Not exact matches
500 - 600 attendees are expected
from agribusiness,
peak industry bodies, rural research funders and providers, universities, CSIRO and policy - makers in innovation.
Unconscionable conduct (agrees with NFF that they have not provided protection and support reforms «to provide transparency in the supply chain» and recognise that «certain classes of suppliers... are predisposed to suffering
from a special disadvantage...»; misuse of market power (legal framework must «level the balance of market power in negotiations...», «ensure transparency in the transmission of market prices» and «not allow for final market risks to be borne by the primary producer» and provide «transparency of contract processes» - specifically, Canegrowers supports effects test and a process giving ACCC greater power to «regulate anti-competitive behaviour and impose penalties», shifting «the decisions framework
from the judicial system to a regulatory system» which would make it more accessible to small producers); collective bargaining (notes limits of Sugar
Industry Act (Qld); authorisation and notification approval costly and limited and not a viable alternative -
peak bodies should be able to «commence and progress collective bargaining with mills on behalf of their members» and current threshold too restrictive)» competitive neutrality (mixed outcomes - perverse outcomes in the case of natural monopolies - suggest remove «application of competitive neutrality provisions to natural monopoly essential services»)
Anna Skarbek is CEO of ClimateWorks which receives funding
from The Myer Foundation and Monash University, and has undertaken projects funded by various federal and state government departments and agencies,
peak industry bodies, corporations and philanthropic foundations.
Today I won three TORI Awards (Toast of the Resume
Industry)
from the
peak resume writing
body the PRWRA.
A different perspective, however, came
from parties in one state expressing disquiet about the Federal Court's direction of matters, contrary to the wishes of the
peak industry and Indigenous
bodies and the State Government.
Interestingly, however, the Report «strongly endorses» a suggestion
from the Wand Review that a strategic approach to native title be developed
from a meeting «with representatives of all those involved, including the
peak industry bodies».