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- on behalf of our ministerial forums and industry groups
- to provide updates on ongoing issues
Ministers’ forums
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Agriculture Ministers’ Forum
Environment Ministers’ Meeting
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
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
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Fisheries Ministers’ Meeting
Forestry Ministers’ Meeting
Primary Industries Ministers’ Meeting
- 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
Topics
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Avian Influenza
- 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
Browsing ant
- 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
Bulk grain
Bushfire Roundtable on Forestry
Chestnut Blight
Citrus Canker
- 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