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The
Australian Landcare Council is the Australian
Government's peak advisory
body on landcare and matters concerning natural resource management. It
has a major role in advising the Government on priorities and strategies
for natural resource management to achieve efficient, sustainable and
equitable management of natural resources in Australia that are consistent
with the principles of ecologically sustainable development.
Council usually meets four times each
year, alternating between Canberra and a selected State or Territory
region. When meetings are held outside Canberra, field trips are held in
conjunction with the meetings to enable members to meet landholders and
gain a wider first-hand experience of natural resource management issues.
Members are
appointed to the Australian Landcare Council on a part-time basis by the
Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. Council currently
comprises a Chairman, eleven community members and eight members nominated
by other relevant organisations. Under
the
Natural Resources Management
(Financial Assistance) Act
1992,
members (apart from the Chairman) are appointed for periods not exceeding
three years. The Chairman holds office for an indefinite period at the
discretion of the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.
For more information on
current Council membership please go to the
membership page.
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From left to right –
Katie Whitehead (ALGA), Pippa Carron (Secretary), John Klem (NSW), Matt
Young (Youth Rep), Garry English (WA Deputy), Arlene Buchan (ACF Deputy),
Alex Arbuthnot (NFF), behind Alex- Scott Wyatt (Executive Officer), Rod Shaw (DAFF),
Greg Pinkard (NRM Ministerial Council), behind Alex- Lee O'Brien (MDBCAC), Bobbie Brazil (Chairman), Ian
Sauer (TAS), Lynton Bond (ACT), Coral Love (NLF), Kirk Smith (QLD), David
Alexander (NT Deputy), Dennis Mutton (SA), Brian Scarsbrick (LAL), Warwick
Ragg (Forest Industries), Russell Pell (VIC Deputy)
News!
The Australian Government is
undertaking a review of natural resource management advisory functions and
as such, the meeting schedule of the Australian Landcare Council is
temporarily postponed.
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