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Animalplan 2022 to 2027

Stakeholder webinar

On 14 November 2025 the Animalplan Steering Committee and Secretariat are hosting a webinar to discuss outcomes and actions from the June 2025 Animalplan Mid-Term Review Workshop.

The webinar will include:

  • presentation from the Animalplan Steering Committee Co-Chairs Kylie Hewson and Tanya Pittard
  • panel discussion with government and industry leaders
  • Q&A session.

Register for the webinar via Humanitix

Animalplan 2022 to 2027 is Australia’s first national action plan for production animal health. It aims to strengthen animal health practices in our livestock industries.

It was endorsed by the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, and by state and territory agriculture ministers, in September 2022.

The plan consolidates themes from over 30 existing strategies, action plans and frameworks. This includes the Commonwealth Biosecurity 2030 roadmap and the National Biosecurity Strategy.

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Animalplan 2022 to 2027

Animalplan is Australia’s first national action plan for production animal health.

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If you have difficulty accessing these files, contact us for help.

Animalplan projects

Animalplan has 7 objectives that were developed through extensive engagement with government, industry organisations and animal health experts.

The  projects include information that was previously available in the Animalplan progress reports published between November 2023 and February 2025.

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Project 25: Virtual reality to support foot-and-mouth disease training (phase 2)

  • Completed
  • Objective 1
Trialling how virtual reality (VR) can be used for training in the early-stage detection and investigation of suspected foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) cases.

Project 27: Emergency animal disease crisis management planning

  • Active
  • Objective 1
Develop new templates and resources that holistically address the actions and events that may happen in an emergency animal disease (EAD) crisis.

Project 28: A syndromic surveillance system to detect emerging animal biosecurity threats

  • Completed
  • Objective 1
  • Objective 2
  • Objective 3
A social research project to identify key drivers and barriers to participation in syndromic surveillance.

Project 32: Disposal priority project focusing on pyrolysis and composting as methods for large animal disposal

  • Completed
  • Objective 1
This project evaluates composting and pyrolysis as methods of disposal in a large animal disease response.

Project 33: Independent expert review of the veterinary science education capability of Australia and New Zealand

  • Completed
  • Objective 1
Review the veterinary science education capability of Australia and New Zealand.

Project 34: Agricultural Traceability Enhancement: Australian Government contribution

  • Active
  • Objective 7
Activities under this project will support action to meet the objectives of the National Agricultural Traceability Strategy 2023 to 2033.

Project 36: National laboratory simulation exercise (Exercise Waterhole)

  • Completed
  • Objective 2
Test and evaluate Australia’s national laboratory preparedness for an outbreak.

Project 37: Enhancement of One Biosecurity System

  • Active
  • Objective 3
Enhance South Australia’s on-farm biosecurity management program for livestock producers.

Project 38: AUSVETPLAN Response strategy: Lumpy skin disease

  • Completed
  • Objective 1
Publish the AUSVETPLAN Response strategy: Lumpy skin disease (LSD) on the Animal Health Australia (AHA) website.

Project 39: Exercise Milky Way

  • Completed
  • Objective 1
An industry and government exercise to test raw milk movement controls.

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