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 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 made any government responses as our new department. 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
- 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).