Skip to Navigation MENU About MLA MLA at a glance VIEW MLA’S STRATEGIC PLAN 2025 YOUR LEVIES MLA at a glance Our purpose To foster the long-term prosperity of the Australian red meat and livestock industry. Our vision To be the recognised leader in delivering world-class research, development and marketing outcomes that benefit the Australian red meat and livestock industry. Our mission To collaborate with stakeholders to invest in research, development and marketing initiatives that contribute to producer profitability, sustainability and global competitiveness. Our values customer centricity accountability through transparency outcomes that make a difference. Our strategic plan MLA’s Strategic Plan 2025 sets out the priorities, strategic focus areas and guiding principles to help: double the value of Australian red meat sales Australian red meat become the trusted source of highest quality protein. The MLA Strategic Plan 2025 uses the Australian red meat industry’s 10 year strategic plan, Red Meat 2030, as its foundation. The Plan is also based on the Australian Government’s Science and Research Priorities and Rural RD&E Priorities. Our Board The MLA Board’s nine directors combine a broad range of skills, experience and expertise to set strategic priorities for the company and approve and monitor progress against MLA’s Strategic Plan 2025. What we do MLA’s purpose is to foster the long-term prosperity of the Australian red meat and livestock industry by investing in research and marketing activities. Through our subsidiary companies, we also accelerate innovation across the value chain and deliver the industry’s integrity and on-farm quality assurance programs. Our subsidiary companies MLA owns two subsidiary companies: MLA Donor Company accelerates innovation across the value chain so the Australian red meat and livestock industry can remain competitive on the world stage. It does this by attracting commercial investment from individual enterprises and others that share a mutual interest to co-invest in innovation that will benefit the industry. Integrity Systems Company is responsible for delivering the red meat and livestock industry’s traceability and quality assurance systems: the Livestock Production Assurance (LPA) program, National Vendor Declarations (NVDs) and the National Livestock Identification System (NLIS). How we deliver MLA has a number of business units, each led by a General Manager. How we are funded MLA is primarily funded by transaction levies paid on livestock sales by producers and are used to support marketing, research and development activities. MLA also receives matching funding from the Australian Government, unmatched grants and co-investment from other industry stakeholders. Who we serve MLA works in partnership with the red meat industry and the Australian Government to deliver marketing, research and development products and services to beef cattle, sheep and goat producers, with the core purpose of fostering the prosperity of the red meat industry. Our staff At 30 June 2021, MLA had 279 employees across thirteen countries. MLA’s workforce profile reflects a balanced gender profile and age distribution across the organisation. More than 50% of employees are from a rural background. Our history MLA was established in 1998 as a public company limited by guarantee, following the merging of two industry statutory organisations – the Australian Meat & Livestock Corporation and the Meat Research Corporation. MLA is the declared industry marketing body and the industry research body under sections 60(1) and 60(2) of the Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry Act 1997. Contact us Subscribe to MLA’s newsletters Stay informed with the latest red meat and livestock industry news, events, research and marketing. SIGN UP Contact MLA 02 9463 9333 1800 023 100 info@mla.com.au Connect Terms of Use Privacy Cookies Glossary Careers Industry Links Help Sitemap MLA agreements Modern slavery statement © 2021 Meat & Livestock Australia Limited ABN 39 081 678 364 FEEDBACK Cookie consent × We use cookies on our website (including third party cookies) to analyse traffic, share information with analytics partners and provide you with the best experience possible. For details see our Privacy policy and our Cookies policy which were last updated in March 2019. By continuing to browse this site or by accepting below, you consent to the use of cookies. I ACCEPT