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2008

Senate Inquiry into Natural Resource Management
Submission made by RFA to the Senate Standing Committee on Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport's Inquiry into Natural Resource Management and Conservation Challenges.

Australasian Vertebrate Pests Conference
 Attendance and sponsorship of the 2008 Australasian Vertebrate Pests Conference, Skycity, Darwin NT, June 2008.

Australia 2020 Summit (Federal Government)
Submission made by RFA to the Rudd Government's Australia 2020 Summit. April 2008.

2007

Federal Government’s draft Threat Abatement Plan (TAP) for Rabbits
Submission made by RFA to the TAP: Competition and land degradation by feral rabbits. June 2007.

2006

Adelaide and the Mount Lofty Ranges NRM Board Concept Statement 2006
Submission made by RFA to Creating a Sustainable Future for Adelaide and the Mount Lofty Ranges. 2006.

Senate Inquiry addressing the rabbit threat to Australia's national parks & conservation reserves.
Submission made by RFA to the Senate Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts Committee Inquiry into Australia's national parks, conservation reserves and marine protected areas. February 2006.

No Species Loss — a biodiversity strategy for South Australia.
Submission made by RFA to the Department of Environment and Heritage. South Australian Government. 2006.

Australian Pest Animal Strategy.
Submission made by RFA to the Vertebrate Pests Committee. Natural Resource Management Ministerial Council, Australian Governments. 2006.

2005

Inquiry into the Impact on Agriculture of Pest Animals.
Submission made by RFA to the House of Representatives, Standing Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. Australian Government. 2005.

Prior to 2005

Review of proposed Land Protection (Pest and Stock Route Management) Regulation 2002 - Queensland
Submission made by RFA after receiving notice that Queensland was seeking to change the regulations on the breeding of rabbits for commercial purposes and the keeping of rabbits as pets Author: F Bartholomaeus and W Morgan. 3 June 2002.

Australian Rangelands Society Conference
 Attendance at the Conference held in Broken Hill during August 2000. 

Rabbit Conference 26 October 2001
 Attendance at the Conference held at Gungahlin Homestead, Canberra, by Division of Sustainable Resources, CSIRO.

Proposed Changes to Environmental Legislation, 1998
A submission made by ARRFA to the Senate Environment, Recreation, Communication and the Arts Legislation Committee Inquiry on Reform of Commonwealth Environment Legislation. Senate Committee. Author: Nicholas Newland, August 1998

Control of Rabbits with Rabbit Calicivirus Disease (RCD) and the Environmental Impacts, 1995
A submission made by ARRFA resulting from an advertisement seeking submissions under the Biological Controls Act. Author: Dr R G B Morrison 1995

Ockhams Razor
An article written by Dr R Morrison,  Chairman of ARRFA, 1995 – 1998.  This important document considers a broad range of issues associated with ecosystems and why we need to remove exotic animals such as rabbits from them.

Selected Topics from Ockhams Razor: