AgForce provides responses and expert advice to a range of government inquiries and proposed legislative changes as part of ongoing advocacy work on behalf of broadacre producers in Queensland.

Below are our latest submissions. If you would like to see an older submission that is not listed, please contact us for more information.

2020

• National Water Reform Inquiry 2020 - August 2020
• The Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements
• Australian Government Drought Support (National Drought and North Queensland Flood Response and Recovery Agency)
• Negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement with the European Union (to Trade Minister Birmingham)
• Recognising the Essential Nature of the Agriculture Supply Chain under COVID
• Cultural Heritage Act review
• Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment’s Review of WoolPoll - May 2020
• AgForce feedback on the review of Queensland’s Agricultural Chemicals Distribution Control Regulation 1998 – May 2020
• Elanco-Bayer Merger to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) - February 2020
  • Background information
• Targeted Consultation on Future Management of Lake Eyre Basin (Qld) - February 2020
• Draft South East Queensland Koala Conservation Strategy 2019-2024 - January 2020

2019

• Modernising the Research and Development Corporation System Discussion Paper - December 2019
• Drought Resilience Funding Plan - December 2019
• Rural Water Management Program – Proposals for strengthening non-urban water measurement Consultation Paper - December 2019
• Australian Government Senate Inquiry into Evidence-based Reef Regulations - November 2019
• Management of the Inland Rail project by the Australian Rail Track Corporation and the Commonwealth Government - November 2019
• Plant & Livestock Sector Property Identification Reforms - Draft Principles and Business Rules Issues Paper - November 2019
• Grain Harvest Management Schemes Review Issues Paper - October 2019
• Productivity Commission draft report on Remote Area Tax Concessions and Payments - October 2019
• Select Committee on the Effectiveness of the Australian Government’s Northern Australia Agenda - September 2019
• Submission to the Regional Connectivity Program - September 2019
• Agriculture and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2019 - September 2019
• Growing for Queensland Discussion Paper Submission - August 2019
• Draft 2019 Surat Underground Water Impact Report - July 2019
• Criminal Code (Trespass Offences) Amendment Bill 2019 - July 2019
• Medicines and Poisons Bill and Regulations 2019 - June 2019
• Remote Area Tax Concession & Payments Submission - May 2019
• Stock Route Management and Regulation - May 2019
• Environmental Protection (Great Barrier Reef Protection Measures) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2019 - March 2019
  • Public hearing transcript
  • The Bill and overview
• Red Meat Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) Review - March 2019
• Natural Resources and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2019 - March 2019
  • Hearing statements
• Technical Reference Panel - Heat Stress Risk Assessment Recommendations - March 2019
• The 2018 Queensland Bushfires Review - February 2019
• Parliamentary Inquiry into the impact on the agricultural sector of vegetation and land management policies, regulations and restrictions. - January 2019
• Inquiry into a sustainable Queensland intrastate shipping industry - January 2019

2018

• Senate Committee Inquiry into Independence of Regulatory Decisions made by APVMA – November 2018
  • Terms of reference about APVMA inquiry
• Farm Household Allowance review - November 2018
  • Information on the review
• Queensland Government Drought Program Review - October 2018
  • Information on the review
• Consultation draft of the Medicines & Poisons Bill and Regulations 2018 - October 2018
• Feedback on the draft Great Artesian Basin Strategic Management Plan 2018 - October 2018
  • Draft Great Artesian Basin strategic management plan
• AgStewardship DrumMUSTER and ChemClear levy – September 2018
  • Consultation guidelines for draft determination by ACCC
• Transport Technology Inquiry - Queensland Transport and Public Works Committee - September 2018
  • Transport technology inquiry details
• Cape York Water Plan - August 2018
  • Draft water plan for Cape York Peninsula
• Vegetation Management (Clearing for Relevant Purposes) Amendment Bill 2018 - August 2018
  • Our cover letter
  • Committee inquiry overview.
• 2018 Regional Telecommunications Review - August 2018
• Review information.
• Great Barrier Reef 2050 Partnership Program - August 2018
  • Terms of reference
• National Transport Commission Discussion Paper relating to Effluent and Load Restraint Discussion Paper - July 2018
  • Discussion paper
• Queensland Solar Farm Guidelines - May 2018
  • Draft guidelines
• Vegetation and Other Legislation Amendment Bill - March 2018
  • Committee inquiry overview
• Reef Regulation Regulatory Impact Statement RIS – March 2018
  • Consultation Reef Protection Regulation RIS and Decision RIS
• Heavy Vehicle National Law and Other Legislation Amendment Bill - March 2018
  • Committee inquiry overview
• Nature Conservation (Special Wildlife Reserves) & Other Legislation Amendment Bill - March 2018
  • Committee inquiry overview