Footnotes

Chapter 2 - Overview of native vegetation, land use and regulatory frameworks in Australia

[1]        Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Australia's Native Vegetation Framework, Consultation draft, February 2010, p. 11.

[2]        NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water, Submission 15, p. 2.

[3]        Vegetation Act Management 1999 (Qld), s. 8.

[4]        Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Australia's Native Vegetation Framework, Consultation draft, February 2010, p. 7.

[5]        Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Submission 371, p. 1.

[6]        NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water, Submission 15, p. 1.

[7]        Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Submission 371, p. 1.

[8]        Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Australia's Native Vegetation Framework, Consultation draft, February 2010, p. 7.

[9]        2006 Australian State of the Environment Committee, Australia State of the Environment 2006, Independent report to the Australian Government Minister for the Environment and Heritage, p. 69.

[10]      Nature Conservation Council of NSW, Submission 8, p. 3.

[11]      Australian Government, What is caring for our Country?, Sustainable Land Practices, http://www.nrm.gov.au/about/caring/sustainable.html (accessed 1.4.10).

[12]      Australian Government, Caring for Our Country Business Plan 2009–10, p. 1.

[13]      Australian Bureau of Statistics, Natural Resource Management on Australian Farms, 4620, 2006–07, p. 7.

[14]      NSW Farmers' Association, Submission 236, p. 4.

[15]      Mr C Armstrong, NSW Farmers' Association, Committee Hansard, 8.4.10, pp 35–36.

[16]      2006 Australian State of the Environment Committee, Australia State of the Environment 2006, Independent report to the Australian Government Minister for the Environment and Heritage, p. 70.

[17]      Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Submission 371, p. 2.

[18]      Australian Bureau of Statistics cited in Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Submission 371, p. 2.

[19]      Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Submission 235, p. 4.

[20]      Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Submission 235, p. 4.

[21]      Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists, Submission 2, p. 1.

[22]      Mr I Thompson, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Committee Hansard, 20.4.10, p. 37.

[23]      Productivity Commission, Impacts of Native Vegetation and Biodiversity Regulations, Report No. 29, April 2004, p. XXIV.

[24]      Productivity Commission, Impacts of Native Vegetation and Biodiversity Regulations, Report No. 29, April 2004, p. XXIV.

[25]      From 2001 the work of the ANZECC was subsumed by NRMMC. Australian Government, PIMC-NRMMC, http://www.mincos.gov.au (accessed 10.4.10).

[26]      Natural Resource Management Ministerial Council, Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, National Framework for the Management and Monitoring of Australia's Native Vegetation, 2001, Use of the National Framework, http://www.environment.gov.au/land/publications/nvf/framework2.html (accessed 25.3.10).

[27]      Natural Resource Management Ministerial Council, Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, National Framework for the Management and Monitoring of Australia's Native Vegetation, 2001, Use of the National Framework, http://www.environment.gov.au/land/publications/nvf/framework2.html (accessed 25.3.10).

[28]      Natural Resource Management Ministerial Council, Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, National Framework for the Management and Monitoring of Australia's Native Vegetation, 2001, Desired native vegetation outcomes, http://www.environment.gov.au/land/publications/nvf/framework3.html (accessed 25.3.10).

[29]      Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Native vegetation policies, http://www.environment.gov.au/land/vegetation/policies.html (accessed 26.3.10).

[30]      Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Submission 371, p. 3.

[31]      Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Submission 264, p. 2.

[32]      Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Submission 264, p. 2.

[33]      Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, ss. 519(1).

[34]      Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, ss. 519(3).

[35]      Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Submission 264, p. 2.

[36]      Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, ss. 188(3).

[37]      Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Submission 264, p. 3.

[38]      Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Submission 371, p. 4.

[39]      Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Submission 371, pp 5–9.

[40]      Australian Government, What is Caring for Our Country?, http://www.nrm.gov.au/about/caring/index.html (accessed 9.4.10).

[41]      Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Submission 371, pp 13–18; Australian Government, What is Caring for Our Country?, http://www.nrm.gov.au/about/caring/index.html (accessed 9.4.10).

[42]      Australian Government, What is Caring for Our Country?, http://www.nrm.gov.au/about/caring/index.html (accessed 9.4.10).

[43]      Australian Government, Caring for Our Country Business Plan 2009–2010, p. 4.

