Program · Outcome 2: Safeguard Australia’s animal and plant health status to maintain overseas markets and protect the economy and environment from the impact of exotic pests and diseases, through risk assessment, inspection and certification, and the implementation of emergency response arrangements for Australian agricultural, food and fibre industries
Program 2.2: Plant and Animal Health
3.1 Effectively prepare for the management of biosecurity risks, imported food and human health through risk assessment, pre-border controls and assurance programs, inspection, treatment, certification and education. Key 3.2 Regulate to safeguard Australia’s animal, plant, human health, environmental and Activities food safety status by inspecting, detecting and minimising biosecurity risks at the border. 3.3 Protect the economy and environment from the impact of exotic pests and diseases in Australia through appropriate post-border measures, including regulation and emergency management capabilities. 3.4 Manage non-compliance with biosecurity and other relevant portfolio legislation.
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, 2026-27 Portfolio Budget Statements, PDF page 58 reported
−$44m (−3.2%) on 2025-26 estimated actual
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Published lines
Each row is one line of the program’s expense table in the 2026-27 Portfolio Budget Statements – Program Expense Line Items, as published.
| Line | Kind | 2025-26 estimated actual |
2026-27 Budget estimate |
Change | Treatment | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biosecurity, Imported Food and Export Certification Special Account 2020 | departmental | $651m | $658m | +$7.0m +1.1% | reported | Table 2.3, row 84 |
| Departmental appropriation | departmental | $576m | $524m | −$53m −9.2% | reported | Table 2.3, row 82 |
| Expenses not requiring appropriation in the Budget year | departmental | $71m | $85m | +$14m +19.6% | reported | Table 2.3, row 83 |
| National Residue Survey Special Account – s. 80, PGPA Act [s. 64, Primary Industries Levies and Charges Disbursement Act 2024] | departmental | $13m | $15m | +$1.1m +8.3% | reported | Table 2.3, row 85 |
| Primary Industries Levies and Charges Disbursement Act 2024, s. 62 – Plant Health Australia | administered | $13m | $13m | +$170k +1.3% | reported | Table 2.3, row 81 |
| Primary Industries Levies and Charges Disbursement Act 2024, s. 52 – Animal Health Australia | administered | $11m | $12m | +$891k +7.9% | reported | Table 2.3, row 80 |
| Payment to CSIRO – contribution to the operating costs of the Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness | administered | $9.7m | $10.0m | +$260k +2.7% | reported | Table 2.3, row 76 |
| Commonwealth Membership of Animal Health Australia and Plant Health Australia | administered | $3.1m | $3.2m | +$84k +2.7% | reported | Table 2.3, row 73 |
| Stronger Farmers, Stronger Economy – strengthening research, skills and management of natural resources – immediate assistance fund | administered | $260k | $2.1m | +$1.8m +690.0% | reported | Table 2.3, row 78 |
| Plant Biosecurity and Response Reform | administered | $2.1m | $1.6m | −$481k −22.7% | reported | Table 2.3, row 77 |
| Animal Biosecurity and Response Reform | administered | $1.1m | $1.2m | +$29k +2.6% | reported | Table 2.3, row 72 |
| Other Exotic Disease Preparedness Program | administered | $751k | $768k | +$17k +2.3% | reported | Table 2.3, row 75 |
| International Organisations Contribution – World Organisation for Animal Health | administered | $572k | $629k | +$57k +10.0% | reported | Table 2.3, row 74 |
| Agriculture 2030 – Biosecurity – continue to protect Australia from the biosecurity risk posed by African swine fever | administered | $235k | $0 | −$235k −100.0% | reported | Table 2.3, row 71 |
| Supporting Australia’s Avian Influenza Preparedness and Response | administered | $16m | $0 | −$16m −100.0% | reported | Table 2.3, row 79 |