❓ Hon Paul Llewellyn asks about tabling contracts with GM canola trial farmers. While the contracts are finalised, the Minister declines to table them, citing their private nature and the prior tabling of a standard contract form.
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Genetically Modified Crops Free Areas Exemption Order 2009 — CONTRACTS
I refer to the Genetically Modified Crops Free Areas Exemption Order 2009 published in the Government Gazette on 17 February 2009 and tabled in the Legislative Council on 18 March 2009 under the Genetically Modified Crops Free Areas Act 2003, and to the minister’s answer to my question without notice 330 on 2 April 2009 in which it was said that all the contracts with GM canola trial farmers could not yet be tabled because they had not all been finalised. (1) Are all the contracts with GM canola trial farmers now finalised? (2) If yes to (1), will the minister now table them? (3) If no to (2), why not? (4) If no to (1), will the minister now please table all of those contracts that have been finalised? (5) If no to (4), why not? Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY
I refer to the Genetically Modified Crops Free Areas Exemption Order 2009 published in the Government Gazette on 17 February 2009 and tabled in the Legislative Council on 18 March 2009 under the Genetically Modified Crops Free Areas Act 2003, and to the minister’s answer to my question without notice 330 on 2 April 2009 in which it was said that all the contracts with GM canola trial farmers could not yet be tabled because they had not all been finalised. (1) Are all the contracts with GM canola trial farmers now finalised? (2) If yes to (1), will the minister now table them? (3) If no to (2), why not? (4) If no to (1), will the minister now please table all of those contracts that have been finalised? (5) If no to (4), why not? Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY
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I thank the honourable member for the question. The Minister for Agriculture and Food has responded as follows — (1) Yes. (2) No. (3) A standard form of the contract was tabled in Parliament on 2 April 2009. The finalised contracts are private agreements between the trial farmers and the Department of Agriculture and Food. They are all identical and as per the standard contract form tabled. (4)-(5) Not applicable.
(1) Are all the contracts with GM canola trial farmers now finalised? (2) If yes to (1), will the minister now table them? (3) If no to (2), why not? (4) If no to (1), will the minister now please table all of those contracts that have been finalised? (5) If no to (4), why not? Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY replied: I thank the honourable member for the question. The Minister for Agriculture and Food has responded as follows — (1) Yes. (2) No. (3) A standard form of the contract was tabled in Parliament on 2 April 2009. The finalised contracts are private agreements between the trial farmers and the Department of Agriculture and Food. They are all identical and as per the standard contract form tabled. (4)-(5) Not applicable.
(2) If yes to (1), will the minister now table them? (3) If no to (2), why not? (4) If no to (1), will the minister now please table all of those contracts that have been finalised? (5) If no to (4), why not? Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY replied: I thank the honourable member for the question. The Minister for Agriculture and Food has responded as follows — (1) Yes. (2) No. (3) A standard form of the contract was tabled in Parliament on 2 April 2009. The finalised contracts are private agreements between the trial farmers and the Department of Agriculture and Food. They are all identical and as per the standard contract form tabled. (4)-(5) Not applicable.
(3) If no to (2), why not? (4) If no to (1), will the minister now please table all of those contracts that have been finalised? (5) If no to (4), why not? Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY replied: I thank the honourable member for the question. The Minister for Agriculture and Food has responded as follows — (1) Yes. (2) No. (3) A standard form of the contract was tabled in Parliament on 2 April 2009. The finalised contracts are private agreements between the trial farmers and the Department of Agriculture and Food. They are all identical and as per the standard contract form tabled. (4)-(5) Not applicable.
(4) If no to (1), will the minister now please table all of those contracts that have been finalised? (5) If no to (4), why not? Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY replied: I thank the honourable member for the question. The Minister for Agriculture and Food has responded as follows — (1) Yes. (2) No. (3) A standard form of the contract was tabled in Parliament on 2 April 2009. The finalised contracts are private agreements between the trial farmers and the Department of Agriculture and Food. They are all identical and as per the standard contract form tabled. (4)-(5) Not applicable.
(5) If no to (4), why not? Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY replied: I thank the honourable member for the question. The Minister for Agriculture and Food has responded as follows — (1) Yes. (2) No. (3) A standard form of the contract was tabled in Parliament on 2 April 2009. The finalised contracts are private agreements between the trial farmers and the Department of Agriculture and Food. They are all identical and as per the standard contract form tabled. (4)-(5) Not applicable.
Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY replied: I thank the honourable member for the question. The Minister for Agriculture and Food has responded as follows — (1) Yes. (2) No. (3) A standard form of the contract was tabled in Parliament on 2 April 2009. The finalised contracts are private agreements between the trial farmers and the Department of Agriculture and Food. They are all identical and as per the standard contract form tabled. (4)-(5) Not applicable.