[44]      Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Submission 371, p. 5; Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Submission 264, p. 3.

[45]      Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Submission 371, p. 5.

[46]      Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Submission 371, p. 4.

[47]      Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Submission 235, p. 5.

[48]      Productivity Commission, Impacts of Native Vegetation and Biodiversity Regulations, Report No. 29, April 2004, p. XXV.

[49]      NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water, Submission 15, p. 1.

[50]      Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water, Submission 15, p. 4.

[51]      Native Vegetation Act 2003, ss. 3(a) and 3(d).

[52]      NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water, Submission 15, p. 7.

[53]      NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water, Review of the Native Vegetation Act 2003, 2009, p. 18.

[54]      Queensland Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy, New vegetation management laws in Queensland – an overview, May 2004.

[55]      Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management, Vegetation management framework, November 2009.

[56]      Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management, Annual Report, 27 March – 30 June 2009, p. 35, http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/about/pdf/derm09annual-report.pdf (accessed 26.4.10).

[57]      Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management, What is the new regrowth vegetation code?, http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/vegetation/regrowth_vegetation_regulations.html (accessed 27.4.10).

[58]      Rural Law Online, Native Vegetation, Victorian Laws, http://www.rurallaw.org.au/handbook/xml/ch03s09.php#Ch16Se1311 (accessed 26.4.10).

[59]      Rural Law Online, Native Vegetation, Victorian Laws, http://www.rurallaw.org.au/handbook/xml/ch03s09.php#Ch16Se1311 (accessed 26.4.10).

[60]      Native Vegetation Council, Annual Report 2007–08, http://www.dwlbc.sa.gov.au/assets/files/nv_annual_report_07_08.pdf  (accessed 26.4.10).

[61]      WA Department of Environment and Conservation, Native vegetation clearing in Western Australia, Native Vegetation fact sheet 1, http://www.dec.wa.gov.au/component/option,com_docman/task,doc_download/gid,2938/Itemid,1025 (accessed 27.4.10).

[62]      WA Department of Environment and Conservation, Native vegetation clearing in Western Australia, Native Vegetation fact sheet 4.

[63]      Forest Practices Authority, Information on Land Clearing Controls in Tasmania, Fact Sheet, September 2007, http://www.fpa.tas.gov.au/fileadmin/user_upload/PDFs/Botany/Land_Clearing_Information_Sheet_feb_08.pdf (accessed 27.4.10).

[64]      Northern Territory Department of Natural Resources, Environment, The Arts and Sport, Submission 396, p. 2.

[65]      Northern Territory Government, Land Clearing Guidelines, 2010, http://www.nt.gov.au/nreta/natres/natveg/guidelines/pdf/landclearingguidelines_2010.pdf   (accessed 26.5.10).

[66]      Environmental Defenders Office, Outline of Legal Approaches to Land Clearing,  http://www.edo.org.au/edosa/research/mark's%20land%20clearing%20paper.htm (accessed 29.4.10).

[67]      Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Submission 235, p. 3.

[68]      Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Submission 235, p. 3.

[69]      NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water, Submission 15, p. 8.

[70]      NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water, Submission 15, p. 8.

[71]      Australian Forest Growers, Submission 6, p. 3.

[72]      NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water, Submission 15, p. 8.

[73]      NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water, Submission 15, p. 8.

[74]      Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Submission 235, p. 4.

[75]      Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Submission 235, p. 4.

Chapter 3 - The impact of native vegetation laws and legislated greenhouse gas abatement measures on landholders

[1]        Productivity Commission, Impacts of Native Vegetation and Biodiversity Regulations, April 2004, pp 118–119.

[2]        Productivity Commission; p. XXX.

[3]        Mr D Park, WA Farmers Federation, Committee Hansard, 20.4.10, p. 53.

[4]        Mr D Park, WA Farmers Federation, Committee Hansard, 20.4.10, p. 48.

[5]        Mr I Thompson, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Committee Hansard, 20.4.10, p. 45.

[6]        Mr T Grosskopf, NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water, Committee Hansard, 8.4.10, p. 2.

[7]        Mr T Grosskopf, NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water, Committee Hansard, 8.4.10, p. 2.

[8]        Mr T Grosskopf, NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water, Committee Hansard, 8.4.10, p. 2.

[9]        Ms R Walmsley, ANEDO, Committee Hansard, 8.4.10, p. 26.

