Inquiry into food production in Australia
Terms of Reference
On 25 June 2008, the Senate referred the following matter to the
Select Committee on Agricultural and Related Industries:
Food production in Australia and the question of how to produce food that
is:
- affordable to consumers;
- viable for production by farmers; and
- of sustainable impact on the environment.
The committee invites you to
make a submission addressing all or some of these issues. The closing date
for submissions is 14 August 2008. While it would assist the
committee to receive submissions by this date, the committee will continue
to accept submissions throughout the course of the inquiry. The reporting
date for the inquiry is 27 November 2009.
Electronic submissions can be
lodged at agriculture.sen@aph.gov.au
or sent by mail to:
The Secretary
Senate Select Committee on
Agricultural and Related Industries
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
CANBERRA ACT 2600
Please not that submissions
become committee documents and are only made public after a decision by
the committee. Persons making submissions must not release them without
the committee's prior approval. Submissions are covered by parliamentary
privilege but the unauthorised release of them is not.
If you wish to make a
confidential submission, or have any questions in relation to the inquiry,
or any matter related to the committee or its procedures, please do not
hesitate to call the committee secretariat on (02) 6277 3511.
Following consideration of submissions, the committee is proposing to
hold public hearings. The committee will consider all submissions and may
invite individuals and organisations to give evidence at the public
hearings.
Inquiries from hearing and speech impaired people should be directed to the Parliament House TTY number (02) 6277 7799. Adobe also provides tools for the blind and visually impaired to access PDF documents. These tools are available at: http://access.adobe.com/. If you require any special arrangements in order to enable you to participate in a committee inquiry, please contact the committee secretary.
For further information, contact:
Committee Secretary
Senate Select Committee on Agricultural and Related Industries
Department of the Senate
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia
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