Footnotes

Chapter 2 - The Australian dairy industry

[1]        Dairy Australia, Australian Dairy Industry in Focus 2009, p. ii.

[2]        Dairy Australia, Australian Dairy Industry in Focus 2009, p. ii.

[3]        Based on data in Dairy Australia, Australian Dairy Industry in Focus 2009, p. 9.

[4]        www.dairyaustralia.com.au Milk Production Report, viewed 16 February 2010.

[5]        In 2007–08 the value of Tasmania's livestock products (which mainly includes wool, milk and eggs) was $413 million. Of this amount $275 million was the estimated value of farmgate milk production (approximately 67 per cent). Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics 1307.6 – Tasmanian State and Regional Indicators, December 2009 – www.abs.gov.au; and www.dairyaustralia.com.au, Dairy 2009 Situation and Outlook, June 2009, p. 82.

[6]        Dairy Australia, Industry Statistics – cows and farms, www.dairyaustralia.com.au, viewed 8 March 2010.

[7]        About half of the domestic consumption is as drinking milk, the remainder being used in the production of cheeses, butter, and milk powders. Dairy Australia, Dairy 2009: Situation and Outlook, June 2009, www.dairyaustralia.com.au.

[8]        Australian Dairy Industry in Focus 2008, p. 3.

[9]        Australian Dairy Industry in Focus 2008, p. 3.

[10]      Australian Dairy Industry in Focus 2008, p. 3.

[11]      Mr Phil Beattie, Spokesman, Tasmanian Suppliers Collective Bargaining Group, Committee Hansard, Thursday 5 November 2009, p. 13.

[12]      Mr Wayne Tennant, Committee Hansard, Friday 6 November 2009, p. 48.

[13]      Dr Tony McCall, University of Tasmania, Committee Hansard, Thursday 5 November 2009, p. 41.

[14]      Amalgamated Milk Vendors Association Incorporated, Submission 32, p. 2.

[15]      Dairy Australia notes that a large percentage of farmers affected by step downs intend to reduce their herd sizes and are likely to reduce their supplementary feeding. Dairy Australia also notes that in April 2009 cull or chopper sales increased for the 'fourth consecutive quarter...as farmers chose to offload livestock rather than go through autumn and winter with little feed and significantly reduced milk prices.' www.dairyaustralia.com.au, Dairy 2009 Situation and Outlook, June 2009, pp 63, 65, 76.

[16]      Dairy Australia, The Dairy Australian, September 2009, www.dairyaustralia.com.au.

[17]      Dairy Australia reports in their February 2010 update that both the United States and European Union have moved to remove export subsidies and have stopped buying local product to add to intervention stores.

[18]      www.dairyaustralia.com.au, Dairy 2010 – Situation and Outlook – February 2010 Update, viewed 14 April 2010, p. 6.

[19]      Joint committee of the South Australian House of Assembly and the Legislative Council, Joint committee on the impact of dairy deregulation in South Australia, May 2003, p. 5.

[20]      Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee, Deregulation of the Australian Dairy Industry, October 1999.

[21]      Deregulation of the Australian Dairy Industry, October 1999, p. 170.

[22]      Deregulation of the Australian Dairy Industry, October 1999, p. 170.

[23]      Deregulation of the Australian Dairy Industry, October 1999, p. 170.

[24]      Dairy Australia, Australian Dairy Industry in Focus 2009, www.dairyaustralia.com.au.

[25]      www.dairyaustralia.com.au, Dairy 2010 – Situation and Outlook – February 2010 Update, viewed 14 April 2010, p. 11.

[26]      Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee, Deregulation of the Australian Dairy Industry, October 1999, p. 8.

[27]      Deregulation of the Australian Dairy Industry, October 1999, p. 19.

[28]      www.dairyaustralia.com.au, Dairy 2010 – Situation and Outlook – February 2010 Update, viewed 14 April 2010, p. 12.

[29]      www.dairyaustralia.com.au, Dairy 2010 – Situation and Outlook – February 2010 Update, viewed 14 April 2010, p. 12.

[30]      Deregulation of the Australian Dairy Industry, October 1999, p. 170.

