Inquiry into competition and pricing in the Australian dairy industry
Information about the Inquiry
On 10 September 2009 the Senate referred the following matter to the Senate Economics Committee for inquiry and report.
This inquiry will investigate the current circumstances of the varying prices being paid to dairy farmers in different Australian states, including:
(a) the economic effect on the dairy industry of announced reductions in prices to be paid to producers by milk processors,
(b) the impact of the concentration of ownership of milk processing facilities on milk market conditions in the dairy industry;
(c) the impact of the consolidation of the ownership of the market or drinking milk sector with the manufacturing milk sector on milk market conditions in the dairy industry;
(d) the impact of the concentration of supermarket supply contracts on milk market conditions;
(e) whether aspects of the Trade Practices Act 1974 are in need of review having regard to market conditions and industry sector concentration in this industry; and
(f) any other related matters.
Submissions should be received by 22 October 2009. The reporting date is 28 February 2010. On 18 March 2010,the Senate granted an extension of time for reporting until 13 May 2010.
The Committee is seeking written submissions from interested individuals and organisations preferably in electronic form submitted online or sent by email to economics.sen@aph.gov.au as an attached Adobe PDF or MS Word format document. The email must include full postal address and contact details.
Alternatively, written submissions may be sent to:
Department of the Senate
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia
Notes to help you prepare your submission are available from the website at https://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/wit_sub/index.htm. Alternatively, the Committee Secretariat will be able to help you with your inquiries and can be contacted on telephone +61 2 6277 3540 or facsimile +61 2 6277 5719 or by email to economics.sen@aph.gov.au.
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Once the Committee accepts your submission, it becomes a confidential Committee document and is protected by Parliamentary Privilege. You must not release your submission without the Committee's permission. If you do, it will not be protected by Parliamentary Privilege. At some stage during the inquiry, the Committee normally makes submissions public and places them on its website. Please indicate if you want your submission to be kept confidential.
For further information, contact: Department of the Senate
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia