Footnotes
Chapter 1 - Introduction
[1]
Commonwealth of Australia, Journals of the Senate, 22 March 2012,
p. 2352.
[2]
Senate Selection of Bills Committee, Report No. 4 of 2012,
Appendix 15.
[3]
Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee
website, Wheat Export Marketing Amendment Bill 2012, www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate_Committees?url=rrat_ctte/wheat_export_2012/hearings/index.htm, accessed
21 May 2012.
[4]
See House of Representatives Standing Committee on Agriculture,
Resources, Fisheries and Forestry website, Wheat Export Marketing Amendment Bill
2012, www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/House_of_Representatives_Committees?url=arff/wheat/index.htm,
accessed 21 May 2012.
[5]
Explanatory Memorandum, Wheat Export Marketing Amendment Bill 2012, p.
2, http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query%3DId%3A%22legislation%2Fbillhome%2Fr4783%22,
accessed 12 April 2012.
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Senate Standing Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Committee, Exposure
drafts of the Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008 and the Wheat Export Marketing
(Repeal and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008, April 2008, www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate_Committees?url=rrat_ctte/wheat_2008/index.htm,
accessed 26 March 2012.
[7]
Productivity Commission, Wheat Export Marketing
Arrangements, Productivity Commission Inquiry Report No. 51, July 2010, p.
45.
[8]
Senate Standing Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Committee, Exposure
drafts of the Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008 and the Wheat Export Marketing
(Repeal and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008, April 2008, p. 1.
[9]
Senate Standing Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Committee, Exposure
drafts of the Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008 and the Wheat Export Marketing
(Repeal and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008, April 2008, pp 5–11.
[10]
Senate Standing Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Committee, Exposure
drafts of the Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008 and the Wheat Export Marketing
(Repeal and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008, April 2008, pp 57–58. Liberal
party senators agreed with the report's recommendations but made additional
comments whereas National Party senators and the Country Liberal Party senator
for the Northern Territory dissented from the report's recommendations.
[11]
Senator the Hon Nick Sherry, Minister for Superannuation and Corporate
Law, Second Reading Speech, Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008 and Wheat Export
Marketing (Repeal and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008, Senate Hansard,
16 June 2011, pp 2130–5.
[12]
The Allen Consulting Group, Competition in the export grain supply
chain: access and information asymmetries, Report to AWB Limited, March
2008, p. 19 and Productivity Commission, Wheat Export Marketing Arrangements,
Productivity Commission Inquiry Report No. 51, July 2010, p. 44.
[13]
Wheat Exports Australia, Report for Growers 2010/11, p. 28.
[14]
Wheat Exports Australia, Register of Accredited Exporters, www.wea.gov.au/wheatexports/
RegisterOfAccreditedWheatExporters.htm, accessed 21 May 2012.
[15]
Wheat Exports Australia, Report for Growers 2010/11, p. 28.
[16]
Wheat Exports Australia, Report for Growers 2010/11, p. 28.
[17]
Productivity Commission, Wheat Export Marketing Arrangements,
Productivity Commission Inquiry Report No. 51, July 2010, pp iv–v, www.pc.gov.au/projects/inquiry/wheatexport
accessed 26 March 2012; and Journals of the Senate, No. 9, Tuesday 16
November 2010, p. 294.
[18]
The Trade Practices Act 1974 has been replaced by the Competition
and Consumer Act 2010.
[19]
Productivity Commission, Wheat Export Marketing Arrangements,
Productivity Commission Inquiry Report No. 51, July 2010, p. 2. The
Productivity Commission report and the government response can be found at www.pc.gov.au/projects/inquiry/wheatexport.
[20]
Australian Government, Australian Government response to the
Productivity Commission recommendations on wheat export marketing arrangements,
23 September 2011, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Senator the
Hon. Joe Ludwig, p. 1, www.daff.gov.au/
agriculture-food/crops/wheat/government-response-to-the-productivity-commission-recommendations-on-wheat-export-marketing-arrangements,
accessed 8 March 2012.