Chapter 3 - The price of milk

[1]        The ACCC observe 'regular statements being made by industry commentators that the two largest retailers, Coles and Woolworths, account for 80 per cent of retail sales', but their own view is that they 'account for between 55 per cent and 60 per cent of consumer expenditure on grocery items'; Report of the ACCC inquiry into the competitiveness of retail prices for standard groceries, July 2008, pp 45-48. A media release by Dr Emerson (18 September 2009) refers to the two chains having a combined 78 per cent share of packaged groceries.

[2]        Mr Dunn, Woolworths, Committee Hansard, 4 February 2010, p. 38. The Queensland Dairyfarmers Organisation puts the share of the two major chains at 57 per cent; Submission 30, p. 8.

[3]        Examples include You'llLoveColes, Homebrand, Smartbuy and Black & Gold.

[4]        Examples include Pura, Dairy Farmers, Pauls, Harvey Fresh, Canberra Milk, Norco and Brownes. Some of these are the names of formerly independent processors which have been retained when they have been taken over by large foreign companies.

[5]        Coles told the committee that the 2 litre pack is the biggest seller (Answers to questions on notice, 12 February 2010) and casual inspection of supermarket shelves supports this.

[6]        Mr Brennen, Challenge Dairy, Committee Hansard, 29 January 2010, p. 7.

[7]        Mr O'Malley, National Foods, Committee Hansard, 18 January 2010, p. 89.

[8]        Mr Chris Mara, Adviser, Government Affairs, Coles, Committee Hansard, 4 February 2010, pp 3–4.

[9]        Steinwall, R., Annotated Trade Practices Act 1974, 2004 Edition, Reed International Books, paragraph 71,805, p. 188.

[10]      Steinwall, R., Annotated Trade Practices Act 1974, 2004 Edition, Reed International Books Australia Pty Limited trading as LexisNexis, Australia, 2004, paragraph 71,805, p. 188.

[11]      Mr John Cummings, National Association of Retail Grocers of Australia, Committee Hansard, 4 February 2010, p. 14.

[12]      Ms Nola Marino MHR, Committee Hansard, 29 January 2010, p. 9.

[13]      Howard Smith and John Thanassoulis, The Milk Supply Chain Project, January 2008, University of Oxford, p. 36.

[14]      Howard Smith and John Thanassoulis, The Milk Supply Chain Project, January 2008, University of Oxford, p. 7.

[15]      Geographic price discrimination is discussed in the Senate Economics Legislation Committee's report Inquiry into the Trade Practices Amendment (Guaranteed Lowest Prices - Blacktown Amendment) Bill 2009, November 2009.

[16]      Mr Colin Lawson, Amalgamated Milk Vendors Association, Committee Hansard, 18 January 2010, p. 15. A similar point is made by Julie Gration, Submission 6, p. 4.

[17]      Mr Gerard van Rijswijk, National Association of Retail Grocers of Australia, Committee Hansard, 4 February 2010, p.19.

[18]      Mr Robert Peake, Queensland Dairyfarmers Association, Committee Hansard, 4 February 2010, p. 44.

[19]      This 'deep discounting' was criticised by Mr Peter Evans, Western Australian Farmers' Federation, Committee Hansard, 29 January 2010, p. 16.

[20]      Mr Chris Mara, Coles, Committee Hansard, 4 February 2010, p. 5.

[21]      Mr Ian Dunn, Woolworths, Committee Hansard, 4 February 2010, p. 41.

[22]      Coles, Submission to ACCC Grocery Inquiry, 2008, p. 57.

[23]      Mr Mara, Coles, Committee Hansard, 4 February 2010, p. 10; Mr Dunn, Woolworths, Committee Hansard, 4 February 2010, p. 28. In the UK the typical contracts are rolling with notice periods of only three months, so supermarkets can switch suppliers fairly quickly; Howard Smith and John Thanassoulis, The Milk Supply Chain Project, January 2008, University of Oxford, pp 10–11.

[24]      Woolworths has a national contract, with National Foods supplying their Home Brand generic milk while Coles has tenders on a state-by-state basis; Mr O'Malley, National Foods, Committee Hansard, 18 January 2010, p. 87. The same occurs in the United Kingdom, although there are more large supermarket chains there.

