A WA parliamentary question on notice seeks details about two taskforces related to agriculture: the Pastures Taskforce and the WA Farm Inputs Taskforce, including membership, remuneration, reporting deadlines, and whether reports will be tabled in Parliament.

AnsweredQoN 294Legislative Council
Asked
10 March 2009
Portfolio
Agriculture and Food

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(2) What are those taskforces?
(3) Who are the members of each of these taskforces and what remuneration will each of these people receive?
(4) When is each taskforce due to report?
(5) Will each report be tabled in Parliament?
(6) If no to (5), why not?

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Answered
7 April 2009
Responded by
Minister for Child Protection representing the Minister for Agriculture and Food
Response time
28 days
(1) Two
(2) Pastures Taskforce and Western Australian Farm Inputs Taskforce.
(3)For the Pastures Taskforce:
Pastures Australia provides payment to Rory Coffey, Bevan Addison, Steve Hossen and David Williams. Department of Agriculture and Food does not provide sitting fees to David Bowran, Mark Sweetingham and David Beard.
For the WA Farm Inputs Taskforce:
Rob Sands, Richard Joyce, David Williams, Sheldon Mumby, Ray Wilson, Peter Metcalfe/Ryann Mills, Peter McEwen/Frank Ripper, Mike Norton, Julie Anaru-Johnson, Steve Lacy, David Fienberg/Owen Davies, David Bowran, Bruce Robinson, Ione Cooray. No payments are made to members of the taskforce.
(4) Both taskforces are to report by 30 June 2009.
(5) Pastures Taskforce: No
WA Farm Inputs Taskforce: Yes
(6) For the Pastures Taskforce:
The taskforce is a working party which was a joint initiative of Pastures Australia and the Department of Agriculture and Food.  It was established to review all pastures research and development being conducted in Western Australia and check its alignment to WA industry needs. It is expected that both organisations will use the outcomes of the review for their respective internal purposes.  For example, appropriate changes to their research and development portfolios if required.
For the WA Farm Inputs Taskforce:
Not applicable
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