[21]
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Frequently Asked
Questions–Wheat Export Marketing Arrangements, Productivity Commission Report
into Wheat Export Marketing Arrangements – the Government Response, 30
September 2011, p. 2, www.daff.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0016/2021713/faqs.pdf,
accessed 21 March 2012.
[22]
Australian Government, Australian Government response to the
Productivity Commission recommendations on wheat export marketing arrangements,
23 September 2011, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Senator the
Hon. Joe Ludwig, p. 1.
[23]
Australian Government, Australian Government response to the
Productivity Commission recommendations on wheat export marketing arrangements,
23 September 2011, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Senator the
Hon. Joe Ludwig, p. 1.
[24]
Australian Government, Australian Government response to the
Productivity Commission recommendations on wheat export marketing arrangements,
23 September 2011, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Senator the
Hon. Joe Ludwig, p. 1.
[25]
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Frequently
Asked Questions – Wheat Export Marketing Arrangements, Productivity Commission
Report into Wheat Export Marketing Arrangements – the Government Response,
30 September 2011, www.daff.gov.au/agriculture-food/crops/wheat/government-response-to-the-productivity-commission-recommendations-on-wheat-export-marketing-arrangements/frequently_asked_questions,
accessed 28 March 2012, p. 4.
[26]
Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References
Committee, Operational issues in export grain networks, April 2012, https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees
/Senate_Committees?url=rrat_ctte/grains_2011/index.htm, accessed 16 May 2012.
[27]
Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee, Operational
issues in export grain networks, April 2012, p. 1, www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/
Senate_Committees?url=rrat_ctte/grains_2011/index.htm, accessed 16 May
2012.
[28]
Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee, Operational
issues in export grain networks, April 2012, pp 97 –101, www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate_Committees?url=rrat_ctte/grains_2011/index.htm,
accessed 16 May 2012.
[29]
Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee, Operational
issues in export grain networks, April 2012, p xi, www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/
Senate_Committees?url=rrat_ctte/grains_2011/index.htm, accessed 16 May
2012.
Chapter 2 - Key provisions
[1]
The Allen Consulting Group, Competition in the export grain supply
chain: access and information asymmetries, Report to AWB Limited, March
2008, p. 19; and Productivity Commission, Wheat Export Marketing
Arrangements, Productivity Commission Inquiry Report No. 51, July 2010, p.
44.
[2]
Australian Government, Australian Government response to the
Productivity Commission recommendations on wheat export marketing arrangements,
23 September 2011, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Senator the
Hon. Joe Ludwig, p. 1, www.daff.gov.au/
agriculture-food/crops/wheat/government-response-to-the-productivity-commission-
recommendations-on-wheat-export-marketing-arrangements, accessed 21 May
2012.
[3]
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Productivity
Commission Report into Wheat Export Marketing Arrangements – the Government
Response – Frequently Asked Questions, 30 September 2011, p. 2, www.daff.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0016/2021713/faqs.pdf,
accessed 22 May 2012.
[4]
Mr Sid Sidebottom MP, Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, Fisheries
and Forestry, Second Reading Speech, Wheat Export Marketing Amendment Bill
2012, House of Representatives Hansard, 21 March 2012, pp 3697–3698, http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22chamber%2Fhansardr%2Fcd08e91c-1ffc-4955-a61a-1a9087358780%2F0040%22,
accessed 21 May 2012.
[5]
Explanatory Memorandum, Wheat Export Marketing Amendment Bill 2012, p.
2.
[6]
Explanatory Memorandum, Wheat Export Marketing Amendment Bill 2012, p.
2.
[7]
Explanatory Memorandum, Wheat Export Marketing Amendment Bill 2012, p.
16.
[8]
Explanatory Memorandum, Wheat Export Marketing Amendment Bill 2012, pp
19–22.
[9]
Explanatory Memorandum, Wheat Export Marketing Amendment Bill 2012, p.
18.
[10]
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Productivity
Commission Report into Wheat Export Marketing Arrangements – the Government
Response – Frequently Asked Questions, 30 September 2011, p. 3, www.daff.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0016/2021713/faqs.pdf,
accessed 22 May 2012.
[11]
Wheat Export Marketing Act 2008, subsection 8(2).
