Rural Industries Research & Development Corporation

APPENDICES
I. Transmittal Letter
 

30 May 2002 Senator the Honourable Judith Troeth Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Parliament House CANBERRA ACT 2600 Dear Senator Troeth I am pleased to submit for your approval the enclosed Annual Operational Plan of the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation for the financial year 2002–2003, as required under sections 25 and 26 of the Primary Industries and Energy Research and Development Act 1989. The Plan has been drawn from the overall research plan that has been submitted to you under separate cover and the industry specific plans that are referenced in the overall plan. The key R&D features of the 2002–2003 Annual Operational Plan for each sub-program are summarised on pages 2 to 5. In accordance with legislative requirements, each of these seeks to link the industry outcomes with the strategies for achieving these outcomes and the principal outputs. The budget underpinning the Plan is on pages 7 to 12. Details on the individual industry sub-accounts are in Appendix II beginning on page 93. You wrote to us on 11 May 2001 stressing the importance of the Government’s priorities for research and development. In most cases these priorities parallel those of industry and are core components of the Corporation wide agenda. But, in the Plan, we have provided a specific section on ‘Government Priorities and Community Benefits’ at pages 84 to 90. The highlights in this part of the Plan are not meant as a full listing but are indicative of our focus on the views of our principal stakeholder – the Commonwealth Government. This Plan has been drawn up concurrently with the overall research plan (RIRDC Five Year Plan 2002-2007). However, by its nature, the lead times have been different with the first steps of this Plan being taken in August last year when we issued our bidding document Research Priorities 2002–2003. The focus of the Annual Operational Plan on the overall research plan will become sharper in subsequent years. I submit our 2002–2003 Annual Operational Plan for your approval. Yours sincerely   Prof  Elizabeth Woods Chair

II. RIRDC Sub-Accounts, 1998–1999 to 2002–2003

The following Statement of Revenues and Expenditure are accounted for separately because there is a significant external input of funds other than the $11.6 million appropriated to RIRDC core operations. These external funds either come from industry statutory levies, voluntary industry contributions or from other funding agencies.

Table 1: Agroforestry Sub-Account Page
Table 2: Buffalo Sub-Account Page
Table 3: Chicken Meat Sub-Account Page
Table 4: Deer Sub-Account Page
Table 5: Egg Sub-Account Page
Table 6: Egg Industry Development Fund Sub-Account Page
Table 7: Fodder Sub-Account Page
Table 8: Goat Fibre Sub-Account Page
Table 9: Honeybee Sub-Account Page
Table 10: Horses Sub-Account Page
Table 11: Human Capital, Communications and Information Systems Sub-Account Page
Table 12: Kangaroo Sub-Account Page
Table 13: Pasture Seeds Sub-Account Page
Table 14: Rice Sub-Account Page
Table 15: Tea Tree Oil Sub-Account Page

RIRDC has three organisations prescribed by section 7 of its legislation. This requires RIRDC to report on its activities each financial period. This accountability runs parallel to RIRDC’s Annual Report to the Minister and the Parliament. Reporting during 2001–2002 occurred as follows:

RIRDC’s reporting to these three prescribed bodies was done when industry meetings were being held for their own purposes. The Corporation made no payments towards the costs of these meetings.

On 13 April 2002 the Corporation reported to the Deer Industry Association of Australia on the operations of Sub-Program 2.3: Deer. The cost of these consultations to the Corporation was $4,124.

The Corporation consulted with the following seven industry bodies in the preparation of this Annual Operational Plan 2002–2003:

Our intention is to continue using industry meetings for reporting purposes. The costs of this approach are minimised but an amount of up to $10,000 has been set aside in the 2002–2003 ‘Corporate’ budget of just over $0.5 million to meet any costs that may arise in this process.

IV. Accountability Framework

Core Business

Primary Clients

Reporting to Stakeholders

Agroforestry & Farm Forestry:
Roslyn Prinsley phone: 02 6272 4033, email: roslyn.prinsley@rirdc.gov.au

Asian Foods:
Tony Byrne phone: 02 6272 5472, email: tony.byrne@rirdc.gov.au

Chicken Meat:
Vivien Kite phone: 02 9929 4077, email: vivien.kite@rirdc.gov.au

Deer:
To be advised

Eggs:
Irene Gorman phone: 02 9570 9222, email: irene@aeia.org

Essential Oils and Plant Extracts:
Tony Byrne phone: 02 6272 5472, email: tony.byrne@rirdc.gov.au

Fodder Crops:
Jeff Davis phone: 02 6272 4152, email: jeff.davis@rirdc.gov.au

Global Competitiveness:
Jeff Davis phone: 02 6272 4152, email: jeff.davis@rirdc.gov.au

Honeybee:
Jeff Davis phone: 02 6272 4152, email: jeff.davis@rirdc.gov.au

Horses:
John Freestone phone: 02 6376 4164, email: john.freestone@rirdc.gov.au

Human Capital, Communication & Information Systems:
Roslyn Prinsley phone: 02 6272 4033, email: roslyn.prinsley@rirdc.gov.au

New Animal Products:
Peter McInnes phone: 08 8556 7331, email: mcinnes2@comstech.com

New Plant Products:
Max Bourke phone: 02 6247 4630, email:mbourke@ruralfunds.com.au

Organic Produce:
Denise Millar phone: 03 9859 7249, email: denise.millar@bigpond.com

Pasture Seeds:
Jeff Davis phone: 02 6272 4152, email: jeff.davis@rirdc.gov.au

Rare and Natural Fibres:
Peter McInnes phone: 08 8556 7331, email: mcinnes2@comstech.com

Resilient Agricultural Systems:
George Wilson phone: 02 6281 2160, email: gwilson@awt.com.au

Rice:
Jeff Davis phone: 02 6272 4152, email: jeff.davis@rirdc.gov.au

Tea Tree Oil:
Roslyn Prinsley phone: 02 6272 4033, email: roslyn.prinsley@rirdc.gov.au

Wildflower & Native Plants:
Max Bourke phone: 02 6247 4630, email: mbourke@ruralfunds.com.au

Joint Corporation Agroforestry Committee
Chair: Mr Andrew Campbell (phone 02 6257 3379)

Chicken Meat Research and Development Committee
Chair: Mr Barry Shay (phone 02 9295 5777)

Deer Industry Research and Development Committee
Chair: Ms Nola Anderson (phone 03 9642 8044)

Egg Industry Research and Development Committee
Chair: Dr Andrew Turner (phone 03 9380 1652)

Equine Research and Development Committee
Chair: Ms Jane Vincent (phone 02 6277 4624)

Fodder Industry Research and Development Committee
Chair: Mr Don Law (phone 07 4637 9960)

Honeybee Research and Development Committee
Chair: Mr Keith McIlvride (phone 02 4681 8556)

Rare and Natural Fibres Research and Development Committee
Chair: Mr Alan Smith (phone 08 9332 8783)

Rice Research and Development Committee
Chair: Mr Norm McAllister (phone 03 5882 4216)

Organic Produce Research and Development Committee
Chair: Mr Don Fraser (phone 07 3831 7330)

Pasture Seeds Research and Development Committee
Chair: Mrs Penny Hendy (phone 02 6942 1184)

Tea Tree Oil Research and Development Committee
Chair: Ms Pat Bolster (phone 03 5865 8312)

Wildflower & Native Plants Research and Development Committee
Chair: Mr Geoff Sullivan (phone 07 4668 6118)

Internal Auditors
Acumen Alliance
External Auditors
Australian National Audit Office