House of Representatives Committees

Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Resources

Committee activities (inquiries and reports)

Getting a better return

Increasing the value added to Australian raw materials

Transcripts, submissions, the full report and separate parts of the report may be accessed by using the links below. These documents are in pdf format. (To view or print these documents, you will require the Adobe Acrobat® PDF Reader, which can be downloaded free of charge from Adobe.®)

Transcripts of Public Hearings

Submissions

Full report (PDF format 475KB)

Individual Chapters:

 Front Pages (PDF format 77KB)

      Foreword
      Membership of the Committee
      Terms of reference
      List of abbreviations
      List of recommendations
      Executive summary

 Chapter 1 - Introduction (PDF format 44KB)

      The first report - key findings
      Reasons for the second report
      Objectives, scope and focus
      Government policy statements
      Report structure

 Chapter 2 - Aluminium and magnesium industries (PDF format 126KB)

      Aluminium industry
      Magnesium

 Chapter 3 - Dairy industry (PDF format 52KB)

      Production and export status
      Value-adding opportunities
      Key challenges influencing value-adding

 Chapter 4 - Grains industry (PDF format 42KB)

      Production and export status
      Single desk exporting
      Value-adding opportunities
      Key challenges influencing value-adding

 Chapter 5 - Wine Industry (PDF format 55KB)

      Production and export status
      Value-adding opportunities
      Key challenges influencing value-adding

 Chapter 6 - Summary of the key value-adding issues
(PDF format 90KB)

      Innovation
      The research and development tax concession
      Business expenditure on research and development
      Research and Development Corporations
      Gene technology
      Intellectual property
      Taxation issues

 Appendix A - Conduct of the inquiry (PDF format 9KB)

 Appendix B - List of submissions (PDF format 13KB)

 Appendix C - List of exhibits (PDF format 21KB)

 Appendix D - List of hearings & witnesses (PDF format 17KB)

 Index (PDF format 9KB)

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