REVIEW OF THE AUSTRALIAN PESTICIDES AND VETERINARY MEDICINES AUTHORITY

The Company undertook a review of the organisational structure, management responsibilities and allocation of resources for the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority. This review investigated and reported on:

  • the workload and accountabilities of the CEO;
  • the current structure’s appropriateness to the new governance arrangements;
  • whether there was an appropriate grouping and alignment of functions within and between the programs;
  • how the capacity for input to policy advice was managed;
  • how the roles of the principal scientists could best be fulfilled within the structure;
  • whether resources were allocated on the basis of risk; and
  • the individual and organisational capacity to absorb further changes.