[12]
Wheat Export Marketing Act 2008, subsection 7(5) and Part 8.
[13]
Wheat Export Marketing Act 2008, subsection 20(2).
[14]
Wheat Export Marketing Act 2008, section 19.
[15]
Wheat Export Marketing Act 2008, subsections 7(1A) and 7(2).
[16]
Explanatory Memorandum, Wheat Export Marketing Amendment Bill 2012, p. 6.
[17]
Explanatory Memorandum, Wheat Export Marketing Amendment Bill 2012, pp
6–15.
[18]
Wheat Export Marketing Amendment Bill 2012, Schedule 1, Part 2, proposed
subsection 7(1).
[19]
Explanatory Memorandum, Wheat Export Marketing Amendment Bill 2012, p. 6.
[20]
Wheat Export Marketing Amendment Bill 2012, Schedule 1, Part 2, proposed
subsection 7(2).
[21]
Wheat Export Marketing Amendment Bill 2012, Schedule 1, Part 2, proposed
subsection 7(4).
[22]
Explanatory Memorandum, Wheat Export Marketing Amendment Bill 2012, pp
8–9.
[23]
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Access Undertakings,
undated, www.accc.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/827944,
accessed 22 May 2012.
[24]
Explanatory Memorandum, Wheat Export Marketing
Amendment Bill 2012, p. 9.
[25]
Explanatory Memorandum, Wheat Export Marketing Amendment Bill 2012, p. 13,
see also new Division 2 in Part 3 of Schedule 1.
[26]
Explanatory Memorandum, Wheat Export Marketing Amendment Bill 2012, p. 12.
See also Division 1 in Part 3 of Schedule 1.
[27]
Wheat Export Marketing Amendment Bill 2012, Schedule 2, Items 24, 25, 30,
31, 32, 33 and 37 and Explanatory Memorandum, Wheat Export Marketing Amendment
Bill 2012, pp 17– 21.
[28]
Explanatory Memorandum, Wheat Export Marketing Amendment Bill 2012, p. 21.
[29]
Explanatory Memorandum, Wheat Export Marketing Amendment Bill 2012, p. 5.
[30]
Wheat Exports Australia, Wheat Export Charge, undated, www.wea.gov.au/wheatexports
/WheatExportCharge.htm, accessed 23 May 2012.
[31]
Explanatory Memorandum, Wheat Export Marketing Amendment Bill 2012, p. 18.
[32]
Wheat Export Marketing Amendment Bill 2012, Schedule 2, Item 15.
[33]
Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Amendment Regulation 2012 (No. 1),
clause 1 and Schedule 1.
[34]
Explanatory Memorandum, Wheat Export Marketing Amendment Bill 2012, p. 22.
[35]
Wheat Export Marketing Amendment Bill 2012, Schedule 1, proposed
subsection 12(2).
[36]
See for example Mr Angus Trigg, Director, Government and Media Relations,
GrainCorp, Committee Hansard, 14 May 2012, p. 16; Mr Richard Codling,
General Counsel, CBH Group, Committee Hansard, 14 May 2012, pp 18–19; Ms
Fiona Simson, President, NSW Farmers' Association, Committee Hansard, 14
May 2012, p. 26.
[37]
Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Act 2011, section 8.
[38]
Explanatory Memorandum, Wheat Export Marketing Amendment Bill 2012, pp
3–4.
[39]
Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Alert Digest No. 5 of
2012, 9 May 2012, pp 37–39, www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate_Committees?
url=scrutiny/alerts/2012/d05.pdf, accessed 4 June 2012.
Chapter 3 - Overview of the Australian wheat industry
[1]
Wheat Exports Australia, Report for Growers 2010–11, p. 4, www.wea.gov.au/ReportFor
Growers.php, accessed 24 May 2012. Of the 18.5 million tonnes exported,
16.3 million tonnes were exported in bulk to 36 countries.
[2]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Composition of Trade
Australia 2010–11, p. 27, www.dfat.gov.au/publications/stats-pubs/cot-fy-2010-11.pdf,
accessed 24 May 2012.
[3]
Wheat Exports Australia, Report for Growers 2010–11, p. 6.