[10]      Mr P Cosier, Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists, Committee Hansard, 20.4.10, p. 2.

[11]      Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association, Submission 36, p. 6.

[12]      AgForce Queensland, Submission 7, p. 4.

[13]      Mr A Davidson, Submission 31, p. 1.

[14]      Mr J Cotter, Agforce Queensland, Committee Hansard, 9.4.10, p. 33.

[15]      Mr P Wilson, Submission 104, p. 1.

[16]      Mr A & Mrs S Kenny, Submission 129, p. 2.

[17]      Mr R Golden, Submission 95, p. 2.

[18]      See for example, Mr D & Mrs E Butler, Submission 134, p. 1; Mr J Ramsay, Submission 131, p. 1; Mr J Dedman, Submission 83, p. 1; Mr A Ellis, Submission 170, p. 1; Mr D Woods, Submission 215, p. 1.

[19]      Mr S Hamilton, Submission 108, p. 1.

[20]      Pastoralists and Graziers Association of Western Australia, Submission 12, p. 3.

[21]      Mr Claude Cassegrain, Submission 345, p. 1.

[22]      NSW Farmers' Association, Submission 236, p. 3.

[23]      Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Submission 371, p. 21.

[24]      Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Submission 371, p. 21.

[25]      Property Rights Reclaimers Moree, Submission 234, p. 1.

[26]      Pastoralists and Graziers Association of Western Australia, Submission 12, p. 3.

[27]      Name withheld, Submission 21, p. 1.

[28]      Name withheld, Submission 40, p. 1.

[29]      Mr G Moody, Submission 209, p. 1.

[30]      Mr G Moody, Submission 209, p. 1.

[31]      Property Rights Australia, Submission 14, p. 9.

[32]      AgForce Queensland, Submission 7, p. 13.

[33]      Mr B Nicholls, personal capacity, Committee Hansard, 8.4.10, p. 80.

[34]      Mr B Nicholls, personal capacity, Committee Hansard, 8.4.10, p. 82.

[35]      Mr P Jesser, Submission 163, p. 1.

[36]      Mr J Smith, Submission 278, p. 1.

[37]      Mr I Cox, Submission 119, p. 1; see also Mr S Hamilton, Submission 108, p. 1.

[38]      Mr C Armstrong, NSW Farmers' Association, Committee Hansard, 8.4.10, p. 50.

[39]      Mr M Rheese, Australian Environment Foundation, Committee Hansard, 8.4.10, p. 68.

[40]      Mr C Armstrong, Committee Hansard, 8.4.10, pp 35–36; see also Mr J Cotter, AgForce Queensland, Committee Hansard, 9.4.10, p. 32.

[41]      Mrs C Herbert, personal capacity, Committee Hansard, 9.4.10, p. 66.

[42]      Mr I Herbert, Capricorn Conservation Council, Committee Hansard, 9.4.10, p. 86.

[43]      Mr T Grosskopf, NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water, Committee Hansard, 8.4.10, p. 14.

[44]      Mr T Grosskopf, NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water, Committee Hansard, 8.4.10, p. 15.

[45]      Ms R Walmsley, Committee Hansard, 8.4.10, p. 33.

[46]      Victorian Farmers Federation, Submission 382, p. 2.

[47]      Mr G Patrick, Submission 135, p. 2.

[48]      Mr B Nicholls, Committee Hansard, 8.4.10, p. 80.

[49]      Mr W Newcomen, Submission 97, p. 1.

[50]      Mr C Armstrong, NSW Farmers' Association, Committee Hansard, 8.4.10, p. 65.

[51]      Mr R McDowell, Submission 116, p. 1.

[52]      Name withheld, Submission 81, p. 1.

[53]      Ms L Burge, Submission 320, p. 32.

[54]      Mr C Armstrong, NSW Farmers' Association, Committee Hansard, 8.4.10, p. 65.

[55]      Mr V Forbes, Carbon Sense Coalition, Committee Hansard, 9.4.10, p. 23.

[56]      Mr R Zonta, Submission 162, p. 2.

[57]      Ms S Thomas, Submission 183, p. 1, Mr G Moody, Submission 209, p. 2.

[58]      Mr C Armstrong, NSW Farmers' Association, Committee Hansard, 8.4.10, p. 40.

[59]      Mr P & Mrs G Johnston, Submission 217, p. 2.

[60]      Productivity Commission, Impacts of Native Vegetation and Biodiversity Regulations, No. 29, 8 April 2004, p. XXXI.

[61]      Mr J Cotter, AgForce Queensland, Committee Hansard, 9.4.10, p. 45.

[62]      NSW Farmers' Association, Submission 236, p. 13.

[63]      See for example, Name withheld, Submission 21; Name withheld, Submission 23; Mr G Miller, Submission 24; Mr Max Dench, Submission 25; Name withheld, Submission 32; Mr William Grey, Submission 37; Mr Wade Bidstrup, Submission 39; Mr John Burnett, Submission 44.

[64]      Name withheld, Submission 21, p. 1.

[65]      Name withheld, Submission 32, p. 1.

[66]      Mr M Peterson, Submission 261, p. 1.

[67]      NSW Regional Community Survival Group, Submission 16, p. 2.

[68]      Mr B Tomalin, Submission 172, p. 2.

[69]      Productivity Commission, Impacts of Native Vegetation and Biodiversity Regulations, No. 29, 8 April 2004, p. LIII.

[70]      Letter from Mr Paul Henderson, Chief Minister of the Northern Territory, dated 5 March 2010. See also, Department of Natural Resources, Environment, The Arts and Sport, Submission 396, p. 2.

[71]      Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists, Blueprint for a living continent, 1 November 2002, pp 10–11, http://www.wentworthgroup.org/uploads/6.%20blueprint_for_a_living_contintent.pdf, (accessed 16.4.10).

[72]      Mr M Rheese, Australian Environment Foundation, Committee Hansard, 8.4.10, p. 67.

[73]      Australian Environment Foundation, Submission 201, p. 11

[74]      Mr B Nicholls, personal capacity, Committee Hansard, 8.4.10, p. 82.

[75]      Carbon Sense Coalition, Submission 17, p. 8.

[76]      Mr J Stewart, personal capacity, Committee Hansard, 8.4.10, p. 90.

[77]      Carbon Sense Coalition, Submission 17, p. 11.

[78]      Mr B Nicholls, personal capacity, Committee Hansard, 8.4.10, p. 81.

[79]      NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water, Submission 15, p. 4.

[80]      Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management, Regional vegetation management codes, http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/vegetation/regional_codes.html (accessed 22.4.10)

[81]      WA Department of Environment and Conservation, A guide to the assessment of applications to clear native vegetation under Part V of the Environmental Protection Act 1986, http://www.dec.wa.gov.au/content/view/3553/2082 (accessed 22.4.10)

[82]      Victorian Farmers Federation, Submission 382, p. 2.

[83]      Mr G Kenny, personal capacity, Committee Hansard, 9.4.10, p. 92.

[84]      Cobar Vegetation Management Committee, Submission 13, p. 2.

[85]      AgForce Queensland, Submission 7, p. 6.

[86]      Mr G Kenny, personal capacity, Committee Hansard, 9.4.10, pp 92–93.

[87]      Mr A & Mrs E Smith, Submission 29, p. 1.

[88]      Ms D Nott, personal capacity, Committee Hansard, 9.4.10, p. 71.

[89]      Mr M Peterson, Submission 298, p. 1.

[90]      Mr S Chandrasegaran, Submission 20, p. 1.

[91]      Mrs S Hurford, Submission 33, p. 1.

[92]      Productivity Commission, Impacts of Native Vegetation and Biodiversity Regulations, No. 29, 8 April 2004, p. XLVIII.

[93]      Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Submission 371, p. 21.

[94]      See for example, Mr J Andrew, Submission 147, p. 1. 

[95]      Mr J Burnett, Submission 44, p. 2.

[96]      Dr L McNicholl, personal capacity, Committee Hansard, 9.4.10, p. 82.

[97]      Mr C Loeskow, Submission 75, p. 2.

[98]      Name withheld, Submission 42, p. 1.

[99]      Mr G McLeod, Pastoralists and Graziers Association of Western Australia, Committee Hansard, 20.4.10, p. 18.

[100]    Mr C Armstrong, NSW Farmers' Association, Committee Hansard, 8.4.10, p. 38.

[101]    Mr J Cotter, AgForce Queensland, Committee Hansard, 9.4.10, p. 33.

