Footnotes

[1] Senate RRAT Committee, Committee Hansard, 25 May 2005, pp. 28-49

[2] Minutes of Private Meeting held on Friday, 27 May 2005, Parliament House, Canberra

[3] Submission 11, Growcom, p. 10

[4] The information regarding citrus canker included in this Chapter is based on material contained in the National Citrus Industry Biosecurity Plan: Pest Risk Review, Plant Health Australia, March 2004; the Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (Queensland) website, www.dpi.qld.gov.au/health and the United States Department of Agriculture's website, www.aphis.usda.gov/ppq/ep/citruscanker/background.html

[5] A plant (such as a tropical orchid or staghorn) that grows on another plant upon which it depends for mechanical support but not for nutrients

[6] An organism, especially a fungus or bacterium, that grows on and derives its nourishment from dead or decaying organic matter

[7] National Citrus Industry Biosecurity Plan: Pest Risk Review, Plant Health Australia, March 2004, p. 9

[8] Submission 12, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, p. 6

[9] Submission 12, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, p. 22

[10] Submission 12, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, p. 7

[11] Details of PLANTPLAN are at: http://www.planthealthaustralia.com.au/plantplan/files/asp

[12] Plant Health Australia, PLANTPLAN: Australian Emergency Plant Pest Response Plan, Version 1, July 2004, p. ii and p. 6

[13] Plant Health Australia, PLANTPLAN: Australian Emergency Plant Pest Response Plan, Version 1, July 2004, p. ix

[14] Submission 12, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, p. 14

12 Submission 12, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, p. 15

[15] Submission 12, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, p. 14

[16] Submission 12, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, p. 14

[17] Submission 12, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, p. 13

15 Plant Health Australia, PLANTPLAN: Australian Emergency Plant Pest Response Plan, Version 1, July 2004, p. ii and p. 6

16 Note: For full details about the Emergency Plant Pest Response Deed (EPPRD), see Plant Health Australia's website at: http://www.planthealthaustralia.com.au/project_documents/display_document.asp?category=15&ID=211

17 Submission 11, Growcom, p. 6

18 Submission 11, Growcom, p. 10

19 Plant Health Australia, PLANTPLAN: Australian Emergency Plant Pest Response Plan, Version 1, July 2004, p. 7

[18] Submission 12, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, p. 3

[19] Submission 12, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, p. 3

[20] Submission 12, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, p. 3

[21] Submission 12, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, p. 3

[22] Submission 12, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, p. 3

[23] Submission 12, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, p. 3

[24] See Note on the Florida Protocol, Appendix 3

22 Submission 12, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, p. 14

[25] Submission 11, Growcom, p. 6

[26] Submission 11, Growcom, p. 6

[27] Submission 11, Growcom, p. 6

25 Submission 12, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, p. 22

26 Submission 12, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, p. 22, Footnote No. 12

[28] 5 Submission 12, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, p. 22

26 Submission 12, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, p. 22, Footnote No. 12

[29] 6 Submission 12, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, p. 22, Footnote No. 12

[30] Ms Meryl Stanton, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Committee Hansard, 22 June 2005, p. 2

[31] Submission 12, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, p. 2

[32] Submission 12, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, p. 8

[33] Submission 12, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, p. 8

[34] Submission 9, Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Queensland, p. 8

[35] Answers to Questions on Notice put by the committee at Canberra Public Hearing, 22 June 2005, p. 4 and Submission 12, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, p. 2

[36] Mr Ienco, Committee Hansard, 15 June 2005, pp. 9, 25 and 29

[37] Mr Iddles, Committee Hansard, 28 June 2005, p. 2

[38] Mr Price, Committee Hansard, 15 June 2005, pp.19 and 29

[39] Mr Young, Committee Hansard, 22 June 2005, p. 3

[40] Mr Simpson, Committee Hansard, 15 June 2005, p. 48

[41] ABC National Rural News, Friday, 8 April 2005.

