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The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Dairy Industry (Drinking Milk) Bill 2013
No. , 2013
(Mr Katter)
A Bill for an Act to enable dairy farmers to obtain a fair price from processors for drinking milk, and for related purposes
1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement................................................................................... 2
3............ Definitions.......................................................................................... 2
4............ Dairy regions...................................................................................... 2
5............ Administration of Act......................................................................... 3
Part 2—Dairy representative bodies 4
6............ Registration of dairy representatives................................................... 4
7............ Eligibility for registration.................................................................... 4
8............ Length of registration.......................................................................... 5
9............ Active representatives......................................................................... 6
Part 3—Establishment of minimum price 7
10.......... FWA to set minimum price in the form of a modern award................ 7
Part 4—Collective bargaining under the Fair Work Act 2009 9
11.......... Agreement between dairy farmers and a processor may be effected as an enterprise agreement 9
Part 5—Collective negotiation outside the Fair Work Act 2009 10
12.......... Collective negotiations—exemption from the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 10