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Government Response to the Productivity Commission Review of Wheat Export Marketing Arrangements – Regulation Impact Statement – Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

On 23 September 2011, the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry announced the Government’s response to the Productivity Commission’s recommendations on wheat export market reforms. The Government has agreed in-principle with the recommendations in the Productivity Commission’s report, including deregulating the wheat export market and reducing costs to growers and exporters. The recommendations are to be implemented through a staged process. The Regulation Impact Statement was prepared by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and assessed as adequate by the Office of Best Practice Regulation.