Following the 2 April 2019 Federal budget, the 1 July start date for the imposition of the new Biosecurity Imports Levy was officially deferred to 1 September 2019. For further background please refer HERE
The Ministerial appointed Biosecurity Levy Steering Committee (comprising the following members) have since been reviewing submissions to its Discussion Paper and are now close to providing a formal report to the re-elected Morrison government. - Mr David Trebeck - independent chair
- Paul Zalai, Freight & Trade Alliance (FTA)
- Margie Thomson, Cement Industry Federation
- Mike Gallacher, Ports Australia
- Rod Nairn AM, Shipping Australia
- Brian Lovell, Australian Federation of International Forwarders (AFIF)
- Tony Mahar, National Farmers' Federation
- Michael Sousa, Qube Holdings
- Peter Gniel, Australian Institute of Petroleum
- Joel Katz, Cruise Lines International Association Australasia
COMMENTARY
Following the receipt of the report, the quantum and collection mechanism will be subject to a cabinet discussion/decision, legislative drafting and Parliamentary debate (including the potential of a Senate inquiry). There will also be a need to assess the scope of systems' changes to collect the levy.
It is important to note that the above factors may have an adverse impact on achieving the 1 September target date. |
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