President: Tony Wood
P.O. Box 4269
Dandenong South VIC 3164
Phone: 03-8795-5200
Fax: 03-9799-8911
E-mail: tony@ daieiaust.com.au

Secretary: Tony O’Shannessy
P.O. Box 639
Inverell NSW 2360
Phone/Fax: 02-6722-3329
E-mail: tosanda@bigpond.com	

The Secretary
Review of NCP Reforms
Productivity Commission
PO Box 80
BELCONNEN  ACT  2616

Dear Sir,

Review of National Competition Policy Reforms:
Comments on Discussion Draft

I wish to make brief comment on behalf of the Independent Paper Group (IPG) on a specific draft proposal put forward in the Commission’s Discussion Draft which was recently released for public comment.
In our initial submissions to the commission, the IPG requested that an urgent review be undertaken of Australia’s anti-dumping system and legislation – such a review already being delayed for some years by various interests.
We are therefore pleased to see that the Commission has put forward a draft proposal that “the Australian Government should conduct the previously scheduled review of anti-dumping at the earliest possible date”.  We fully support and urge that this review now be undertaken. We note that the Commission has also recommended that the Government “should also review cabotage legislation either through the Legislation Review Program process or as part of a broader review of coastal shipping”.  We support this proposal also.

Yours sincerely,

A. S. Wood
President

Cc.	-	IPG members