House debates
Monday, 9 February 2015
Grievance Debate
Exporter Supply Chain Assurance System (Question No. 669)
Joel Fitzgibbon (Hunter, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Agriculture) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
to ask the Minister for Agriculture, in writing, on 25 November 2014:
In respect of the Exporter Supply Chain Assurance System review report, (a) when will it be released, (b) how many submissions were received, (c) did he personally write to organisations inviting them to provide a submission; if so, (i) which organisations, and (ii) were other organisations allowed to make a submission; if not, why not, and (d) will it be made available for public consultation.
Barnaby Joyce (New England, National Party, Minister for Agriculture) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
The answer to the honourable member's question is as follows:
(a) The report is expected to be released in 2015.
(b) 36
(c) Yes
(i) The following individuals and organisation were invited to make submissions:
AgForce
A H and R Schmidt Pty Ltd
Animals Australia
Australian Buffalo Industry Council
Australian Livestock and Rural Transporters Association
Australian Livestock Exporters' Council
Australian Lot Feeders Association
Australian Rural Exports Pty Ltd
Australian Veterinary Association
Capricorn Pastoral
Cattle Council of Australia
Edwards Livestock Company Pty Ltd
Emanuel Exports Pty Ltd
EMS Rural Exports Pty Ltd
Goat Industry Council of Australia
Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain
Government of Brunei Darussalam
Government of the Republic of Indonesia
Government of the State of Israel
Government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Government of the Republic of Mauritius
Government of the Sultanate of Oman
Government of the Republic of the Philippines
Government of the Republic of Singapore
Government of the United Arab Emirates
Halleen Australasian Livestock Traders Pty Ltd
Hon. Jeremy Rockliff MP, Minister for Primary Industries and Water (Tasmania)
Hon. John McVeigh MP, Minister for Agriculture (Queensland)
Hon. Katrina Hodgkinson MP, Minister for Primary Industries (New South Wales)
Hon. Ken Baston MLC, Minister for Agriculture and Food (Western Australia)
Hon. Leon Bignell MP, Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries (South Australia)
Hon. Peter Walsh MP, Minister for Agriculture and Food Security (Victoria)
Hon. Willem Rudolf Westra van Holthe MLA, Minister for Primary Industry and Fisheries (Northern Territory)
Independent Livestock Services Pty Ltd
International Livestock Export Pty Ltd
Kennedy Creek Livestock
Lembiru Livestock Pty Ltd
LiveCorp
Livestock SA
Livestock Shipping Services Pty Ltd
Mr Harold Mitchell
North Australian Cattle Company Pty Ltd
Northern Territory Cattlemen's Association
Northern Territory Livestock Exporters Association
New South Wales Farmers Association
P & D Exports Pty Ltd
Pastoralist and Graziers Association of WA (Western Beef and Sheep Producers Committee)
Queensland Farmers Association
RSPCA Australia
Sheepmeat Council of Australia
South East Asian Livestock Services Pty Ltd
Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association
Victorian Farmers Federation
Western Australian Farmers Federation
Wellard Rural Exports Pty Ltd
Western Australian Livestock Exporters Association
World Society for the Protection of Animals
(ii) Yes. All submissions received were considered as part of the process.
(d) The report, which will be a retrospective document that analyses the effects of ESCAS on animal welfare and trade, will be made publicly available on the department's website.