Footnotes
Chapter 1 - Background
[1]
WFA, Submission 41,
p. 7.
[2]
Ms Brooke Tonkin, IBISWorld industry report C1214: Wine
production in Australia, July 2015, pp 34–35.
[3]
Professor Kym Anderson AC and Nanda R. Aryal, Growth and cycles in
Australia's wine industry: A statistical compendium, 1843 to 2013, Wine
Economics Research Centre, University of Adelaide, February 2015, p. 226.
[4]
Australian Food and Grocery Council, State of the Industry 2015, p. 16.
[5]
Mr Lawrence Stanford, Executive Director, WGGA, Committee Hansard,
24 September 2015, p. 38.
[6]
WGGA, Submission 30, p. 3.
[7]
WGGA, Submission 30, p. 10.
[8]
Department of Agriculture, Submission 29, p. 6.
[9]
Professor Kym Anderson AC and Nanda R. Aryal, Growth and cycles in
Australia's wine industry: A statistical compendium, 1843 to 2013, Wine
Economics Research Centre, University of Adelaide, February 2015, p. 221.
[10]
AGWA, Submission 8, p. 24.
[11]
WFA, Submission 41, p. 8.
[12]
Ms Graeme Lynch, Chair, Wine Industry Tasmania Ltd, Committee Hansard,
25 September 2015, p. 23.
[13]
WFA, Submission 41, p. 63.
[14]
AGWA Authority, Submission 8, p. 24; see also WFA, Submission 41,
p. 7.
[15]
WFA, Submission 41, p. 8.
[16]
Professor Kym Anderson AC and Nanda R. Aryal, Growth and cycles in
Australia's wine industry: A statistical compendium, 1843 to 2013, Wine
Economics Research Centre, University of Adelaide, February 2015, p. 295.
[17]
Australian Bureau of Statistics,
1329.0.55.002: Vineyards Estimates 2014–15, 'Table 1: Vineyards
production, area and number of businesses – Australia, States and
Territories–2014‑15'.
[18]
Ms Brooke Tonkin, IBISWorld industry report C1214: Wine
production in Australia, July 2015, p. 3.
[19]
Mr Chris Byrne, Executive Officer, Riverland Wine, Committee Hansard,
24 September 2015, pp 41–42.
[20]
WFA, Submission 41, p. 8.
[21]
Department of Agriculture, Submission 29, p. 5.
[22]
Department of Agriculture, Submission 29, p. 5.
[23]
Professor Kym Anderson AC and Nanda R. Aryal, Growth and cycles in
Australia's wine industry: A statistical compendium, 1843 to 2013, Wine
Economics Research Centre, University of Adelaide, February 2015, p. 22.
[24]
Professor Kym Anderson AC and Nanda R. Aryal, Growth and cycles in
Australia's wine industry: A statistical compendium, 1843 to 2013, Wine
Economics Research Centre, University of Adelaide, February 2015, p. 221.
[25]
Ms Brooke Tonkin, IBISWorld industry report C1214: Wine
production in Australia, July 2015, p. 20.
[26]
WFA, Submission 41, p. 8.
[27]
Accolade Wines, Submission 26, p. 2.
[28]
Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee, The
operation of the wine-making industry, October 2005, p. 2.
[29]
Professor Kym Anderson AC and Nanda R. Aryal, Growth and cycles in
Australia's wine industry: A statistical compendium, 1843 to 2013, Wine
Economics Research Centre, University of Adelaide, February 2015, p. 152.
[30]
Australian Bureau of Statistics, 1329.0: Australian wine and grape
industry, 2004–05, p. 3.
[31]
Department of Agriculture, Submission 29, p. 3.
[32]
WGGA, Submission 30, p. 3.
[33]
WGGA, Submission 30, p. 3. See also AGWA, Submission 8, p.
19.
[34]
For example, WFA, Submission 41, p. 13; Mr Marc Allgrove, Submission
2, p. 1.
[35]
Accolade Wines, Submission 26, p. 2.
[36]
WFA, Submission 41, p. 8. See also Mr Warren Randall, Proprietor
and Managing Director, Seppeltsfield Wine, Committee Hansard, 24
September 2015, pp 12–13.
[37]
WFA, WGGA, Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation, Australian Wine
Research and Development Corporation, Wine Restructuring Action Agenda,
Supporting report, p. 2, http://wgga.com.au/wp-content/uploads/WRAA-supporting-101109.pdf,
(accessed 18 November 2015).
[38]
Professor Kym Anderson AC and Nanda R. Aryal, Growth and cycles in
Australia's wine industry: A statistical compendium, 1843 to 2013, Wine
Economics Research Centre, University of Adelaide, February 2015, p. 24; Ms Brooke
Tonkin, IBISWorld industry report C1214: Wine production in Australia,
July 2015, p. 6.
[39]
WFA, Submission 41, p. 9.
[40]
Ms Victoria Angove, Director, Angove Family Winemakers, Committee
Hansard, 24 September 2015, p. 19; Mr Warren Randall, Proprietor and
Managing Director, Seppeltsfield Wine, Committee Hansard, 24 September
2015, p. 12; AGWA, Submission 8, pp 8, 25; Riverland Wine, Submission
15, p. 4–6; Department of Industry and Science, Submission 19,
p. 8; South Australian Wine Industry Association, Submission 32, pp
3, 8; Treasury Wine Estates, Submission 35, pp 1–3, WFA, Submission
41, pp 7–9.
[41]
Professor Kym Anderson AC, Wine Economics Research Centre Wine Policy
Brief No 11, ‘How to return Australia’s wine industry to growth? Lessons
from previous cycles’, University of Adelaide, April 2015, p. 15.
[42]
WFA, Submission 41, p. 14.
[43]
Professor Kym Anderson AC and Nanda R. Aryal, Growth and cycles in
Australia's wine industry: A statistical compendium, 1843 to 2013, Wine
Economics Research Centre, University of Adelaide, February 2015, p. 34.
[44]
Additional information from WFA, Actions for Industry Profitability
2014–16, received 19 May 2015, p. 23.
[45]
WFA, Submission 41, p. 9.
[46]
WGGA, Submission 30, p. 10.
[47]
WGGA, Submission 30, p. 9.
[48]
Mr Lawrence Stanford, Executive Director, WGGA, Committee Hansard,
24 September 2015, p. 34.
[49]
AGWA, Submission 8, p. 26.
[50]
WGGA, Submission 30, pp 15–16.
[51]
Professor Kym Anderson AC and Nanda R. Aryal, Growth and cycles in
Australia's wine industry: A statistical compendium, 1843 to 2013, Wine
Economics Research Centre, University of Adelaide, February 2015, p. 152.
[52]
Mr Michael Stone, Executive Officer, Murray Valley Winegrowers, Committee
Hansard, 24 September 2015, p. 28.
[53]
Professor Geoffrey Lewis, Committee Member, Clare Region Winegrape Growers
Association, Committee Hansard, 24 September 2015, p. 66.
[54]
Department of Agriculture, Submission 29, p. 5.
[55]
Ms Sheralee Davies, Chief Executive Officer, Wine Industry Tasmania Ltd,
Committee Hansard, 25 September 2015, p. 25.
[56] Mr Graeme Lynch, Chair, Wine
Industry Tasmania Ltd, Committee Hansard, 25 September 2015, p. 23.
[57]
Mr Colin Bell, Chief Executive Officer, Wines of Western Australia, Committee
Hansard, 27 October 2015, p. 4.
[58]
Ibid.
[59]
Mr Redmond Sweeny, President, Wines of Western Australia, Committee
Hansard, 27 October 2015, p. 10.
[60]
See, for example, Mr Andreas Lee Clark, Executive Officer, AGWA, Committee
Hansard, 24 September 2015, p. 6; Ms Victoria Angove, Director, Angove
Family Winemakers, Committee Hansard, 24 September 2015, p. 19; Mr Chris
Byrne, Executive Officer, Riverland Wine, Committee Hansard, 24
September 2015, p. 42; Mr John Griffiths, President, Swan Valley & Regional
Winemakers Association, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2015, p. 47.
[61]
Department of Industry and Science, Submission 19, p. 7.
[62]
Ms Brooke Tonkin, IBISWorld industry report C1214: Wine
production in Australia, July 2015, p. 8.
[63]
WFA, Submission 41, Appendix B, p. 1.
[64]
WFA, Submission 41, p. 59.
[65]
Professor Kym Anderson AC and Nanda R. Aryal, Growth and cycles in
Australia's wine industry: A statistical compendium, 1843 to 2013, Wine
Economics Research Centre, University of Adelaide, February 2015, p. LI.
[66]
WGGA, Submission 30, p. 4.
[67]
WGGA, Submission 30, pp 4–7.
[68]
Australian Small Business Commissioner, Submission 23, p. 8.
Chapter 2 - Wine equalisation tax rebate
[1]
Sam Reinhardt and Lee Steel, 'A brief history of Australia’s tax
system', Paper presented to 22nd APEC Finance Ministers’ Technical
Working Group Meeting, Vietnam, 15 June 2006, http://archive.treasury.gov.au/documents/1156/HTML/docshell.asp?URL=01_Brief_History.asp (accessed
8 November 2015).
[2]
FARE, Submission 22, p. 6. Wholesale sales tax, https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Economics/Completed_inquiries/pre1996/q_balance/report/c03/
[3]
Australia Parliament Parliamentary Budget Office, Alcohol taxation in
Australia, report 3 of 2015, pp 1–2.
[4]
Australia's future tax system – Report to the Treasurer, part 2
volume 2, p. 431, http://taxreview.treasury.gov.au/content/downloads/final_report_part_2/AFTS_Final_Report_Part_2_Vol_2_Consolidated.pdf
(accessed 10 November 2015).
[5]
Professor Kym Anderson, 'Excise and Import Taxes on Wine, Beer and
Spirits: An International Comparison, presented 8–9 February 2010 at Adelaide
Convention Centre, p. 6, https://www.adelaide.edu.au/wine-econ/events/2030workshop/pubs/AndersonTaxes_WC0210.pdf
(accessed 8 November 2015).
[6]
Australian Government The Treasury, Wine equalisation tax rebate:
Discussion paper, August 2015, p. 3.
[7]
Mr Ken Helm AM, Submission 25, p. 1.
[8]
Department of Industry and Science, Submission 19, p. 11.
[9]
Australian National Audit Office, Administration of the Wine
Equalisation Tax, Audit Report No. 20 2010, 14 December 2010, p. 28.
[10]
The Hon Peter Costello, Treasurer, A New Tax System (Wine Equalisation)
Bill 1999, 24 March 1999, p. 4182 in Australian Government The Treasury, Wine
equalisation tax rebate: Discussion paper, August 2015, p. 3.
[11]
Department of Industry and Science, Submission 19, p. 11.
[12]
WFA, Submission 41, p. 32; Supplementary Explanatory Memorandum,
Indirect Tax Legislation Amendment Bill 2000, paragraph 2.46.
[13]
WFA, Submission 41, p. 33.
[14]
Supplementary Explanatory Memorandum, Indirect Tax Legislation Amendment
Bill 2000, paragraph 2.25.
[15]
Supplementary Explanatory Memorandum, Indirect Tax Legislation Amendment
Bill 2000, paragraphs 2.1–2.2.
[16]
Mr Redmond Sweeny, President, Wines of Western Australia, Committee
Hansard, 27 October 2015, p. 11.
[17]
Mr Jeremy Dineen, Chief Winemaker and General Manager, Josef Chromy Wines,
Committee Hansard, 25 September 2015, p. 15.
[18]
Australian Tax Office, Wine equalisation tax: operation of the producer
rebate for other than New Zealand participants, WETR 2009/2, https://www.ato.gov.au/law/view/document?LocID=%22WTR%2FWT20092%2FNAT%2FATO%22&PiT=99991231235958
(accessed 10 November 2015). See also Department of Industry and Science, Submission
19, p. 11.
[19]
Revised Explanatory Memorandum, Tax Laws Amendment (Wine Producer Rebate
and Other Measures) Bill 2004, paragraph 1.5.
[20]
Parliamentary Library, Bills Digest, Tax Laws Amendment (2006 Measures
No. 3) Bill 2006 and New Business Tax System (Untainting Tax) Bill 2006, 8
August 2006, p. 26.
[21]
Revised Explanatory Memorandum, Tax Laws Amendment (Wine Producer
Rebate and Other Measures) Act 2004, paragraph 1.6.
[22]
Supplementary Explanatory Memorandum, Tax Laws Amendment (Wine Producer
Rebate and Other Measures) Act 2004, paragraph 1.6.
[23]
Department of Agriculture, Submission 29, p. 10.
[24]
Explanatory Memorandum, Tax Laws Amendment (2006 Measures No.3) Act
2006, p. 10; WFA, Submission 41, p. 33.
[25]
Australian Government, Budget Paper No. 2: Budget Measures 2006-07, p. 37.
[26]
The Hon Peter Costello MP, Treasurer, Increase in Wine Equalisation Tax
(WET) Producer Rebate, Media Release No. 35, 9 May 2006.
[27]
Explanatory Memorandum, Tax Laws Amendment (2005 Measures No. 4) Bill
2005, paragraph. 4.4.
[28]
FARE, Submission 22, p. 8; WFA, Submission 41, p. 33.
[29]
Australian Government, Budget Paper No. 1: Budget Measures 2004–05, p.
2–5. Budget Paper No. 2: Budget Measures 2004–05, p. 39.
[30]
Australian Government, Budget Paper No. 2: Budget Measures 2006-07, p. 37;
[31]
Parliamentary Library, Bills Digest, Tax Laws Amendment (2006 Measures
No. 3) Bill 2006 and New Business Tax System (Untainting Tax) Bill 2006, 8
August 2006, p. 26.
[32]
Australian Government, Budget Paper No. 1: Budget Measures 2004–05, p.
2–5. Budget Paper No. 2: Budget Measures 2004–05, p. 39.
[33]
Australian Government, Budget Paper No. 2: Budget Measures 2006-07, p. 37.
[34]
WFA, Submission 41, pp 34–5.
[35]
Department of Agriculture, Submission 29, p. 10.
[36]
WFA, Submission 41, p. 35.
[37]
WFA, Submission 41, Appendix G, p. 40.
[38]
Department of Industry and Science, Submission 19, p. 7.
[39]
The Hon. Josh Frydenberg MP, Assistant Treasurer, Wine
Equalisation Tax rebate discussion paper, Media
release, 5 May 2015, http://jaf.ministers.treasury.gov.au/media-release/022-2015/ (accessed 18 November 2015).
[40]
Australian Government The Treasury, Wine Equalisation Tax Rebate, http://www.treasury.gov.au/ConsultationsandReviews/Consultations/2015/Wine-Equalisation-Tax-Rebate,
(accessed 12 November 2015).
[41]
Australian Government The Treasury, Wine equalisation tax rebate:
Discussion paper, August 2015, p. 1.
[42]
Mr Graeme Lynch, Chair, Wine Industry Tasmania Ltd, Committee Hansard,
25 September 2015, p. 21.
[43]
See, for example, Mr Leo Pech, Submission 13, p. 12.
[44]
Mr Victor Patrick, Chairman, WGGA, Committee Hansard, 24 September
2015, p. 33.
[45]
Ms Sheralee Davies, Chief Executive Officer, Wine Industry Tasmania Ltd, Committee Hansard,
25 September 2015, p. 22.
[46]
Australian National Audit Office, Administration of the Wine
Equalisation Tax, Audit Report No. 20 2010, 14 December 2010, p. 28.
[47]
FARE, Submission 22, p. 19; South Australian Wine Industry
Association Incorporated, Submission 32, p. 4; Treasury Wine Estates, Submission
35, p. 18; WFA, Submission 41, pp 17, 53.
[48]
Mr Roger Sharp, Director, Group Corporate Affairs, Treasury Wine Estates, Committee
Hansard, 27 October 2015, p. 34.
[49]
Mr Roger Sharp, Director, Group Corporate Affairs, Treasury Wine Estates, Committee
Hansard, 27 October 2015, p. 39.
[50]
FARE, Submission 22, p. 19.
[51]
FARE, Submission 22, p. 11.
[52] FARE, Submission
22, p. 4; Australia's future tax system review, Report to the Treasurer,
December 2009, p. 443, http://taxreview.treasury.gov.au/content/downloads/final_report_part_2/AFTS_Final_Report_Part_2_Vol_2_Consolidated.pdf
(accessed 6 November 2015).
[53]
Australia's future tax system review, Report to the Treasurer,
December 2009, p. 442, http://taxreview.treasury.gov.au/content/downloads/final_report_part_2/AFTS_Final_Report_Part_2_Vol_2_Consolidated.pdf
(accessed 6 November 2015).
[54]
Australia's future tax system review, Report to the Treasurer,
December 2009, p. 431, http://taxreview.treasury.gov.au/content/downloads/final_report_part_2/AFTS_Final_Report_Part_2_Vol_2_Consolidated.pdf
(accessed 6 November 2015).
[55] Committee of
Inquiry into the Winegrape and Wine Industry, Winegrape and wine industry in
Australia, June 1995, pp 21–2, http://www.pc.gov.au/research/completed/wine-grape/winegrap.pdf
(accessed 9 November 2015).
[56]
Parliament of Western Australia Education and Health Standing Committee, Alcohol:
Reducing the Harm and Curbing the Culture of Excess (report no. 10, 38th
Parliament), 2011, p. 188.
[57]
Australian National Preventative Health Agency, Exploring the Public
Interest Case for a Minimum (Floor) Price for Alcohol, May 2013, p. 74. http://health.gov.au/internet/anpha/publishing.nsf/Content/minimum-price-final-report
(accessed 9 November 2015). See also Parliament of Victoria Drugs and Crime
Prevention Committee, Inquiry into strategies to reduce harmful alcohol
consumption (Final report, vol. 1), p. xxix http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/images/stories/committees/dcpc/alcoholharmreduction/DCPC-Report_Alcohol_Vol1_2006-03.pdf
(accessed 9 November 2015).
[58]
House of Representatives Standing Committee on Family and Community
Affairs, Road to recovery: Report on the inquiry into substance abuse in
Australian communities, August 2003, p. 117, https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/House_of_representatives_Committees?url=fca/subabuse/report.htm
(accessed 9 November 2015). See also National Preventative Health Taskforce,
'Alcohol: reshaping the drinking culture in Australia' (Chapter 4), Australia:
the healthiest country by 2020: National Preventative Health Strategy – the
roadmap for action, 2009. http://www.preventativehealth.org.au/internet/preventativehealth/publishing.nsf/Content/nphs-roadmap
(accessed 10 November 2015).
[59]
National Preventative Health Taskforce, 'Alcohol: reshaping the drinking
culture in Australia' (Chapter 4), Australia: the healthiest country by
2020: National Preventative Health Strategy – the roadmap for action, 2009.
http://www.preventativehealth.org.au/internet/preventativehealth/publishing.nsf/Content/nphs-roadmap
(accessed 10 November 2015).
[60]
The Hon. Wayne Swan, MP, Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer and the Hon.
Kevin Rudd, MP, Prime Minister, 'Stronger, fairer, simpler: a tax plan for our
future', Media Release 028, 2 May 2010, http://ministers.treasury.gov.au/DisplayDocs.aspx?doc=pressreleases/2010/028.htm&pageID=003&min=wms&Year
(accessed 9 November 2015); Department of Health and Ageing, Taking
Preventative Action - the Government's response to the report of the National
Preventative Health Taskforce, 11 May 2010, p. 97, http://www.health.gov.au/internet/preventativehealth/publishing.nsf/Content/taking-preventative-action
(accessed 9 November 2015).
[61]
Wine and Grape Growers Australia, Wine industry must continue to focus
on transition, December 2010, http://wgga.com.au/archives/642
(accessed 12 November 2015).
[62]
Mr Jeremy Dineen, Chief Winemaker and General Manager, Josef Chromy Wines,
Committee Hansard, 25 September 2015, p. 16; Mr Redmond Sweeny,
President, Wines of Western Australia, Committee Hansard, 27 October
2015, p. 12; Pernod Ricard Winemakers, Submission 28, p. 3; Mr Nick
Power, Chief Executive Officer, Margaret River Wine Association, Committee
Hansard, 27 October 2015, p. 29.
[63]
Murray Valley Winegrowers Inc, Submission 6, pp 7–8.
[64]
Treasury Wine Estates, Submission 35, p. 7.
[65]
Accolade Wines, Submission 26, p. 9.
[66]
FARE, Submission 22, p. 14.
[67]
For example, Accolade Wines, Submission 26, pp 9–11; Wine Grape
Council South Australia, Submission 37, p. 6; Riverland Wine, Submission
15, p. 17.
[68]
Mr Paul Evans, Chief Executive Officer, WFA, Committee Hansard, 27
October 2015, p. 22. See also WFA, Submission 41, Appendix A, p. 41.
[69]
WFA, Submission 41, p. 13; Mr Paul Evans, Chief Executive Officer, WFA,
Committee Hansard, 27 October 2015, p. 21.
[70]
Mr Roger Sharp, Director, Group Corporate Affairs, Treasury Wine Estates, Committee
Hansard, 27 October 2015, pp 39–40.
[71]
Treasury Wine Estates, Submission 35, p. 6.
[72]
Pernod Ricard Winemakers, Submission 28, p. 3.
[73]
South Australian Wine Industry Association, Submission 32, pp 4–5.
[74]
Treasury Wine Estates, Submission 35, p. 1.
[75]
Ms Anita Poddar, Head of Corporate Affairs, Accolade Wines, Committee
Hansard, 24 September 2015, p. 16; Mr Nick Waterman, Managing
Director, Yalumba Wine Company, Committee Hansard, 24 September 2015, p.
20; Mr Marc Allgrove, Partner, Evans & Ayers Wine Business Consulting, Committee
Hansard, 24 September 2015, p. 20; Mr Brian Simpson, Chief Executive
Officer, Riverina Wine Grape Marketing Board, Committee Hansard,
24 September 2015, p. 49; Professor Geoffrey Lewis, Committee Member,
Clare Region Winegrape Growers Association, Committee Hansard, 24
September 2015, p. 62; Mr Roger Sharp, Director, Group Corporate Affairs,
Treasury Wine Estates, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2015, p. 40;
Mr John Griffiths, President, Swan Valley & Regional Winemakers
Association, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2015, p. 46; Riverland Wine, Submission
15, p. 5; Mr John Ward, Submission 38, p. 1.
[76]
Mr Brian Simpson, Chief Executive Officer, Riverina Wine Grape Marketing
Board, Committee Hansard, 24 September 2015, p. 52.
[77]
Department of Industry and Science, Submission 19, p. 11; Mr Leo
Pech, Submission 13, p. 9; WFA, Submission 41, Appendix G, 11 September
2015, p. 58; Mr Michael Stone, Executive Officer, Murray Valley
Winegrowers, Committee Hansard, 24 September 2015, p. 31; Mr John
Griffiths, President, Swan Valley & Regional Winemakers Association, Committee
Hansard, 27 October 2015, p. 46; Wine Tasmania. Submission 11, pp 12–13;
Accolade Wines, Submission 26, pp 3, 11–12 and 15, Mr Ken Helm AM, Submission 25,
p. 1; Mr Redmond Sweeny, President, Wines of Western Australia, Committee
Hansard, 27 October 2015, p. 11; Ms Sheralee Davies, Chief Executive
Officer, Wine Industry Tasmania Ltd, Committee Hansard, 25 September
2015, p. 22.
[78]
Mr Redmond Sweeny, President, Wines of Western Australia, Committee
Hansard, 27 October 2015, p. 11.
[79]
Professor Geoffrey Lewis, Committee Member, Clare Region Winegrape Growers
Association, Committee Hansard, 24 September 2015, p. 64.
[80]
Ms Sheralee Davies, Chief Executive Officer, Wine Industry Tasmania Ltd, Committee
Hansard, 25 September 2015, p. 22.
[81]
FARE, Submission 22, p. 11.
[82]
Mr Roger Sharp, Director, Group Corporate Affairs, Treasury Wine Estates, Committee
Hansard, 27 October 2015, p. 35; FARE, Submission 22, pp 11,
17; Treasury Wine Estates, Submission 35, p. 13; Mr John Ward, Submission
38, p. 1; WFA, Submission 41, p. 40; Ms Virginia Tropeano, Submission
9, p. 4; Wines of Western Australia, Submission 21, p. 5;
WineFoodTechMedia Group, Submission 34, Attachment 2; Mr Warren Randall,
Proprietor and Managing Director, Seppeltsfield Wine, Barossa Valley, South
Australia, Committee Hansard, 24 September 2015, p. 16; Mr Brian
Simpson, Chief Executive Officer, Riverina Wine Grape Marketing Board, Committee
Hansard, 24 September 2015, p. 53; Professor Geoffrey Lewis, Committee
Member, Clare Region Winegrape Growers Association, Committee Hansard,
24 September 2015, p. 66; Mr Stuart Bryce, Committee Hansard, 25
September 2015, pp 8– 9; Ms Francine Austin, Committee Hansard, 25
September 2015, p. 12; Mr Graeme Lynch, Chair, Wine Industry Tasmania Ltd,
Committee Hansard, 25 September 2015, p. 25.
[83]
WFA, Submission 41, Appendix A, p. 42.
[84]
Australian National Audit Office, Administration of the Wine
Equalisation Tax, Audit Report No. 20 2010, 14 December 2010, p. 13.
[85]
Australian Taxation Office, Taxpayer Alert TA 2013/2: Wine
equalisation tax (WET) producer rebate schemes, 8 October 2013, https://www.ato.gov.au/law/view/document?DocID=TPA/TA20132/NAT/ATO/00001
(accessed 16 November 2015).
[86]
Australian Taxation Office, Taxpayer Alert TA 2013/2: Wine
equalisation tax (WET) producer rebate schemes, 8 October 2013, https://www.ato.gov.au/law/view/document?DocID=TPA/TA20132/NAT/ATO/00001
(accessed 16 November 2015).
[87]
Ibid.
[88]
WFA, Submission 41, p. 41; WFA, Submission 41, Appendix G,
p. 15.
[89]
Wines of Western Australia, Submission 21, p. 5.
[90]
Australian Taxation Office, Taxpayer Alert TA 2013/2: Wine
equalisation tax (WET) producer rebate schemes, 8 October 2013, https://www.ato.gov.au/law/view/document?DocID=TPA/TA20132/NAT/ATO/00001
(accessed 16 November 2015).
[91]
WFA, answer to question on notice, 27 October 2015 (received 11 November
2015).
[92]
Wines of Western Australia, Submission 21, p. 5.
[93]
WFA, answer to question on notice, 27 October 2015 (received 11 November
2015).
[94]
Additional information from Treasury Wine Estates and Pernod Ricard
Winemakers, Using the Wine Equalisation Tax rebate to build a stronger and
more profitable Australian wine industry: Submission to Discussion Paper,
received 30 September 2015, p. 3.
[95]
WFA, Submission 41, Appendix G, p. 15; Murray
Valley Winegrowers Inc, Submission 6, p. 9.
[96]
For example, Australian Tax Office, Wine equalisation tax: operation of
the producer rebate for other than New Zealand participants, WETR 2009/2, https://www.ato.gov.au/law/view/document?LocID=%22WTR%2FWT20092%2FNAT%2FATO%22&PiT=99991231235958
(accessed 10 November 2015).
[97]
WFA, Submission 41, Appendix D, p. 10.
[98]
Accolade Wines, Submission 26, p. 15.
[99]
Ms Virginia Tropeano, Submission 9, p. 4.
[100] Mr John Ward, Submission
38, p. 1.
[101] WGGA, Submission 30,
p. 18.
[102] Mr Warrick Duthy, Committee
Member, Clare Valley Winemakers Inc, Committee Hansard, 24 September
2015, p. 62.
[103] Riverland Wine, Submission
15, p. 9.
[104] Mr Redmond Sweeny,
President, Wines of Western Australia, Committee Hansard, 27 October
2015, p. 8.
[105] Australia’s future tax
system review, Report to the Treasurer, December 2009, p. 438, http://taxreview.treasury.gov.au/content/downloads/final_report_part_2/AFTS_Final_Report_Part_2_Vol_2_Consolidated.pdf
(accessed 6 November 2015).
[106] WFA, Submission 41,
p. 45.
[107] WFA, Submission 41,
p. 6.
[108] WFA, Submission 41,
Appendix G.
[109] WFA, Submission 41,
Appendix F, p. 14.
[110] Australia's future tax
system review, Report to the Treasurer, December 2009, p. 438, http://taxreview.treasury.gov.au/content/downloads/final_report_part_2/AFTS_Final_Report_Part_2_Vol_2_Consolidated.pdf
(accessed 6 November 2015).
[111] Mr Graeme Lynch, Chair, Wine
Industry Tasmania Ltd, Committee Hansard, 25 September 2015, p. 25; Mrs
Virginia Tropeano, Submission 9, p. 4; Mr Redmond Sweeny, President,
Wines of Western Australia, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2015, p. 8; FARE,
Submission 22, p. 9; Treasury Wine Estates, Submission 35, p. 6; WFA,
Submission 41, p. 47; Mr Nick Power, Chief Executive Officer,
Margaret River Wine Association, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2015, p.
26; Mr John Griffiths, President, Swan Valley & Regional Winemakers
Association, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2015, p. 46; Professor
Geoffrey Lewis, Committee Member, Clare Region Winegrape Growers Association, Committee
Hansard, 24 September 2015, p. 62.
[112] Mr Nick Power, Chief
Executive Officer, Margaret River Wine Association, Committee Hansard,
27 October 2015, p. 26.
[113] Mr Redmond Sweeny,
President, Wines of Western Australia, Committee Hansard, 27 October
2015, p. 8.
[114] Mrs Virginia Tropeano, Submission
9, p. 4.
[115] Treasury Wine Estates, Submission
35, p. 6.
[116] Mr Warren Randall,
Proprietor and Managing Director, Seppeltsfield Wine, Committee Hansard,
24 September 2015, p. 16.
[117] Accolade Wines, Submission
26, p. 6.
[118] Department of Industry and
Science, Submission 19, p. 10.
[119] Department of Agriculture, Submission
29, p. 4.
[120] Clare Region Winegrape
Growers Association and Clare Valley Winemakers Inc, Submission 6,
p. 2.
[121] Mr Warrick Duthy, Committee
Member, Clare Valley Winemakers Inc, Committee Hansard, 24 September
2015, p. 61.
[122] Mr Paul Evans, Chief
Executive Officer, WFA, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2015, p. 20.
[123] Department of Agriculture, Submission
29, p. 6.
[124] WFA, Submission 41,
p. 6.
[125] The Hon. Mal Brough MP,
Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer, Tax Laws Amendment (2005 Measures
No. 4) Bill 2005 (second reading speech), House of Representatives Hansard,
23 June 2005, p. 17.
[126] Department of Foreign
Affairs, Australia & New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade
Agreement, and Exchange of Letters (ATS 1983 No. 2), entry into force 1
January 1983, Article 7.2, http://dfat.gov.au/trade/agreements/anzcerta/Documents/anzcerta1.pdf
(accessed 12 November 2015); WFA, Submission 41, Appendix E2, p. 7.
[127] Department of Foreign
Affairs, Australia & New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade
Agreement, and Exchange of Letters (ATS 1983 No. 2), entry into force 1
January 1983, Article 1(c) and (d).
[128] Signed at Marrakech,
Morocco, 15 April 1994 and entered into effect on 1 January 1995.
[129] Parliamentary
Library, Bills Digest No. 9 2004–05, Tax Laws Amendment (Wine Producer
Rebate and Other Measures) Bill 2004, 28 July 2004, p. 8.
[130] Parliamentary
Library, Bills Digest No. 9 2004–05, Tax Laws Amendment (Wine Producer
Rebate and Other Measures) Bill 2004, 28 July 2004, p. 13.
[131] Mr Tony D'Aloisio AM,
President, WFA, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2015, p. 14; Mr Roger
Sharp, Director, Group Corporate Affairs, Treasury Wine Estates, Committee
Hansard, 27 October 2015, p. 38; Ms Anita Poddar, Head of Corporate
Affairs, Accolade Wines, Committee Hansard, 24 September 2015, p. 11;
Professor Geoffrey Lewis, Committee Member, Clare Region Winegrape Growers
Association, Committee Hansard, 24 September 2015, p. 62; Mr Jeremy
Dineen, Chief Winemaker and General Manager, Josef Chromy Wines, Committee
Hansard, 25 September 2015, p. 16; Mrs Virginia Tropeano, Submission 9,
p. 4l; Wine Tasmania, Submission 11, pp 4, 13; Riverland Wine, Submission
15, p. 10; FARE, Submission 22, pp 5, 9, 11, 20–23; Accolade Wines, Submission
26, pp 3, 15;
[132] Additional information from
Treasury Wine Estates and Pernod Ricard Winemakers, Using the Wine
Equalisation Tax rebate to build a stronger and more profitable Australian wine
industry: Submission to Discussion Paper, received 30 September 2015, p. 3.
[133] WFA, Submission
41, Appendix A, p. 86. No further facts on the change in the number of
producers are available since the discontinuation of the ABS 1329.0
publication.
[134] Additional information from
Treasury Wine Estates and Pernod Ricard Winemakers, Using the Wine
Equalisation Tax rebate to build a stronger and more profitable Australian wine
industry: Submission to Discussion Paper, received 30 September 2015, p. 3.
[135] Australian Government The
Treasury, Wine equalisation tax rebate: Discussion paper,
August 2015, p. 27.
[136] Ibid.
[137] Professor Geoffrey Lewis,
Committee Member, Clare Region Winegrape Growers Association, Committee
Hansard, 24 September 2015, p. 62.
[138] Mr Chris Byrne, Executive
Officer, Riverland Wine, Committee Hansard, 24 September 2015, p. 44; Mr
Warrick Duthy, Committee Member, Clare Valley Winemakers Inc, Committee
Hansard, 24 September 2015, p. 61; Professor Geoffrey Lewis, Committee
Member, Clare Region Winegrape Growers Association, Committee Hansard,
24 September 2015, p. 66; Mr Stuart Bryce, Committee Hansard, 25
September 2015, p. 12; Mr Graeme Lynch, Chair, Wine Industry Tasmania Ltd,
Committee Hansard, 25 September 2015, pp 21 and 25; Mr Redmond Sweeny,
President, Wines of Western Australia, Committee Hansard, 27 October
2015, p. 3; Mr Nick Power, Chief Executive Officer, Margaret River Wine
Association, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2015, p. 25; Mr Roger Sharp,
Director, Group Corporate Affairs, Treasury Wine Estates, Committee Hansard,
27 October 2015, p. 35; Mr John Griffiths, President, Swan Valley &
Regional Winemakers Association, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2015, p
47; Ms Anita Poddar, Head of Corporate Affairs, Accolade Wines, Committee
Hansard, 24 September 2015, p. 11; Mr Warren Randall, Proprietor and
Managing Director, Seppeltsfield Wine, Committee Hansard, 24 September
2015, p. 11; South Australian Wine Industry Association Incorporated, Submission
32, p. 6; Mr Chris Byrne, Executive Officer, Riverland Wine, Committee
Hansard, 24 September 2015, p. 45; Mr John Griffiths, President, Swan
Valley & Regional Winemakers Association, Committee Hansard, 27
October 2015, p. 46.
[139] WFA, Submission 41,
Appendix D, p. 10.
[140] WGGA, Submission 30,
p. 17; Mr Tony D'Aloisio AM, President, WFA, Committee Hansard, 27
October 2015, p. 14; FARE, Submission 22, p. 18.
[141] Mr Warren Randall,
Proprietor and Managing Director, Seppeltsfield Wine, Committee Hansard,
24 September 2015, p. 11.
[142] Mr Tony D'Aloisio AM,
President, WFA, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2015, p. 14.
[143] WFA, Submission 41, p. 31.
[144] Mr Tony D'Aloisio AM,
President, WFA, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2015, p. 14.
[145] Mr Jeremy Dineen, Chief
Winemaker and General Manager, Josef Chromy Wines, Committee Hansard, 25
September 2015, p. 16.
[146] Mr Tony D'Aloisio AM,
President, WFA, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2015, p. 14.
[147] Treasury Wine Estates, Submission
35, p. 6.
[148] Treasury Wine Estates, Submission
35, Attachment 1, p. 5.
[149] Pernod Ricard Winemakers, Submission
28, p. 3.
[150] Mr Lawrence Stanford,
Executive Director, WGGA, Committee Hansard, 24 September 2015, p. 38.
[151] Additional information from
Treasury Wine Estates and Pernod Ricard Winemakers, Using the Wine
Equalisation Tax rebate to build a stronger and more profitable Australian wine
industry: Submission to Discussion Paper, received 30 September 2015, p. 3.
[152] Treasury Wine Estates, Submission
7, p. 7.
[153] Mr Lawrence Stanford,
Executive Director, WGGA, Committee Hansard, 24 September 2015, p. 38.
[154] Mr Lawrence Stanford,
Executive Director, WGGA, Committee Hansard, 24 September 2015, p. 38.
[155] Mr Roger Sharp, Director,
Group Corporate Affairs, Treasury Wine Estates, Committee Hansard, 27
October 2015, p. 35. See also Mr John Griffiths, President, Swan Valley &
Regional Winemakers Association, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2015, p.
49.
[156] Mr Nick Waterman, Managing
Director, Yalumba Wine Company, Committee Hansard, 24 September
2015, p. 25.
[157] Mr Tony D'Aloisio AM,
President, WFA, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2015, p. 15.
Chapter 3 - Wine retail
[1]
IBISWorld (Brooke Tonkin), IBISWorld industry report
C1214: Wine production in Australia, July 2015, p. 7. See also
Department of Industry and Science, Submission 19, p. 12.
[2]
Mr Roger Sharp, Director, Group Corporate Affairs, Treasury Wine
Estates, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2015, p. 40. See also WineFoodTechMedia
Group, Submission 34, p. 9.
[3]
Oxford University Press, A Dictionary of Economics, 2009, http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199237043.001.0001/acref-9780199237043-e-2189
(accessed 19 November 2015).
[4]
Department of Industry and Science, Submission 19, p. 12.
[5]
Ibid.
[6]
Accolade Wines, Submission 26, p. 19.
[7]
IBISWorld (Brooke Tonkin), IBISWorld industry report
C1214: Wine production in Australia, July 2015, p. 16.
[8]
See, for example, Department of Industry and Science, Submission 19,
p. 12; Mr Bruno Altin, Submission 5, p. 3; AGWA, Submission 8, p.
29; Mrs Virginia Tropeano, Submission 9, p. 5; Riverland Wine, Submission
15, p. 12.
[9] Department
of Industry and Science, Submission 19, p. 12 (Expert Report on the
Profitability and Dynamics of the Australian Wine Industry, Centaurus Partners,
August 2013).
[10]
Accolade Wines, Submission 26, p. 15.
[11]
Wines of Western Australia, Submission 21, p. 2.
[12]
Ibid.
[13]
See also Australian Small Business Commissioner, Submission 23, p.
6.
[14]
Department of Industry and Science, Submission 19, p. 12. See also
Australian Small Business Commissioner, Submission 23, p. 6.
[15]
WGGA, Submission 30, p. 20.
[16]
Clare Region Winegrape Growers Association and Clare Valley Winemakers
Inc, Submission 16, p. 6; Accolade Wines, Submission 26, p.
15; Mr Brett Butcher, Submission 27, p. 1; Dindima Wines Pty Ltd, Submission
31, p. 2; WineFoodTechMedia Group, Submission 34, p.2; WFA, Submission
41, p. 57; Mrs Virginia Tropeano, Submission 9, p. 2; Riverland
Wine, Submission 15, p. 12.
[17]
Mr Paul Evans, Chief Executive Officer, WFA, Committee Hansard, 27
October 2015, p. 22.
[18]
WFA, Submission 41, p. 57.
[19]
WGGA, Submission 30, p. 20; Riverland Wine, Submission 15,
p. 12.
[20]
Mrs Virginia Tropeano, Submission 9, p. 2.
[21]
Mr Roger Sharp, Director, Group Corporate Affairs, Treasury Wine Estates, Committee
Hansard, 27 October 2015, p. 40.
[22]
Department of Industry and Science, Submission 19, p. 12 (Expert
Report on the Profitability and Dynamics of the Australian Wine Industry,
Centaurus Partners, August 2013).
[23]
Barossa Wine and Grape Association and Regional Development Australia
Barossa, Submission 10, p. 1.
[24]
Mr Marc Allgrove, Submission 2, p. 2.
[25]
South Australian Wine Industry Association Incorporated, Submission 32,
p. 7.
[26]
Mr Marc Allgrove, Submission 2, p. 2.
[27] Clare Region
Winegrape Growers Association and Clare Valley Winemakers Inc, Submission 16,
p. 1; Mr Warren Randall, Proprietor and Managing Director, Seppeltsfield Wine, Committee
Hansard, 24 September 2015, p. 11.
[28]
Answer to question on notice, WFA, Submission to the Review of the
Competition Framework, 10 June 2014, received 11 November 2015.
[29]
Mr Redmond Sweeny, President, Wines of Western Australia, Committee
Hansard, 27 October 2015, p. 1.
[30]
WFA, Submission 41,
[31]
Treasury Wine Estates, Submission 35, p. 3.
[32]
Mr Redmond Sweeny, President, Wines of Western Australia, Committee
Hansard, 27 October 2015, p. 2.
[33]
WGGA, Submission 30, p. 16.
[34]
See, for example, Mr Paul Evans, Chief Executive Officer, WFA, Committee
Hansard, 27 October 2015, p. 21; Treasury Wine Estates, Submission
35, p. 19; Wine Grape Council South Australia, Submission 37, p. 10;
Riverland Wine, Submission 15, p. 12; WineFoodTechMedia Group, Submission
34, p. 9; Riverina Grape Wine Marketing Board, Submission 33, p. 9; WGGA,
Submission 30, p. 17; Accolade Wines, Submission 26, p. 19.
[35]
Mr Paul Evans, Chief Executive Officer, WFA, Committee Hansard, 27
October 2015, p. 21.
[36]
FARE, Submission 22, p. 8.
[37]
Mr Paul Evans, Chief Executive Officer, WFA, Committee Hansard, 27
October 2015, p. 21.
[38]
For example, WFA, Submission 41, p. 15; Mr Leo Pech, Submission
13, p. 12; FARE, Submission 22, p. 8.
[39]
Mr Lawrence Stanford, Executive Director, WGGA, Committee
Hansard, 24 September 2015, p. 34.
[40]
Mr Brett Butcher, Submission 27, p. 1.
[41]
FARE, Submission 22, p. 4.
[42]
South Australian Wine Industry Association Incorporated, Submission 32,
p. 7.
[43]
Riverland Wine, Submission 15, p. 4.
[44]
Riverland Wine, Submission 15, p. 5.
[45]
WFA, Submission 41, p. 57.
[46]
WFA, Submission 41, p. 58.
[47]
Department of Industry and Science, Submission 19, p. 12.
[48]
Barossa Wine and Grape Association and Regional Development Australia
Barossa, Submission 10, p. 3; WFA, Submission 41, p. 58;
Professor Geoffrey Lewis, Committee Member, Clare Region Winegrape Growers
Association, Committee Hansard, 24 September 2015, p. 67.
[49]
Professor Geoffrey Lewis, Clare Region Winegrape Growers' Association, Committee
Hansard, 24 September 2015, p. 67.
[50]
Mr Tony D'Aloisio AM, President, WFA, Committee Hansard, 27 October
2015, p. 22.
[51]
South Australian Wine Industry Association, Submission 32, p. 10; WFA,
Submission 41, p. 57.
[52]
WFA, Submission 41, p. 57.
[53]
Mr Tony D'Aloisio AM, President, WFA, Committee Hansard, 27 October
2015, p. 14.
[54]
Mr Tony D'Aloisio AM, President, WFA, Committee Hansard, 27 October
2015, p. 3.
[55]
Mr Tony D'Aloisio AM, President, WFA, Committee Hansard, 27 October
2015, p. 14.
[56]
Additional information from WFA, Actions for Industry Profitability
2014–16, received 19 May 2015, p. 6.
[57]
Additional information from WFA, Actions for Industry Profitability
2014–16, received 19 May 2015, p. 27.
[58]
Clare Region Winegrape Growers Association and Clare Valley Winemakers
Inc, Submission 16, p. 6.
[59]
Ibid.
[60]
Ms Robyn Lewis, Chief Executive Officer, WineFoodTechMedia Group, Committee
Hansard, 25 September 2015, p.5.
[61]
Ms Robyn Lewis, Chief Executive Officer, WineFoodTechMedia Group, Committee
Hansard, 25 September 2015, p. 5.
[62]
Ms Sheralee Davies, Chief Executive Officer, Wine Industry Tasmania Ltd, Committee
Hansard, 25 September 2015, p. 27.
[63]
Ibid.
[64]
Mr Larry Jorgensen, Chief Executive Officer, Wines of Western Australia, Committee
Hansard, 27 October 2015, p. 10.
[65]
Mr Nick Power, Chief Executive Officer, Margaret River Wine Association, Committee
Hansard, 27 October 2015, p. 30.
[66]
Wine Tasmania, Submission 11, p. 10; Department of Human Services, Tasmanian
Freight Equalisation Scheme, http://www.humanservices.gov.au/business/services/centrelink/tasmanian-freight-equalisation-scheme/
(accessed 4 November 2015).
[67]
Ms Sheralee Davies, Chief Executive Officer, Wine Industry Tasmania Ltd, Committee
Hansard, 25 September 2015, p. 28.
[68]
Ibid.
[69]
Ibid.
[70]
Mr Jeremy Dineen, Chief Winemaker and General Manager, Josef Chromy Wines,
Committee Hansard, 25 September 2015, p. 16.
[71]
Mr Brian Smedley, Chief Executive, South Australian Wine Industry
Association, Committee Hansard, 24 September 2015, p. 54.
Chapter 4 - The role of AGWA and the export market
[1]
The Wine Australia Corporation was formerly the Australian Wine and
Brandy Corporation.
[2]
Explanatory memorandum to the Grape and Wine Legislation amendment
(Australian Grape and Wine Authority) Bill 2013, Primary Industries (Customs)
Charges Amendment (Australian Grape and Wine Authority) Bill 2013 and Primary
Industries (Excise) Levies Amendment (Australian Grape and Wine Authority) Bill
2013, pp 1–2.
[3]
Australian Grape and Wine Authority Act 2013, Parts IV and IVB.
[4]
AGWA, Submission 8, p. 7.
[5]
AGWA, Strategic Plan 2015–2020, https://www.wineaustralia.com/en/About%20Us/~/media/AGWA%20Strategic%20Plan%202015-2020.ashx,
accessed 25 November 2015, p. 25.
[6]
Mr Andreas Clark, Executive Officer, AGWA, Committee Hansard, 24
September 2015, p. 2.
[7]
Department of Agriculture, Submission 29, p. 8.
[8]
WFA, Submission 41, p. 49–50.
[9]
WFA, Submission 41, p. 49.
[10]
AGWA, Submission 8, p. 10; AGWA, Strategic Plan 2015–2020, https://www.wineaustralia.com/en/About%20Us/~/media/AGWA%20Strategic%20Plan%202015-2020.ashx,
accessed 25 November 2015, p. 25.
[11]
WGGA, Submission 30, p. 19; Accolade Wines, Submission 26,
p. 18; Clare Region Winegrape Growers Association and Clare Valley Winemakers
Inc, Submission 16, p. 7; Riverland Wine, Submission 15, p. 12;
Accolade Wines, Submission 26, p. 18.
[12]
AGWA, Submission 8, pp 21–22.
[13]
AGWA, Submission 8, p. 21.
[14]
AGWA, Submission 8, p. 23.
[15]
AGWA, Submission 8, p. 5.
[16]
AGWA, Submission 8, p. 5.
[17]
WGGA, Submission 30, p. 19; Ms Virginia Tropeano, Submission 9,
p. 4; Riverland Wine, Submission 15, p. 2; WGGA, Submission 30,
p. 19; Riverina Wine Grapes Marketing Board, Submission 33, p. 13.
[18]
Ms Virginia Tropeano, Submission 9, p. 4.
[19]
Wine Grape Council of South Australia, Submission 37, p. 7.
[20]
WGGA, Submission 30, p. 19; Riverland Wine, Submission 15,
p. 12.
[21]
Mr Andreas Clark, Executive Officer, AGWA, Committee Hansard, 24
September 2015, p. 4.
[22]
Mr Graeme Lynch, Chair, Wine Industry Tasmania Ltd, Committee Hansard,
25 September 2015, p. 26. See also Ms Sheralee Davies, Chief Executive Officer,
Wine Industry Tasmania Ltd, Committee Hansard, 25 September 2015, p. 26.
[23]
Mr Tony D'Aloisio AM, President, WFA, Committee Hansard, 27 October
2015, p. 20. See also Wine Tasmania, Submission 11, p. 13.
[24]
Mr Andreas Clark, Executive Officer, AGWA, Committee Hansard, 24
September 2015, p. 4.
[25]
WFA, Submission 41, p. 17.
[26]
Department of Agriculture, Submission 29, p. 8.
[27]
AGWA, Submission 8, p. 12.
[28]
AGWA, Submission 8, p. 8.
[29]
For example, Australian Small Business Commissioner, Submission 23,
p. 7.
[30]
Mr Jeremy Dineen, Chief Winemaker and General Manager, Josef Chromy Wines,
Committee Hansard, 25 September 2015, p. 16.
[31]
Department of Industry and Science, Submission 19, p. 27.
[32]
Department of Industry and Science, Submission 19, p. 3.
[33]
Mr Graeme Lynch, Chair, Wine Industry Tasmania Ltd, Committee Hansard,
25 September 2015, p. 23.
[34]
Ms Victoria Angove, Director, Angove Family Winemakers, Committee
Hansard, 24 September 2015, p. 25.
