: Independence of regulatory decisions made by the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA)
- Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee inquiry report: Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Legislation Amendment (Streamlining Regulation) Bill 2018 [Provisions]
- Productivity Commission Inquiry into the Regulation of Australian Agriculture
- Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee’s second interim and final reports: Effect of market consolidation on the red meat processing sector
- House of Representatives Standing Committee on Agriculture and Water Resources: APVMA Regulatory Reforms – Inquiry based on the Auditor-General report No. 56 (2016-17): Pesticide and Veterinary Medicine Regulatory Reform
- Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee interim and final reports: Biosecurity risks associated with the importation of seafood and seafood products (including uncooked prawns and uncooked prawn meat) into Australia
- Senate Committee report—Management of the Murray–Darling Basin
- Senate Environment and Communications References Committee report: Factory freezer trawlers in the Commonwealth Small Pelagic Fishery
- Senate Finance and Public Administration References Committee Inquiry Report: Operation, effectiveness, and consequences of the PGPA (Location of Corporate Commonwealth Entities) Order 2016
- House of Representatives Standing Committee on Agriculture and Water Resources report: Safe Keeping: Inquiry into the biosecurity of Australian honey bees
- Senate Economics References Committee report: Third party certification of food
- Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee report: Australian grape and wine industry
- Senate Committee Report: Inquiry into Environmental Biosecurity
- Productivity Commission report: Inquiry into regulation of the Australian marine fisheries and aquaculture sectors
- Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee Annual Report (No. 1 of 2015)
- Senate Select Committee on the Murray–Darling Basin report: Refreshing the Plan
You can also see past Agriculture government responses (NLA archive).
Environment
Read our responses to the:
- House of Representatives Standing Committee on the Environment and Energy: Report on the inquiry into the management and use of Commonwealth environmental water
- Senate Select Committee on Red Tape Interim Report: Effects of red tape on environmental assessment and approvals
- Review of the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder’s operations and business processes
- Review of Governance of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
- Joint Standing Committee on Treaties Report 171 on the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
- Senate Environment and Communications References Committee Inquiry: Responses to, and lessons learnt from, the January and February 2016 bushfires in remote Tasmanian Wilderness
- Australian Government response to the Climate Change Authority’s review of the Emissions Reduction Fund
- Australian Government response to the Climate Change Authority's Review of the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Legislation
- Australian Government response to the Climate Change Authority’s review of the role of the National Wind Farm Commissioner
- Environment and Communications References Committee report—Continuation of construction of the Perth Freight Link in the face of significant environmental breaches
- Joint Select Committee on Northern Australia report: Scaling Up—Inquiry into Opportunities for Expanding Aquaculture in Northern Australia
- Environment and Communications References Committee Inquiry Report: Australia’s Environment
You can also see past Environment government responses (NLA archive).