[25]      It is not related to the retail price.

[26]      ACCC, Report of the ACCC inquiry into the competitiveness of retail prices for standard groceries, July 2008, pp 234–5.

[27]      Mr Mallison, Fonterra, Committee Hansard, 18 January 2010, p. 67.

[28]      Howard Smith and John Thanassoulis, The Milk Supply Chain Project, January 2008, University of Oxford, p. 4. The study suggested/assumed that mergers between processors would increase the size of the margins earned by the processors at the expense of the supermarkets but would not necessarily affect the retail prices (p. 11).

[29]      Mr Cummings, NARGA, Committee Hansard, 4 February 2010, p. 13.

[30]      Mr Robert Wilson, Committee Hansard, 5 November 2009, p. 39.

[31]      Mr Larry Brennen, Executive Chairman, Challenge Dairy, Committee Hansard, 29 January 2010, p. 6.

[32]      Mr Dunn, Woolworths, Committee Hansard, 4 February 2010, p. 33.

[33]      NARGA, cited in Report of the ACCC inquiry into the competitiveness of retail prices for standard groceries, July 2008, p. 353.

[34]      ACCC, Report of the ACCC inquiry into the competitiveness of retail prices for standard groceries, July 2008, p. 321.

[35]      ACCC, Report of the ACCC inquiry into the competitiveness of retail prices for standard groceries, July 2008, p. 321.

[36]      ACCC, Report of the ACCC inquiry into the competitiveness of retail prices for standard groceries, July 2008, p. 321.

[37]      Mr Cummings, NARGA, Committee Hansard, 4 February 2010, p. 13. See also NARGA, Submission 13, pp 2–3, 6–7.

[38]      Mr Ken Henrick, NARGA, Committee Hansard, 4 February 2010, p. 23.

[39]      Ms Dee Margetts, Submission 15, p. 3.

[40]      Associate Professor Frank Zumbo, Submission 34, p. 9.

[41]      Proof Committee Hansard, 18 January 2010, pp 66–67.

[42]      Proof Committee Hansard, 18 January 2010, pp 91–92.

[43]      ACCC, answer to questions on notice, 10–11 February 2010, Received 1 April 2010.

[44]      Associate Professor Frank Zumbo, Submission 34, p. 9.

[45]      Ms Julie Gration, Submission 6, p. 6.

[46]      Mr Cummings, NARGA, Committee Hansard, 4 February 2010, pp 16, 18.

[47]      Mr Robert Peake, Chief Executive Officer, Queensland Dairyfarmers' Organisation, Committee Hansard, 4 February 2010, p. 44. See also their Submission 30, p. 9.

[48]      Most milk prices are determined by an equation that measures the weight of the solid components of the milk – i.e. the butter fat and protein components and then applies volume and quality incentives and penalties. National Foods defines a standard litre as having 4 per cent fat and 3.2 per cent protein; Mr Beattie, Tasmanian Collective Bargaining Group, Committee Hansard, 5 November 2009, p. 26.

[49]      Mr Wesley Judd, Chair, Australian Dairy Industry Council, Committee Hansard, 18 January 2010, p.2.

[50]      Dr Robert Rouda, Western Australian Department of Agriculture and Food, Committee Hansard, 29 January 2010, p. 25.

[51]      Mr Pearson, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Committee Hansard, 18 January 2010, p. 76. Similarly, ACCC had earlier concluded 'the ability to transport fresh or processed milk domestically and internationally has the result that farmgate prices in south–east Australia broadly reflect the prevailing international price of milk; ACCC, Report of the ACCC inquiry into the competitiveness of retail prices for standard groceries, July 2008, p. 381.

[52]      Mr Chris Mara, Coles, Committee Hansard, 4 February 2010, p. 10.

[53]      Tasmanian Department of Primary Industries Parks, Water and Environment, Submission 12, p. 9.

[54]      Mr Mark Smith, Dairy Tasmania, Committee Hansard, 6 November 2009, pp 26–8.

[55]      Dr Terry Sheales, Deputy Executive Director, ABARE, Committee Hansard, 18 January 2010, p. 33.

[56]      Mr Bruce Donnison, Managing Director, Fonterra Ingredients, Committee Hansard, 18 January 2010, p. 52.