[35]
WFA, Submission 41, p. 52.
[36]
WFA, Submission 41, Appendix 40, p. 17.
[37]
WFA, Submission 41, p. 49.
[38]
WineFoodTechMedia Group, Submission 34, p. 3.
[39]
Australian Small Business Commissioner, Submission 23, p . 6.
[40]
Ms Anita Poddar, Head of Corporate Affairs, Accolade Wines, Committee
Hansard, 24 September 2015, p. 11; Wines of Western Australia, Submission
21, pp 7–9; Australian Small Business Commissioner, Submission 23, p
. 6; Accolade Wines, Submission 26, p. 20; WGGA, Submission 30,
pp 11–12; WineFoodTechMedia Group, Submission 34, pp 2–4; South
Australian Government, Submission 36, p. 4; WFA, Submission 41,
p. 9.
[41]
Mr Andreas Clark, Executive Officer, AGWA, Committee Hansard, 24
September 2015, p. 2.
[42]
WFA, Submission 41, p. 61.
[43]
WGGA, Submission 30, p. 12.
[44]
Mr Andreas Clark, Executive Officer, AGWA, Committee Hansard, 24
September 2015, p. 3.
[45]
Ibid.
[46]
WGGA, Submission 30, p. 12. See also South Australian Wine Industry
Association, Submission 32, p. 7.
[47]
ABS, Submission 24, p. 5.
[48]
Ibid.
[49]
ABS, Submission 24, pp 5–6.
[50]
Australian Small Business Commissioner, Submission 23, p. 6.
[51]
ABS, Submission 24, p. 5.
[52]
ABS, Vineyards, http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/products/AB1EF401A9A4CA51CA2570F30010359A?OpenDocument
(accessed 26 November 2015).
[53]
Australian Small Business Commissioner, Submission 23, p. 6.
[54]
AGWA, Wine Export Approval Report March 2015, May 2015.
[55]
WFA, Submission 41, p. 62.
[56]
IBISWorld (Brooke Tonkin), IBISWorld industry report C1214: Wine
production in Australia, July 2015, p. 17.
[57]
WFA, Submission 41, p. 8.
[58]
Anderson, K., Growth and cycles in Australia's wine industry: A
statistical compendium, 1843 to 2013, University of Adelaide, February
2015, 'Executive summary', p. xxxvii.
[59]
AGWA, Submission 8, p. 27.
[60]
Wine Australia, Australian wine export value sees strongest growth
since 2007, 16 October 2015, http://www.winecompanion.com.au/news/news-articles/2015/october/australian-wine-export-value-sees-strongest-growth-since-2007 (accessed
29 October 2015).
[61]
WFA, Submission 41, p. 7. See also Adam Gartrell, 'Free trade deals
fuel hopes of a new wine export boom', Sydney Morning Herald, 11 October
2015, http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/free-trade-deals-fuel-hopes-of-a-new-wine-export-boom-20151009-gk57l8.html
(accessed 29 October 2015).
[62]
AGWA, Submission 8, p. 28.
[63]
Mr Warren Randall, Proprietor and Managing Director, Seppeltsfield Wine, Committee
Hansard, 24 September 2015, p. 12.
[64]
Mr Victor Patrick, Chairman, WGGA, Committee Hansard, 24 September
2015, p. 33.
[65]
Mr Andreas Clark, Executive Officer, AGWA, Committee Hansard, 24
September 2015, p. 4.
[66] Professor Kym Anderson AC,
Growth and cycles in Australia's wine industry: A statistical compendium, 1843
to 2013, University of Adelaide, p. XLV.
[67]
Mr Redmond Sweeny, President, Wines of Western Australia, Committee
Hansard, 27 October 2015, p. 3.
[68]
Department of Agriculture, Submission 29, p. 7.
[69]
AGWA, Strategic Plan 2015–2020, https://www.wineaustralia.com/en/About%20Us/~/media/AGWA%20Strategic%20Plan%202015-2020.ashx (accessed
25 November 2015), p. 8.
[70]
AGWA, Submission 8, p. 10.
[71]
AGWA, Submission 8, p. 10.
[72]
Clare Region Winegrape Growers Association and Clare Valley Winemakers Inc,
Submission 16, p. 7.
[73]
Mr Jeremy Dineen, Chief Winemaker and General Manager, Josef Chromy Wines,
Committee Hansard, 25 September 2015, p. 17; Mr Roger Andrew Sharp,
Director, Group Corporate Affairs, Treasury Wine Estates, Committee Hansard,
27 October 2015, p. 34; Mr Graeme Lynch, Chair, Wine Industry Tasmania Ltd, Committee
Hansard, 25 September 2015, p. 24.
[74]
Clare Region Winegrape Growers Association and Clare Valley Winemakers Inc,
Submission 16, p. 7.
[75]
Department of Industry and Science, Submission 19, p. 21.
[76]
Austrade, Annual Report 2014–15, p. 14.
[77]
The Hon Andrew Robb AO MP, 'Export grants vital to Australia's trade, jobs
and growth', Media release, 20 August 2015.
[78] Austrade, Certainty
and confidence—exports and jobs for a changing global economy: Review of the
Export Market Development Grants scheme, 30 June 2015 (tabled 19 August
2015), http://www.austrade.gov.au/Export/Export-Grants/review
(accessed 26 November 2015).
[79]
Clare Region Winegrape Growers Association and Clare Valley Winemakers Inc,
Submission 16, p. 7. See also Mr Tony D'Aloisio AM, President, WFA, Committee
Hansard, 27 October 2015, p. 14; Mr Roger Andrew Sharp, Director, Group
Corporate Affairs, Treasury Wine Estates, Committee Hansard, 27 October
2015, p. 34.
[80] Mr Tony
D'Aloisio AM, President, WFA, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2015, p. 14;
[81]
AGWA, Submission 8, p. 4; Treasury Wine Estates, Submission 35,
p. 3; Mr Graeme Lynch, Chair, Wine Industry Tasmania Ltd, Committee Hansard,
25 September 2015, p. 25; Ms Victoria Angove, Director, Angove Family
Winemakers, , Committee Hansard, 24 September 2015, p. 19; Mr Larry
Jorgenson, Chief Executive Officer, Wines of Western Australia, Committee
Hansard, 27 October 2015, p. 11; Mr Warrick Duthy, Committee Member, Clare Valley
Winemakers Inc, Committee Hansard, 24 September 2015, p. 63
[82]
WFA, Submission 41, p. 7.
[83]
WFA, Submission 41, p. 7.
[84]
WFA, Submission 41, p. 53; Treasury Wine Estates, Submission 35,
p. 8;Wines of Western Australia, Submission 21, p. 6; Mr Graeme Lynch,
Chair, Wine Industry Tasmania Ltd, Committee Hansard, 25 September 2015,
p. 26; Riverland Wine, Submission 15, p. 7.
[85]
Mr Paul Evans, Chief Executive Officer, WFA, Committee Hansard, 27
October 2015, p. 19. See also Mr John Griffiths, President, Swan Valley &
Regional Winemakers Association, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2015, p.
46.
[86]
Treasury Wine Estates, Submission 35, p. 8.
[87]
Wine Tasmania, Submission 11, p. 14.; Ms Victoria Angove, Director,
Angove Family Winemakers, Committee Hansard, 24 September 2015, p. 19.
[88]
Mr Stuart Bryce, Committee Hansard, 25 September 2015, p. 11; Mr
Jeremy Dineen, Chief Winemaker and General Manager, Josef Chromy Wines, Committee
Hansard, 25 September 2015, p. 17; Mr John Griffiths, President, Swan
Valley & Regional Winemakers Association, Committee Hansard, 27
October 2015, p. 46; Mr Graeme Lynch, Chair, Wine Industry Tasmania Ltd, Committee
Hansard, 25 September 2015, p. 24.
[89]
Wines of Western Australia, Submission 21, p. 6.
[90]
Wines of Western Australia, Submission 21, p. 6.
[91]
Clare Region Winegrape Growers Association and Clare Valley Winemakers Inc,
Submission 16, p. 7.
[92]
Treasury Wine Estates, Submission 35, p. 8.
[93]
Mr Peter Hackworth, Executive Officer, Wine Grape Council of South
Australia, Committee Hansard, 24 September 2015, p. 56; Treasury Wine
Estates, Submission 35, p. 8.
[94]
Mr Roger Sharp, Director, Group Corporate Affairs, Treasury Wine Estates, Committee
Hansard, 27 October 2015, p. 34. See also Accolade Wines, Submission 26,
p. 7.
