Agriculture, fisheries & forestryDepartment of StateExists today
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
DAFF
1 July 2022 – present
Previously Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (2020–2022).
Department of State responsible for agriculture, fisheries and forestry policy, biosecurity, and export certification and market access for agricultural products.
Names over time
- Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry1998–2013
- Department of Agriculture2013–2015
- Department of Agriculture and Water Resources2015–2019
- Department of Agriculture2019–2020
- Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment2020–2022
- Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry2022–present
How it came into existence
Created on 1 July 2022 under the Administrative Arrangements Order of 23 June 2022, when the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment was renamed after its environment, heritage, water and Antarctic functions moved to the new Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water.
- Agriculture, fisheries and forestry
- Biosecurity
- Export certification
Main functions
- Agricultural, fisheries and forestry policy
- Biosecurity, including import controls on plants, animals and food
- Export certification and market access for agricultural products
- Drought and rural assistance programs
- Agricultural levies and the rural research and development corporations
- Agricultural economics and research (ABARES)
Where it sits
- Type of body
- Non-corporate Commonwealth entity
- Portfolio
- Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
- Accountable authority
- Secretary of the Department – Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 section 12(2) item 1
- ABN
- 34 190 894 983
Bodies in this portfolio (13)
- Australian Plague Locust Commission 1974–present
- Cotton Research and Development Corporation 1990–present
- Grains Research and Development Corporation 1990–present
- Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation 1990–present
- Fisheries Research and Development Corporation 1991–present
- Australian Fisheries Management Authority 1992–present
- Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority 2004–present
- Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences 2010–present
- Inspector-General of Biosecurity 2016–present
- Wine Australia 2017–present
- Regional Investment Corporation 2018–present
- Inspector-General of Live Animal Exports 2019–2023
- Inspector-General of Animal Welfare and Live Animal Exports 2023–present
Lineage
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Sources
Primary sources
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 1 June 2022 (created it)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 23 June 2022 (created it)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 13 May 2025, as amended to 1 July 2025 (sets it out)
5 more Administrative Arrangements Orders set it out
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 13 October 2022 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 13 October 2022, as amended to 8 June 2023 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 13 October 2022, as amended to 3 August 2023 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 13 October 2022, as amended to 29 July 2024 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 13 May 2025 (sets it out)
- List of Commonwealth entities and companies under the PGPA Act, 1 July 2026 (Department of Finance)
- Australian Government Organisations Register (Department of Finance, data.gov.au) (listed from 25 July 2022 to the latest release (30 June 2026))