[42] Steve Watson, Affidavit dated 7 August 2001, Document No. 9 provided to the Committee by DAFF

[43] Submission 12, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, pp. 2 and 9 and Submission 9, Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Queensland, p. 9

[44] Submission 9, Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Queensland, p. 10

[45] Submission 12, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, p. 12

[46] Submission 9, Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Queensland, p. 12

[47] Note: The conditions being that he be given access to the details of the confidential Deed of Arrangement between AQIS and PCP, as well as the results of the tests done on all other properties.

[48] Mr J Pressler, Committee Hansard, 28 July 2005, p. 21

[49] Submission 9, Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Queensland, p. 11

[50] Submission 12, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, p. 12

[51] Submission 9, Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Queensland, p. 11

[52] Note: The Deed of Arrangement was finally made public only in July 2004

[53] Submission 12, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, p.3

[54] Ms J Gordon, Committee Hansard, 1 March 2006, p. 14

[55] Submission 1, Queensland Citrus Growers Inc, p. 3

[56] Submission 12, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, p. 9

[57] Submission 12, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, p. 9

[58] Dr Roberts, Committee Hansard, 22 June 2005, p. 10

[59] Ms Stanton, Committee Hansard, 22 June 2005, p. 16

[60] Mr Price, Committee Hansard, 15 June 2005, pp. 19 and 20

[61] Mr Iddles, Committee Hansard, 28 June 2005, p. 6

[62] Tabled document, Advice dated 14 February 2006, from the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions to Mr A Young, Manager, AQIS Compliance and Investigations, Qld

[63] Note: It is worth noting that while PCP was challenging all of AQIS' actions in court, it was also seeking support from QDPI to assist it in having the quarantine removed, (see Submission 9, Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Queensland, p. 8)

[64] Submission 12, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, p. 11

[65] Submission 12, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, p. 11

[66] Answers provided to AQIS02 and AQIS04, Questions on Notice, Budget Estimates, 25 and 26 May 2005, pp. 19 and 21

[67] Answer provided to AQIS 04, Questions on Notice, Budget Estimates, 25 and 26 May 2005, p. 21

[68] Submission 11 Growcom, pp. 5 and 11

[69] Submission 11 Growcom, p. 11

[70] Submission 11, Growcom, p. 11

[71] See, for example, Queensland Citrus Growers, Committee Hansard, 15 June 2005, Growcom, Committee Hansard, 15 June 2005 and Mr J. Pressler, 2PH Farms, Committee Hansard, 28 July 2005

[72] Submission 2, Australian Citrus Growers, p. 17

[73] Submission 11, Growcom, p. 11

[74] Submission 9, Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Queensland, pp. 42-43

[75] Submission 11, Growcom, p. 5 and 12

[76] Submission 1A, Queensland Citrus Growers Inc, pp. 5 and 6

[77] Submission 11, Growcom, p. 6

[78] Submission 11, Growcom, p. 6

[79] Submission 1A, Queensland Citrus Growers, p. 6

[80] Submission 2, Australian Citrus Growers, p. 11

[81] Submission 11, Growcom, p. 11

[82] Submission 1A, Queensland Citrus Growers, p. 6

[83] Submission 12, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, p. 17

[84] Submission 9, Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Queensland, p. 35

[85] Submission 12, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, p. 17

[86] Submission 9, Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Queensland, p. 30, and Submission 11, Growcom, Appendix B, p.14

[87] Submission 9, Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Queensland, p. 30

[88] Submission 9, Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Queensland, p. 30

[89] Submission 11, Growcom, Appendix B, p.14

[90] Mr Nick Ulcoq, Queensland Citrus Growers, Committee Hansard, 15 June 2005, p. 45

[91] Submission 5, 2PH Farms, Annexure A, p. 3

[92] Submission 5, 2PH Farms, p. 4

[93] Mr Nick Ulcoq, Queensland Citrus Growers, Committee Hansard, 15 June 2005, p. 45

[94] Media Release, Fight against citrus canker succeeding, 10 February 2006, p. 1

