CropLife Australia

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Denial is not a recovery plan: APVMA’s own data confirms a regulator failing Australian farming

CropLife Australia is calling for an urgent recovery plan for the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA). It follows an analysis of the regulator’s own data, showing a sustained decline in performance despite a substantially lower workload and increased funding over recent years.

CropLife’s analysis shows APVMA performance has deteriorated in cycles over the past decade... Since 2023–24, performance has deteriorated again, with major application timeframes collapsing, a growing backlog of agricultural chemical product assessments and the abandonment of a pre-application assistance service designed to help prevent delays.

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Australia Leads the World in Climate-Smart Farming: Landmark Report Released at COP30

A world-first independent review has confirmed that Australian farmers are achieving large-scale sustainability outcomes under some of the toughest climatic conditions on Earth.

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No room for complacency: CropLife reminds farmers to prioritise safety

This National Farm Safety Week, CropLife Australia is urging farmers to keep safety front of mind and commit to simple, practical steps to protect themselves, their families, and their workers every day on the land.

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CropLife Australia calls for action as APVMA Performance nosedives 

The peak industry for the plant science sector, CropLife Australia, is calling for action after the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) today revealed a staggering drop in its performance. New data for the quarter ending March 2025 shows just 54.9 per cent of application assessments for new, novel chemistry are being completed on time.  