[57]      Mr Robert Wilson, Committee Hansard, 5 November 2009, p. 31.

[58]      Dr McCall, Committee Hansard, 5 November 2009, p. 46.

[59]      Mr Wayne Tennant, Tasmanian dairy farmer, Committee Hansard, 6 November 2009, p. 52.

[60]      Ms Dee Margetts, Committee Hansard, 29 January 2010, p. 43.

[61]      Dairy Australia, Australian Dairy Industry in Focus 2009, p. 10.

[62]      Howard Smith and John Thanassoulis, The Milk Supply Chain Project, January 2008, University of Oxford, p. 4.

[63]      Dr Sheales, ABARE, Committee Hansard, 18 January 2010, p. 28.

[64]      Mr McKenzie, Committee Hansard, 18 January 2010, p. 28.

[65]      Mr Pearson, ACCC, Committee Hansard, 18 January 2010, p. 80.

[66]      ACCC answers to questions on notice, 10–11 February 2010.

[67]      Associate Professor Frank Zumbo, Submission 34, p. 5.

[68]      The concept of a 'model farm' unique to National Foods' contracts has subsequently been abandoned.

[69]      See, for example, Mr Grant Rogers, a Tasmanian farmer, Committee Hansard, 5 November 2009, pp 2–3, 9; Mr Beattie, Tasmanian Collective Bargaining Group, Committee Hansard, 5 November 2009, p. 14.

[70]      Mr Phil Beattie, Committee Hansard, 5 November 2009, pp 12-13, and the Group's Submission 27.

[71]      Mr Fergusson, Committee Hansard, 6 November 2009, p. 67.

[72]      Mr Robert Wilson, Committee Hansard, 5 November 2009, p 36.

[73]      Mr Mark Smith, Dairy Tasmania, Committee Hansard, 6 November 2009, p. 25.

[74]      Mr Wayne Tennant, Tasmanian dairy farmer, Committee Hansard, 6 November 2009, p 53.

[75]      Tasmanian Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment, Submission 12, p. 5.

[76]      Mr Larry Brennen, Executive Chairman, Challenge Dairy, Committee Hansard, 29 January 2010, pp 4–5.

[77]      Ms Nola Marino MHR, Committee Hansard, 29 January 2010, pp 10-11.

[78]      Mr Andrew Weinert, Western Australian Department of Agriculture and Food, Committee Hansard, 29 January 2010, p. 26.

[79]      Mr Robert Peake, Chief Executive Officer, Queensland Dairyfarmers Organisation, Committee Hansard, 4 February 2010, p. 47.

[80]      Barossa Mid–North Co-operative Dairymen Limited, Submission 7, p. 1.

[81]      Mr Paul Evans, National Foods, Committee Hansard, 18 January 2010, p. 93.

[82]      Coles, Answers to questions on notice, 12 February 2010. Coles gave similar estimates at a hearing, and suggested these proportions referred to generic milk; Mr Mara, Committee Hansard, 4 February 2010, pp 3, 5. When Mr Mara was directly asked about the price Coles paid the processors for milk, however, he instead gave the retail price; Committee Hansard, 4 February 2010, p. 3.

[83]      Some of these estimates have already been made public during the Committee's inquiry (for example, by Sen. Colbeck, Committee Hansard, 18 January 2010, pp 43, 93) and not challenged.       

[84]      Mr Rogers, Committee Hansard, 5 November 2009, p. 10.

[85]      Mr Wilson, Committee Hansard, 5 November 2009, p. 37.

[86]      Ms Dee Margetts, Committee Hansard, 29 January 2010, p. 42.

[87]      Mr Philip Depiazzi, Western Australian Farmers' Federation, Committee Hansard, 29 January 2010, p. 17.

[88]      Southern Sydney Retailers' Association, Submission 2.

[89]      'Under 396–rr of New York State’s General Business Law, the price is deemed to be “unconscionably excessive” if the retail price of milk is greater than 3 times the farmgate price'; Southern Sydney Retailers' Association, Submission 2, p. 10.

[90]      Mr Robert Wilson, Committee Hansard, 5 November 2009, p. 37.

