NSW Farmers Association - Priority Issue 1

Committee Members
Alix Turner
Chair
Archie Cameron
Chris Donovan
Don Hamblin
Andrew McFarland
John Manwaring
Alison Nicholls
Rodney Suttor

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1. Strategic Plan

The Federal Government’s Industry Partnership Program report has been published which examined the current and future roles and charters of the various wool industry companies and covered issues such as the rationalisation and changing face of the wool industry supply chain. One of the findings of the report was the need to resolve the future structure of Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) and Australian Wool Services (AWS).

The members of both AWI and AWS Boards have recently agreed to start integration negotiations. The Chairmen of AWI and AWS signed a Memorandum of Understanding in July setting out the process for integration. Both Boards were unanimous in their resolve to investigate the legal and financial implications to allow the integration of the two companies to occur, for the benefit of their woolgrower shareholders. This continues to be an important issue for the Wool Committee and we will be monitoring the progress of this integration with interest as it will impact greatly on the future of the industry.

Additionally the structure of AWEX board has been modified, there are now 7 members instead of 10.The operations of AWEX functions such as wool pack registration, electronic labelling, wool classer’s code of practise and selling centres will need to be examined.

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1. Strategic Plan