4. Consultations with Stakeholders
For the purposes of reporting on operations
in 1997-98, RIRDC had three organisations prescribed by Section 7 of it’s
legislation. This requires RIRDC to report annually on its activities each
financial period. This accountability runs parallel to RIRDC’s Annual Report
to the Minister and the Parliament. Reporting during 1997-98 occurred as
follows:
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National Farmers’ Federation 19 November 1997
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Australian Egg Industry Association 19 November
1997
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The Australian Chicken Meat Federation By
correspondence and Incorporated again on 13 May, 1998
RIRDC’s reporting to these three prescribed
bodies was either done by correspondence or when industry meetings were
being held for their own purposes. The Corporation made no payments towards
the costs of these meetings.
On 13 March, 1998, the Corporation reported
to the Deer Industry Association of Australia on the operations of Sub-Program
2.4 Deer. The costs of this consultation to the Corporation was nearly
$4,000.
The Corporation consulted with the following
seven industry bodies in the preparation of this Annual Operational Plan,
1998-99:
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National Farmers’ Federation
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Australian Egg Industry Association
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The Australian Chicken Meat Federation Incorporated
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Australian Horse Industry Council
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Ricegrowers’ Association of Australia
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Australian Honey Bee Industry Council
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Deer Industry Association of Australia
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 1998-99 ‘Corporate’
Budget of $0.5m to meet any costs which may arise in this process.
