Nick Xenophon (SA, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

by leave—I move amendments (3) and (1) on sheet 7328 together:

(1) Clause 2, page 2 (table item 1), omit "3", substitute "4".

(3)   Page 2 (after line 11), after clause 3, insert:

4 National wheat industry advisory body to be established

  (1) The Minister must cause to be established a wheat industry advisory body by no later than 31 January 2013.

  (2) The wheat industry advisory body must consist of the following members, appointed by the Minister:

     (a) an independent Chair;

     (b) at least 9 skills-based members appointed from the production, bulk handling and non-handling export sectors of the industry;

     (c) 2 non-voting observer members.

(3) The wheat industry advisory body is to administer the Wheat Industry Special Account.

(4) Schedule 1, item 2, page 4 (lines 2 and 3), omit "to wheat exporters of access to port terminal services by the providers of port terminal services", substitute "of an efficient and profitable wheat export marketing industry that supports the competitiveness of all sectors of the wheat export supply chain".

(5) Schedule 1, item 29, page 13 (after line 14), after paragraph 12(2) (b), insert:

(ba) requires major providers of receival, storage and handling services to publish timely, aggregated grain stocks information describing tonnes of stacked grades on a port zone basis; and

(bb) requires wheat export cargoes to comply with a nominated Australian wheat varietal classification grade; and

(6) Schedule 1, item 29, page 13 (line 19), omit "voluntary".

(7) Schedule 1, item 29, page 13 (line 19), at the end of subsection 12(2), add:

; and (e) requires the code to be reviewed no later than 2 years after it commences.

(8) Schedule 2, item 15, page 23 (line 6), omit paragraph 60(b), substitute:

(b) the wheat industry advisory body established under section 4 of the Wheat Export Marketing Amendment Act 2012 has approved the funding.

Time is short so I will be very brief. These amendments are very similar to those just passed by the Australian Greens. The only difference is that they are somewhat more prescriptive in terms of the advisory board, and that is a fundamental difference. I think that fairly characterises it. So I will not be seeking to divide. If I could get an indication as to what the positions are, we can then just get on with it.