Inquiry into the Forestry Marketing and Research and Development Services Bill 2007 and Forestry Marketing and Research and Development Services (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Bill 2007
Information about the Inquiry
On 10 May 2007, the Senate referred the
provisions of the above Bills to the Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and
Transport Committee for inquiry and report by 12 June 2007.
The Bill replaces the current Forest and Wood Products Research and
Development Corporation with a not-for-profit forestry industry services
company to provide marketing, research, development and other industry
services to the forest industry.
The Bill also provides the Minister with the authority to enter into a
funding contract with a company to enable it to administer levies, state
grower contractual payments, research and development and manage the
Commonwealth's matched funding for research and development expenditure.
The Bills, Explanatory Memoranda and Minister's second reading speech
may be accessed at http://parlinfoweb.aph.gov.au/piweb/browse.aspx?path=Legislation > Current Bills by Title > Forestry Marketing and Research and Development Services Bill 2007 and
http://parlinfoweb.aph.gov.au/piweb/browse.aspx?path=Legislation > Current Bills by Title > Forestry Marketing and Research and Development Services (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Bill 2007
Lodging submissions
Submissions are called for by 1 June 2007. Submissions become
Committee documents and are only made public after a decision by the
Committee documents and are only made public after a decision by the
Committee. Unauthorised release of submissions is not covered by
parliamentary privilege. The Committee prefers to receive submissions
electronically as an attached document - email:
rrat.sen@aph.gov.au Further assistance can be obtained by phoning the
secretariat on (02) 6277 3511.
Information relating to Senate Committee inquiries, including notes to
assist in preparation of submissions for a Committee, can be located on
the the Internet at
https://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/wit_sub/index.htm
The Committee intends to hold a public hearing in Canberra on 5 June
2007, subject to submissions received.
Inquiries from hearing and speech impaired people should be directed to the Parliament House TTY number (02) 6277 7799. Adobe also provides tools for the blind and visually impaired to access PDF documents. These tools are available at: http://access.adobe.com/. If you require any special arrangements in order to enable you to participate in a committee inquiry, please contact the committee secretary.
For further information, contact:
Committee Secretary
Senate Standing Committees on Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia
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