Key partners
See below for the various key partners and resources for regulation of medicines, poisons and pest management.
National
- Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA)—carries out a range of registration assessment and monitoring activities to ensure that therapeutic goods which are available in Australia are of an acceptable standard with the aim of ensuring that the Australian community has access, within a reasonable time, to therapeutic advances
- Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)—responsible for the registration and accreditation of 10 health professions across Australia
- Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA)—role includes the registration of all agricultural and veterinary chemical products into the Australian marketplace
- Australian Federal Police (AFP)—(undertakes a range of federally-based investigation and operational activities, security risk management, security vetting and information services to assist public)
- Other state and territory government drugs and poisons units
Queensland
- Queensland Health Public Health Units—role includes the enforcement of labelling and compositional requirements, surveillance, investigation of complaints and provision of information relating to drugs and poisons
- Coronial and Public Health Sciences—provide comprehensive public health science laboratory services
- Queensland Poisons Information Centre—provides information and advice to assist in the management of poisonings and suspected poisonings
- Queensland Police Service—provides high quality, innovative, progressive and responsive policing services
- Department of Primary Industries—protects and promotes Queensland's primary industries
- Veterinary Surgeons Board of Queensland—responsible for the registration of veterinary specialists in Queensland
- Work Health and Safety Act 2011—legislation regarding your requirements around workplace health and safety
Industry and professional organisations
Pest management
- Queensland Building and Construction Commission
- Department of Trade, Employment and Training
- Industrial Relations (part of the Queensland Treasury)
- Invasive ants—Department of Primary Industries
- Establishing residue limits for chemicals and contaminants—Business Queensland
- enHealth
- Department of Environment and Resource Management
- Training.gov.au (TGA)—National register of information on training packages, qualifications, courses, units of competency and registered training organisations (RTOs)
- Queensland Poisons Information Centre
- Australian Environmental Pest Management Association