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<div> The Senate Committee have <B>recommended that the Bills pass without amendment</B>.</div> <bR> <div> The purpose of the Bills is to impose a levy on the initial registration of horses.  This is to ensure that the horse industry is able to repay any money paid by the Commonwealth on behalf of the industry in the event of an emergency disease outbreak.</div> <bR> <div> Although in chapter two of the report the Senate Committee states, “<I>it recognises the concern of community recreational associations like pony clubs over the issue of levies, but points out that owners of horses engaged in these and similar organisations will not be liable to pay a levy</I>”, it will be interesting to see whether this is actually the case when and if the levy comes into play. </div> <bR> <div> <B>EADRA</B></div> <div> The levy is proposed to assist the industry fund it's obligations under the Emergency Animal Disease Response Agreement (EADRA).  The horse industry is not a signatory to EADRA and the proposed legislation would allow this to occur.  Under EADRA, the cost of responding to emergency disease outbreaks is shared by the affected parties.  </div> <bR> <div> <B>Compulsory Registration</B></div> <div> The Senate Committee supports the implementation of compulsory horse registration for all horses together with the establishment of a national register.   However it acknowledges that the Commonwealth would need the full cooperation of the states and territories to implement compulsory registration.  The concept of compulsory registration has been referred to the Animal Health Committee of Primary Industries Ministerial Council for evaluation. </div> <bR> <div> <B>Levy Regulations</B></div> <div> <I>The Senate Committee is confident that the regulations can be framed so as to take</I></div> <div> <I>account of the wide diversity of horse ownership and riding activity in the community.</I></div> <div> Other groups however do not share the optimism of the government that all equity issues will be taken into account in the regulations<I>. </I> Without seeing the regulations it is impossible to be convinced that the concerns of recreational riders will be addressed in an equitable way. </div> <bR> <div> The report states it is too early to condemn the proposed legislation without consideration of the regulations that are to come.  The QHC believes that it is too early to support the proposed legislation without knowledge of the regulations that are to come.</div> <div> It would have been informative if the Senate Committee provided the draft regulations before their report was finalised however the Government declined this request.  </div> <bR> <div> <B>Author: Dr. Fiona Thompson BVSc (Hons) Queensland Horse Council Inc.</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Verdana" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 129 WIDTH="696"><div> <B><IMG SRC="58c647b0.jpg" border=0 width="100" height="123" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFFCC HEIGHT= 534 WIDTH="696"><div> THE HORSE OWNERS<FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >  </FONT>WORKSHOP</div> <div> <U>Saturday 15th November</U></div> <bR> <div> REMINDER</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Best land management techniques for <B>HORSE OWNERS</B></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Cost effective methods of pasture renovation & management</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Delivered by accomplished presenter and author Jane Myers</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">On the spot assistance from DPI&F officers</div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Managing horses on small properties</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Major fundraiser for Queensland Horse Council</B></div> <div> It is important not only for individuals but for the horse industry as a whole that the Healthy Horse Country initiative is well supported.</div> <bR> <div> If you or any of your friend's, neighbours or colleagues have not been to one of these workshops, then I recommend that you attend.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="453" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 112 WIDTH="82"><div> <B>Date:</B></div> <div> <B>Time:</B></div> <div> <B>Venue:</B> </div> <div> <B>Cost:</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Saturday 15th November 2008</div> <div> 9am-3pm</div> <div> Gatton Research Station, Warrego Hwy, Gatton</div> <div> $30 for Qld Horse Council members</div> <div> $40 for students</div> <div> $50 for non-members</div> <div> Lunch provided</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> For further information or bookings contact: </div> <div> Fiona Thompson Qld Horse Council</div> <div> (07) 3239 3192 / <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Verdana" ><A HREF="mailto:ceo@qldhorsecouncil.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:ceo@qldhorsecouncil.com"><U>ceo@qldhorsecouncil.com</U></A></FONT></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 98 WIDTH="696"><div> <B><IMG SRC="534c13e0.jpg" border=0 width="193" height="62" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <I>11th November 2008</I></div> <div> <I>Author: Fiona Thompson BVSc, CEO, Queensland Horse Council Inc.</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFFCC HEIGHT= 598 WIDTH="696"><div> <B>Register NOW for the Jane Myers Workshop </B></div> <bR> <div> Best land management practices for horse owners</div> <div> Cost effective methods of pasture renovation and management</div> <bR> <div> Gatton Research Station - Saturday 15th November 9am-3pm</div> <div> Contact Fiona Thompson: <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Verdana" ><A HREF="mailto:ceo@qldhorsecouncil.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:ceo@qldhorsecouncil.com"><U>ceo@qldhorsecouncil.com</U></A></FONT> / (07) 3239 3192 </div> <bR> <div> <B>Independent Hendra Review</B></div> <bR> <div> The Queensland Horse Council has been engaged with the Equine Veterinarians Assoc., a Special Interest Group of the Australian Veterinary Assoc. in the independent review of the DPI&F's handling of the recent Hendra virus incidents at Proserpine and Redlands.</div> <bR> <div> The deadline for submissions has been extended and a report is now expected out in mid November.  The QHC will be providing a submission to the review and welcomes any comments.  Please send to <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Verdana" ><A HREF="mailto:ceo@qldhorsecouncil.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:ceo@qldhorsecouncil.com"><U>ceo@qldhorsecouncil.com</U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> Please note any details should be consistent with the terms of reference of this review, which can be found at QHC website:</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.qldhorsecouncil.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.qldhorsecouncil.com/"><U>www.qldhorsecouncil.com</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>To good home only</B></div> <bR> <div> QHC Forest Trails Access Committee member and QERA member Anne Barlow has come across a man who has 14 young mixed appaloosa and palomino horses.  The horses have been running together on a 120 acre property situated between Mt Bebo and Toogoolawah and range from yearlings to 5-7 years of age.</div> <bR> <div> They have had very little handling however are used to being fed from buckets and the current owner can walk among them.</div> <bR> <div> The owner was reluctantly enquiring about sending the horses to the dogger as he feels he is getting too old to care for them properly.  He would much rather they be sold at reasonable prices to good homes.</div> <bR> <div> Anyone genuinely interested in buying any of the horses (no dealers) please contact  <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Verdana" ><A HREF="mailto:ceo@qldhorsecouncil.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:ceo@qldhorsecouncil.com"><U>ceo@qldhorsecouncil.com</U></A></FONT></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF HEIGHT= 299 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="58bb2250.jpg" border=0 width="690" height="293" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>