[95] Mr Redmond
Sweeny, President, Wines of Western Australia, Committee Hansard, 27
October 2015, p. 1; Mr Nick Power, Chief Executive Officer, Margaret River Wine
Association, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2015, p. 30.
[96] Mr Redmond
Sweeny, President, Wines of Western Australia, Committee Hansard, 27
October 2015, p. 10.
Chapter 5 - Industry representative organisations
[1]
AGWA, Submission 8, p. 8; Australian Grape and Wine Authority
Act 2013 (Commonwealth), sections 5A–5BA.
[2]
Accolade Wines, Submission 26, p. 16.
[3]
Professor Kym Anderson AC and Nanda R. Aryal, Growth and cycles in
Australia's wine industry: A statistical compendium, 1843 to 2013, Wine
Economics Research Centre, University of Adelaide, February 2015, p. 295.
[4]
WFA, Submission 41, p. 7; Mr Tony D'Aloisio AM, President, WFA, Committee
Hansard, 27 October 2015, p. 13.
[5]
WGGA, Submission 30, p. 3.
[6]
WGGA, Constitution of Wine Grape Growers Australia Incorporated,
November 2014, http://wgga.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/WGGA-Constitution-NOV-2014.pdf
(accessed 25 November 2015), p. 6.
[7]
Accolade Wines, Submission 26, p. 17.
[8]
Wine Grape Council of South Australia, Submission 37, Appendix
3.
[9]
See, for example, Accolade Wines, Submission 26, p. 17.
[10]
South Australian Wine Industry Association, Submission 32, p. 6.
[11]
Wine Tasmania, Submission 11, p. 13.
[12]
Accolade Wines, Submission 26, p. 17.
[13]
Riverland Wine, Submission 15, p. 11.
[14]
Ibid.
[15]
Mr Warren Randall, Proprietor and Managing Director, Seppeltsfield Wine, Committee
Hansard, 24 September 2015, pp 11, 16.
[16]
WineFoodTechMedia Group, Submission 34, p. 4.
[17]
South Australian Wine Industry Association, Submission 32, p. 7.
[18]
Mr Tony D'Aloisio AM, President, WFA, Committee Hansard, 27 October
2015, p. 21. See also Riverland Wine, Submission 15, p. 11.
[19]
Australian Small Business Commissioner, Submission 23, p. 5.
[20]
Murray Valley Winegrowers, Submission 6, p. 4.
[21]
Australian Wine Industry Code of Conduct Management Committee, Annual
Report 2009, p. 5.
[22]
Australian Wine Industry Code of Conduct Management Committee, Annual
Report 2010–11, p. 6.
[23]
Australian Wine Industry Code of Conduct Committee, Australian Wine Industry
Code of Conduct, http://www.wineindustrycode.org/online_code.html
(accessed 13 November 2015)
[24]
Australian Wine Industry Code of Conduct Management Committee, Annual
Report 2010–11, p. 6.
[25]
Australian Wine Industry Code of Conduct Management Committee, Annual
Report 2014–15, p. 6.
[26]
WFA, Submission 41, p. 29.
[27]
Australian Wine Industry Code of Conduct Management Committee, Annual
Report 2012–13, p. 10.
[28]
Australian Small Business Commissioner, Submission 23, p. 5.
[29]
Ms Vicki Watson, Submission 1, p. 1; Murray
Valley Winegrowers Inc, Submission 6, p. 4; Department of
Agriculture, Submission 29, p. 6; Australian Small Business
Commissioner, Submission 23, p. 5.
[30]
Australian Wine Industry Code of Conduct, Annual reports, http://www.wineindustrycode.org/Reports.html
(accessed 24 November 2015).
[31]
WGGA, Submission 30, p. 5; South Australian Government, Submission 36,
p. 3.
[32]
Riverina Grape Wine Marketing Board, Submission 33, p. 16.
[33]
Murray Valley Winegrowers, Submission 6, p. 4.
[34]
Ibid. See also Treasury Wine Estates, Submission 35, p. 4.
[35]
Riverland Wine, Submission 15, p. 14.
[36]
Mr Graeme Lynch, Chair, Wine Industry Tasmania Ltd, Committee Hansard,
25 September 2015, p. 24.
[37]
WGGA, Submission 30, p. 5.
[38]
WFA, Submission 41, p. 30.
[39]
Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee, The
operation of the wine-making industry, October 2005, p. 58.
[40]
Government response to the Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport
References Committee, The operation of the wine-making industry, 22 June
2006.
[41]
Riverina Grape Wine Marketing Board, Submission 33, p. 6; Ms Vicki
Watson, Submission 1, p. 1.
[42]
Mr Brian Simpson, Chief Executive Officer, Riverina Wine Grape Marketing
Board, Committee Hansard, 24 September 2015, p. 52.
[43]
Mr Lawrence Stanford, Executive Director, WGGA, Committee Hansard,
24 September 2015, p. 35.
[44]
South Australian Government, Submission 36, p. 3; Mr Michael Stone,
Executive Officer, Murray Valley Winegrowers, Committee Hansard, 24
September 2015, p. 30; Mr Lawrence Stanford, Executive Director, WGGA, Committee
Hansard, 24 September 2015, p. 35.
[45]
WFA, Submission 41, p. 29.
[46]
Accolade Wines, Submission 26, p. 13; Pernod Ricard Winemakers, Submission
28, p. 4; Mr Michael Stone, Executive Officer, Murray Valley Winegrowers, Committee
Hansard, 24 September 2015, p. 30; Mr Chris Byrne, Executive Officer,
Riverland Wine, Committee Hansard, 24 September 2015, p. 42.
[47]
Accolade Wines, Submission 26, p. 13.
[48]
Australian Small Business Commissioner, Submission 23, p. 5.
[49]
Ibid.
[50]
Ibid.
[51]
Treasury Wine Estates, Submission 35, p. 4.
Dissenting report of Senator Sean Edwards and Senator the Hon Bill Heffernan
[1]
Senate Regional and Rural Affairs and Transport References Committee, Operation
of the wine-making industry, 13 October 2005, pp ix–xii.
Dissenting report of the Australian Greens
[1]
Including Australia's future tax system review, Report to the Treasurer,
December 2009, p. 442, http://taxreview.treasury.gov.au/content/downloads/final_report_part_2/AFTS_Final_Report_Part_2_Vol_2_Consolidated.pdf;
Australian National Preventative Health Agency, Exploring the Public
Interest Case for a Minimum (Floor) Price for Alcohol, May 2013, p. 74. http://health.gov.au/internet/anpha/publishing.nsf/Content/minimum-price-final-report.
[2]
See, for example, Treasury Wine Estates, Submission 35, p. 13; WFA,
Submission 41, p. 40; Wines of Western Australia, Submission 21,
p. 5; Mr Warren Randall, Proprietor and Managing Director, Seppeltsfield Wine,
Barossa Valley, South Australia, Committee Hansard, 24 September
2015, p. 16; Mr Brian Simpson, Chief Executive Officer, Riverina Wine Grape
Marketing Board, Committee Hansard, 24 September 2015, p. 53; Professor
Geoffrey Lewis, Committee Member, Clare Region Winegrape Growers Association, Committee
Hansard, 24 September 2015, p. 66; Wine Industry Tasmania Ltd, Committee
Hansard, 25 September 2015, p. 25.
[3]
See, for example, WFA, Submission 41, Appendix D, p. 10; Accolade
Wines, Submission 26, p. 15; Ms Virginia Tropeano, Submission 9,
p. 4.
[4]
Mr Roger Sharp, Director, Group Corporate Affairs, Treasury Wine
Estates, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2015, p 34, 39; Pernod Ricard
Winemakers, Submission 28, p. 3.
[5]
See, for example, Mr Leo Pech, Submission 13, p. 9; WFA, Submission
41, Appendix G, 11 September 2015, p. 58; Mr Michael Stone,
Executive Officer, Murray Valley Winegrowers, Committee Hansard, 24
September 2015, p. 31; Mr John Griffiths, President, Swan Valley & Regional
Winemakers Association, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2015, p. 46; Wine
Tasmania. Submission 11, pp 12–13; Accolade Wines, Submission 26,
pp 3, 11–12 and 15, Mr Ken Helm AM, Submission 25, p. 1; Mr
Redmond Sweeny, President, Wines of Western Australia, Committee Hansard,
27 October 2015, p. 11; Ms Sheralee Davies, Chief Executive Officer, Wine
Industry Tasmania Ltd, Committee Hansard, 25 September 2015, p. 22.