[4]
Wheat Exports Australia, Report for Growers 2010–11, p. 5.
[5]
Wheat Exports Australia, Submission 12, p. 2.
[6]
Wheat Exports Australia, Report for Growers 2010–11, p. 20.
[7]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Composition of Trade
Australia 2010–11, p. 3.
[8]
Wheat Exports Australia, Report for Growers 2010–11, p. 5.
[9]
The Allen Consulting Group, Competition in the export grain supply
chain: access and information asymmetries, Report to AWB Limited, March
2008, p. 19; and Productivity Commission, Wheat Export Marketing
Arrangements, Productivity Commission Inquiry Report No. 51, July 2010, p.
44.
[10]
Productivity Commission, Wheat Export Marketing Arrangements,
Productivity Commission Inquiry Report No. 51, July 2010, p. 2.
[11]
Wheat Exports Australia, Submission 12, p. 2.
[12]
Wheat Quality Australia, About Us, www.wheatclassificationcouncil.com.au/info/
wheatqualityaustralia/aboutus#role, accessed 24 May 2012.
[13]
Grain Trade Australia, About Grain Trade Australia, www.graintrade.org.au/About_GTA,
accessed 31 May 2012.
[14]
Parts of this section are drawn from the Senate Regional and Rural Affairs
and Transport Reference Committee's report on Operational Issues in Export
Grain Networks, April 2012, pp 9–12.
[15]
Productivity Commission, Wheat Export Marketing Arrangements,
Productivity Commission Inquiry Report No. 51, July 2010, p. 66.
[16]
Productivity Commission, Wheat Export Marketing Arrangements,
Productivity Commission Inquiry Report No. 51, July 2010, p. 253–4.
[17]
Productivity Commission, Wheat Export Marketing Arrangements,
Productivity Commission Inquiry Report No. 51, July 2010, pp 66–7.
[18]
Productivity Commission, Wheat Export Marketing Arrangements,
Productivity Commission Inquiry Report No. 51, July 2010, pp 66–7.
[19]
Productivity Commission, Wheat Export Marketing Arrangements,
Productivity Commission Inquiry Report No. 51, July 2010, pp 67, 256 and 263.
[20]
Productivity Commission, Wheat Export Marketing Arrangements,
Productivity Commission Inquiry Report No. 51, July 2010, pp 255–6.
[21]
Productivity Commission, Wheat Export Marketing Arrangements,
Productivity Commission Inquiry Report No. 51, July 2010, pp 263–4.
[22]
Wheat Exports Australia, Report for Growers 2010/2011, p. 12; and Productivity Commission, Wheat Export Marketing
Arrangements, Productivity Commission Inquiry Report No. 51,
July 2010, p. 66.
[23]
Wheat Exports Australia, Report for Growers 2010/2011, p. 12.
[24]
Wheat Exports Australia, Report for Growers 2010/2011, p. 25.
[25]
Wheat Exports Australia, Report for Growers 2010/2011, p. 25.
Chapter 4 - Key issues
[1]
Australian Grain Exporters Association, Submission 3, p. 1.
[2]
Australian Grain Exporters Association, Submission 3, p. 2.
[3]
Emerald Group Australia Pty Ltd, Submission 4, p. 1.
[4]
Emerald Group Australia Pty Ltd, Submission 4, p. 1.
[5]
GrainCorp Operations Limited, Submission 10, pp 5–7.
[6]
Mr Nigel Hart, Group General Manager, Storage and Logistics Group,
GrainCorp Operations Limited, and Mr Angus Trigg, Director, Media Relations,
GrainCorp Operations Limited, Committee Hansard, 14 May 2012, p. 12.
[7]
Viterra Limited, Submission 13, p. 5.
[8]
Viterra Limited, Submission 13, p. 7.
[9]
CBH Group, Submission 14, p. 1.
[10]
Pastoralists and Graziers Association of WA (Inc), Submission 15,
p. 1.
[11]
Grain Growers Limited, Submission 8, p. 3.
[12]
For example, South Australian Farmers Federation, Submission 5, p.
1, Grain Producers Australia, Submission 6, p. 15 and NSW Farmers'
Association, Submission 11, pp 10–11.
