HuntBlog: Losing to the Levies

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Norman Hunt is the founder of Hunt Partners Lawyers Pty Ltd, a law firm which specialises in rural industry advocacy and reform. Hunt Partners have represented and advocated on behalf of rural businesses, private interest groups and industry bodies for over 25 years. HuntBlog is a forum for discussion of important issues relevant to the rural sector and provides background to current news events, encompassing public and private, legal and commercial, domestic and international perspectives.

For more information about Norman Hunt or Hunt Partners visit: www.huntpartners.com.au

Or email Norman at: huntpartners@bigpond.com

Reference Documents

A More Extensive Collection of Documents are Available at

http://www.huntpartners.com.au/Content/documents

Australian Government-Department of Agriculture. Fisheries and Forestry: Levy Principles and Guidelines, Australian Government, available at http://www.huntpartners.com.au/Shared/Sites/huntpartners/Assets/Your%20Files/levy-principles-guidelines.pdf

Submission to Senate Inquiry- Reserve Bank Amendment (Australian Reconstruction and Development Board) Bill 2013, Hunt Partners, available at http://www.huntpartners.com.au/Shared/Sites/huntpartners/Assets/Your%20Files/Reserve%20Bank%20Amendment%20Senate%20Submission.pdf

AMPG Red Meat Industry Reform Outline, Hunt Partners, available at

http://www.huntpartners.com.au/Shared/Sites/huntpartners/Assets/Your%20Files/AMPG%20Red%20Meat%20Industry%20Reform%20Outline.pdf

Press Coverage of Industry Structures and Systems Governing Levies on Grass-Fed Cattle Senate Inquiry, Hunt Partners, available at

http://www.huntpartners.com.au/Shared/Sites/huntpartners/Assets/Your%20Files/NQ0206_001_444274875%20(1).pdf

http://www.huntpartners.com.au/Shared/Sites/huntpartners/Assets/Your%20Files/NQ0206_005_667965579%20(1).pdf

http://www.huntpartners.com.au/Shared/Sites/huntpartners/Assets/Your%20Files/NQ0206_003_931887431%20(1).pdf

Beef's New Direction Strategic Plan 2010, Hunt Partners, available at

http://www.huntpartners.com.au/Shared/Sites/huntpartners/Assets/Your%20Files/Beef%27s%20New%20Direction%20Strategic%20Plan%20%28Final%29.pdf

Background to Call for Red Meat Organisational Reform, Hunt Partners, available at

http://www.huntpartners.com.au/Shared/Sites/huntpartners/Assets/Your%20Files/Background%20to%20the%20Call%20for%20Red%20Meat%20Organisational%20(1).pdf

Paradise Lagoons Strategic Plan, Hunt Partners, available at http://www.huntpartners.com.au/Shared/Sites/huntpartners/Assets/Your%20Files/Beef's%20New%20Direction%20Strategic%20Plan%20(Final).pdf

Terms of Reference of the Agricultural Competitiveness White Paper, available at http://agriculturalcompetitiveness.dpmc.gov.au/terms-of-reference

Swan, J. (2013) Australia signs free trade deal with South Korea, The Sydney Morning Herald, available at http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/australia-signs-free-trade-deal-with-south-korea-20131205-2ysv3.html

Recommendations of the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee and Inquiry into the Australian Meat Industry Consultative Structure and Quota Allocation Second Report, available at http://www.huntpartners.com.au/Shared/Sites/huntpartners/Assets/Your%20Files/Recommendations%20of%20RRATL%20Committee.pdf

Chapple, V. (2013) 'GrainCorp takeover needs greater scrutiny', NSW Farmers, available at http://www.nswfarmers.org.au/news/global-news/graincorp-takeover-needs-greater-scrutiny

Ferguson, A. (2013) 'Joe Hockey's move to block GrainCorp takeover sends strong signal: Andrew Forest', The Age, available at http://www.theage.com.au/business/joe-hockeys-move-to-block-graincorp-takeover-sends-strong-signal-andrew-forrest-20131201-2yjqs.html

'GrainCorp CEO resigns after failed takeover bid', (2013) ABC Rural, available at http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-12-02/graincorp-ceo-watkins-resigns/5128272

