I know the time frame is short , but I urge all of you who haven't yet sent in a submission for this inquiry to do so. We must show the State and Federal Governments that we are not going to sit back and allow our way of making an honest dollar and providing the nation and indeed many of the world's people with food and fibre.
The dates and places for the Senate Inquiry have just been announced.
1. Thursday, 8 April - Wagga Wagga
2. Friday, 9 April – Rockhampton
3. Tuesday, 20 April - Perth
If you haven't seen the details here they are:
On 04 February 2010 the Senate referred the following matters to the Senate Finance and Public Administration Committee for inquiry and report.
(1) The impact of native vegetation laws and legislated greenhouse gas abatement measures on landholders, including:
(a) any diminution of land asset value and productivity as a result of such laws;
(b) compensation arrangements to landholders resulting from the imposition of such laws;
(c) the appropriateness of the method of calculation of asset value in the determination of compensation arrangements; and
(d) any other related matter.
(2) in conducting this inquiry, the committee must also examine the impact of the Government's proposed Carbon pollution Reduction Scheme and the range of measures related to climate change announced by the Leader of the Opposition (Mr Abbott) on 2 February 2010.
Submissions should be received by 05 March 2010. The reporting date is 30 April 2010.
The Committee is seeking written submissions from interested individuals and organisations preferably in electronic form submitted online or sent by email to fpa.sen@aph.gov.au as an attached Adobe PDF or MS Word format document. The email must include full postal address and contact details.
Alternatively, written submissions may be sent to:
Senate Finance and Public Administration Committee
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600