Wheat export marketing arrangements

Public hearings and forums

Initial public hearings (6 transcripts)

  • National Competition Council: John Feil, Ross Campbell and Jessamine Lumley
  • Victorian Farmers Federation: Russell Amery, Tanya Pittard and Akemi Pham-Vu
  • Valley Seeds: Donald Coles
  • Australian Bulk Alliance: Simon McNair
  • PDF documentProceedings (PDF - 156 Kb)

  • Pastoralists and Graziers Association of Western Australia: Leon Bradley and Sheldon Mumby
  • Wheat Classification Council: Robert Sewell
  • InterGrain: Dale Baker and Tress Walmsley
  • The WA Grains Group: Robert Doney and Ray Marshall
  • The Western Australian Farmers Federation : Derek Clauson and Danielle Whitfield
  • PDF documentProceedings (PDF - 163 Kb)

  • Department of Agriculture and Food (Western Australia): Peter Metcalfe, Shona Zulsdorf and Ian Wilkinson
  • CBH Group: Andrew Crane, Richard Codling and Karlie Mucjanko
  • Grain Industry Association of Western Australia: David Falconer and John Duff
  • Wally Newman
  • John Hassell
  • Trevor Badger
  • PDF documentProceedings (PDF - 180 Kb)

  • GrainCorp: David Trebeck, Nigel Hart and David Ginns
  • Grain Growers Association: Peter Flottman
  • Grain Trade Australia: Geoff Farnsworth
  • Australian Grain Exporters Association: Rosemary Richards
  • NSW Farmers' Association: John Ridley, Mark Hoskinson and Ben Mason
  • PDF documentProceedings (PDF - 259 Kb)

  • ABB Grain Ltd: Ashley Roff and Tim Krause
  • South Australian Farmers Federation – Grains Industry Committee: Michael Schaefer, Jamie Smith, David Malpas and Deane Crabb
  • PDF documentProceedings (PDF - 122 Kb)

Draft public hearings (4 transcripts)

  • Australian Bulk Alliance: Simon McNair
  • Victorian Farmers Federation: Russell Amery and Stephen Sheridan
  • Australian Wheat Board Ltd: Mitch Morrison and Peter McBride
  • Australian Grain Exporters Association: Rosemary Richards, Robert Green and Alick Osborne
  • PDF documentProceedings (PDF - 216 Kb)

  • Wheat Classification Council: Robert Sewell
  • Tamma Grains: Kim Packer
  • Western Australian Farmers Federation: Kim Simpson and Danielle Whitfield
  • Pastoralists and Graziers Association of Western Australia: Rick Wilson, Leon Bradley, Janet Thompson and Sheldon Mumby
  • Grain Industry Association of Western Australia: John Duff and David Falconer
  • CBH Group: Andrew Crane, Karlie Mucjanko and Richard Codling
  • Department of Agriculture and Food: Ian Wilkinson
  • PDF documentProceedings (PDF - 254 Kb)

  • GrainCorp: David Ginns and Nigel Hart
  • Grain Trade Australia: Geoff Farnsworth
  • Jock Munro
  • NSW Farmers Association: John Ridley and Ben Mason
  • Grain Growers Association: Peter Flottman
  • Glencore Grain: Chris Brooks and Adam Bisits
  • PDF documentProceedings (PDF - 208 Kb)

  • Elders Toepfer Grain: Mark Thiele and Darryl Borlase
  • South Australian Farmers Federation - Grains Industry Committee: Michael Schaefer, Philip Wilsdon, Gary Flohr, David Malpas and Deane Crabb
  • Viterra: Tim Krause, Damian Fitzgerald and Wayne Leach
  • PDF documentProceedings (PDF - 154 Kb)

The Commission held public forums in regional areas. These provided an opportunity for participants to present their views in an informal environment. Transcripts were not taken and the formalities of public hearings, such as rules of evidence, do not apply.

  • Horsham — Monday 23 November 2009
  • Geraldton — Tuesday 1 December 2009
  • Cunderdin — Wednesday 2 December 2009
  • Dalby — Tuesday 8 December 2009
  • Dubbo — Wednesday 9 December 2009
  • Port Lincoln — Tuesday 15 December 2009