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 Standing Committees on Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport: Performance of Australia's dairy industry and the profitability of Australian dairy farmers since deregulation in 2000 December
- Australian Government response to the Independent Review of the Regional Investment Corporation
- Australian Government response to the National Agricultural Workforce Strategy
- Australian Government response to the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties Report 197: Minamata Convention on Mercury
- Australian Government response to the independent report: Fourth Product Stewardship (Oil) Act 2000 review
- 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
- Department response to ANAO Performance Audit: Referrals, Assessments and Approvals of Controlled Actions under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
- 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 on the National Library of Australia's TROVE website.