Senate debates

Thursday, 19 June 2008

Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008; Wheat Export Marketing (Repeal and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008

In Committee

7:56 pm

Photo of Rachel SiewertRachel Siewert (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Since we are going there anyway, I will go onto that issue, although I do have some further questions of the government. We agree with the government on that issue in particular—of putting in a compliance regime to find out whether it is the grower’s wheat or somebody else’s wheat. Could Senator Minchin explain how the opposition envisages that that would happen? And while I have his attention, I might as well ask about items (4) to (6), and that issue in particular. I seek further explanation on that amendment because it seeks to exempt individual exporters from the requirements to produce the export report and the annual compliance report. As they are exempt from the accreditation system anyway, why would those amendments be necessary?

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