[102]    Mr T Grosskopf, Committee Hansard, 8.4.10, p. 17.

[103]    Mr T Grosskopf, Committee Hansard, 8.4.10, p. 17.

[104]    Mr B Smith, Submission 28, p. 1.

[105]    Mr B Nicholls, personal capacity, Committee Hansard, 8.4.10, p. 83.

[106]    Mr D Park, WA Farmers Federation, Committee Hansard, 20.4.10, p. 52.

[107]    Pastoralists and Graziers Association of Western Australia, Submission 12, p. 2.

[108]    See for example, Mr Andrew Baker, Submission 187, pp 2–3.

[109]    Mr Tudor Ivanoff, Submission 67, p. 2.

[110]    Mr D Stiller, personal capacity, Committee Hansard, 9.4.10, pp 73–74.

[111]    Mr D Stiller, personal capacity, Committee Hansard, 9.4.10, p. 78.

[112]    Mr D Stiller, personal capacity, Committee Hansard, 9.4.10, p. 77.

[113]    Pastoralists and Graziers Association of Western Australia, Submission 12, p. 4.

[114]    AgForce Queensland, Submission 7, p. 18.

[115]    Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association, Submission 36, p. 5.

[116]    p&e Law, Submission 5, p. 5.

[117]    Productivity Commission, Impacts of Native Vegetation and Biodiversity Regulations, No. 29, 8 April 2004, p. XLVI.

[118]    Australian Forest Growers, Submission 6, p. 2.

[119]    Australian Forest Growers, Submission 6, p. 3.

[120]    Australian Forest Growers, Submission 6, p. 3.

[121]    Name withheld, Submission 21, p. 2.

[122]    Mr D & Mrs E Butler, Submission 134, p. 2; see also Mr J Cash, Submission 56, p. 2.

[123]    Name withheld, Submission 40, p. 1. 

[124]    Mr D Stiller, personal capacity, Committee Hansard, 9.4.10, p. 73.

[125]    See for example, Cobar Vegetation Management Committee, Submission 13.

[126]    Dr B Burrows, Submission 297, p. 1.

[127]    AgForce Queensland, Submission 7; Property Rights Australia, Submission 14; Dr B Burrows, Submission 297; Mr J Cotter, AgForce Queensland, Committee Hansard, 9.4.10, p. 34.

[128]    Dr B Burrows, Submission 297, p. 2.

[129]    Ms C Walsh, Submission 53, p. 1.

[130]    Ms L Burge, Submission 320, p. 26.

[131]    Mr V Forbes, Carbon Sense Coalition, Committee Hansard, 9.4.10, p. 25.

[132]    Mr G Verri, Submission 101, p. 1.

[133]    Mr G Patrick, Submission 135, p. 1.

[134]    See for example, Mr A & Mrs S Kenny, Submission 129, p. 1.

[135]    Carbon Sense Coalition, Submission 17, p. 11.

[136]    Mr V Forbes, Carbon Sense Coalition, Committee Hansard, 9.8.10, p. 28.

[137]    Mr R Bahnisch, Submission 317, p. 1.

[138]    Australian Environment Foundation, Submission 201, p. 5.

[139]    Mr I Herbert, Capricorn Conservation Council, Committee Hansard, 9.4.10, p. 85.

[140]    Mr I Herbert, Capricorn Conservation Council, Committee Hansard, 9.4.10, p. 86.

[141]    Northern Territory Cattlemen's Association, Submission 383, p. 3.

[142]    Mr G Kenny, Property Rights Australia, Committee Hansard, 9.4.10, p. 4.

[143]    Mrs D Kerr, National Farmers Federation, Committee Hansard, 8.4.10, p. 55.

[144]    Mrs D Kerr, National Farmers Federation, Committee Hansard, 8.4.10, p. 59.

[145]    Environment and Property Protection Association, Submission 9, p. 1.

[146]    AgForce Queensland, Submission 7, p. 11.

[147]    AgForce Queensland, Submission 7, p. 17.

[148]    Growcom, Submission 10, p. 4.

[149]    AgForce Queensland, Submission 7, p. 11.

[150]    Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Submission 371, p. 10.

[151]    Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Submission 371, p. 22.

[152]    Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, National Authority for the Clean Development Mechanism and Joint Implementation, http://www.climatechange.gov.au/en/government/initiatives/national-authority-cdm-ji.aspx (accessed 164.10).

