We publish communiques:
- on behalf of our ministerial forums and industry groups
- to provide updates on ongoing issues
Ministers’ forums
The Agriculture Ministers' Meeting consists of Australian and state and territory agriculture ministers. They work collaboratively on national issues relating to the agriculture sector, including fisheries and forestry.
2025
2024
- Agriculture Ministers’ Meeting – 8 March 2024
- Viticulture and Wine Sector Working Group June 2024
- Agriculture Ministers’ Meeting – 18 July 2024
- Agriculture Ministers’ Meeting – 1 November 2024
2023
- Agriculture Ministers’ Meeting - 6 October 2023
- Agriculture Ministers' Meeting - 13 July 2023
- Agriculture Ministers’ Meeting - 15 May 2023
2022
- Agriculture Ministers' Meeting - 7 December 2022
- Agriculture Ministers' Meeting - 9 September 2022
- Agriculture Ministers' Meeting - 20 July 2022
2021
Agriculture Ministers’ Forum (AGMIN)
- Forestry Ministers' Meeting - 29 November 2024
- Forestry Ministers' Meeting - 12 July 2024
- Forestry Ministers' Meeting - 8 December 2023
- Forestry Ministers' Meeting - 11 July 2023
- Forestry Ministers meet in Adelaide - 18 November 2019
- Forestry Ministers meet in Melbourne - 15 February 2019
- Forestry Ministers meet in Melbourne - 1 June 2018
- Primary Industries Ministers' Meeting - 29 July 2020
- Primary Industries Ministers' Meeting - 22 May 2020
- Primary Industries Ministers' Meeting - 24 April 2020
- Primary Industries Ministers' Meeting - 14 April 2020
- Primary Industries Ministers' Meeting - 3 April 2020
- Primary Industries Ministers' Meeting - 27 March 2020
- Primary Industries Ministers' Meeting - 19 March 2020
Topics
- National Biosecurity Management Group Communiqué: African black sugar ant (Lepisiota incisa) Western Australia – 15 September 2025
- National Management Group Communiqué: African black sugar ant (Lepisiota incisa) in Western Australia - 9 November 2023
- National Management Group Communiqué: African black sugar ant (Lepisiota incisa) at Perth, Western Australia - 22 December 2020
What is the Agricultural Workforce Working Group
2023
- Agricultural Workforce Working Group - 15 September 2023
- Agricultural Workforce Working Group - 14 August 2023
- Agricultural Workforce Working Group - 17 July 2023
- Agricultural Workforce Working Group - 9 June 2023
- Agricultural Workforce Working Group - 2 May 2023
- Agricultural Workforce Working Group - 5 April 2023
- Agricultural Workforce Working Group Meeting - 1 March 2023
2022
- High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza H7 – 23 June 2025
- High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (HPAI) H7N8 – 14 March 2025
- High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (H7) – 4 February 2025
- High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (HPAI) H7 – 16 July 2024
- High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (H7) – 21 June 2024
- High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (H7) – 7 June 2024
- High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (H7) – 23 May 2024
- Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N2 - 7 September 2020
- Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza H7N6 - 7 September 2020
- Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H7N7 - 7 September 2020
- Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza - 4 August 2020
- Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza - 7 August 2020
- Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza - 1 August 2020
- National Management Group Communiqué: Browsing ant in the Northern Territory - 21 May 2025
- National Management Group Communiqué: Browsing ant in the Northern Territory - 24 August 2021
- National Biosecurity Management Group Communiqué: Browsing ant at the Port of Brisbane, Queensland - 21 June 2019
- National Biosecurity Management Group agrees to a revised Response plan for Browsing Ant in the Northern Territory - 24 January 2018
- National Management Group agrees to a revised Response Plan for Citrus Canker - 8 November 2019
- National Biosecurity Management Group agrees to a revised Response Plan for Citrus Canker - 20 December 2018
- National Management Group agrees to a revised Response Plan for Citrus Canker - 11 July 2018
- National Management Group agrees to a Response plan for Citrus Canker in the Northern Territory - 11 May 2018
- National Fire Ant Eradication Program National Management Group communiqué: – 16 April 2025
- National Fire Ant Eradication Program National Management Group communiqué – 12 December 2024
- National Fire Ant Eradication Program National Management Group communiqué – 24 July and 12 September 2024
- National Fire Ant Eradication Program National Management Group communiqué – 29 May and 6 June 2024
- National Fire Ant Eradication Program National Management Group communiqué – 28 March 2024
- National Biosecurity Management Group communiqué: Red Imported Fire Ants - 22 February 2024
Communiques from Tasmanian RFA annual meetings are available on the Tasmanian Regional Forest Agreement page.
- National Management Group Communiqué: Tomato brown rugose fruit virus – 22 September 2025
- National Management Group Communiqué: Tomato brown rugose fruit virus – 29 May 2025
- National Management Group Communiqué: Tomato brown rugose fruit virus – 21 November 2024
- National Management Group Communiqué: Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) – 30 September 2024
- National Management Group Communiqué: Varroa destructor - 25 July 2024
- National Management Group Communiqué: Varroa destructor - 9 February 2024
- National Management Group Communiqué: Varroa destructor - 19 September 2023
- National Management Group Communiqué: Varroa destructor - 8 September June 2023
- National Management Group Communiqué: Varroa destructor - 1 September June 2023
- National Management Group Communiqué: Varroa destructor - 27 June 2023