[91]      Mr John Oldaker, Committee Hansard, 6 November 2009, p. 12.

[92]      'There was no impact on the farmgate price up or down' according to Mr Wesley Judd, Chairman, Australian Dairy Industry Council, Committee Hansard, 18 January 2010, p. 9.

[93]      Dairy Australia note that there are legislative controls over the price milk processing companies pay farmers for their milk in many countries around the world; Australian Dairy Industry in Focus 2009, p. 12.

[94]      Ms Judith Clements, Committee Hansard, 18 January 2010, p. 48. See also her Submission 19.

[95]      Barossa Mid-North Co-Operative Dairymen Ltd, Submission 7, p. 2.

[96]      As Chart 2.1 shows, dairying in Western Australia is concentrated in the south-west corner.

[97]      Dr Sheales, ABARE, Committee Hansard, 18 January 2010, p. 34. See also Senate Select Committee on Agriculture and Related Industries, Food production in Australia, Third interim report, November 2009, p. 3.

[98]      Mr Jeffrey, National Foods, Committee Hansard, 18 January 2010, p. 96. See also National Foods, Submission 11, p. 7.

[99]      Hon Tim Mulherin, Queensland Minister for Primary Industries and Fisheries, Submission 24, p. 1.

[100]    Mr Harris, Committee Hansard, 29 January 2010, p. 39.

[101]    Mr Judd, Australian Dairy Industry Council, Committee Hansard, 18 January 2010, p. 6.

[102]    Mr Richard Bovill, Committee Hansard, 6 November 2009, p. 2.

[103]    Mr Mark Smith, Dairy Tasmania, Committee Hansard, 6 November 2009, p. 26.

[104]    Mr O'Malley, National Foods, Committee Hansard, 18 January 2010, p. 96.

[105]    Mr Dunn, Woolworths, Committee Hansard, 4 February 2010, p. 32.

[106]    Mr Hadler, Coles, Committee Hansard, 4 February 2010, p. 7.

Chapter 4 - Competition in the dairy industry

[1]        Woolworths has a national contract, with National Foods supplying their Home Brand generic milk while Coles has tenders on a state-by-state basis; Mr O'Malley, National Foods, Committee Hansard, 18 January 2010, p. 87.

[2]        Associate Professor Frank Zumbo, Submission 34, p. 6.

[3]        Mr Harris, Committee Hansard, 29 January 2010, p. 37.

[4]        Associate Professor Frank Zumbo, Submission 34, p. 11.

[5]        Associate Professor Frank Zumbo, Submission 34, p. 11.

[6]        Senate Standing Committee on Economics, Trade Practices (Creeping Acquisitions) Amendment Bill 2007 [2008], August 2008, p. 11.

[7]        Recommendation 12, Senate Economics References Committee, The effectiveness of the Trade Practices Act 1974 in protecting small business, March 2004, p. 64.

[8]        ACCC, Report of the ACCC inquiry into the competitiveness of retail prices for standard groceries, August 2008, pp 532, 535.

[9]        Senate Standing Committee on Economics, Trade Practices (Creeping Acquisitions) Amendment Bill 2007 [2008], August 2008, p. 9.

[10]      Associate Professor Frank Zumbo argues that this bill would address the problem of creeping acquisitions; Submission 34, pp 7-8.

[11]      Steinwall, R., Annotated Trade Practices Act 1974, 2004 Edition, Reed International Books Australia, paragraph 10,760.10, p. 270.

[12]      Mr Lawson, Amalgamated Milk Vendors Association, Committee Hansard, 18 January 2010, p. 15.

[13]      See Table 3.5.

[14]      Julie Gration and David White, Submission 6, pp 2 and 5.

[15]      Associate Professor Frank Zumbo, Submission 34, pp 9-10.

[16]      Dawson Review, 2003, pp. 96–97.

[17]      Senate Economics References Committee, Effectiveness of the Trade Practices Act 1974 in protecting small business, March 2004, p. 3.

[18]      Senate Economics Legislation Committee, Trade Practices Amendment (Guaranteed Lowest Prices - Blacktown Amendment) Bill 2009, November 2009, pp 20-21.