[95] Mr Craig Edmonston, Committee Hansard, 28 July 2005, p. 45

[96] Mr Joe Cordoma, Cordoma Farms, Committee Hansard, 28 July 2005, p. 29

12 Submission 6, Cordoma Farms, p. 1

[97] Submission 6, Cordoma Farms, p. 1

[98] Submission 6, Cordoma Farms, p. 1

[99] Mr Maurice Iddles, Selma Citrus, Committee Hansard, 28 July 2005, p. 2

[100] Mr Maurice Iddles, Selma Citrus, Committee Hansard, 28 July 2005, p. 3

[101] Media Release, Minister Announces Package for Emerald Citrus Growers, Queensland Government, 10 August 2005, p. 2

[102] Website: Queensland Rural Adjustment Authority – www.qraa.qld.gov.au and Submission 9, Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Queensland, p. 32

[103] Submission 9, Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Queensland, p. 32

[104] Submission 9, Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Queensland, p. 32

[105] Submission 9, Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Queensland, pp. 31 and 32

[106] Media Release, Minister Announces Package for Emerald Citrus Growers, Queensland Government, 10 August 2005, p. 1

[107] Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Canker Community Newsletter, Issue No. 3, 23 September 2005, p. 2

[108] Submission 12, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, p. 2

[109] Mr Ferdinando (Fred) Ienco, Committee Hansard, 15 June 2005, p. 2

[110] Mr Ferdinando (Fred) Ienco, Committee Hansard, 15 June 2005, p. 2

[111] Note: For example, it took over one month before a statement was sought from the informant, Mr Wayne Gillies. [Affidavit from Mr Stephen Ronald Watson, AQIS Compliance Officer, dated 7 August 2001, tendered in the Federal Court of Australia, p 2, Tabled Documents (DAFF)]

5 Submission 12, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, p. 11

6 Ms Gordon, Committee Hansard, 1 March 2006 p. 14

7 Affidavit from Mr Stephen Ronald Watson, AQIS Compliance Officer, dated 7 August 2001, tendered in the Federal Court of Australia, p 2, Tabled Documents (DAFF)

8 Submission 12, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, p. 9

[112] Mr Adriaansen, Committee Hansard, 12 August 2005, p. 17

[113] Mr Adriaansen, Committee Hansard, 12 August 2005, p. 17

[114] Mr Adriaansen, Committee Hansard, 12 August 2005, p. 17

[115] Mr Adriaansen, Committee Hansard, 12 August 2005, p. 17

[116] Mr Adriaansen, Committee Hansard, 12 August 2005, p. 17

[117] Affidavit from Mr Stephen Ronald Watson, AQIS Compliance Officer, dated 7 August 2001, tendered in the Federal Court of Australia, p 8., Tabled Documents (DAFF)

[118] Dr Vanessa Brake, Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry, Committee Hansard, 22 June 2005, p.12

[119] Deed of Arrangement between Pacific Century Production Pty Ltd and Commonwealth of Australia, dated 22 October 2001, see daff.gov.au/corporate_docs/publications/pdf/quarantine/pr/pacific_century.pdf

[120] Answer provided to AQIS02, Question on Notice, Budget Estimates, 25 and 26 May 2005

[121] Dr Vanessa Brake, Committee Hansard 22 June 2005, p.16 and Mr Young, Committee Hansard, 22 June 2005, p. 15

[122] Mrs Ransom, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Committee Hansard, 22 June 2005, p. 19

14 Submission 2, Australian Citrus Growers Inc. p. 4 (quoting Gottwald et al. 2002)

[123] Submission 9, Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Queensland, p. 39

[124] Submission 9, Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Queensland, p. 39

[125] Submission 11, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, p. 18

[126] Submission 1, Queensland Citrus Growers, p. 2

[127] Submission 9, Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Queensland, p. 36

[128] Florida Dept of Agriculture and Consumer Services – Division of Plant Industry, Comprehensive Report on Citrus Canker Eradication Program in Florida through 14 January 2006, p. 3

[129] Quote from Submission 2, Australian Citrus Growers Inc., p. 4