Animalplan webinar series – Episode 1

Animalplan launch

On 1 March 2023, we hosted a webinar to celebrate the launch of Animalplan.

The webinar outlined projects that align to these Animalplan objectives:

Improving Australia’s preparedness and ability to respond to emergency animal diseases.
Improving Australia’s surveillance and diagnostic capacity for animal pests and diseases.
Managing the risk of antimicrobial resistance.
Implementing industry sustainability frameworks and plans.
Improving the integrity of animal health systems.

Hosts: Dr Narelle Clegg, Assistant Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) and Dr Kylie Hewson, Chair of the Animalplan Steering Committee

Presenters:

Olivia Liu, Aquatic Pest and Health Policy, DAFF, on AQUAPLAN.
Dr Graeme Cooke, Deputy Chair of the Animalplan Steering Committee, Chief Veterinary Officer, Victorian Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA), on Animalplan 2022 to 2027.
Dr Sam Hamilton, Director of the Animal Strategy and Coordination Branch, DAFF, on the National Lumpy Skin Disease Action Plan.
Dr Christine Morton, Animal Health Policy Branch, DAFF, on Animalplan 2022 to 2027, surveillance and diagnostics.
Dr Jo Coombe, Secretariat for the Animal Industries’ Antimicrobial Stewardship Research, Development and Extension Strategy, project update on mitigating on-farm antimicrobial resistance risks for livestock industries.
Mr Warwick Ragg, General Manager, Natural Resource Management, National Farmers Federation, on the Australian Agriculture Sustainability Framework.
Joanna Bunting, Assistant Secretary of the Agricultural Traceability Branch, DAFF, on agricultural traceability and the integrity of animal health systems.