[19]      Mr Graeme Samuel, cited in Senate Economics References Committee, The effectiveness of the Trade Practices Act 1974 in protecting small business, March 2004, p. 9.

[20]      Ms Dee Margetts, Committee Hansard, 29 January 2010, p. 43.

[21]      Senate Standing Committee on Economics, Trade Practices Legislation Amendment Bill 2008 [Provisions], August 2008, pp 4–6.

[22]      Source: the widely cited study by Richard Whish, Competition Law, 1989, who cites the European Commission's 10^th Report on Competition Policy, p. 294.

[23]  The information in this paragraph is based on Institute of Competition Law, http://www.concurrences.com/nr_one_question.php3?id_rubrique=578#ancre12.

[24]      This criterion is based on the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index; Richard Whish, Competition Law, 1989, p. 697.

[25]      Mr Mark Pearson, ACCC, Committee Hansard, 18 January 2010, p. 84.

[26]      Mr Grant Rogers, Committee Hansard, 5 November 2009, p, 3.

[27]      Mr Phil Beattie, Tasmanian Suppliers Collective Bargaining Group, Committee Hansard, 5 November 2009, p. 15.

[28]      Mr Grant Rogers, Tasmanian farmer, Committee Hansard, 5 November 2009, p. 11.

[29]      Mr Phil Beattie, Tasmanian Suppliers Collective Bargaining Group, Committee Hansard, 5 November 2009, p. 24.

[30]      Mr Bovill, Committee Hansard, 6 November 2009, p. 6.

[31]      Mr John Oldaker, Chairman, Cadbury Suppliers, Committee Hansard, 6 November 2009, p.7.

[32]      Mr Lawson, Committee Hansard, 18 January 2010, p. 17.

[33]      Mr Grimwade, ACCC, Committee Hansard, 18 January 2010, p. 74.

[34]   See especially paragraphs 70 and 84 of ACCC, 22 April 2010, http://www.accc.gov.au/content/trimFile.phtml?trimFileName=D10+3542719.pdf&trimFileTitle=D10+3542719.pdf&trimFileFromVersionId=924920

[35]      Associate Professor Frank Zumbo, Submission 34, pp 6–7.

[36]      Dr McCall, cited in Select Committee on Agricultural and Related Industries, Food Production in Australia: Third Interim Report, November 2009, p. 26.

[37]      Mr John Oldaker, Chairman, Cadbury Suppliers, Committee Hansard, 6 November 2009, p.12.

[38]      Mr Timothy Grimwade, ACCC, Committee Hansard, 18 January 2010, p. 75.

[39]      Mr Mark Pearson, ACCC, Committee Hansard, 18 January 2010, p. 76.

Chapter 5 - Negotiations between farmers and processors

[1]        Mr Grant Rogers, Committee Hansard, 5 November 2009, p. 5.

[2]        Dr Tony McCall, Committee Hansard, 5 November 2009, p. 50.

[3]        Mr Rogers, Committee Hansard, 5 November 2009, p. 4.

[4]        Collective bargaining – where two or more competitors in an industry come together to negotiate terms and conditions with a supplier or customer – behaviour would, if not authorised by section 93AB, raise concerns under the competition provisions of the Trade Practices Act 1974.

[5]        Australian Dairy Farmers, Additional Information, 29 January 2010, p. 1.

[6]        Australian Dairy Farmers, Additional Information, 29 January 2010, p. 2.

[7]        Mr Phil Beattie, Tasmanian Suppliers Collective Bargaining Group, Committee Hansard, 5 November 2009, p. 20.

[8]        National Foods, Submission 11, p. 11.

[9]        Mr Conor O'Malley, National Foods, Committee Hansard, 18 January 2010, p. 93.

[10]      Anonymous Queensland dairy farmer, Submission 9, p. 3.

[11]      For an example of the disappointment of farmers with this behaviour, see Mr Rogers, Committee Hansard, 5 November 2009, p. 8 and Mr Phil Beattie, Tasmanian Suppliers Collective Bargaining Group, Committee Hansard, 5 November 2009, p. 23. The Association's obfuscations about their behaviour are at Committee Hansard, 6 November 2009, pp 31-36.

[12]      Mr Evans and Mr Jeffrey, National Foods, Committee Hansard, 18 January 2009, p. 92.

