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The Minister

FRDC is a statutory corporation within the portfolio of the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. Senator Murray Watt was sworn in as Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry on 1 June 2022. The Minister's primary objectives are to shape research...
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Rural Research and Development Corporations

There are 15 Rural Research and Development Corporations (RDCs) covering the main agricultural industries. The RDCs bring industry and researchers together to share funding and develop strategic directions that provide the sector with innovative and productive tools to compete in global...
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Accountability Framework

The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (formerly Department of Agriculture, Water and Environment) has put in place an accountability framework to support RDCs in meeting the needs of stakeholders, and demonstrating impact. The framework comprises four core elements, which are...
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Probity Management in Rural Research and Development Corporations

In 2019, the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) undertook a probity audit of the five statutory Research and Development Corporations (RDCs). This included: FRDC, AgriFutures Australia (open to all agricultural industries), Cotton RDC, Grains RDC and Wine Australia. The objective of the audit...
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Submissions

As Australia’s fisheries research and development agency, FRDC plays an important role in delivering science to meet the needs of government and industry. As part of this role, FRDC makes public submissions on areas relating to science, marine environments, and key issues relating to the...
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Definitions

Aboriginal ‘Aboriginal’ in Latin means ‘from the beginning.’ It is used because there is no Aboriginal word that refers to all Aboriginal people in Australia. Alumni Ex-employees of the FRDC deemed to be alumni by the Executive Director. Annual...
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Corporate Reporting Obligations

Indexed lists of departmental and agency files In addition each department and agency is required, as part of Standing orders of the Senate to provide, access to an indexed list of the titles of all relevant files, including new parts of existing files, created from 1 January 1998...
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Governance documents

The FRDC is required to prepare documents detailing the Minister’s current expectations regarding the FRDC. This page provides links to the key planning and reporting documents for the FRDC. Acronyms and abbreviations Annual Operational Plans Annual Reports Corporate...
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Interim Performance Report 2020-21

Year 2 of 2020-2025 R&D Plan Who we are Fisheries Research and Development Corporation FRDC invests in research, development and extension activities to increase economic, social and environmental benefits for Indigenous people, the aquaculture and commercial wild catch sectors, and...
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