Appendices
I. Transmittal Letter
II. RIRDC Sub-Accounts, 1998–1999 to 2003–2004
III. Consultations with Stakeholders
IV. Accountability Framework
V. Corporate Charter
VI. RIRDC Research Managers
VII. RIRDC R&D Advisory Committees
VIII. Glossary of Acronyms
I.  Transmittal Letter














30 May 2003

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 2003–2004 of the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation for the financial year 2003–2004, 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.

I submit our 2003–2004 Annual Operational Plan for your approval.

Yours sincerely

Prof Elizabeth Woods
Chair
 

II. RIRDC Sub-Accounts, 1998–1999 to 2003–2004

The following Statement of Revenues and Expenditure are accounted for separately because there is a significant external input of funds other than the $12.09 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

Table 2: Buffalo Sub-Account

Table 3: Chicken Meat Sub-Account


Table 4: Deer Sub-Account



Table 5: Fodder Sub-Account


Table 6: Goat Fibre Sub-Account


Table 7: Honeybee Sub-Account


Table 8: Horse Sub-Account


Table 9: Human Capital, Communications and Information Systems Sub-Account


Table 10: Kangaroo Sub-Account



Table 11: Pasture Seeds Sub-Account



Table 12: Rice Sub-Account

Table 13: Tea Tree Oil Sub-Account


III. Consultations with Stakeholders

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 2002–2003 occurred as follows:

  • National Farmers’ Federation on 13 November 2002
  • Australian Egg Industry Association on 27 February 2003
  • The Australian Chicken Meat Federation on 4 March 2003.
    •  It should be noted that the operations and legal ownership of RIRDC’s Egg Industry R&D sub-program was transferred to the Australian Egg Corporation Limited on 1 February 2003.

    The Corporation consulted with the following seven industry bodies in the preparation of this Annual Operational Plan 2003–2004:

  • National Farmers’ Federation.
  • Australian Chicken Meat Federation Incorporated.
  • Australian Horse Industry Council.
  • Australian Racing Board.
  • Ricegrowers’ Association of Australia.
  • Australian Honey Bee Industry Council.
  • Deer Industry Association of Australia.
    •  In the case of the National Farmers’ Federation, consultations were on the total AOP and, in the case of the others, on those parts of the AOP that related directly to them.

    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 2003–2004 ‘Corporate’ budget of just over $0.625 million to meet any costs that may arise in this process.

    RIRDC’s reporting to the 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.


    IV. Accountability Framework


    V. Corporate Charter

    Core Business

  • Fostering the development of new industries – both prospective and emerging.
  • Managing research and development investments for established industries.
  • Developing a research program which addresses important strategic, cross-sectoral issues facing the rural sector.
    •  The Board
  • Sets strategic direction and establishes policies for the corporation.
  • Oversights operational and functional performance against budget and other key performance indicators on behalf of stakeholders.
    •  Stakeholders
  • The Federal Government on behalf of rural industries and taxpayers.
  • Industry funders.
  • Australian community.
    •  Primary Clients
  • For RIRDC related industries, all participants in the marketing chain (producers, processors, distributors and consumers).
  • On RIRDC’s strategic cross-sectoral program, the National Farmers’ Federation on behalf of all rural industries.
    •  Industry Consultations
  • Communications channels between RIRDC and rural industries meet two essential functions – accountability and bringing industry influence to bear on the research agenda.
  • At the peak industry level, the corporation is accountable to:
  • National Farmers’ Federation
  • Australian Chicken Meat Federation
    •      All of the research programs and sub-programs have reference steering committees with stakeholder membership.

    Reporting to Stakeholders

  • There are four key accountability documents for stakeholders:
  • A Five Year Strategic Plan which sets out strategies, directions and performance indicators for the corporation.
  • Five Year Industry Plans for each industry sub-program within emerging industries and established industries.
  • An Annual Operational Plan which sets out yearly objectives to give effect to the Five Year Strategic Plan, the Five Year Industry Plans, the annual budget and annual research priorities.
  • The Annual Report which sets out achievements against objectives, budgets and administration costs.
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    VI. RIRDC Research Managers – as at July 2003 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@chicken.org.au
    Deer: Laurie Denholm phone 02 6365 5482; email: laurie.denholm@rirdc.gov.au
    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 6576 4200, 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 9882 5910, 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: georgewilson@awt.com.au
    Rice  Research: 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

