Biosecurity Australia
October 2000 – 2009
Agency within the agriculture portfolio that conducted import risk analyses and developed animal and plant quarantine policy, advising on the conditions under which imports of animals, plants and their products could enter Australia.
How it came into existence
Established in October 2000 as a group within the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry – Australia, taking over the quarantine risk assessment and policy work previously carried out by the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service.
- Import risk analysis
- Animal and plant quarantine policy
Changes during its life
- 1 December 2004Became a prescribed agency under the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997, with its own chief executive accountable for its finances.
How it ended
Folded back into the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry in 2009, when its functions were consolidated into the department's new Biosecurity Services Group following the 2008 Beale review.
- Import risk analysis
- Animal and plant quarantine policy
Main functions
- Import risk analysis for animals, plants and their products
- Animal and plant quarantine policy
- Advice on import conditions and quarantine requirements
- Technical support for market access negotiations under sanitary and phytosanitary rules
Where it sits
Last in the portfolio of Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.
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Sources
Government records and websites
- AFFA – Biosecurity Australia plant policy memorandum 2000/21 (establishment of Biosecurity Australia)
- Biosecurity Australia animal policy memorandum 2004/19 (prescribed agency status)
- Department of Agriculture – Biosecurity Australia policy memorandum 2009: update to the Import Risk Analysis Handbook 2007
Other sources
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