[153]    Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Submission 371, p. 10.

[154]    Mrs D Kerr, National Farmers' Federation, Committee Hansard, 8.4.10, p. 45.

[155]    Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists, Submission 2, p. II.

Chapter 4 - Compensation arrangements to landholders, the appropriateness of the method of calculation of asset value and viable alternatives

[1]        Productivity Commission, Impacts of Native Vegetation and Biodiversity Regulations, No. 29, 8 April 2004, p. XXXII.

[2]        Legal Services Commission of South Australia, Law Handbook, 'Native Vegetation Act 1991', http://www.lawhandbook.sa.gov.au/ch18s05s02s02.php (accessed 26.4.10).

[3]        South Australia Department of Environment and Heritage, Ecosystem Conservation - Conserving Biodiversity - The Heritage Agreement Scheme, http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/biodiversity/ecosystem-conservation/heritage_education.html (accessed 29.4.10).

[4]        Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management, Annual Report 27 March – 30 June 2009, p. 35, http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/about/pdf/derm09-land-veg.pdf (accessed 27.4.10).

[5]        Preservation Society of Wildlife Queensland, Conservation, http://www.wildlife.org.au/conservation/issues/2005/vegetation2.html (accessed 26.4.10).

[6]        NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water, Submission 15, p. 6.

[7]        Squelch, Dr J, The Agricultural Industry, 'Land Clearing Laws in Western Australia', Vol. 9, 2007.

[8]        WA Department of Environment and Conservation, Nature Conservation Covenant Program, http://www.dec.wa.gov.au/content/view/120/453 (accessed 27.4.10).

[9]        Forest Practices Authority, Information on Land Clearing Controls in Tasmania, http://www.fpa.tas.gov.au/fileadmin/user_upload/PDFs/Botany/Land_Clearing_Information_Sheet_feb_08.pdf (accessed 27.4.10).

[10]      Nature Conservation Act 2002, subpara. 42(2)(c)(vb).

[11]      Mr C Armstrong, NSW Farmers' Association, Committee Hansard, 8.4.10, p. 49.

[12]      Mr R Bahnisch, Property Rights Australia, Committee Hansard, 9.4.10, p. 6.

[13]      Mr J Cotter, AgForce Queensland, Committee Hansard, 9.4.10, p. 42.

[14]      Name withheld, Submission 21, p. 2.

[15]      Coalition for Agricultural Productivity, Submission 11, p. 2.

[16]      NSW Farmers Association, Submission 236, p. 6; see also Australian Forest Growers, Submission 6, p. 4.

[17]      Growcom, Submission 10, p. 5.

[18]      WA Farmers Federation, Submission 4, p. 5.

[19]      Mr C Armstrong, National Farmers' Federation, Committee Hansard, 8.4.10, p. 36.

[20]      See for example, Name withheld, Submission 84, p. 1; Name withheld, Submission 213, p. 1.

[21]      Mr R and Mrs SColley, Submission 336, p. 2.

[22]      Mr K Jones, Submission 30, p. 1.

[23]      Mr C Armstrong, NSW Farmers' Association, Committee Hansard, 8.4.10, p. 39.

[24]      AgForce Queensland, Submission 7, p. 11.

[25]      AgForce Queensland, Submission 7, p. 11.

[26]      Mr L Manning, p&e Law, Committee Hansard, 9.4.10, p. 60.

[27]      p&e Law, Submission 5, p. 5.

[28]      p&e Law, Submission 5, p. 5.

[29]      p&e Law, Submission 5, p. 7.

[30]      Mr T Grosskopf, Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water, Committee Hansard, 8.4.10, p. 9.

[31]      ANEDO, Submission 3, p. 2.

[32]      ANEDO, Submission 3, pp 2–3.

[33]      ANEDO, Submission 3, p. 3.

[34]      Mr Ghanem, ANEDO, Committee Hansard, 8.4.10, p. 21.

[35]      Ms Walmsley, ANEDO, Committee Hansard, 8.4.10, p. 24.

[36]      Australian Forest Growers, Submission 6, p. 4.

[37]      Mr L Manning, p&e Law, Committee Hansard, 9.4.10, p.  56.

