Australian meat and livestock reform for the future : Steering Committee and Task Force report
- Bib ID:
- 2838041
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Meat and Livestock Industry Reform Steering Committee
- Description:
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- Canberra : Australian Govt. Pub. Service, c1996
- xlviii, 183 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0644474408
- Full contents:
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- 1. Background
- 1.1. Historical context: summary of developments
- 1.2. Revised structure 1995
- 1.3. Ministerial Task Force and Steering Committee
- 1.4. Comment on meat structural developments
- 2. Current industry framework
- 2.1. Meat industry statutory bodies
- 2.1.1. The Meat Industry Council
- 2.2.2. The Australian Meat and Live-stock Corporation
- 2.1.3. The Meat Research Corporation
- 2.2. Other industry-funded collective services
- 2.2.1. Commonwealth Government
- 2.2.2. State governments
- 2.2.3. Local governments
- 2.3. Cost impact on meat industry
- 2.4. Levies and their impacts
- 3. Total meat industry scope
- 3.1. Total meat industry scale
- 3.1.1. Farm level
- 3.1.2. Processor level
- 3.1.3. Exporter level
- 3.1.4. Market level
- 3.2. Significance of beef, veal, mutton, lamb, goatmeat, live cattle/shee export industries in meat industries
- 3.3. Industry structure
- 3.3.1. Farm level
- 3.4. Extent of inter-product linkages
- 3.4.1. processor level
- 3.4.2. Market level
- 3.5. Comparison of international meat industry structures
- 3.5.1. Farm level
- 3.5.2. Feedlot level
- 3.5.3. Processor level
- 3.5.4. Market level
- 3.6. Comparison of international meat industry efficiency
- 3.6.1. Farm level
- 3.6.2. Processor level
- 3.6.3. Government involvement in labour markets
- 3.6.4. Government/producer abattoir ownership
- 3.7. Key industry dynamics
- 3.7.1. More specialised production systems
- 3.7.2. Impact of feedlot growth
- 3.7.3. Closer producer/customer marketing links
- 3.7.4. Increased incidence of foreign ownership
- 3.7.5. Increased concentration of industry activity
- 3.7.6. Increased export dependency
- 3.7.7. Changing market and product forms
- 3.7.8. Lamb: increased export orientation
- 3.7.9. Increased role of supermarkets
- 3.7.10
- Industry profitability
- 3.7.11. Livestock exports
- 3.7.12. Increased competitor pressure
- 3.8. Beef industry overview
- 3.8.1. Key beef industry opportunities
- 3.8.2. Beef industry problems to be addressed
- 3.8.3. Unlocking beef industry growth potential
- 3.9. Sheepmeat industry overview
- 3.9.1. Key sheepmeat industry issues
- 3.9.2. Sheepmeat industry development needs
- - 3.10. Live exports overview
- 3.10.1. Key livestock export industry issues
- 3.11. The key objectives to be achieved
- 4. Operational review of existing organisational structures
- 4.1. The Australian Meat and Live-stock Corporation (AMLC)
- 4.1.1. Function
- 4.1.2. Profile of program expenditure
- 4.1.3. Overall effectiveness
- 4.1.4. Species 'equity'
- 4.1.5. Program management
- 4.1.6. Program effectiveness
- 4.1.7. Management efficiency
- 4.1.8. 'Corporate culture and style'
- 4.1.9. Proposals
- 4.2. The Meat Research Corporation (MRC)
- 4.2.1. Function
- 4.2.2. Profile of expenditure
- 4.2.3. Species 'equity'
- 4.2.4. Program management
- 4.2.5. R&D effectiveness
- 4.2.6. MRC business activities
- 4.2.7. Specific proposals
- 4.3. The Meat Industry Council (MIC)
- 4.4. Major implications of operations review identified by the task force
- 5. Factors shaping future organisational structure
- 5.1. Assessment of future collective functional needs
- 5.2. The 14 guiding principles
- 5.3. Implications of guiding principles for collectively funded agency functions
- 5.4. Linkages between principles and structure
- 5.5. Requirements to deliver the meat industry strategic plan
- 5.6. Lessions from the operational review
- 5.7. Industry structure, development needs and opportunities
- 5.7.1. Structure