I thank the honourable member for the question. The Minister for Agriculture and Food has responded as follows — (1) Yes. (2) No. (3) A standard form of the contract was tabled in Parliament on 2 April 2009. The finalised contracts are private agreements between the trial farmers and the Department of Agriculture and Food. They are all identical and as per the standard contract form tabled. (4)-(5) Not applicable.
(1) Yes. (2) No. (3) A standard form of the contract was tabled in Parliament on 2 April 2009. The finalised contracts are private agreements between the trial farmers and the Department of Agriculture and Food. They are all identical and as per the standard contract form tabled. (4)-(5) Not applicable.
(2) No. (3) A standard form of the contract was tabled in Parliament on 2 April 2009. The finalised contracts are private agreements between the trial farmers and the Department of Agriculture and Food. They are all identical and as per the standard contract form tabled. (4)-(5) Not applicable.
(3) A standard form of the contract was tabled in Parliament on 2 April 2009. The finalised contracts are private agreements between the trial farmers and the Department of Agriculture and Food. They are all identical and as per the standard contract form tabled. (4)-(5) Not applicable.
(4)-(5) Not applicable.
(1) Are all the contracts with GM canola trial farmers now finalised? (2) If yes to (1), will the minister now table them? (3) If no to (2), why not? (4) If no to (1), will the minister now please table all of those contracts that have been finalised? (5) If no to (4), why not? Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY replied: I thank the honourable member for the question. The Minister for Agriculture and Food has responded as follows — (1) Yes. (2) No. (3) A standard form of the contract was tabled in Parliament on 2 April 2009. The finalised contracts are private agreements between the trial farmers and the Department of Agriculture and Food. They are all identical and as per the standard contract form tabled. (4)-(5) Not applicable.
(2) If yes to (1), will the minister now table them? (3) If no to (2), why not? (4) If no to (1), will the minister now please table all of those contracts that have been finalised? (5) If no to (4), why not? Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY replied: I thank the honourable member for the question. The Minister for Agriculture and Food has responded as follows — (1) Yes. (2) No. (3) A standard form of the contract was tabled in Parliament on 2 April 2009. The finalised contracts are private agreements between the trial farmers and the Department of Agriculture and Food. They are all identical and as per the standard contract form tabled. (4)-(5) Not applicable.
(3) If no to (2), why not? (4) If no to (1), will the minister now please table all of those contracts that have been finalised? (5) If no to (4), why not? Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY replied: I thank the honourable member for the question. The Minister for Agriculture and Food has responded as follows — (1) Yes. (2) No. (3) A standard form of the contract was tabled in Parliament on 2 April 2009. The finalised contracts are private agreements between the trial farmers and the Department of Agriculture and Food. They are all identical and as per the standard contract form tabled. (4)-(5) Not applicable.
(4) If no to (1), will the minister now please table all of those contracts that have been finalised? (5) If no to (4), why not? Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY replied: I thank the honourable member for the question. The Minister for Agriculture and Food has responded as follows — (1) Yes. (2) No. (3) A standard form of the contract was tabled in Parliament on 2 April 2009. The finalised contracts are private agreements between the trial farmers and the Department of Agriculture and Food. They are all identical and as per the standard contract form tabled. (4)-(5) Not applicable.
(5) If no to (4), why not? Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY replied: I thank the honourable member for the question. The Minister for Agriculture and Food has responded as follows — (1) Yes. (2) No. (3) A standard form of the contract was tabled in Parliament on 2 April 2009. The finalised contracts are private agreements between the trial farmers and the Department of Agriculture and Food. They are all identical and as per the standard contract form tabled. (4)-(5) Not applicable.
Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY replied: I thank the honourable member for the question. The Minister for Agriculture and Food has responded as follows — (1) Yes. (2) No. (3) A standard form of the contract was tabled in Parliament on 2 April 2009. The finalised contracts are private agreements between the trial farmers and the Department of Agriculture and Food. They are all identical and as per the standard contract form tabled. (4)-(5) Not applicable.
I thank the honourable member for the question. The Minister for Agriculture and Food has responded as follows — (1) Yes. (2) No. (3) A standard form of the contract was tabled in Parliament on 2 April 2009. The finalised contracts are private agreements between the trial farmers and the Department of Agriculture and Food. They are all identical and as per the standard contract form tabled. (4)-(5) Not applicable.
(1) Yes. (2) No. (3) A standard form of the contract was tabled in Parliament on 2 April 2009. The finalised contracts are private agreements between the trial farmers and the Department of Agriculture and Food. They are all identical and as per the standard contract form tabled. (4)-(5) Not applicable.
(2) No. (3) A standard form of the contract was tabled in Parliament on 2 April 2009. The finalised contracts are private agreements between the trial farmers and the Department of Agriculture and Food. They are all identical and as per the standard contract form tabled. (4)-(5) Not applicable.
(3) A standard form of the contract was tabled in Parliament on 2 April 2009. The finalised contracts are private agreements between the trial farmers and the Department of Agriculture and Food. They are all identical and as per the standard contract form tabled. (4)-(5) Not applicable.
(4)-(5) Not applicable.
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