Presentation¶
| Status: | Draft |
|---|---|
| Source file: | docs/05-business-case/phase-2-interim-case/presentation.md |
| Sensitivity review: | Completed |
| Purpose: | Provide the unified slide-content and presenter-notes draft for the 12 June 2026 Granite Borders Landcare session. |
This working draft keeps visible slide content and presenter notes together. The Slide content should stay brief and visual. The Presenter notes are short speaking prompts for later PowerPoint presenter notes.
1. Title¶
Slide content¶
Industrial Hemp
Strengths | Weaknesses | Opportunities | Threats
Granite Borders Region
Interim Case
Presenter notes¶
- Name the session in full.
- Welcome the group into a practical, evidence-led discussion.
- Set a calm tone: this is not promotion or opposition.
2. Welcome¶
Slide content¶
Welcome
Granite Borders Landcare
Executive | Staff | Members | Guests
Presenter notes¶
- Acknowledge GBLC executive, staff, members and guests.
- Thank people for making time.
- Keep the opening brief and warm.
3. Purpose Of The Session¶
Slide content¶
Careful discussion
This session is intended to support a careful discussion about what is known, what remains uncertain and what role, if any, Granite Borders Landcare should consider.
Known | Uncertain | Possible GBLC role
Not promotion
Not opposition
Presenter notes¶
- Purpose: support careful discussion.
- Focus: what is known, uncertain and relevant to GBLC.
- Core question: commercial viability, environmental benefit, regional relevance.
- Benefits and risks both need evidence.
4. Session Flow¶
Slide content¶
Welcome
Purpose
Check-in
Industrial Hemp 101
Secondary research
Interim analysis
SWOT
Gaps
GBLC roles
Discussion
Presenter notes¶
- Walk through the flow quickly.
- John covers Industrial Hemp 101 and product pathways.
- Leo covers research process, interim analysis and GBLC role options.
- SWOT is a synthesis, not a brainstorm.
5. Who Is In The Room?¶
Slide content¶
Quick check-in
Who are you?
Growers | Landcare | Community | Industry | Guests
How familiar are you?
New | Some knowledge | Experienced
What are you interested in?
Commercial | Environmental | Community | Other
What questions are you carrying?
Evidence gaps | Risks | Opportunities | GBLC role
Presenter notes¶
- John to quickly read the room before Industrial Hemp 101.
- This is context-setting, not formal research.
- Prompt: role, familiarity, main interest.
- Transition to John.
6. Industrial Hemp 101 By John Muir¶
Slide content¶
Industrial Hemp 101
What it is
What it is not
Rules
Products
Markets
Pathways
Presenter notes¶
- John's section.
- Shared baseline before the interim case.
- Avoid repeating product-pathway explanation later.
- Transition from John's overview to the Phase 2 research base.
7. Phase 2 Secondary Research: What Was Done¶
Slide content¶
Desktop evidence project
Phase 2 was a desktop evidence project using government, research, industry and market material. It was decision-focused, neutral and evidence-led. Evidence was assessed from four perspectives:
| Perspective | Decision focus |
|---|---|
| Producer | Would a reasonable local producer choose to grow hemp? |
| Supply Chain | Can the industry operate beyond the farm gate? |
| GBLC | Should GBLC invest time, resources or reputation? |
| Environment | Would hemp create net benefit against realistic local alternatives? |
Presenter notes¶
- Desktop evidence project.
- Decision-focused, neutral and evidence-led.
- Four perspectives keep benefits and risks separated.
- A positive finding for one perspective may still be a risk for another.
8. From Evidence To Analysis¶
Slide content¶
| Step | Output | What it contains |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Secondary research | Desktop evidence on regulation, markets, economics, supply chain, regional suitability, environmental claims, stakeholder evidence, gaps and source traceability. |
| 2 | PESTLE and Five Forces | Operating-context and industry-structure analysis, including regulation, economics, stigma, infrastructure, buyer power, processor access and substitutes. |
| 3 | SWOT | Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats drawn from the secondary research, PESTLE and Five Forces analysis. |
| 4 | Gaps and interim position | Decision-critical uncertainties and the current cautious position: targeted research is justified, but grower recommendation is not. |
| 5 | GBLC roles | A role spectrum from monitor-only through to leading funded research and extension, subject to capacity, funding and risk appetite. |
Presenter notes¶
- This is the logic chain.
- SWOT is the synthesis layer.
- PESTLE: wider operating context.
- Five Forces: industry structure and beyond-farm-gate viability.
9. Phase 2 Secondary Research: What It Covered¶
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Regulation
Markets
Economics
Supply chain
Regional suitability
Environment
Stakeholder evidence
Presenter notes¶
- Summarise coverage; do not read a long list.
