Swine Compensation Fund

Victoria's Swine Compensation Fund (SCF) is established under the Livestock Disease Control Act 1994 (the Act) and funded from duty collected on the sale of pigs or pig carcasses.

The duty paid is 2 cents ($0.02) for every $5 or part of $5 of the sale price for one pig or carcass sold singly, or the total amount of the sale price for any number of pigs or carcasses sold in one lot.

The maximum duty for any one pig or carcass (sold singly or as part of a lot) is 16 cents ($0.16)

Under Section 81(2) of the Act, the Minister for Agriculture can make payments from the SCF for the following:

• administering the provisions of the Act relating to swine and;
• projects for the benefit of the swine industry in Victoria.

These payments can only be made once the Minister for Agriculture has considered any relevant recommendations from the Swine Industry Projects Advisory Committee (SIPAC).

Swine Industry Projects Advisory Committee (SIPAC)

Under section 87(3) of the Act the SIPAC consists of up to9 members appointed by the Minister for Agriculture. Members are selected for their skills and experience with the swine industry, consistent with the prescribed skills under section 87(3) of the Act.

The SIPAC currently consists of 6 members:

• Mr Tim Kingma (chairperson)
• Dr Cherie Collins
• Mr Robert Bayley
• Dr Pat Mitchell
• Dr Robert Smits
• Dr Kylie Hewson

Grant applications are closed

Applications for the 2025 Livestock Biosecurity Funds grant program are now open between 7 March and 14 April 2025.

2024 Livestock Biosecurity Funds grant round

A total of 5 project applications were successful in receiving SCF 2024 funding. These include:

• Assessing in-field decontamination for EAD responses using ATP metering
• Identifying transmission pathways to inform management of vector-borne diseases
• Infected Premises - Livestock Producers Awareness Course
• Informing disease transmission risks at the feral-domestic pig interface
• Private veterinary practitioner up-skill, online project

Summary of SCF projects

• Swine Compensation Fund — Summary of Projects 2023 – 2024 (PDF - 908.5 KB)
• Swine Compensation Fund — Summary of Projects 2023 – 2024 – accessible (WORD - 2.3 MB)

• Swine Compensation Fund — Summary of Projects - 2021 – 2023 (PDF - 101.1 KB)
• Swine Compensation Fund — Summary of Projects - 2021 – 2023 (WORD - 191.4 KB)

• Swine Compensation Fund — Summary of projects 2020 (PDF - 6.8 MB)
• Swine compensation Fund — Summary of projects 2020 (WORD - 5.0 MB)

• Swine Compensation Fund — Summary of projects 2018 – 2019 (PDF - 828.2 KB)
• Swine Compensation Fund — Summary of projects 2018 – 2019 (WORD - 5.0 MB)

• Swine Compensation Fund — Summary of projects 2017 – 2018 (PDF - 475.0 KB)
• Swine Compensation Fund — Summary of projects 2017 - 2018 (WORD - 3.0 MB)

• Swine Compensation Fund — Summary of projects 2016 – 2017 (PDF - 610.8 KB)
• Swine Compensation Fund — Summary of projects 2016 – 2017 (WORD - 3.1 MB)

For more information please contact LivestockBiosecurityFund@agriculture.vic.gov.au