Standing Committee on Primary Industries and Regional Services

Inquiry into the development of high technology industries in regional Australia based on bioprospecting

Terms of reference

The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Primary Industries and Regional Services will inquire into and report on the following areas, with particular emphasis on the opportunities in rural and regional Australia:

• the contribution towards the development of high technology knowledge industries based on bioprospecting, bioprocessing and related biotechnologies;

• impediments to growth of these new industries;

• the capacity to maximise benefit through intellectual property rights and other mechanisms to support development of these industries in Australia; and

• the impacts on and benefits to the environment.

Further information about the inquiry can be obtained from the committee secretariat.

Membership of the Committee

Committee Secretary
Standing Committee on Primary Industries and Regional Services
House of Representatives
Parliament House
CANBERRA ACT 2600
AUSTRALIA

Phone:  61 2 6277 4500
Fax:       61 2 6277 4424
email:   Aff.Reps@aph.gov.au

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