Invasive Animals CRC commitment - 5 years

Summary

The Invasive Animals CRC was successful in its rebid to the Commonwealth for another five years of funding under the Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) program for the period 2012/13 to 2016/17. 

The IACRC extension is a focused collaboration of 26 participants that together with the Federal science department have committed to invest $72.54 million over five years, comprising $30.754 million cash and $41.786 million in-kind.  MLA agreed to be a supporting participant of the IACRC rebid during 2012 for another round of Commonwealth funding.  MLA committed to invest $2.5 million over five years, comprising 3.4% of the total investment, and 8.1% of the total cash investment, due to the proposed work on invasive and predatory animals that impact on the productivity and profitability of livestock industries in Australia.

As a five year CRC, 39 of the 42 projects are planned to start in July 2012. The required cash over the first 2 years for those projects where MLA has a direct or indirect interest are listed. This project breakdown shows that the proposed $800,000 per year investment in years 1 and 2 will be invested and leveraged in projects of direct interest to MLA, including the RHD Boost release project and the impacts of wild dogs.