Moving to Marketing Freedom: Minister Ritz welcomes industry working group report.

[joedales]

[wilagro]

A year late but not unexpected from Ritz and Co.

[charliep]

For interest, it wasn't Ritz/the conservatives that
produced the document. Everyone can look at who
authored the report. Read the report and you can
see concensus wasn't always easy or achieved.

I found the following recommendation interesting.
4.8 The characteristics, tools and business model a
voluntary CWB might need.

(Based on Working Group expectations of how the
grain handling system will work, what the new CWB
needs to compete)

The Working Group believes that farmers, the whole
supply chain and customers need predictability and
certainty as soon as possible. The Working Group
therefore considers that the CWB needs to get on
with preparing for implementation. If the CWB will
not do so, the Working Group recommends that the
Minister consider measures to facilitate the
development of a business model for a voluntary
CWB that will be available to farmers on August 1,
2012.