Report

Reserve Bank Amendment (Australian Reconstruction and Development Board)

31 March 2015

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Senate Economics Legislation Committee	(PDF 21KB)
Chapter 1 - Introduction	(PDF 29KB)
Conduct of the inquiry Structure of this report
Chapter 2	(PDF 67KB)
Background and overview of the bill Commonwealth Development Bank and the RBA's former role in rural credit
Chapter 3 - Problems the bill seeks to address	(PDF 165KB)
Challenges facing regional Australia Is there a rural debt crisis? Data on rural debt Conclusion
Chapter 4 - Key issues	(PDF 123KB)
The ARDB and the RBA's 'rural reconstruction and development policy' Alternatives Conclusion
Chapter 5 - Committee view	(PDF 28KB)
Dissenting Report by Senator Nick Xenophon - Rural debt: Crisis, what crisis?	(PDF 48KB)
The need for the Australian Reconstruction and Development Board The functions of the ARDB Major lenders are not responding to this crisis Conclusion
APPENDIX 1 - Submissions received	(PDF 25KB)
APPENDIX 2 - Additional information received	(PDF 11KB)
APPENDIX 3 - Public hearings and witnesses	(PDF 9KB)
APPENDIX 4 - Answers to questions on notice received from the Department of Agriculture	(PDF 29KB)

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