[38]      Mr L Manning, p&e Law, Committee Hansard, 9.4.10, p. 55.

[39]      Mr L Manning, p&e Law, Committee Hansard, 9.4.10, p. 62.

[40]      ANEDO, Submission 3, p. 4.

[41]      See for example, Mr Neville Brunt, Submission 32, p. 1; Environment Capital, Submission 202.

[42]      Mr Wade Bidstrup, Submission 39, p. 1.

[43]      NSW Farmers' Association, Submission 236, p. 7.

[44]      Mrs D Warm, National Farmers' Federation, Committee Hansard, 8.4.10, p. 54.

[45]      Mr Claude Cassegrain, Submission 345, p. 1.

[46]      Mr Strong, Committee Hansard, 8.4.10, pp 85– 86.

[47]      Australian Forest Growers, Submission 6, p. 4.

[48]      Mrs D Kerr, National Farmers' Federation, Committee Hansard, 8.4.10, p. 59.

[49]      Mr J Butcher, Submission 263, p. 3

[50]      NSW Farmers' Association, Submission 236, p. 7.

[51]      AgForce Queensland, Submission 7, p. 11.

[52]      p&e Law, Submission 5, p. 3.

[53]      NSW Farmers' Association, Submission 236, p. 6.

[54]      NSW Farmers' Association, Submission 236, p. 4.

[55]      Mr C Armstrong, National Farmers' Federation, Committee Hansard, 8.4.10, p. 37.

[56]      Productivity Commission, Impacts of Native Vegetation and Biodiversity Regulations, No. 29, 8 April 2004, p. XLIX.

[57]      Mr G Hewitt, Submission 105, p. 1.

[58]      NSW Farmers' Association, Submission 236, pp 5–6.

[59]      Mr C Armstrong, NSW Farmers' Association, Committee Hansard, 8.4.10, p. 36.

[60]      National Farmers' Federation, Submission 265, p. 30

[61]      National Farmers' Federation, Submission 265, p. 27.

[62]      Mr Denzel Clarke, Submission 216, p. 2.

[63]      Mr Angus Atkinson, Submission 335, p. 2.

[64]      Cobar Vegetation Management Committee, Submission 13, p. 3.

[65]      Australian Network of Environmental Defender's Offices, Submission 3, p. 2.

[66]      WA Farmers Federation, Submission 4, p. 5.

[67]      Australian Network of Environmental Defender's Offices, Submission 3, p. 4.

Chapter 5 - Conclusions and recommendations

[1]        Productivity Commission, Impacts of Native Vegetation and Biodiversity Regulations, 2004, p. XLIX.

Additional comments from Government Senators - Howard Government’s role in supporting anti land clearing laws

[1]        Statement to the Australian Senate, Senator Robert Hill, Minister for Environment and Heritage, 27 September 2001.

[2]        MPI on land clearing, Dr David Kemp, Minister for the Environment and Heritage, 26 November 2003

[3]        Statement to the Australian Senate, Senator Robert Hill, Minister for the Environment and Heritage, 27 September 2001

[4]        MPI on land clearing, Dr David Kemp, Minister for the Environment and Heritage, 26 November 2003.

[5]        Statement to the Australian Senate, Senator Robert Hill, Minister for the Environment and Heritage, 27 September 2001

[6]        Statement to the Australian Senate, Senator Robert Hill, Minister for the Environment and Heritage, 27 September 2001.

[7]        Transcript of Interview with Kerry O’Brien, the Hon Peter Costello MP, 7.30 Report, ABC TV, 6 June 2007

[8]        "Plan to End Broadscale Land Clearing" AAP, 15 October 2003.

[9]        Evidence submitted at Wagga Wagga hearing by Mr Max Rheese, Executive Director, Australian Environment Foundation

[10]      Transcript of Wagga Wagga hearing

[11]      ”Barnaby Joyce attacked over land use claim”, The Australian, 18 December 2009, accessed at http://www.theaustralian.com.au/politics/barnaby-joyce-attacked-over-land-use-claim/story-e6frgczf-12258115537771 (accessed 27 April 2010)

[12]      Leader of the Opposition, Press Conference, Parliament House, Canberra, 2 February 2010 accessed at http://liberal.org.au/latest-news/2010/02/02/Press-Conference-direct-action-on-climate-change,aspx (accessed on 25 April 2010)