Public consultation on the draft Wheat Port Code is closed.
To provide regulatory certainty and support a transition to self-regulation, the Australian Government has remade the Wheat Port Code in a streamlined format, with the Code to commence on 1 October 2026 and remain in place for 3 years. The remade Code will be published on the Federal Register of Legislation shortly.
How you had your say
We sought stakeholder’s feedback on the exposure draft instrument of the Competition and Consumer (Industry Code—Bulk Wheat) Regulations 2026.
We invited feedback from people across the wheat export supply chain, including wheat producers, exporters, port terminal service providers and industry representative organisations.
We received 10 submissions through the engagement process, including:
4 from port terminal service providers
5 from grower representative organisations
1 from Grain Trade Australia.
The majority of submissions supported the proposed streamlined approach to the Code and the transition to self-regulation. However, some stakeholders remained in favour of a mandatory industry code.
What happens next
The remade Wheat Port Code will commence operation on 1 October 2026.
Key documents
Report on the second review of the Wheat Port Code [PDF 897 KB] [WORD 1.1 MB]