[13]
For example, NSW Farmer's Association, Submission 11, pp 12–13,
Victorian Farmers Federation Grains Group, Submission 9, p. 3 and Grain
Producers South Australia, Submission 17, p. 2.
[14]
For example, Grain Producers Australia, Submission 6, pp 1–2 and Grain
Producers South Australia, Submission 17, p. 1.
[15]
For example, Grain Producers Australia, Submission 6, pp 13–14,
Victorian Farmers Federation Grains Group, Submission 9, p. 3 and NSW
Farmers' Association, Submission 11, pp 7–9.
[16]
Grain Producers Australia, Submission 6, p. 2.
[17]
Grain Producers Australia, Submission 6, pp 2–3.
[18]
Grain Producers Australia, Submission 6, p. 1.
[19]
Grain Producers Australia, Submission 6, p. 15.
[20]
Mr Peter Mailler, Chairman, Grain Producers Australia, Committee
Hansard, 14 May 2012, p. 32.
[21]
South Australian Farmers Federation, Submission 5, p. 2.
[22]
Grain Producers SA Limited, Submission 17, p. 1.
[23]
Mr Wayne Newton, President, AgForce Queensland Industrial Union of
Employers, Committee Hansard, 14 May 2012, p. 27.
[24]
Mr Andrew Weidemann, Grains Group President, Victorian Farmer's
Federation, Committee Hansard, 14 May 2012, p. 27.
[25]
NSW Farmers' Association, Submission 11, p. 12.
[26]
Mr Graeme Foote, McCauley Dalton and Company, Submission 1, p. 1.
[27]
Mr Ron MacPherson, Submission 7, p. 1.
[28]
Wheat Exports Australia, Submission 12, p. 9.
[29]
Wheat Exports Australia, Submission 12, Attachment B, p. 1.
[30]
Mr Peter Woods, Chief Executive Officer, Wheat Exports Australia, Committee
Hansard, 14 May 2012, p. 2.
[31]
Explanatory Memorandum, Wheat Export Marketing Amendment Bill 2012, p. 2.
[32]
Grain Trade Australia, Port Access Voluntary Code of Conduct, www.graintrade.org.au/
node/499, accessed 30 May 2012.
[33]
Emerald Group Pty Ltd, Submission 4, p. 1.
[34]
Viterra Limited, Submission 13, pp 6–7.
[35]
CBH Group, Submission 14, p. 2.
[36]
Victorian Farmers Federation Grains Group, Submission 9, p. 4.
[37]
NSW Farmers' Association, Submission 11, p. 12.
[38]
Mr Nigel Hart, Group General Manager, Storage and Logistics Group,
GrainCorp Operations Limited, Committee Hansard, 14 May 2012, pp 15–16.
[39]
Ms Fiona Simson, President, NSW Farmers' Association, Committee Hansard,
14 May 2012, p. 29.
[40]
Mr Mark Pearson, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Regulation, Australian
Competition and Consumer Commission, Committee Hansard, 14 May 2012, p.
51.
[41]
Mr Mark Pearson, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Regulation, Australian
Competition and Consumer Commission, Committee Hansard, 14 May 2012, p.
52.
[42]
Mr Mark Pearson, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Regulation, Australian
Competition and Consumer Commission, Committee Hansard, 14 May 2012, p.
50.
[43]
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, answers to questions on
notice, pp 1–2.
[44]
Mr Dougal Hunter, Manager, Agricultural Derivatives, Australian Securities
Exchange Limited, Committee Hansard, 14 May 2012, p. 22.
[45]
Mr Dougal Hunter, Manager, Agricultural Derivatives, Australian Securities
Exchange Limited, Committee Hansard, 14 May 2012, p. 29.
[46]
Australian Securities Exchange Limited, Submission 16 and Mr Dougal
Hunter, Manager, Agricultural Derivatives, Australian Securities Exchange
Limited, Committee Hansard, 14 May 2012.
[47]
Australian Securities Exchange Limited, Submission 16, p. 1.
[48]
Australian Securities Exchange Limited, Submission 16, p. 8.
