Documents relating to the expert panel review of the Import Risk Review for Psittacine Birds From All Countries report

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This FOI release (LEX 36630, 251 pages) concerns the department's expert panel review of the draft final report for the non-regulated import risk review for psittacine birds from all countries. The documents include the panel membership (chaired by Dr Joanne Daly, with economist Steve McCutcheon and risk analysis specialist Will Zacharin), emails from June 2023 inviting former Scientific Advisory Group members to review whether the department properly considered environmental biosecurity risks, and a consultancy statement of work and contract executed in July 2023. The review followed the department's November 2021 decision to delay finalisation pending further consideration of environmental risks, after the 2020 draft and over 100 submissions. Correspondence reveals debate over whether panellists needed parrot-specific expertise, with the department preferring independence and risk-methodology familiarity. The excerpt contains no quantified outcomes or final policy decisions.