- 5.7.2. Development needs
- 5.7.3. Opportunities
- 6. Future organisational structures
- 6.1. The foundation stones of an effective organisational structure
- 6.1.1. Industry ownership
- 6.1.2. Willing partnerships
- 6.1.3. Industry associations
- 6.2. Existing core functions for collective action
- 6.3. Existing non-core functions
- 6.4. Proposed future core functions for collective action
- 6.4.1. Assessment for the future
- 6.5. Other models
- 6.5.1. Australian models
- 6.5.2. Overseas models
- 7. Options for future structures
- 7.1. Methodology
- 7.2. Structural outline: initial consultations
- 7.2.1. Option (i): status quo with amendments (with or without MIC)
- 7.2.2. Option (ii): single corporation for red meat industries, with separate operational units for sheep and beef marketing, R&D and quality systems (statutory or non-statutory)
- 7.2.3. Option (iii): product-specific corporations, beef/sheepmeat, species split
- 7.2.4. Option (iv): sector-specific corporation(s) based on producer levies only (with or without species and/or sectoral split)
- 7.2.5. Option (v): privatisation without levies of non-regulatory functions (other than R&D)
- 7.2.6. Option (iv): establishment of a separate national statutory meat regulatory arrangement
- 7.3. The corporate model
- 7.3.1. Options for structures: consultant's advice
- 7.3.2. Implications of advice
- 7.3.3. Marketing services and research
- 7.3.4. Legal and legislative issues
- 7.3.5. Acountability
- 7.3.6. Board selection and annual general meetings
- 7.3.7. The short list of options: structures
- 7.3.8. Considation of short-listed options
- 7.3.9. Producer only organisations with joint funding arrangements
- 7.4. Other structural considerations
- 7.4.1. Meat industry levies
- 7.4.2. Sheep and goat industry levy arrangements
- 7.4.3. Livestock exports
- 8. Regulation: reducing the burden of industry
- 8.1. Regulatory costs
- 8.2. Profile of current regulatory agencies
- 8.3. Options for reducing regulatory impact
- 8.3.1. Mirror legislation/regulation model
- 8.3.2. Cooperative model
- 8.3.3. National model
- 8.4. Preferred option: cooperative model
- 8.4.1. Indicative roles
- 8.4.2. Scope of cooperative agreeemennt
- 8.4.3. Implementation
- 9. Meat and movestock industry policy and program needs (background to purpose 3 recommendations)
- 9.1. Beef industry summit
- 9.1.1. Summit outcomes
- 9.1.2. Follow-up activity
- 9.2. The meat industry strategic plan
- 9.2.1. Background
- 9.2.2. Industry acceptance
- 9.2.3. Industry restructure proposals
- 9.2.4. MISP implementation
- 9.3. Task force analysis: recommended key policy and program actions
- 9.3.1. The role of government
- 9.3.2. Industry and government
- 9.3.3. Background to recommendations
- 9.3.4. Safety and hygiene
- 9.3.5. Research and development
- 9.3.6. Adjustment to facilitate market process
- 9.3.7. Training and education
- 9.3.8. Market access
- 9.4. Competition policy requirements
- 9.5. Industry associations
- 9.6. Industrial relations
- Appendix A. List of written submissions
- Appendix B. Media release 1 May 1996
- Appendix C. Media release 27 May 1996
- Appendix D. References
- Appendix E. Figures and tables..4.3. Winn.al raises quest
- Notes:
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- "October 1996"
- Bibliography: p. 179-180.
- Subject:
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- Australian Meat and Live-stock Corporation
- Meat Research Corporation (Australia)
- Meat Industry Council (Australia)
- Meat industry and trade -- Government policy -- Australia
- Meat industry and trade -- Australia -- Management
- Meat industry and trade -- Australia
- Meat industry and trade -- Law and legislation -- Australia
- Meat industry and trade -- Research -- Australia
- Meat industry and trade -- Standards -- Australia
- Lamb meat industry
- Other authors/contributors:
- Meat and Livestock Industry Reform Task Force
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