- Senate submissions are stakeholder evidence and validation leads.
- They are not proof of demand, profitability or local suitability.
- Point to handout/live site for detail.
10. Interim PESTLE: What It Added¶
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| PESTLE area | Key text |
|---|---|
| Political / regulatory | Licensing, compliance and policy uncertainty shape feasibility. |
| Economic | Profitability remains unproven without local prices, costs and scale. |
| Social | Stigma and community acceptance affect participation and communication. |
| Technological | Processing, genetics and product pathways are still capacity constraints. |
| Legal | Lawful pathways exist, but rules remain product- and jurisdiction-specific. |
| Environmental | Benefits need comparison against realistic local alternatives. |
Presenter notes¶
- Lawful does not mean simple or viable.
- Compliance, economics, stigma and infrastructure all matter.
- Environmental benefits need realistic local comparison.
11. Interim Porter's Five Forces: What It Added¶
Slide content¶
| Force | Key text |
|---|---|
| Buyers | Buyer power is high until prices, volumes and specifications are verified. |
| Processors | Processor access, capacity, fees and intake terms drive viability. |
| Substitutes | Established crop, fibre, food and construction alternatives are strong. |
| New entrants | Licensing, knowledge, equipment and market access limit easy entry. |
| Competition | Domestic and imported products compete on quality, scale and freight. |
Presenter notes¶
- Can the industry work beyond the farm gate?
- Buyer power and processor access are central.
- Substitutes are strong.
- Freight, quality and scale affect competitiveness.
12. Interim SWOT Overview¶
Slide content¶
Strengths
Weaknesses
Opportunities
Threats
Interim | Secondary research only
Presenter notes¶
- Balanced and provisional.
- Strengths are real but limited.
- Weaknesses are mostly commercial and evidence-related.
- Opportunities are mainly validation and decision support.
13. Strengths¶
Slide content¶
Lawful pathways
Research attention
Stanthorpe evidence lead
Neutral convening role
Presenter notes¶
- Hemp can be explored lawfully.
- There is research and industry attention.
- Stanthorpe evidence is a useful local lead.
- GBLC's strength is neutral evidence framing, not promotion.
14. Weaknesses¶
Slide content¶
Commercial proof
Buyer terms
Processing access
Local gross margins
Environmental comparators
Presenter notes¶
- Local commercial viability is not demonstrated.
- Buyer prices, volumes, specs and contracts are not verified.
- Processing and freight remain unresolved.
- Environmental claims need local comparator work.
15. Opportunities¶
Slide content¶
Independent validation
Decision support
Supply-chain mapping
Economics templates
Environmental comparison
Presenter notes¶
- Opportunity is validation, not promotion.
- Possible outputs: guides, maps, templates and comparator work.
- Grain / seed-food appears the most immediate research priority.
- Other pathways need named buyer or processor tests.
16. Threats¶
Slide content¶
Premature investment
Optimistic claims
Hidden costs
Overstated benefits
Reputation risk
Presenter notes¶
- Main threat: action outruns evidence.
- Producers could invest before markets or processing are proven.
- Costs may be underestimated.
- GBLC reputation depends on role clarity.
17. Key Gaps¶
Slide content¶
Buyers
Processors
Freight-adjusted returns
Local agronomy
Environmental comparison
GBLC appetite
Presenter notes¶
- Remaining gaps are practical, commercial and local.
- Most require primary research.
- These gaps should be answered before any grower recommendation.
18. Phase 2 Interim Position¶
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Lawful
Plausible
Unproven locally
Research justified
Recommendation not justified
Presenter notes¶
- Central interim position.
- Lawful and plausible.
- Commercial viability not proven locally.
- Net environmental benefit not proven locally.
- Targeted research justified; recommendation not justified.
19. Potential Roles For Granite Borders Landcare¶
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Monitor
Publish
Partner
Convene
Lead
Capacity | Funding | Risk appetite
Presenter notes¶
- Present as a spectrum, not a preferred option.
- Lowest risk: monitor.
- Highest risk: lead funded research and extension.
- Role depends on evidence, capacity, funding and risk appetite.
20. Discussion And Questions¶
Slide content¶
Fit?
Opportunities?
Risks?
Evidence needs?
Further investigation?
Presenter notes¶
- Invite practical feedback.
- Separate interest from evidence.
- Listen for risks, missing evidence and useful contacts.
- Close around producer decision quality and GBLC credibility.
Closing Reminder¶
Slide content¶
Source Register
Presenter notes¶
- Source trail is in the Source Register.
- Closing message: lawful and plausible, but local viability and local net environmental benefit remain unproven.
- Next defensible step is targeted primary research, not promotion or grower recommendation.