Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]        Journals of the Senate, 14 February 2008, p. 145.

 

Chapter 2 - Industry structure and regulation

[1]        Committee Hansard, 14 November 2008, p. 12.

[2]        Submission 3, Hi Fert pp 5-6; Submission 26, IPL, Annexure 3.

[3]        Hi Fert, Correspondence, dated 7 August 2008.

[4]        FIFA, Fertilizer Industry Environment Report 2006, (FIFA, 2008), p. 12. Hereafter referred to as FIFA report 2006.

[5]        Submission 26, IPL, pp 2-3.

[6]        Submission 35, DAFF, pp 5-6.

[7]        Submission 35, DAFF, p. 6.

[8]        FIFA, 'Fertilizer prices continue to rise', Media Release, 5 February 2008.

[9]        Submission 26, IPL, p. 9.

[10]      Mr  James Whiteside, IPL, Committee Hansard, 23 July 2008, p. 15; Submission 26, IPL, p. 10.

[11]      Information provided by CSBP Ltd.

[12]      ACCC Examination of Fertiliser Prices, July 2008, p. 10.

[13]      ACCC report, pp 10-11.

[14]      IBISWorld characterises 'high' industry concentration as situations where the top four players account for over 70 per cent or more of turnover. See IBISWorld, Correspondence, dated 4 August 2008.

[15]      IBISWorld, Fertiliser Manufacturing in Australia, November 2007, p. 9.

[16]      ACCC report, p. 8.

[17]      IBISWorld report, pp 24, 30 and Correspondence, dated 5 August 2008. Southern Cross Fertilisers, now owned by IPL, had an estimated market share of 12-15 per cent in 2005.

[18]      IBISWorld report, p. 24.

[19]      Submission 26, IPL, p. 2.

[20]      Submission 26, IPL, p. 10.

[21]      Submission 26, IPL, Annexure 4; Submission 3, Hi Fert, pp 7-8.

[22]      Submission 3, Hi Fert, pp 3-4,7.

[23]      Submission 3, Hi Fert, p. 16.

[24]      Submission 3, Hi Fert, pp 7-8.

[25]      Submission 26, IPL, Annexure 4; Submission 3, Hi Fert, pp 8-9.

[26]      Submission 3, Hi Fert, pp 8-9; Submission 26, IPL, pp 25-27.

[27]      FIFA report 2006, p. 22.

[28]      N – nitrogen; P – phosphorus; S – sulphur; K – potassium; Ca – calcium.

[29]      FIFA report 2006, p. 14.

[30]      FIFA, Fertilizer Regulation & Importation, April 2007.

[31]      WA Department of Agriculture and Food, Correspondence, dated 28 October 2008.

[32]      Advice from state agriculture departments.

[33]      IBISWorld report, p. 17.

[34]      IBISWorld report, p. 18.

[35]      Gerald Ryle, 'Fertiliser companies now police themselves', Sydney Morning Herald, 7 May 2002.

[36]      WA Department of Agriculture and Food, Correspondence, dated 28 October 2008.

[37]      FIFA, Fertilizer Regulation & Importation, April 2007; IBISWorld report, pp 17-18.

[38]      The Fertilizer Working Group reports to the Primary Industries Standing Committee. This committee reports to the Primary Industries Ministerial Council.

[39]      The Working Group is currently involved in a project with the CSIRO examining the issue of contaminants in fertilisers.

[40]      Advice from DAFF, 7 November 2008.

[41]      FIFA, Draft Code of Practice for Fertilizer Description and Labelling, August 2008.

 

Chapter 3 - Competition issues and market distortions

[1]        Submission 20, NFF, p. 8.

[2]        Submission 27, Australian Cane Farmers Association, p. 1.

[3]        Submission 9, Bookham Agricultural Bureau, pp 1-2.

[4]        Mr Rodney Abbott, Australian Fertiliser Services Association, Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 28.

[5]        Submission 18, CANEGROWERS Isis, p. 2.

[6]        Mr Trevor De Landgrafft, WAFarmers, Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 64.

[7]        Submission 14, PGA Western Graingrowers, p. 1.

[8]        Mr Michael Fels, WAFarmers, Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 64.

[9]        Submission 18, CANEGROWERS Isis, pp 1-2; Mr Geoffrey McCarthy, CANEGROWERS Isis, Committee Hansard, 23 July 2008, pp 61-62.

[10]      Submission 18, CANEGROWERS Isis, p. 2.

[11]      A cartel is an organisation of independent firms which has as its aim some form of restrictive influence on the production or sale of a commodity.

[12]      Submission 22, Peter & Yvonne Abel, p. 2.

[13]      Submission 22, Peter & Yvonne Abel, p. 2.

[14]      Submission 34, Ms Margaret Menzel, p. 2.

[15]      Submission 24, AgForce Grains, p. 14.

[16]      Submission 14, PGA Western Graingrowers, p. 1.

[17]      ACCC, 'Acquirer: Incitec Ltd; Target: Pivot Limited', 16 October 2002, cited in ACCC, Correspondence, 24 April 2008. See also Mr Tim Grimwade, ACCC, Committee Hansard, 14 November 2008, p. 29.

