Red meat livestock industry arrangements
The red meat industry has primary responsibility for its own affairs and strategic future direction. We:
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Exporting meat and meat products
The Export Meat Program provides inspection, verification and certification services to the export meat industry in Australia
Services provided include:
Dept of Food and Agriculture, WA - NW WA Beef abattoir report
This study has been commissioned by the Department of Food and Agriculture (WA) and the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation (RIRDC) to undertake a preliminary investigation of the need for a beef processing capability to service the WA Rangelands cattle production industry.
Review of AUS-MEAT’s capability to oversee the rollout of DEXA technology
The Department of Agriculture has completed a review of AUS-MEAT’s capability to determine whether AUS-MEAT could oversee the installation, inspection, calibration, replacement and quality assurance auditing processes of new Objective Carcase Measurement (OCM) technology, specifically dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) technology. The review was undertaken in line with recommendation three of the Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee’s inquiry into the effect of market consolidation on the red meat processing sector.
Red meat
The Australian red meat industry encompasses the production and processing of beef cattle, sheep, goats and buffalo, for export and domestic consumption. Beef cattle and sheep are the dominant industries.
The authority to deal with particular red meat industry issues is vested in a number of jurisdictions:
Intensive livestock and game
The department plays an important role developing policy and providing advice to the Australian Government on issues affecting the intensive livestock and game industries.
Export quotas
International trade agreements may include tariff rate quotas that reduce tariff rate arrangements for certain products at specific volumes. Exporters can get reduced import taxes on eligible goods where a tariff rate quota exists. This can save money for Australian businesses.
Quotas can be administered by the competent authority in either the importing or exporting country.
What we do
We manage Australia’s 63 export quotas. How we issue a quota certificate depends on the product and its destination.
Dairy in Australia
Dairy is one of Australia’s most important rural industries, producing about 8.8 billion litres of milk in 2022-23 and directly employing approximately 33,500 people. It is the third-largest rural industry in Australia generating $6.1 billion in farm gate value in 2022-23. The majority of milk production occurs on the south-east seaboard in Victoria, New South Wales, and Tasmania.
Meat, wool and dairy
Australian – European Union Free Trade Agreement: Geographical Indications public objections process
Australian Biosecurity Awards
About the awards
We celebrate the individuals, groups and organisations that enhance Australia’s biosecurity system. The Australian Biosecurity Awards recognises leadership, collaboration, innovation and proactive risk management.
Our biosecurity system plays a critical role to:
- maintain our agricultural industries
- support our environment
- protect our way of life.
While the awards focus on the year of recognition, they also honour long-term and ongoing contributions.