[13]      Mr Phil Beattie, Tasmanian Suppliers Collective Bargaining Group, Committee Hansard, 5 November 2009, pp 17, 25.

[14]      Mr Robert Peake, Chief Executive Officer, Queensland Dairyfarmers Organisation, Committee Hansard, 4 February 2010, pp 44-5.

[15]      Mr Robert Peake, Chief Executive Officer, Queensland Dairyfarmers' Organisation, Committee Hansard, 4 February 2010, p. 45.

[16]      Mr Robert Peake, Committee Hansard, 4 February 2010, p. 46.

[17]      Mr Robert Peake, Committee Hansard, 4 February 2010, p. 45.

[18]      Mr Robert Peake, Committee Hansard, 4 February 2010, p. 46.

[19]      Mr Phil Beattie, Tasmanian Suppliers Collective Bargaining Group, Committee Hansard, 5 November 2009, p. 12.

[20]      Mr Phil Beattie, Tasmanian Suppliers Collective Bargaining Group, Committee Hansard, 5 November 2009, p. 20.

[21]      Dr Shane Broad, Committee Hansard, 6 November 2009, p. 18.

[22]      Mr Chris Oldfield, Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers, Committee Hansard, 6 November 2009, p. 32.

[23]      Mr Conor O'Malley, National Foods, Committee Hansard, 18 January 2010, p. 94.

[24]      Associate Professor Frank Zumbo, Submission 34, p. 4.

Chapter 6 - Other matters

[1]        Sheales, T and Gunning-Trant, C, 'Global food security and Australia', ABARE Issues Insights 09.8, Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics.

[2]        Dr Tony McCall, Committee Hansard, 5 November 2009, pp 42–43.

[3]        Amalgamated Milk Vendors Association, Submission 32, pp 3, 5.

[4]        Mr Malcolm Fechner, Submission 33, p. 2.

[5]        Australian Dairy Farmers Ltd, Submission 16, p. 3.

[6]        Mr Philip Depiazzi, Western Australian Farmers Federation, Committee Hansard, 29 January 2010, p. 17.

[7]        Victorian Farmers Federation, Submission 18, p. 4.

[8]        Mr Danny Harris, Committee Hansard, 29 January 2010, p. 37.

[9]        Mr John Cummings, NARGA, Committee Hansard, 4 February 2010, p. 19.

[10]      Mr Ian Dunn, Woolworths, Committee Hansard, 4 February 2010, p. 34.

[11]      Ms Nola Marino MHR, Submission 22, p. 11. See also her comments in Committee Hansard, 29 January 2010, pp 10-12.

[12]      Mr McCall, Submission 8, p. 7.

[13]      http://www.dairytas.com.au/files/STRATEGIC_PLAN.pdf, accessed 6 May 2010.

[14]      Mr Mark Smith, Executive Officer, DairyTas, Committee Hansard, 6 November 2009, p. 20.

[15]      Mr Mark Smith, Executive Officer, DairyTas, Committee Hansard, 6 November 2009, p. 21. The Committee notes that Fonterra has now decided to go ahead with that investment.

[16]      DairyTas, Submission 31, p. 6.

[17]      Similarly their forecasts of export volumes for whole milk powder have proved overoptimistic.

[18]      Mr Mark Smith, Executive Officer, DairyTas, Committee Hansard, 6 November 2009, p. 21.

[19]      Mr Mark Fergusson, Dairy adviser, Tasmanian Institute of Agricultural Research, Committee Hansard, 6 November, pp 69–70.

[20]      Mr John Oldaker, Committee Hansard, 6 November 2009, p. 11.

[21]      Mr Wayne Tennant, Committee Hansard, 6 November 2009, p. 50.

[22]      Ms Dee Margetts, Committee Hansard, 29 January 2010, p. 43.

[23]      Mr McCall, Committee Hansard, 5 November 2009, p. 42.

[24]      Ms Nola Marino, Submission 22, p. 4.

[25]      Ms Nola Marino MHR, Submission 22, pp 10–11.

[26]      Mr Danny Harris, a dairy farmer, Committee Hansard, 29 January 2010, pp 36–38.