MOVES to deregulate wheat exports ignore the industry's need to ensure quality and oversight, a Liberal senator has told parliament.
Debate in the Senate resumed on Wednesday over a government bill to abolish the wheat export accreditation scheme and the wheat export charge.
Under the proposed changes, the administrative body, Wheat Exports Australia, will be wound up at the end of 2012.
Senator Sean Edwards says the industry requires national oversight on information, transport and the quality of wheat exported from Australia.
"This bill does not tell us who is going to ensure grain quality standards for wheat," he said.
More deregulation in the industry could occur once it was ready for a further reduction in state regulations.
He said there had been progress in the industry since the abolition of the single wheat desk in 2008.
"But to completely abandon oversight now, at some arbitrary date set five years ago, would be like removing the training wheels from your child's bike for the first time without equipping them with a helmet," Senator Edwards said.
He said buyers needed certainty that the wheat they received was what they ordered, while the industry required oversight of shipping slots and auctions to ensure fair access for all.
The bill caused division in the opposition during its path in the lower house in October.
West Australian Nationals MP Tony Crook crossed the floor, while his state Liberal colleague Dennis Jensen abstained from voting after earlier telling the lower house he could not oppose the bill.
Debate on the Wheat Export Marketing Amendment Bill 2012 was adjourned.
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