[18]      ACCC, 'Incitec Pivot Limited – proposed acquisition of Southern Cross Fertilisers Pty Limited', 26 July 2006, cited in ACCC, Correspondence, 24 April 2008. See also Mr Tim Grimwade, ACCC, Committee Hansard, 14 November 2008, pp 29-30.

[19]      Mr Tim Grimwade, ACCC, Committee Hansard, 14 November 2008, p. 30.

[20]      Mr Tim Grimwade, ACCC, Committee Hansard, 14 November 2008, p. 30.

[21]      ACCC, 'ACCC not to oppose proposed acquisition of Dyno Nobel Limited by Incitec Pivot Limited', News Release, 15 May 2008.

[22]      Submission 26, IPL, p. 10.

[23]      Submission 26, IPL, p. 10.

[24]      Mr James Whiteside, IPL, Committee Hansard, 23 July 2008, pp 15-16.

[25]      IBISWorld, Fertiliser Manufacturing in Australia, November 2007, p. 16.

[26]      Submission 20, NFF, p. 10.

[27]      Submission 20, NFF, p. 10.

[28]      Mr Rodney Abbott, Australian Fertiliser Services Association, Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 37. See also Submission 5, Australian Fertiliser Services Association, p. 2.

[29]      Submission 4, NSW Farmers Association, p. 5.

[30]      M Alexander Laurie, NSW Farmers Association, Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 16.

[31]      Submission 36, Mr Dean Brown, p. 1; Mr Dean Brown, Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, pp 2, 7.

[32]      Submission 33, Mr Tony Hedges, p. 1.

[33]      Submission 4, NSW Farmers Association, p. 5. See also Mr Alexander Laurie, NSW Farmers Association, Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 14.

[34]      Mr James Whiteside, IPL, Committee Hansard, 23 July 2008, p. 14.

[35]      Mr Jamie Rintel, IPL, Committee Hansard, 23 July 2008, p. 20.

[36]      Mr Jamie Rintel, IPL, Committee Hansard, 23 July 2008, p. 21.

[37]      IPL, Correpondence, 7 October 2008.

[38]      Mr Jamie Rintel, IPL, Committee Hansard, 23 July 2008, p. 41.

[39]      Mr James Whiteside, IPL, Committee Hansard, 23 July 2008, p. 34.

[40]      IPL, Correspondence, 7 October 2008.

[41]      ACCC Examination of Fertiliser Prices, July 2008, pp 26-27.

[42]      Mr Trevor De Landgrafft, WAFarmers, Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 64.  See also Mr John Hall, Hall Farms Pty Ltd, Committee Hansard, 23 July 2008, p. 9.

[43]      See, for example, Mr John Hall, Hall Farms Pty Ltd, Committee Hansard, 23 July 2008, p. 12.

[44]      Mr Alexander Laurie, NSW Farmers Association, Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 22.

[45]      Mr James Whiteside, IPL, Committee Hansard, 23 July 2008, p. 14.

[46]      ACCC report, p. 26.

[47]      Submission 4, NSW Farmers Association, pp 5-6.

[48]      Mr Alexander Laurie, NSW Farmers Association, Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 15.

[49]      Mr Alexander Laurie, NSW Farmers Association, Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 14.

[50]      Submission 5, Australian Fertiliser Services Association, p. 2.

[51]      Mr Rodney Abbott, Australian Fertiliser Services Association, Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 26.

[52]      Submission 5, Australian Fertiliser Services Association, p. 2.

[53]      Submission 26, IPL, pp 10-11.

[54]      Mr Jamie Rintell/Mr James Whiteside, IPL, Committee Hansard, 23 July 2008, pp 30-31.

[55]      Mr James Whiteside, IPL, Committee Hansard, 23 July 2008, p. 41.

[56]      Submission 36, Mr Dean Brown, pp 1-4.

[57]      Submission 36, Mr Dean Brown, pp 2-3; Mr Dean Brown, Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 2.

[58]      Mr Dean Brown, Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 2.

[59]      Farmer E, cited by Mr Dean Brown, Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 3.

[60]      Mr Dean Brown, Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 10.

[61]      Mr Dean Brown, Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 10.

[62]      Mr James Whiteside, IPL, Committee Hansard, 23 July 2008, p. 14.

[63]      Mr Terence Fishpool, Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, pp 50-51, 54-55.

[64]      Mr Terence Fishpool, Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 50.

[65]      Mr Terence Fishpool, Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, pp 50-51.

[66]      Mr Alexander Laurie, NSW Farmers Association, Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 16.

[67]      ACCC report, p 27.

[68]      Mr Brian Cassidy/Mr Mark Pearson, ACCC, Committee Hansard, 14 November 2008, pp 32-34.

[69]      Mr Andrew Helps, Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 48.

[70]      Mr Paul Duckett, Committee Hansard, 23 July 2008, p. 5.

[71]      The Hon Bob Katter MP, Committee Hansard, 11 November 2008, p. 26.

[72]      Mr Brian Cassidy, ACCC, Committee Hansard, 14 November 2008, p. 41.

[73]      Submission 9, Bookham Agricultural Bureau, p. 2. See also Submission 12, Mr Sam Nucifora, p. 1; Submission 43, Mr Peter Schwarz, p. 1.

[74]      Mr Brian Cassidy, ACCC, Committee Hansard, 14 November 2008, p. 17.

[75]      www.accc.gov.au (accessed 12 November 2008).