The SRA Annual General Meeting was held at SRA, 50 Meiers Road, Indooroopilly, Qld on Thursday 25 October.
Results from the Proxy forms from the AGM are available below. In respect of the poll held for Resolution 5(b) for G members, the results were:
For 113
Against 16
Total 129
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Your participation in SRA is important to us. We encourage all growers and millers to become Members of SRA so that we can work together to make your research investment count.
Simply complete and return the SRA Membership Application Form to become a member of SRA.
If you have any questions regarding SRA membership, or would like to receive a membership pack in the mail, call (07) 3331 3300.
Delegates have the potential to add significant value to SRA, both in terms of providing insight regarding SRA’s strategic and operational activities, as well as acting as a conduit between SRA and its Members. The role of a Delegate is pivotal to the membership related governance processes of SRA. SRA Delegates serve as an important communications link between SRA and Members.
SRA is in the process of formalising an “impact pathway” framework across the research portfolio.
The below documents provide more information.
Sugar Research Australia Limited is a public company limited by guarantee operating under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) and the rules set out in our Constitution.
SRA was declared as the industry services body for the Australian sugar industry on 5 August 2013 after passage of the following legislation by the Commonwealth Parliament on 28 June 2013:
In our role as the industry services body, SRA is entitled to receive the levies paid by grower and milling businesses, and matching funds from the Commonwealth Government.
SRA also operates under a Statutory Funding Contract between SRA and the Commonwealth Government.
SRA is funded by a statutory levy – 70 cents per tonne of cane, with both grower and milling businesses each contributing 35 cents per tonne of cane.