    VII. RIRDC R&D Advisory Committees – as at July 2003
     
    Joint Corporation Agroforestry Committee
    Chair: Mr Andrew Campbell (phone 02 6257 3379)

    Chicken Meat Research and Development Committee
    Chair: Mr Barry Shay (phone 07 3398 1766)

    Deer Industry Research and Development Committee
    Chair: Ms Nola Anderson (phone 03 5626 7013)

    Equine Research and Development Committee
    Chair: Ms Jane Vincent (phone 02 4849 4551)

    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 4684 2605)
     

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

    Rice Research and Development Committee
    Chair: Mr Daryl Gibbs (phone 02 6993 1511)

    Organic Produce Research and Development Committee
    Chair: Mr Don Fraser (phone 03 9841 7794)

    Pasture Seeds Research and Development Committee
    Chair: Mrs Penny Hendy (phone 03 5865 8312)

    Tea Tree Oil Research and Development Committee
    Chair: Ms Pat Bolster (phone 02 6674 2991)

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


    VIII. Glossary of Acronyms
    ABC Australian Broadcasting Corporation
    ACCC Australian Competition and Consumers' Corporation
    AFB American Foulbrood
    AFFA Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Australia
    AFIA Australian Fodder Industry Association
    AGO Australian Greenhouse Office
    ALTRIG Australian Low Rainfall Tree Improvement Group
    ANU Australian National University
    AQIS Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service
    AWI Australian Wool Innovation
    CRC Cooperative Research Centre
    CRDC Cotton Research and Development Corporation
    CSIRO Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
    DPI Department of Primary Industries, Sustainability and Environment
    DRDC Dairy Research and Development Corporation
    EFB European Foulbrood
    EMS Environment Management Systems
    FECA Flower Export Council of Australia
    FFP Farm Forestry Program
    FTA Free Trade Agreements
    GRDC Grains Research and Development Corporation
    GWRDC Grape and Wine Research and Development Corporation
    HACCP Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point
    HAL Horticulture Australia Limited
    HELP Hydrology Environment Life Policy
    IBDV Infectious Bursal Disease Virus
    IFOAM International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements
    IP Intellectual Property
    ISO International Standards Organisation
    IT Information technology
    JVAP Joint Venture Agroforestry Program
    LWA Land and Water, Australia
    MDBC Murray Darling Basin Commission
    MDV Marek's disease virus
    MLA Meat and Livestock Australia 
    MTG Master tree grower program
    NDV Newcastle disease virus
    NESB Non-english speaking background
    NFF National Farmers' Federation
    NIR Near Infrared Spectroscopy
    NRM Natural Resource Management
    OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
    OFA Organic Federation of Australia
    QA Quality Assurance
    QAMA Quality Assurance Management and Analysis
    QDPI Queensland Department of Primary Industries
    RC&M Research Coordination and Management
    RDCs Research and Development Corporations
    RGA Rice Growers Association
    RIRDC Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation
    SRDC Research and Development Corporation
    SWOT Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats
    UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
    VenStat Venison statistics recording and analysis program
    WPSA World’s Poultry Science Association
    WTO World Trade Organisation

     
    Chair
    Prof Beth Woods    		 Phone: 07 5460 1028
    Email: bwoods@uqg.uq.edu.au
    Managing Director
    Dr Simon Hearn    		 Phone: 02 6272 4819
    Email: simon.hearn@rirdc.gov.au
    General Manager
    (New and Emerging Industries)
    Dr Simon Hearn     		 Phone: 02 6272 5920
    Email: simon.hearn@rirdc.gov.au
    General Manager
    (Established Industries)
    Dr Jeff Davis    		 Phone: 02 6272 4152
    Email: jeff.davis@rirdc.gov.au
    General Manager
    (Future Agricultural Systems)
    Dr Roslyn Prinsley    		 Phone: 02 6272 4033
    Email: roslyn.prinsley@rirdc.gov.au
    General Manager
    (Business and Finance)
    Mr Claudio Ciuffetelli    		 Phone: 02 6272 4656
    Email: laudio.ciuffetelli@rirdc.gov.au
    Publications Manager
    Mrs Cecile Ferguson    		 Phone: 02 6272 3186
    Email: cecile.ferguson@rirdc.gov.au
    Media Manager
    Mr Murray Hansen    		 Phone: 02 6272 4735
    Email: murray.hansen@rirdc.gov.au 
    Corporate Manager
    Ms Andrea Bryant    		 Phone: 02 6272 3088
    Email: andrea.bryant@rirdc.gov.au
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