Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority
Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority
Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry portfolio
Verified figures
- Contracts (all years): 29
- Contract value (all years): 69,349,079 AUD
- Contract value (2026): 18,632,881 AUD
- APS headcount: 235
- Budget 2026-27: 65,918 thousand AUD
- Highest total remuneration: 432,674 AUD
- Directory roles: 6
Figures use publishable matches only (alias, abn, exact, case, punct, trading_name, wide_exact). Retrieved 2026-09-01.
Coverage — named in the headline (11)
- 2019-12-15 — End of year resignations: Parliamentary Budget Officer and APVMA chief
- 2019-09-20 — Stakeholders slam APVMA’s new ‘non-controversial’ board
- 2019-08-12 — Controversial APVMA base opens in push for decentralisation
- 2018-03-28 — APVMA staff don’t want to change their address, not looking for a New England
- 2018-01-19 — Relocation leads to reform for APVMA as KPIs improve, appeasing industry
- 2017-06-23 — ‘Scathing’ audit has nothing much at all to do with APVMA relocation
- 2017-05-19 — Senior Agriculture official appointed to hold the fort at APVMA
- 2017-05-12 — Agriculture stakeholders turn on department over APVMA relocation
- 2017-04-24 — CEO Kareena Arthy quits APVMA to become Canberra’s chief cheerleader
- 2017-04-21 — Public service decentralisation: the APVMA is no Sydney Opera House
- 2017-02-13 — Barnaby’s bush bureaucracy: industry alarmed by APVMA’s plunging KPIs
Passing mentions (10 shown)
Mentioned in the text but not the headline, so often not about this agency.
- 2026-07-02 — Movers & Shakers: Queensland and WA’s big week
- 2025-12-21 — ANAO finds fewer things to sweat over in annual reports
- 2025-11-18 — The highest- and lowest-paid jobs in the APS
- 2025-10-30 — Movers & Shakers: International drug body elects TGA boss
- 2025-09-04 — Movers & Shakers: DAFF secretary out, AIATSIS welcomes chair
- 2025-07-10 — Movers & Shakers: Victoria’s childcare system reviewers, Jones to the OECD
- 2025-06-25 — Redundancies required for Coalition public service cuts, says PBO
- 2024-08-29 — Movers & Shakers: ASD head revealed, CFMEU administrator appointed
- 2024-04-10 — Prevention or patch-up? Prevention needs coordinated powers or it’s just patch-up
- 2023-11-01 — Controversial foundations: The Sydney Opera House and lessons for government
Names over time
What each source called this agency, and in which years. Taken from the sources themselves, not from a register of establishment dates — those are not published.
| Reported as | Source | Years | Rows |
|---|---|---|---|
| APVMA ⚠️ | APSC APS Employment Data | 2010-11 to 2016-17 | 1,202 |
| APVMA ⚠️ | APSC agency metrics | 2010-11 to 2016-17 | 45 |
| Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority | APSC APS Employment Data | 2017-18 to 2025-26 | 1,429 |
| Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority | APSC agency metrics | 2017-18 to 2025-26 | 199 |
| Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority | Annual report KMP disclosure | 2018-19 to 2024-25 | 139 |
| Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority | Annual report governance tables | 2018-19 to 2024-25 | 99 |
| Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority | AusTender (names as at today, not as at the contract) | 2019-20 to 2026-27 | 29 |
| Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) ⚠️ | Annual report KMP disclosure | 2022-23 to 2023-24 | 44 |
| Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority | Portfolio Budget Statements | 2024-25 to 2029-30 | 50 |
⚠️ This agency has not always carried its current name. Figures in the earlier years were reported as APVMA (2010-11 to 2016-17); Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) (2022-23 to 2023-24). They are shown here because the series is continuous, not because the agency is.
Workforce profile — as at 2025-12-31
| Measure | Value | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| % CALD | 31.9% | at this date |
| % Female | 57.9% | at this date |
| % Indigenous | 0.4% | at this date |
| % at the APS classification level | 56.6% | at this date |
| % non-ongoing | 3.8% | at this date |
| % part-time (ongoing employees) | 11.1% | at this date |
| % who have worked in only one agency (ongoing employees) | 69.5% | at this date |
| % with a bachelors degree or higher | 83.5% | at this date |
| % with a disability | 6.4% | at this date |
| Exit rate - from agency (ongoing employees) | 5.0% | Year ending December 2025 |
| Headcount | 235 | at this date |
| Mean Age (years) | 46.3 years | at this date |
| Median LOS in APS (years) | 6.4 years | at this date |
| Separation rate - from APS (ongoing employees) | 3.7% | at this date |
APSC APS Employment Data, counting this agency including any bodies beneath it. Headcount, not FTE — the APSED release does not publish FTE.
Year by year
| Measure | 2010-11 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APS headcount | 165 | 176 | 166 | 172 | 190 | 217 | 216 | 209 | 208 | 181 | 190 | 199 | 228 | 230 | 235 | |
| Contracts | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | ||||||||
| Contract value | $25,470,947 | $2,030,392 | $4,222,348 | $4,893,908 | $2,046,421 | $11,623,886 | $10,953,325 | $8,107,852 | ||||||||
| Budget ($000) | 54,491 | 65,918 | ||||||||||||||
| KMP disclosed | 1 | 54 | 34 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Top total pay | $0 | $432,674 | $424,208 | $106,370 |
An empty cell means no publishable row for that year — unknown, not nil. Never read a blank as a fall to zero. ⚠️ This agency has not always carried its current name. Figures in the earlier years were reported as APVMA (2010-11 to 2016-17); Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) (2022-23 to 2023-24). They are shown here because the series is continuous, not because the agency is.
Sources — annual reports
Each link opens transparency.gov.au — the published source the figures were read from. The label names the table to look for.
| Year | Report | Tables |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | Annual report (no portal path on record) | — |
| 2023-24 | Annual report | Audit committee cce · Remuneration for highly paid staff cce · Remuneration for key management personnel cc |
| 2022-23 | Annual report | Accountable authority cce · Audit committee cce · Remuneration for key management personnel cc |
| 2021-22 | Annual report (no portal path on record) | — |
| 2020-21 | Annual report | Accountable authority · 2020–21 Audit Committee membership and atten · Key management personnel · Key management personnel remuneration |
| 2019-20 | Annual report | 2019–20 Audit Committee membership and atten · Key management personnel · Key management personnel remuneration |
| 2018-19 | Annual report | Key management personnel · Key management personnel remuneration |
