Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (Queensland)

Agriculture and Fisheries
Agency overview
Preceding agencies
  • Primary Industries and Fisheries
  • Queensland Department of Primary Industries
  • Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock
  • Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries
  • Queensland Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Jurisdiction State of Queensland
Headquarters Primary Industries Building, 80 Ann Street, Brisbane
Minister responsible
Website www.daf.qld.gov.au

The Department of Agriculture and Fisheries is a department of the Queensland Government which aims to maximise the economic potential for Queensland's primary industries on a sustainable basis through strategic industrial development.

The department was formerly known (with varying responsibilities) as:

  • Department of Agriculture (17 June 1887–1 January 1904)[1]
  • Department of Agriculture and Stock (1 January 1904–26 September 1963)[2]
  • Department of Primary Industries (26 September 1963–26 February1996)[3][4]
  • Department of Primary Industries, Fisheries and Forestry (26 February 1996–29 June 1998)[5]
  • Department of Primary Industries (29 June 1998–12 February 2004)[6]
  • Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (12 February 2004–25 March 2009)[7]
  • Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation (25 March 2009–3 April 2012)[8]
  • Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (3 April 2012–16 February 2015)[9]

after which it assumed its current identity Department of Agriculture and Fisheries.[10]

Functions

A quarantine area has been established on Cape York Peninsula and Torres Strait to stop the spread of the Red banded mango caterpillar.

Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry provides expertise and support that increases primary industries productivity, expands markets and assists with adaption to change.[11] It conducts research, policy advice, protects against pests and diseases, maintains animal welfare standards, as well as managing fisheries.

History

The first functions of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry began in 1855 when a sheep scab inspector began work in the New South Wales colony of Moreton Bay. After Queensland's Separation, livestock diseases were addressed through regulations administered by the Stock Branch in the Queensland Colonial Secretary's Office.[12] The Stock Branch was established by the Queensland chief inspector of stock Patrick Robertson Gordon.[13]

Biosecurity

The Biosecurity Queensland section is responsible for coordinating efforts to minimise the risks and effects of threatening pests and diseases.[14] Biosecurity Queensland is responsible for weed management in the state.[15]

In 2009, Biosecurity Queensland was successful in its attempt to eradicate a citrus canker outbreak in Central Queensland. The Tree of Knowledge was successfully cloned in 2008 by workers at the former Department of Primary Industries.[16]

Research

In 2009, Primary Industries and Fisheries (now Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) together with the University of Queensland were granted federal funding to study how methane emissions from cattle and sheep could be reduced.[17]

Publications

From 1897 to 1921 the department published the Queensland Agricultural Journal.

Notable staff

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Agency ID124, Agriculture Department". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "Agency ID39, Department of Agriculture and Stock". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  3. ↑ "Agency ID11731, Department of Primary Industries I". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  4. ↑ "Queensland Department of Primary Industries". Encyclopedia of Australian Science. 8 May 2006. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
  5. ↑ "Agency ID535, Department of Primary Industries, Fisheries and Forestry". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  6. ↑ "Agency ID11732, Department of Primary Industries II". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  7. ↑ "Agency ID8616, Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  8. ↑ "Agency ID11170, Employment, Economic Development and Innovation Department". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  9. ↑ "Agency ID11456, Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Department". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  10. ↑ "Agency ID11656, Agriculture and Fisheries Department". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  11. ↑ "Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries". Regional Entry Point. Department of Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport. 24 October 2006. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
  12. ↑ Alison Clark (8 December 2009). "Our history". Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
  13. ↑ "Gordon, Patrick Robertson (1834–1915)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
  14. ↑ Karl Sismey (25 November 2011). "About Biosecurity". Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
  15. ↑ "State and territory weed management arrangements". Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. 21 April 2011. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
  16. ↑ Chrissy Arthur (30 April 2008). "Tree of Knowledge cloned". ABC News Online. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
  17. ↑ "DPI wins Federal money for cattle emission research". North Queensland Register. Fairfax Media. 7 April 2009. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
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