Australia has fallen from a world leader in organic agriculture to a laggard today. Australia is the only developed nation to not have a regulated organic standard. Seventy-five nations have enacted comprehensive regulatory organic standards and another thirty are in transition.
The lack of regulation is impeding market access for Australian organic exporters. Only regulation of the Australian domestic market will provide the assurity needed for improved export market access.
The Australian government is conflicted between its role in managing the organic standard in the best interest of the industry, and its other policy functions to be fully effective in governing the organic standard.
In summary of our attached submission, we support the proposed National Organic Standard Bill 2024 with the exception that it is more appropriate that the organic standard is managed by Standards Australia under government oversight, as this represents best regulatory practice.
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