Cranston, M. (2013) 'Foreign buyer for NT station', FarmWeekly, available at http://www.farmweekly.com.au/news/agriculture/property/general-news/foreign-buyer-for-nt-farm/2674103.aspx?storypage=0

'Madigan wants foreign investment rules tightened', (2013) The Australian Financial Review, available at http://www.afr.com/p/national/madigan_wants_foreign_investment_bXgmYpcyIxQqWH8ORRUdkM

Kerin, J. (2013) 'Korea's push for bigger slice of resources', The Australian Financial Review, available at http://www.afr.com/p/national/south korea_resources_push_ahead_9qV8ON54yO22aUnk04zREN

NARGA, (2008) 'Public Submission National Association of Retail Grocers Australia Part B- ACCC inquiry into the competitiveness of retail prices for standard groceries' available at http://www.accc.gov.au/system/files/129%20(late%2014%20Mar)%20-%20National%20Association%20of%20Retail%20Grocers%20of%20Australia%20(sub.2)%20(69%20pages).pdf

Hansen, J. (2012) 'Australia is the great foreign-owned land as more NSW farms being sold overseas', The Sunday Telegraph, available at http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/australia-is-the-great-foreign-owned-land-as-more-nsw-farms-being-sold-overseas/story-e6freuzi-1226281573668

Herbert, B. (Broadcast 23 July 2013) 'Chinese purchase of WA Farmland divides opinions', Australian Broadcasting Corporation, available at http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2013/s3809433.htm

Taylor, R. (2009) 'BAA Ordered to Sell Three Airports', Competition Commission, available at http://www.competition-commission.org.uk/assets/competitioncommission/docs/pdf/non-inquiry/press_rel/2009/mar/pdf/11-09

Terceiro, M. (2012) 'ACCC's investigation of Woolworths and Coles: A Blueprint for Action', Iss. 4, Competition and Consumer Protection Law, available at http://competitionandconsumerprotectionlaw.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/acccs-investigation-of-woolworths-and.html

Mansted, R. and Marshall, B. (2008) 'Misuse of market power-small business versus big business', Vol. 14, Iss. 2 Article 4, The National Legal Eagle, available at http://epublications.bond.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1125&context=nle

Reid, B. (2013) 'Breaking up Australia's oligopolies', Ashurst Australia, available at http://www.ashurst.com/page.aspx?id_content=9448

Leyonhjelm, D. (2011) 'Australia's fictitious Chinese farmers', Business Spectator, available at http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2010/09/16/233511_cattle.html

Abey, M. ( 2010) 'Swift moves on Rockdale', Weekly Times Now, available at http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2010/09/16/233511_cattle.html

Zumbo, F. (2008) 'Predatory Pricing: Defending small business and farmers', News Weekly, available at
Walker, J. (26 January 2013) 'Cubbie station goes to China for 'a steal', The Australian, available at

http://newsweekly.com.au/article.php?id=3511

Walker, J. (2013) 'Cubbie station goes to China for 'a steal', The Australian, available at http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/cubbie-goes-to-china-for-a-steal/story-e6frg8zx-1226562159297#mm-premium

Jones, E. (2013) 'Coles and Woolworths duopoly hard to swallow' The Conversation, available at http://theconversation.com/coles-and-woolworths-duopoly-hard-to-swallow-533

Parker, C. (2013) 'ACCC's inquiry into supermarket bullying misses the real issue of duopoly power',The Conversation, available at http://theconversation.com/acccs-inquiry-into-supermarket-bullying-misses-the-real-issue-of-duopoly-power-12247

King, S. (2013) 'FactCheck: Do Coles and Woolies control 80% of the market?', The Conversation, available at https://theconversation.com/factcheck-do-coles-and-woolies-control-80-of-the-market-15418

'Big plans for Rockdale Beef after ACCC approves takeover' (2010) ABC News, available at http://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-09-10/big-plans-for-rockdale-beef-after-accc-approves/2255894

'China's land-grab' takes 5 per cent of Ukraine: report', (2013)The Sydney Morning Herald, available at http://www.smh.com.au/world/chinas-land-grab-takes-5-per-cent-of-ukraine-report-20130925-2udsp.html

Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Losing to the Levies

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