[49]
Australian Securities Exchange Limited, Submission 16, p. 9.
[50]
Australian Securities Exchange Limited, Submission 16, p. 9.
[51]
Australian Securities Exchange Limited, Submission 16, p. 13 and Mr
Dougal Hunter, Manager, Agricultural Derivatives, Australian Securities
Exchange Limited, Committee Hansard, 14 May 2012, p. 20.
[52]
Australian Securities Exchange Limited, Submission 16, p. 2.
[53]
Mr Dougal Hunter, Manager, Agricultural Derivatives, Australian Securities
Exchange Limited, Committee Hansard, 14 May 2012, p. 22.
[54]
Australian Securities Exchange Limited, Submission 16, p. 11. See
also Mr Dougal Hunter, Manager, Agricultural Derivatives, Australian Securities
Exchange Limited, Committee Hansard, 14 May 2012, p. 20.
[55]
Australian Securities Exchange Limited, Submission 16, p. 15.
[56]
For example South Australian Farmers Federation, Submission 5, pp.
1–2, Grain Producers Australia, Submission 6, p. 13, Grain Growers
Limited, Submission 8, p. 4, Victorian Farmers Federation Grains Group, Submission
9, pp. 2–3, NSW Farmers' Association, Submission 11, pp. 11–12 and
Grain Producers SA, Submission 17, p. 1.
[57]
Grain Producers Australia, Submission 6, p. 13.
[58]
Grain Producers Australia, Submission 6, p. 11.
[59]
NSW Farmers' Association, Submission 11, p. 12.
[60]
South Australian Farmers Federation, Submission 5, pp 1–2.
[61]
Grain Producers Australia, Submission 6, p. 3.
[62]
Grain Growers Limited, Submission 8, p. 4.
[63]
For example, Grain Producers Australia, Submission 6, pp 9–10, Mr Andrew
Weidemann, Grains Group President, Victorian Farmers Federation, Committee
Hansard, 14 May 2012, p. 28 and Mr Mark Pearson, Deputy Chief Executive
Officer, Regulation, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Committee
Hansard, 14 May 2012, p. 49.
[64]
AgForce Queensland Industrial Union of Employers, Submission 2, p.
1.
[65]
South Australian Farmers Federation, Submission 5, p. 1.
[66]
Grain Producers Australia, Submission 6, p. 8.
[67]
Mr Graeme Foote, McCauley Dalton and Company, Submission 1, p. 2.
[68]
AgForce Queensland Industrial Union of Employers, Submission 2, p.
2.
[69]
Grain Producers SA Limited, Submission 17, p. 2.
[70]
Mr Peter Woods, Chief Executive Officer, Wheat Exports Australia, Committee
Hansard, 14 May 2012, p. 3.
[71]
Ms Angela MacRae, Commissioner, Productivity Commission, Committee
Hansard, 14 May 2012, p. 42.
[72]
Australian Grain Exporters Association, Submission 3, p. 3.
[73]
Australian Grain Exporters Association, Submission 3, p. 4.
[74]
GrainCorp Operations Limited, Submission 10, pp 22–25; Viterra Limited, Submission
13, pp 8–9; CBH Group; Submission 14, pp 9–10.
[75]
GrainCorp Operations Limited, Submission 10, p. 4.
[76]
GrainCorp Operations Limited, Submission 10, p. 23.
[77]
GrainCorp Operations Limited, Submission 10, p. 23. [CLEAR is an
independent grain exchange owned by the New Zealand Stock Exchange].
[78]
CBH Group, Submission 14, p. 9.
[79]
CBH Group, Submission 14, p. 9.
[80]
Mr Andrew Crane, Chief Executive Officer, CBH Group, Committee Hansard,
14 May 2012, p. 14.
[81]
Emerald Group Australia Pty Ltd, Submission 4, pp 1–2.
[82]
Wheat Exports Australia, Submission 12, p. 5.
[83]
Mr Peter Woods, Chief Executive Officer, Wheat Exports Australia, Committee
Hansard, 14 May 2012, pp 6–7.
[84]
Ms Angela MacRae, Commissioner, Productivity Commission, Committee
Hansard, 14 May 2012, p. 41.
