Footnotes

Chapter 2 - The Australian sugar industry

[1]        Australian Sugar Milling Council, http://asmc.com.au/industry-overview/, accessed 30 March 2015.

[2]        Department of Agriculture, http://www.agriculture.gov.au/ag-farm-food/crops/sugar, accessed 30 March 2015.

[3]        Bagasse is the fibrous matter than remains after sugar cane or sorghum stalks are crushed to extract their juice. It is used as a biofuel and in the manufacture of pulp and building materials.

[4]        Department of Agriculture, http://www.agriculture.gov.au/ag-farm-food/crops/sugar, accessed 30 March 2015.

[5]        Australian Sugar Milling Council, http://asmc.com.au/industry-overview/, accessed 30 March 2015.

[6]        Report of the Royal Commission on the Sugar Industry, 4 December 1912, as reported in The Australian Cane Farmer, July 2014, p. 3, http://www.acfa.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/ACF_July-2014-e-webnew.pdf (accessed 9 April 2015).

[7]        CANEGROWERS, Sugar marketing: the State government can and must take action, http://www.CANEGROWERS.com.au/icms_docs/194489_Sugar_Marketing_choice_rights_and_your_future.pdf (accessed 15 December 2014).

[8]        Wilmar Sugar Australia, Submission 10, Attachment 3, J.M. Craigie, Regulation and Reform of the Queensland Sugar Industry, October 2014, p. 6.

[9]        Australian Canegrower, 9 June 2014, p. 7, http://www.CANEGROWERS.com.au/icms_docs/205070_australian_canegrower_2014-06-09.pdf (accessed 17 April 2015).

[10]      Australian Canegrower, 9 June 2014, p. 7, http://www.CANEGROWERS.com.au/icms_docs/205070_australian_canegrower_2014-06-09.pdf (accessed 17 April 2015) and Clive Hildebrand, Independent Assessment of the Sugar Industry, 2002, Appendix A.

[11]      Clive Hildebrand, Independent Assessment of the Sugar Industry, 2002, Appendix A.

[12]      Wilmar Sugar Australia, Submission 10, Attachment 3, J.M. Craigie, Regulation and Reform of the Queensland Sugar Industry, October 2014, p. 6.

[13]      Sugar Industry Bill 1999, Explanatory Notes, p. 1.

[14]      Sugar Industry Reform Bill 2004, Explanatory Notes, p. 4.

[15]      Sugar Industry Bill 1999, Explanatory Notes, p. 2.

[16]      Sugar Industry Act 1999, s.32 –33 and Clive Hildebrand, Independent Assessment of the Sugar Industry, 2002, Appendix A.

[17]      Clive Hildebrand, Independent Assessment of the Sugar Industry, 2002, Appendix A.

[18]      Clive Hildebrand, Independent Assessment of the Sugar Industry, 2002, Appendix A.

[19]      Sugar Industry Act 1999, Division 2, Part 2.

[20]      The Australian Cane Farmer, July 2014, p. 3, http://www.acfa.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/ACF_July-2014-e-webnew.pdf (accessed 9 April 2015).

[21]      Queensland Sugar Limited, Submission 16, p. 10.

[22]      Queensland Sugar Limited, Submission 16, p. 10.

[23]      Department of Agriculture, http://www.agriculture.gov.au/ag-farm-food/crops/sugar, accessed 30 March 2015.

[24]      Department of Agriculture, http://www.agriculture.gov.au/ag-farm-food/crops/sugar, accessed 30 March 2015.

[25]      Department of Agriculture, http://www.agriculture.gov.au/ag-farm-food/crops/sugar, accessed 30 March 2015.

[26]      Sugar Industry Reform Bill 2004, Explanatory Notes, pp 2–4.

[27]      Memorandum of Understanding between the Queensland sugar industry and the Queensland government, 13 October 2005, https://www.daf.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/75903/Sugar-Memorandum.pdf  (accessed 9 April 2015).

[28]      Memorandum of Understanding between the Queensland sugar industry and the Queensland government, 13 October 2005, https://www.daf.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/75903/Sugar-Memorandum.pdf  (accessed 9 April 2015).           

[29]      Sugar Industry Act 1999, s.31 (as amended in 2006).

[30]      CANEGROWERS, Cane payment information, http://www.canegrowers.com.au/page/Industry_Centre/grower-centre/Finance_tools/Cane_payment_information (accessed 19 April 2015).

[31]      Sugar Industry Reform Bill 2004, Explanatory Notes, p. 4.

[32]      See, for example, MSF Sugar Limited, Submission 8, p.1, Queensland Sugar Limited, Submission 16, p. 2 and Tully Cane Growers Ltd, Submission 26, p. 1.

[33]      Sugar Industry Act 1999, Schedule (as amended in 2006).

[34]      The Australian Cane Farmer, July 2014, p. 3, http://www.acfa.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/ACF_July-2014-e-webnew.pdf (accessed 9 April 2015).

[35]      Queensland Sugar Limited, Submission 16, p. 1.

[36]      Queensland Sugar Limited, QSL value offering, March 2014, p. 2.

[37]      Queensland Sugar Limited, Submission 16, p. 13.

[38]      During the inquiry, various terms were used to refer to 'GEI sugar' - including 'a growers' nominal sugar price exposure' or 'cane pay sugar' which essentially refer to how much raw sugar needs to be priced and marketed to determine the price paid for the cane a grower supplies and accordingly refer to the GEI in the final product marketed.

[39]      Queensland Sugar Limited, Submission 16, p. 13.

[40]      Queensland Sugar Limited, Submission 16, p. 13.

[41]      Queensland Sugar Limited, Submission 16, p. 13.

[42]      Queensland Sugar Limited, Submission 16, p. 1.

[43]      Queensland Sugar Limited, Submission 16, p. 13.

[44]      Queensland Sugar Limited, Submission 16, p. 14.

[45]      Australian Cane Grower, 9 June 2014, p. 7, http://www.CANEGROWERS.com.au/icms_docs/205070_australian_canegrower_2014-06-09.pdf (accessed 17 April 2015).

[46]      Wilmar Sugar Australia Limited, Submission 10, p. 18.

[47]      Queensland Sugar Limited, Submission 16, p. 14.

Chapter 3 - Issues currently facing the Australian sugar industry

[1]        Australian Sugar Milling Council, http://asmc.com.au/industry-overview/, accessed 30 March 2015.

[2]        New South Wales Cane Growers' Association Inc., Submission 4, p. 3.

[3]        New South Wales Cane Growers' Association Inc., Submission 4, p. 3.

[4]        New South Wales Cane Growers' Association Inc., Submission 4, p. 1.

[5]        New South Wales Cane Growers' Association Inc., Submission 4, p. 1.

[6]        New South Wales Cane Growers' Association Inc., Submission 4, p. 1.

[7]        New South Wales Cane Growers' Association Inc., Submission 4, p. 1.

[8]        See for example, NSW Cane Growers Association, Submission 4, p. 3 and Richmond River Cane Growers Association Ltd, Submission 5, p. 3.

[9]        Queensland Sugar Limited, Submission 16, p. 5.

[10]      Queensland Sugar Limited, Submission 16, pp 5–9.

[11]      MSF Sugar Limited, Submission 8, p. 1.

[12]      MSF Sugar Limited, Submission 8, p. 3.

[13]      Mr Alf Cristaudo, Committee Hansard, 13 March 2015, p. 5.

[14]      Mrs Margaret Menzel, Committee Hansard, 13 March 2015, p. 34.

[15]      Mr Richard Skopp, Rocky Point District Cane Growers Organisation Limited, Committee Hansard, 10 March 2015, p. 50.

[16]      Mr Richard Skopp, Rocky Point District Cane Growers Organisation Limited, Committee Hansard, 10 March 2015, p. 51.

[17]      Mr Richard Skopp, Rocky Point District Cane Growers Organisation Limited, Committee Hansard, 10 March 2015, p. 55.

[18]      Mr Richard Skopp, Rocky Point District Cane Growers Organisation Limited, Committee Hansard, 10 March 2015, p. 56.

[19]      Mr Richard Skopp, Rocky Point District Cane Growers Organisation Limited, Committee Hansard, 10 March 2015, p. 56.

[20]      Queensland Sugar Limited, Submission 16, p. 14.

[21]      CANEGROWERS and Australian Cane Farmers Association, Submission 23, p. 3.

[22]      CANEGROWERS and Australian Cane Farmers Association, Submission 23, p. 3.

[23]      CANEGROWERS and Australian Cane Farmers Association, Submission 23, p. 3.

[24]      Mr Gregory Rossato, Committee Hansard, 13 March 2015, p. 24.

[25]      Mr Gregory Rossato, Committee Hansard, 13 March 2015, p. 24.

[26]      See for example, Mr Warren Males, CANEGROWERS, Committee Hansard, 13 March 2015, p. 61, Burdekin District Cane Growers Limited, Submission 13, p. 4 and Queensland Sugar Limited, Submission 16, pp 3–4.

[27]      Mr Paul Schembri, CANEGROWERS Queensland and CANEGROWERS Australia, Committee Hansard, 12 March 2015, p. 2.

[28]      Mr Paul Schembri, CANEGROWERS Queensland and CANEGROWERS Australia, Committee Hansard, 12 March 2015, p. 2.

[29]      Mr Paul Schembri, CANEGROWERS Queensland and CANEGROWERS Australia, Committee Hansard, 12 March 2015, p. 3.

[30]      Queensland Sugar Limited, Submission 16, p. 6.

[31]      Queensland Sugar Limited, Submission 16, p. 7.

[32]      Queensland Sugar Limited, Submission 16, p. 7.

[33]      Queensland Sugar Limited, Submission 16, p. 7.

[34]      Queensland Sugar Limited, Submission 16, p. 7.

[35]      Mackay Sugar Limited, Submission 7, p. 4.

[36]      New South Wales Cane Growers' Association Inc., Submission 4, p. 2.

[37]      New South Wales Cane Growers' Association Inc., Submission 4, p. 2.

[38]      New South Wales Cane Growers' Association Inc., Submission 4, p. 2.

[39]      New South Wales Cane Growers' Association Inc., Submission 4, p. 2.

[40]      Tully Cane Growers, Submission 26, p. 2.

[41]      See for example, Queensland Sugar Limited, Submission 16, p. 19, Maryborough CANEGROWERS Limited, Submission 17, [p. 2], Mackay CANEGROWERS Limited, Submission 18, p. 2, Tully Cane Growers Limited, Submission 26, p. 2, Mr Roger Piva, Submission 31, p. 1, Mr Paul Sgarbossa, Submission 37, p. 1 and Mr Serg and Ms Sandra Berardi, Submission 40, p. 1.

[42]      CANEGROWERS and Australian Cane Farmers Association, Submission 23, p. 3.

[43]      CANEGROWERS and Australian Cane Farmers Association, Submission 23, p. 3.

[44]      CANEGROWERS and Australian Cane Farmers Association, Submission 23, p. 3.

[45]      Mr Max Menzel, Committee Hansard, 13 March 2015, p. 35.

[46]      Mr Max Menzel, Committee Hansard, 13 March 2015, p. 35.

[47]      Wilmar Sugar Australia Limited, Submission 10, p. 5.

[48]      Wilmar Sugar Australia Limited, Submission 10, pp. 5–6.

[49]      Wilmar Sugar Australia Limited, Submission 10, p. 6.

[50]      Reports included as attachments to Wilmar Sugar Australia Limited, Submission 10, The Centre for International Economics, Current and future arrangements for the marketing of Australian sugar: Senate Inquiry, October 2014, Minter Ellison, Australian Sugar: a review of current and future arrangements for the marketing of Australian Sugar, October 2014 and J.M. Craigie, Regulation and Reform of the Queensland Sugar Industry, October 2014.

[51]      Wilmar Sugar Australia Limited, Submission 10, p. 6.

[52]      Wilmar Sugar Australia Limited, Submission 10, p. 6.

[53]      MSF Sugar Limited, Submission 8, p. 6.

[54]      MSF Sugar Limited, Submission 8, p. 6.

[55]      See for example, Tweed Shire Council, Submission 2, p. 2, Richmond River Cane Growers' Association, Submission 5, p. 2, MSF Sugar Limited, Submission 8, p. 15 and Mr Brian Stevens, Submission 30, p. 1.

[56]      Mr Robert Hawken, Tweed Cane Growers Association, Committee Hansard, 10 March 2015, p. 43.

[57]      Mr Robert Hawken, Tweed Cane Growers Association, Committee Hansard, 10 March 2015, p. 43.

[58]      Mackay Sugar Limited, Submission 7, p. 5.

[59]      MSF Sugar Limited, Submission 8, p. 7.

[60]      MSF Sugar Limited, Submission 8, p. 7.

[61]      MSF Sugar Limited, Submission 8, p. 8.

[62]      MSF Sugar Limited, Submission 8, p. 8.

[63]      Tully Sugar Limited, Submission 9, p. 6.

[64]      Tully Sugar Limited, Submission 9, p. 6.

[65]      Mr Christopher Connors, New South Wales Sugar Milling Co-operative Ltd, Committee Hansard, 10 March 2015, p. 14.

[66]      NSW Cane Growers Association, Submission 4, p. 2.

[67]      NSW Cane Growers Association, Submission 4, p. 2.

[68]      New South Wales Sugar Milling Co-operative Limited, Submission 6, [p. 3].

[69]      New South Wales Cane Growers' Association, Submission 4, p. 3.

[70]      New South Wales Cane Growers' Association, Submission 4, p. 3.

[71]      New South Wales Cane Growers' Association, Submission 4, p. 3.

[72]      See for example, New South Wales Cane Growers' Association, Submission 4, p. 3, Mr Brian Restall, Cape Byron Power, Committee Hansard, 10 March 2015, p. 1 and Mr Christopher Connors, New South Wales Sugar Milling Co-operative Limited, Committee Hansard, 10 March 2015, p. 21.

[73]      New South Wales Sugar Milling Co-operative Limited, Submission 6, [p. 3].

[74]      New South Wales Sugar Milling Co-operative Limited, Submission 6, [p. 3].

[75]      New South Wales Sugar Milling Co-operative Limited, Submission 6, [p. 3].

[76]      Mr Mark Tickle, Tweed Shire Council, Committee Hansard, 10 March 2015, p. 8.

[77]      Mr Mark Tickle, Tweed Shire Council, Committee Hansard, 10 March 2015, p. 8.

[78]      Mr Mark Tickle, Tweed Shire Council, Committee Hansard, 10 March 2015, p. 9.

[79]      Mr Richard Skopp, Rocky Point District Cane Growers Organisation Limited, Committee Hansard, 10 March 2015, p. 58.

[80]      See for example, Tully Cane Growers Limited, Submission 26, p. 2, Wilmar Sugar Australia Limited, Supplementary Submission 10, p. 9, Queensland Sugar Limited, Submission 16, p. 24, CANEGROWERS Mackay, Submission 18, p. 2 and CANEGROWERS Cairns Region Limited, Submission 21, [p. 2].

[81]      Wilmar Sugar Australia Limited, Supplementary Submission 10, p. 9.

[82]      Wilmar Sugar Australia Limited, Supplementary Submission 10, p. 9.

[83]      See for example, CANEGROWERS and Australian Cane Farmers Association, Submission 23, p. 2, Mr Paul Sgarbossa, Submission 37, p. 1, Mr Alf Cristaudo, Submission 43, [p. 2] and Rocky Point District Cane Growers Organisation Limited, Submission 49, p. 7.

[84]      Tully Cane Growers Ltd, Submission 26, p. 2.

[85]      Burdekin District Cane Growers Limited, Submission 13, p. 3.

[86]      Burdekin District Cane Growers Limited, Submission 13, p. 3.

[87]      Mr Roger Piva, Committee Hansard, 13 March 2015, p. 30.

[88]      Wilmar Sugar Australia Limited, Supplementary Submission 10, p. 9.

[89]      Wilmar Sugar Australia Limited, Supplementary Submission 10, p. 9.

[90]      Mr Philip Marano, Committee Hansard, 13 March 2015, p. 29.

[91]      Tully Cane Growers Ltd, Submission 26, p. 4.

[92]      Burdekin District Cane Growers Limited, Submission 13, p. 2.

[93]      Wilmar Sugar Australia Limited, Submission 10, p. 39.

[94]      See for example, Isis Central Sugar Mill Company Limited, Submission 15, p. 3, Bundaberg Sugar Ltd, Submission 12, [p. 2] and Tully Sugar Limited, Submission 9, p. 6.

[95]      Australian Sugar Milling Council, Submission 11, p. 26.

[96]      Queensland Sugar Limited, Submission 16, p. 10.

[97]      Mr Paul Schembri, CANEGROWERS Queensland and CANEGROWERS Australia, Committee Hansard, 12 March 2015, p. 1.

[98]      Wilmar Sugar Australia Limited, Supplementary Submission 10, p. 9.