Issue No 10, July 1998.

NOTICE: Hard copies of the Australian New Crops Newsletter are available from the publisher, Dr Rob Fletcher. Details of availability are included in the Advice on Publications Available.

6. Information Supermarket

A single day conference and trade display was recently held in Brisbane to showcase a range of information suppliers available to the primary industries. Those providing information services which may have been useful to members of the new crops industry were as follows:

Information - the key to profitability in the primary industries sector
Alan Twomey
Excel Consulting Group Pty Ltd Hillcrest Qld 4118
Telephone: 07 3406 8599

Infosearch
QDPI
GPO Box 46
Brisbane Qld 4001
Telephone: 07 3239 6989
Facsimile: 07 3239 3128
Email: infosearch@dpi.qld.gov.au

AUSEAS
Alan Snow
QDPI, Centre for Food Technology
19 Hercules St
Hamilton Qld 4007
Telephone: 07 3406 8597
Facsimile: 07 3406 8677
Email: snowa@dpi.qld.gov.au
Web Site: http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/cft/cft_aus.html

FoodInfo
Heather Drummond
QDPI, Centre for Food Technology
19 Hercules St
Hamilton Qld 4007
Telephone: 07 3406 8645
Facsimile: 07 3406 8677
Email: drummoh@dpi.qld.gov.au
Web Site: http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/cft/cft_info.html

GrowSearch
Vicki Lane
QDPI
PO Box 327
Cleveland Qld 4163
Telephone: 07 3821 3784
Facsimile: 07 3821 3784
Email: growsearch@dpi.gov.au

How to access export and marketing information services
Marketing Services
Noel Cheeseman
Senior Marketing Officer
Animal Health
QDPI
GPO Box 46 Brisbane Qld 4001
Telephone: 07 3239 3535

AgriInfonet
Jacquie Bodger
QDPI
GPO Box 46 Brisbane Qld 4001
Telephone: 07 3239 3307
Facsimile: 07 3239 3128
Email: agriinfonet@dpi.qld.gov.au

Rural Industries Export Development
Devinka Wanigesevera
General Manager, RIED
QDPI
GPO Box 46 Brisbane Qld 4001
Telephone: 07 3239 6723

Trade and economic development funding sources
Peter Smith
Senior Rural Trade Officer
Rural Development Division
QDPI
GPO Box 46 Brisbane Qld 4001
Telephone: 07 3239 3275

Sources of funding from Research and Development councils
Bea Duffield
General Manager
Research and Extension Unit
QDPI, GPO Box 46 Brisbane 4001
Telephone: 07 3239 3059

AUSTRADE sources of funding
Elizabeth Gamin
Export Market Development Grants Scheme
AUSTRADE, 145 Eagle Street
Brisbane Qld 4000
Telephone: 07 3364 7771
Facsimile: 07 3364 7749

Farmline Information Service
Mark Casey
Kondinin Group, Toowoomba
Telephone: 07 4637 9099
Kondinin Group,
PO Box 913 Cloverdale WA 6105
Telephone: 08 9478 3343
1 800 677 761 free call in Australia
Facsimile: 08 9478 3353 or
1 800 657 509 free facsimile
Email: farmline@kondinin.com.au
Web Site: http://www.kondinin.com.au

Do Our Own Marketing Research (DOOR Marketing)
Rob Fletcher
The University of Queensland
Gatton College Qld 4345
Telephone: 07 5460 1311

Foodtrack electronic trading service
Paul Smith
FoodTrack, Level 2, 61 Hume Street Crows Nest NSW 2065
Telephone: 02 9439 3422
Facsimile: 02 9439 3522
Email: sskelley@nmp.com.au
Web Site: http://www.foodtrack.com.au

Primary Industries information on the Internet
Geoff Johnston
Information Extension Officer
QDPI Peak Crossing, 4306
Telephone: 07 5467 2100

Sources of statistics for the primary industries sector
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Darren Sprott
ABS, GPO Box 9817 Brisbane 4001
Telephone: 07 3222 6159
Facsimile: 07 3222 6104
Email: darren.sprott@abs.gov.au

Queensland Government Statistics Office
Greg Pole
QGSO, PO Box 37
Albert Street Post Office
Brisbane Qld 4002
Telephone: 07 3224 5284
Facsimile: 07 3220 0831

ABARE and other statistical sources
Mark Oliver
Principal Policy Officer
Drought and Rural Adjustment Unit
QDPI, GPO Box 46 Brisbane 4001
Telephone: 07 3239 3316

Access to climate and weather information services
Livio Regano
Bureau of Meteorology
Telephone: 07 3864 8714
Facsimile: 07 3221 4895
Email: j.davidson@dom.gov.au

Mapping Information Services
Mr Len Lowry
Manager
Geographic Data Service
Department of Natural Resources Woolloongabba 4102
Telephone: 07 3896 3110

Information services for the timber industry
Timber protection program
QDPI
Indooroopilly Sciences Centre
PO Box 631, Indooroopilly Qld 4068
Telephone: 07 3896 9757
Facsimile: 07 3896 9628
Email: norton@qfslab.ind.dpi.gov.au

Timber Research and Development Advisory Council Services
David Hayward
TRADAC Technical Services
Fortitude Valley Qld 4006
Telephone: 07 3358 1400

Software solutions for pest management
Dr Geoff Norton
Director
CRC for Tropical Pest Management
The University of Queensland
St Lucia Qld 4072
Telephone: 07 3365 1851

Bookshop, Information Centre
Client Service Centres
Alan Ernst
QDPI Publications Manager
Telephone: 07 3239 3799

Farmfax
Graham Wilson and Philip Burrill
QDPI, PO Box 102
Toowoomba Qld 4350
Telephone: 07 4688 1450
Facsimile: 07 4688 1416
FarmFax Telephone Ordering Service: 07 3222 2996

DPI Call Centre
Dan Bradford
QDPI, GPO Box 46, Brisbane 4001
Telephone: 07 3404 6922
Facsimile: 07 3404 6900
Email: bradfod@dpi.qld.gov.au
DPI Call Centre Telephone: 132 523 (local call)

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Contact: Dr Rob Fletcher, School of Land and Food, The University of Queensland Gatton College, 4345; Telephone: 07 5460 1311 or 07 5460 1301; Facsimile: 07 5460 1112; International facsimile: 61 7 5460 1112; Email: r.fletcher@mailbox.uq.edu.au

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