[85]
Ms Angela MacRae, Commissioner, Productivity Commission, Committee
Hansard, 14 May 2012, p. 43.
[86]
Mr Mark Pearson, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Australian Competition
and Consumer Commission, Committee Hansard, 14 May 2012, p. 51.
[87]
Mr Allen Grant, First Assistant Secretary, Agricultural Productivity
Division, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Committee
Hansard, p. 56.
[88]
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, answers to question on
notice, p. 4.
[89]
Productivity Commission, Wheat Export Marketing Arrangements, Productivity
Commission Inquiry Report No. 51, July 2010, p. 371.
[90] The Hon. Mr
Sid Sidebottom MP, Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, Fisheries and
Forestry, Second Reading Speech, House of Representatives Hansard, 21
March 2012, p. 3697.
Chapter 5 - Conclusions
[1]
Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee, Exposure
drafts of the Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008 and the Wheat Export Marketing
(Repeal and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008, April 2008 and Senate
Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee, Operational
Issues in Export Grain Networks, April 2012.
Joint Dissenting Report by Senators for the Coalition and the Australian Greens
[1]
Victorian Farmers Federation Grains Group, Submission 9, p. 4.
See also South Australian Farmers Federation, Submission 5, p. 1; Grain
Producers Australia, Submission 6, p. 15.
[2]
AgForce Queensland Industrial Union of Employers, Submission 2,
p. 1. See also Grain Producers Australia, Submission 6, p. 2; Grain
Producers SA, Submission 17, p. 1.
[3]
Grain Producers SA, Submission 17, p. 2.
[4]
Grain Trade Australia, Terms of Reference for the Code Development
Committee relating to the Port Access Voluntary Code of Conduct for Australian
Bulk Wheat Shipments, http://www.graintrade.org.au/sites/default/files/file/Port%20Access%20Code%20of%20Conduct/Terms%20of%20Reference%20-%20March%202012.pdf,
p. 1, accessed 21 June 2012.
[5]
Mr Andrew Weidemann, Grains Group President, Victorian Farmer's
Federation, Committee Hansard, 14 May 2012, p. 27. See also Mr Graeme
Foote, McCauley Dalton and Company, Submission 1, p. 2; Mr Dougal
Hunter, Manager, Agricultural Derivatives, Australia Securities Exchange
Limited, Committee Hansard, 14 May 2012, p. 22.
[6]
Mr Mark Pearson, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Regulation, Australian
Competition and Consumer Commission, Committee Hansard, 14 May 2012, p.
51.
[7]
Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee, Operational
issues in export grain networks, April 2012, p. 101.
[8]
For example, Australian Grain Exporters Association, Submission 3, p. 3;
NSW Farmers' Association, Submission 11, pp 7–9; Australian Securities
Exchange Limited, Submission 16, p 9; Mr Dougal Hunter, Manager,
Agricultural Derivatives, Australia Securities Exchange Limited, Committee
Hansard, 14 May 2012, p. 22.
[9]
For example, NSW Farmers' Association, Supplementary Submission 11a,
p. 1.
[10]
For example, Grain Producers Australia, Submission 6, p. 14;
Victorian Farmers Federation Grains Group, Submission 9, p. 4; NSW
Farmers' Association, Submission 11, p. 12.
[11]
Australian Securities Exchange Limited, Submission 16, p 9.
[12]
For example, Mr Peter Woods, Chief Executive Officer, Wheat Exports
Australia, Committee Hansard, 14 May 2012, p. 3; Victorian Farmers
Federation Grains Group, Submission 9, p. 3; NSW Farmers' Association, Submission
11, pp 7–9.
[13]
Mr Graeme Foote, McCauley Dalton and Company, Submission 1, p. 2.
See also Grain Producers Australia, Submission 6, pp 13–14.
[14]
Grain Producers Australia, Submission 6, p. 14.
Appendix 3 - Recommendations of the Productivity Commission Report on Wheat Export Marketing Arrangements[1]
[1]
Productivity Commission, Wheat Export Marketing Arrangements,
Productivity Commission Inquiry Report No. 51, July 2010, pp 27–33.