Trade

  • $198.2 million to support Australian export businesses by increasing Australia’s presence at the WTO, and advocacy and coalition building on international trade matters with likeminded countries.
  • The Federal Government has provided an additional $15 million to increase the Australian presence in international standard setting bodies, such as the UN Food and Agriculture
  • Organisation, to put forward the Australian position on matters relating to animal welfare, sustainability, and ag-vet chemicals.
  • $38.1 million has been provided to continue building the partnership with Indonesia under the Regional Cooperation Arrangements (security focussed but has trade implications).
  • $37.4 million over three years to modernise Australia’s trade systems to improve cost and efficiency.

 Biosecurity

  • $96.9 million to management of hitchhiker cargo pest through ports
  • $67.4 million to improving Australia’s preparedness and response capabilities
  • $58.6 million to measures to prevent African swine fever through increased frontline screening
  • $25.5 million to modern technologies to speed the early detection of pest and disease
  • $96.8 million to early detection technologies and processes beginning offshore
  • $31.2 million to increased screening of international mail including use of 3D X-ray technologies
  • $34.6 million to improve R&D and analytics to better understand how pests and disease enters Australia, and better field tools to detect them
  • $28.7 million to increased screening of international aircraft and non-commercial maritime arrivals
  • $19.5 million to investment in new screening technologies for people and goods at the border
  • $3.9 million to education and community awareness of biosecurity
  • A one-off $1.5 million payment to business case for improving cargo container risk
  • $29 million to programs, in conjunctions with state governments to eradicate pest animals

 Infrastructure

  • Victoria: a new Melbourne Intermodal Terminal ($2 billion), and $17.5 million for Dairy Supply Chain road upgrades.
  • A further $256.5 million has been allocated to the Building Better Regions Fund for local regional infrastructure.
  • $189.6 million over five years for a Northern Australia Plan.
  • An additional $28.6 million for the National Freight and Supply Chain Strategy.
  • $6.1 million over two years to establish the Rebuilding Regional Communities

Ag-vet chemicals

  • $9 million to extend the Improved Access to Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals program to help farmers to gain improved access to safe and effective agricultural and veterinary chemicals.

Water

  • $3.5 million for the ACCC to establish an expert panel on water market reform roadmap.

Financial resilience and viability

  • $5.4 million to fund projects to improve price transparency in food and fibre supply chains.
  • Additional $8.5 million for Rural Financial Counselling Services.
  • Access for forestry to RIC loans via the Plantation Development Concessional Loans (not new funding).

Source: AUSVEG