Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Overview of the bill

[1]        Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee, Inquiry into the industry structures and systems governing the imposition and disbursement of marketing and research and development levies in the agriculture sector, June 2015.

[2]        This section draws upon the committee's work in the Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee, Inquiry into the industry structures and systems governing the imposition and disbursement of marketing and research and development levies in the agriculture sector, June 2015, pp 21-23.

[3]        See also subsection 27(3A) of the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 1991 (Cth).

[4]        See, for example, Marsden Jacob Associates, Grain Research and Development Corporation: Independent Strategic Governance Review: Final Report, July 2014, p. 6.

[5]        Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee, Inquiry into the industry structures and systems governing the imposition and disbursement of marketing and research and development levies in the agriculture sector, June 2015, p. 74.

[6]        Explanatory Memorandum, Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Amendment Bill 2016, p. 2. (Hereafter, 'Explanatory Memorandum'),

[7]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 7.

[8]        For a detailed discussed see Explanatory Memorandum, p. 8, paragraphs 11- 14.

[9]        Clause 27A(3).

[10]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 8.

[11]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 9.

[12]      Australian Bureau of Statistics Act 1975 (Cth); Explanatory Memorandum, p. 9.

[13]      Both 'R&D activity' and 'marketing activities' have the meaning found in the Primary Industries Research and Development Act 1989 (Cth).

[14]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 9.

[15]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 10.

[16]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 10.

[17]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 10.

[18]      Explanatory Memorandum, Statement of Compatibility with Human Rights, p. 5.

[19]      Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), Schedule 1.

[20]      Explanatory Memorandum, Statement of Compatibility with Human Rights, p. 6.

[21]      Explanatory Memorandum, Statement of Compatibility with Human Rights, p. 6.

Chapter 2 - Key issues

[1]        Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee, Inquiry into the industry structures and systems governing the imposition and disbursement of marketing and research and development levies in the agriculture sector, June 2015.

[2]        Council for Rural Research and Development Corporations, Submission 14, p. 2.

[3]        NSW Caingrowers Council Inc. and Sunshine Sugar, Submission 9, p. 1.

[4]        Sugar Research Australia, Submission 2, p. 1. See also Richmond River Cane Growers Association, Submission 1, p. 1.

[5]        Grains Producers, Submission 25, p. 1.

[6]        Grains Research & Development Corporation, Submission 17, p. 1.

[7]        Cotton Research and Development Corporation, Submission 19, p. 1.

[8]        Tasmanian Farmers & Graziers Association, Submission 18, p. 1.

[9]        For example, Sheepmeat Council of Australia, Submission 8 Australian Pork, Submission 11; Agforce, Submission 20, p. 1; Cattle Council of Australia, Submission 33; The Australian Wine Research Institute, Submission 22; WA Grains Group Inc, Submission 28; Horticulture Innovation Australia, Submission 29.

[10]      Australian Bureau of Statistics, Submission 10, p. 1.

[11]      Submission 14, p. 2.

[12]      Dr Lindsay Campbell (private capacity), Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, the University of Sydney, Submission 3, p. 1.

[13]      See, for example, Australian Macadamia Society, Submission 23, p. 2; Apple and Pear Australia Limited, Submission 21, p. 2; Grains Research & Development Corporation, Submission 17, p. 2; Voice of Horticulture, Submission 27.

[14]      Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, Submission 31, p. 1.

[15]      Dr Lindsay Campbell (private capacity), Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, the University of Sydney, Submission 3, p. 1.

[16]      Grain Producers Australia, Submission 25, p. 1. Australian Macadamia Society, Submission 23, p. 2; Apple and Pear Australia Limited, Submission 21, p. 2.

[17]      Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, Submission 31, p. 2.

[18]      See, for example, Office of the Privacy Commissioner New South Wales, Submission 35, p. 1.

[19]      FLAG Australia, Submission 6.

[20]      WA Farmers, Submission 16.

[21]      Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, Submission 31, p. 1.

[22]      Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, Submission 31, p. 1.

[23]      Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, Submission 31, p. 2.

[24]      Australian Bureau of Statistics, Submission 10, p. 1.

[25]      Explanatory Memorandum, Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Amendment Bill 2016, p. 3 (Hereafter 'Explanatory memorandum')

[26]      Submission 6.

[27]      Submission 4.

[28]      Explanatory Memorandum, Statement of compatibility with human rights, p. 6.

[29]      Voice of Horticulture, Submission 27, p. 2.

[30]      Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, Submission 31, p. 2.

[31]      Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee, Inquiry into the industry structures and systems governing the imposition and disbursement of marketing and research and development levies in the agriculture sector, June 2015, p. 23.

[32]      For example, Woolproducers Australia, Submission 15.

[33]      Onions Australia, Submission 5, p. 1

[34]      Voice of Horticulture, Submission 26 and AusVeg, Submission 27.

[35]      Explanatory memorandum, p. 2.

[36]      Submission 12, p. 2. Australian Dairy Farmers Ltd is the peak advocacy body for the dairy industry. Dairy Australia Ltd is the industry's RDC.

[37]      Australian Dairy Farmers and Dairy Australia, Submission 12, p. 2.

[38]      Australian Dairy Farmers and Dairy Australia, Submission 12, pp 3-4.

[39]      Australian Dairy Farmers and Dairy Australia, Submission 12, p. 4.

[40]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 3. See also, p. 9, paragraph 27.

[41]      FLAGS Australia, Submission 6; United Stockowners of Australia, Submission 4.

[42]      Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, Submission 31, p. 2.

[43]      See, for example, Grain Producers Australia, Submission 25, p. 1; Grain Growers, Submission 32.

[44]      Cotton Australia, Submission 34, p. 2.

[45]      Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, Submission 31, p. 1.

[46]      Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee, Inquiry into the industry structures and systems governing the imposition and disbursement of marketing and research and development levies in the agriculture sector, June 2015.

[47]      President's report to the Senate on government responses outstanding to Parliamentary Committee reports as at 1 December 2015, available online: https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Government_responses (accessed 14 April 2016). This document also provides a history of the President's practice of presenting a list of outstanding committee reports to the Senate on p. 2.