Media Release
Call for updated APVMA cost recovery proposal after flawed process and fundamental errors found
The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) needs to release a corrected and updated draft 2027–28 Cost Recovery Implementation Statement (CRIS) if the Minister, government, farming sector, industry and community can have any confidence in what is being proposed. The original proposal contained significant and numerous errors in the financial analysis underpinning its proposed massive increase in fees and levies, including a $6.1 million error in its basic forecast of its annual financial position.…
