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Mike Guerin
Managing Director
Elders Rural Services
Robert Setter
Director – General
QLD Department of Primary
Industries and Fisheries
Gerald Leach
Chair Climate Change
Working Group
National Farmers Federation
Justin Smirk
Senior Agribusiness Economist
Westpac Banking Corporation
Allister Watson
General Manager, Meat
Coles
 Lawrence Arthur
Commissioner
National Water Commission
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 Mr Mark Coulton,
Shadow Secretary Department of Climate Change Mark was born in Sydney on 3rd February, 1958, the son of Jack and Nancy Coulton of “Avondale” Gravesend.
Mark went to Warialda Public School then Farrer Memorial Agricultural High School as a boarding student. He participated in a range of activities, and his favourite sport was rugby league. Riding and working with horses has always been a big part of his life.
After completing the HSC, Mark returned to the family farm. In 1981, he married Robyn, who had arrived from Sydney to teach at the small primary school at Gravesend.
Their first child, Claire, was born at Warialda Hospital in 1983 and is now a teacher. Sally, born in 1985, is a medical student, and Matthew, born in 1989, is currently on a gap year overseas.
In 1996 Mark and Robyn started farming on their own. In 2006 they sold their properties to give a 100 per cent commitment towards representing the new electorate of Parkes, and in 2007 Mark was elected as the Federal Member for Parkes.
Mark was the Mayor of the new and progressive Gwydir Shire Council from 2004 until 2007, and has also been a member of a wide variety of community organisations, including Warialda Pony Club, the local Bush Fire Brigade and the Warialda Rotary Club. He is a life member of Warialda Apex.
Following his election to Parliament Mark was appointed to serve on the Opposition front bench as the Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Ageing and the Voluntary Sector. Mark’s deep understanding of land and water management issues saw him appointed in January 2009 as the Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Water Resources and Conservation.
Mark also serves as a co-chair of the Parliamentary Friends of Meals on Wheels Group, is a patron of Polio Australia and is currently a member of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Health and Ageing.
Family and community are two things Mark values above all else. In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with his family and friends.
Appearing: Day Two - Wednesday 25 November 2009 09.50 Panel - Agriculture and its place in the Carbon Production Reduction Scheme (CPRS)
- Understanding the criteria that will determine sector participation decision in 2013
- The $130 million Australia’s Farming Future initiative
- Modelling the financial impact from ETS inclusion - Carbon price projections upon commencement of full market trading
- Managing increased costs and mitigating trade exposure – aligning international emissions trading frameworks with Australia
- Understanding the marginal costs of abatement
- Farm reforestation and carbon geo-sequestration opportunities
Shadow Secretary,
Department of Climate Change President,
Cattle Council of Australia Vice-President,
Sheep Meat Council CEO,
Australian Farm Institute Manager Environment, Sustainability & Climate Change,
Meat & Livestock Australia Mr Matthew Cawood, Science & Environment group writer,
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