House of Representatives Committees

| House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics

Footnotes

Chapter 1 Introduction

[1]       Department of Health and Ageing, Submission 15, pp. 2-3.

[2]              Intergovernmental Agreement For The Australian Consumer Law (July 2009); for the full     text see http://www.consumerlaw.gov.au/content/the_acl/downloads/acl_iga.pdf.

[3]              Treasury, Submission 22, p. 2.

[4]              Intergovernmental Agreement For The Australian Consumer Law (July 2009), p. 5.

[5]       Treasury, Submission 22, p. 2.

[6]       Senator Nicholas Xenophon, Senate Hansard, 23 June 2011, pp. 3650, 3653-54.

[7]       The World Bank and IFC, The World Bank Group Framework and IFC Strategy for Engagement in the Palm Oil Sector, 31 March 2011, p. 11, <http://www.ifc.org/ifcext/agriconsultation.nsf/ Content/KeyDocuments> viewed 29 August 2011.

[8]       Submission 18, p. 4.

[9]       Submission 34, p. 3.

[10]     Professor Andrew Sinclair, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 19 August 2011, pp. 33-35.

Chapter 2 Analysis of the Bill

[1]       Ms Megan Morris, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 18 August 2011, p. 2.

[2]       Submission 15, p. 5.

[3]       Submission 22, pp. 1-2.

[4]       Mr Bruce Paine, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 18 August 2011, p. 32.

[5]       Mr Steve McCutcheon, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 18 August 2011, p. 32.

[6]       Ms Danielle Staltari, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 18 August 2011, p. 29.

[7]       Mr Bruce Paine, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 18 August 2011, p. 29.

[8]       Mr Bruce Paine, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 18 August 2011, p. 28.

[9]       Ms Kate Carnell, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 18 August 2011, p. 17.

[10]     Submission 29, p. 4.

[11]     Submission 13, p. 2.

[12]     Submission 26, p. 5; Professor Andrew Sinclair, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 19 August 2011, p. 35; Ms Megan Morris, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 18 August 2011, p. 6.

[13]     Submission 26, p. 5.

[14]     Ms Megan Morris, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 18 August 2011, p. 6.

[15]     Mr Steve McCutcheon, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 18 August 2011, p. 2.

[16]     Submission 3, pp. 3-4.

[17]     Mr Cameron Kerr, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 19 August 2011, p. 13.

[18]     Ms Jennifer Gray, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 19 August 2011, p. 15.

[19]     Mr Tony Gilding, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 19 August 2011, pp. 44-45.

[20]     Exhibit 3, p. 13.

[21]     RSPO, ‘History,’ 2009, <http://www.rspo.org/?q=page/10>; RSPO, ‘Vision, Mission and Aspirations,’ <http://www.rspo.org/?q=page/16>, both viewed 6 September 2011.

[22]     Mr Tony Gilding, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 19 August 2011, p. 44.

[23]     RSPO, RSPO Principles and Criteria for Sustainable Palm Oil Production: Including Indicators and Guidance, October 2007, <http://www.rspo.org/sites/default/files/
RSPO%20Principles%20&%20Criteria.pdf> viewed 6 September 2011.

[24]     For example, George Weston Foods, Submission 8, p. [1]; Unilever, Submission 28, p. [2]; Campbell Arnott’s, Submission 35, p. [1]; Australian Food and Grocery Council, Submission 27, p. 4.

[25]     Dr Yusof Basiron, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 18 August 2011, pp. 24-25.

[26]     Mr Cameron Kerr, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 19 August 2011, p. 13.

[27]     Dr Yusof Basiron, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 18 August 2011, p. 24; Mr Leif Cocks, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 19 August 2011, pp. 36-37.

[28]     Mr Tony Gilding, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 19 August 2011, p. 44.

[29]     Submission 12, pp. 3-4.

[30]     Submission 23, p. 7.

[31]     Submission 30, p. 2.

[32]     Mr Cameron Kerr, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 19 August 2011, p. 14.

[33]     The World Bank and IFC, The World Bank Group Framework and IFC Strategy for Engagement in the Palm Oil Sector, 31 March 2011, p. 10, <http://www.ifc.org/ifcext/agriconsultation.nsf/ Content/KeyDocuments> viewed 29 August 2011.

[34]     Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 32, p. 1.

[35]     Ms Kate Carnell, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 18 August 2011, p. 15.

[36]     Mr Iain Macgregor, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 18 August 2011, p. 35.

[37]     PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Cost Schedule for Food Labelling Changes (Food Standards Australia New Zealand), Final Report, 7 March 2008, p. 3, <http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/_srcfiles/ Final%20report-%20FSANZ%20-%207%20March%202008%20(2).pdf> viewed 29 August 2011.

[38]     Submission 27, p. 6.

[39]     Mr Cameron Kerr, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 19 August 2011, p. 14.

[40]     Submission 27, p. 7; Submission 12, p. 2; Submission 24, p. 2; Submission 15, p. 4.

[41]     The full title is: Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of New Zealand Concerning a Joint Food Standards System, done at Wellington 5 December 1995.

[42]     Submission 29, p. [8]; Submission 4, p. 1; Submission 32, pp. 1-2; Submission 30, p. 2.

[43]     Australian Oilseeds Federation, Submission 32, pp. 1-2.

[44]     Submission 15, p. 5.

[45]     Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee, Inquiry into Food Standards Amendment (Truth in Labelling – Palm Oil) Bill 2010, World Growth, Submission 301, Attachment 1, p. 13.

[46]     Submission 20, pp. 2-3.

[47]     Submission 15, pp. 3-4.

[48]     Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee, Inquiry into Food Standards Amendment (Truth in Labelling – Palm Oil) Bill 2010, Submission 301, Attachment 1, p. 8.

[49]     Submission 32, p. 2.

[50]     Mr Steve McCutcheon, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 18 August 2011, p. 3.

[51]     Mr Bruce Paine, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 18 August 2011, p. 28.

Back to top

We acknowledge the traditional owners and custodians of country throughout Australia and acknowledge their continuing connection to land, waters and community. We pay our respects to the people, the cultures and the elders past, present and emerging.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that this website may contain images and voices of deceased people.