Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

1. Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry1998–2013
2. Department of Agriculture2013–2015
3. Department of Agriculture and Water Resources2015–2019
4. Department of Agriculture2019–2020
5. Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment2020–2022
6. Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry2022–present

Created by the Administrative Arrangements Order of 21 October 1998, at the start of the second Howard ministry, when the Department of Primary Industries and Energy was abolished. It took that department's agriculture, fisheries, forestry, food, quarantine and rural adjustment functions, while resources and energy went to the Department of Industry, Science and Resources.

1. 21 October 1998Styled itself Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry – Australia (AFFA) in its early years, later using the acronym DAFF.

Renamed the Department of Agriculture by the Administrative Arrangements Order of 18 September 2013, at the start of the Abbott government, keeping its agriculture, fisheries and forestry functions.

• Agriculture, fisheries and forestry industry policy
• Food industry policy
• Quarantine, export inspection and biosecurity (AQIS)
• Rural adjustment, drought and exceptional circumstances assistance
• Natural resource management programs, jointly with the environment department
• Water resources policy (until January 2007)
• Primary industry research and development corporations and marketing bodies

• Australian Wheat Board 1939–1999
• Australian Dairy Corporation 1975–2003
• Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation 1981–2010
• Dairy Research and Development Corporation 1986–2003
• Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service 1986–2012
• Australian Pork Corporation 1987–2001
• Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics 1988–2010
• Australian Horticultural Corporation 1988–2001
• Horticultural Research and Development Corporation 1988–2001
• Land and Water Resources Research and Development Corporation 1990–2009
• Pig Research and Development Corporation 1990–2001
• Australian Dried Fruits Board 1991–2001
• National Registration Authority for Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals 1993–2004
• Australian Wool Research and Promotion Organisation 1993–2001
• Wool International 1993–1999
• Forest and Wood Products Research and Development Corporation 1994–2007
• Bureau of Rural Sciences 1998–2010
• Wheat Export Authority 1999–2008
• Dairy Adjustment Authority 2000–2008
• Biosecurity Australia 2000–2009
• Equine Influenza Inquiry 2007–2008
• Interim Inspector-General of Horse Importation 2008–2009
• Wheat Exports Australia 2008–2012

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