Contacts

NSW DPI contacts

• Citrus Development Officer: Steven Falivene, 03 5019 8400, 0427 208 611 (Dareton)
• Citrus Development Officer: Andrew Creek, 02 6951 2522, 0428 934 952  (Yanco)
• Citrus Entomology: Jianhua Mo, 02 6951 2611 (Yanco)
• Citrus Pathology: Nerida Donovan, 02 4640 6333 (EMAI)
• Citrus Post-harvest: John Golding, 02 4348 1926 (Gosford)

Government agencies

• AusTrade
  Assists Australian exporters with overseas business for their products.
• Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
  Australia's official statistical organisation
• Australian Pesticides & Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA)
  Provides information on chemical registration, permits and maximum residue limits (MRLs).

Other state and territory departments

• Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia
  The Department has pooled resources with industry associations to develop a project to support the strategic development of the WA citrus industry.
• Department of Primary Industry and Resources, Northern Territory
  This agency provides applied research, development and extension services to facilitate plant-based industry development.
• South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI)
  Key areas of research expertise include irrigation and salinity, plant disease management, postharvest handling, crop physiology, crop nutrition, spray technologies and plant breeding.

Organisations

• Auscitrus
  The trading name of the Australian Citrus Propagation Association Incorporated (ACP), a national "not for profit" industry organisation responsible for supply of citrus budwood and seed in Australia.
• Citrus Australia Ltd
  The national peak body of the Australian citrus growing industry. ACG membership includes nine grower organisations and three State Statutory Citrus Authorities, which in turn represent approximately 2,000 commercial citrus growers.
• Australian Horticulture Exporters' Association (AHEA)
  The national peak industry body of exporters committed to the development of the export of Australian horticultural products. Also a designated secondary shipper body negotiating shipping freight rates on behalf of members and the horticultural export industry.
• Horticulture Innovation Australia 
  National research, development and marketing organisation. Horticulture industries can access matching Commonwealth funding through HAL for research and development activities.