The Centre for Invasive Species Solutions creates practical solutions to manage invasive species in Australia. The Centre for Invasive Species Solutions creates solutions to managing invasive species in Australia. The Group was established to be a nonprofit institution to promote a managed and cooperative approach to RD&E in the field of invasive species management to maximise the benefits from that RD&E. The Group s shortterm objective is to continue to establish the Centre for Invasive Species Solutions and deliver its first RD&E project portfolio Portfolio No. 1. Portfolio No.1 is funded through a fiveyear agreement between the Commonwealth Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (now the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry), all States and the ACT, two industry Research and Development Corporations, five universities and the NZ Department of Conservation. Portfolio No 1 commenced in 2017 and finishes in 2022. In addition, the Group is attracting further funding from state governments and industry bodies to further pursue its objectives. The Group s longterm objective is to secure the Centre for Invasive Species Solutions (CISS) as a permanent national collaborative invasive species institution that enables and drives a more coordinated and efficient approach to invasive species management across Australia s National Biosecurity System. This will include pursuing a broader RD&E scope that covers vertebrate pests, weeds and environmental invertebrates and diseases, and diversifies revenue by attracting deductible gift receipts through a Public Fund and additional projects aligned to the CISS strategy.