Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts annual report 2008-09
Volume two
Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, 2009
ISSN 1441-9335
Legislation annual reports 2008-09 (continued)
Operation of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (continued)
Appendix B - Committees
The function and membership of advisory committees established under the EPBC Act are as follows.
Indigenous Advisory Committee
Under section 505B of the EPBC Act, the Indigenous Advisory Committee provides advice to the minister on the operation of the EPBC Act.
By incorporating Indigenous people's knowledge of land management and the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, the committee:
- works with peak Indigenous bodies, experts, communities, and other stakeholders to ensure the views of Indigenous peoples are incorporated in the implementation and development of the Act
- works with key sections of the department to seek and provide advice and make recommendations to the minister and the department on Indigenous issues
- monitors the implementation of bilateral agreements within the states and territories and advises the minister of their effect on Indigenous interests
- provides the minister with an annual report on Indigenous issues under the Act
- responds to any issues of urgency that arise during the implementation of the Act that require a response from the committee.
| Name | State or territory |
|---|---|
| Ms Melissa George (Chair) | Queensland |
| Ms Chrissy Grant (Deputy Chair) | New South Wales |
| Mr Jason Field | New South Wales |
| Mr Dave Johnston | Australian Capital Territory |
| Mr Rocky Sainty | Tasmania |
| Mr Vic McGrath | Torres Strait Islands |
| Mr Damein Bell | Victoria |
| Ms Francine McCarthy | Northern Territory |
| Mr Joe Morrison | Northern Territory |
| Mr Glen Kelly | Western Australia |
| Mr Daniel Oades | Western Australia |
| Vacant | South Australia |
Australian Heritage Council
Under the Australian Heritage Council Act 2003, the functions of the Australian Heritage Council are to:
- make assessments of places under the National Heritage criteria or the Commonwealth Heritage criteria
- advise the minister on conserving and protecting places included in, or being considered for inclusion in, the National Heritage List or Commonwealth Heritage List
- nominate places for inclusion in the heritage lists
- advise the minister on any heritage related matters, including promotion, research, training, national policies, the condition of places in heritage lists and historic shipwrecks
- promote the identification, assessment, conservation and monitoring of heritage
- keep the Register of the National Estate
- organise and engage in research
- provide advice generally
- prepare reports on any matters related to the functions of the council and provide them to the minister.
| Mr Tom Harley (Chair) |
| Adjunct Professor Sharon Sullivan AO |
| Mr Howard Tanner |
| Associate Professor Peter Valentine |
| Mr Rodney Dillon |
| Dr Jacqueline Huggins AM |
| Dr Libby Mattiske |
Australian World Heritage Advisory Committee
The Australian World Heritage Advisory Committee was established in November 2008 to provide Australian Government and state heritage ministers with advice on national and cross-cutting issues affecting Australia's World Heritage properties, to give Australia's World Heritage property managers a forum in which to share information on best-practice management, and to improve protection of World Heritage properties.
| Name | World Heritage site/organisation |
|---|---|
| Ms Joan Domicelj AM (Chair) | |
| Professor Richard Braithwaite (Deputy Chair) | Gondwana Rainforests of Australia |
| Ms Jan Bimrose | Australian Fossil Mammal Sites, Riversleigh |
| Mr Steve Bourne | Australian Fossil Mammal Sites, Naracoorte |
| Mr Harry Wilson | Uluru Kata-Tjuta National Park |
| Ms Margaret Freeman | Australian World Heritage Indigenous Network |
| Dr J Patrick Greene | Museum Victoria, Royal Exhibition Building & Carlton Gardens |
| Mr Jacob Nyanngul | Kakadu National Park |
| Dr Alistair Birtles | Wet Tropics Management Authority |
| Mr Ron Nellor | Fraser Island |
| Mr Hank Horton | Australian World Heritage Indigenous Network |
| Ms Sandra Potter | Australian Antarctic Division, Heard Island and McDonald Islands |
| Mr Noel Carmichael | Macquarie Island |
| Mr Michael Ockwell | Willandra Lakes Region |
| Ms Diane Tarte | Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority |
| Dr Diana Walker | Shark Bay |
| Mr Malcolm Wells | Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area |
| Mr Evan Williams AM | Sydney Opera House |
| Mr Stephen Wills | Lord Howe Island |
| Mr Neil Taylor | Purnululu National Park |
| Mr Richard Mackay AM | Greater Blue Mountains |
Heritage Working Group
The Heritage Working Group comprises members with a range of knowledge and experience in historic, natural and Indigenous heritage, tourism, business and economics.
| Name | Field of expertise |
|---|---|
| Mr Tom Harley | Heritage |
| Dr Gaye Sculthorpe | Indigenous heritage |
| Associate Professor Peter Valentine | Conservation and natural heritage |
| Ms Kristal Buckley | Archaeology and heritage |
| Dr Graeme Blackman | Heritage |
| Professor David Throsby | Economics and heritage |
| Associate Professor Don Garden | Social and environmental history |
| Mr Chris Brown | Tourism and business |
Threatened Species Scientific Committee
The committee advises the minister on the amendment and updating of the EPBC Act's lists of threatened species, threatened ecological communities, and key threatening processes, together with the making or adoption of recovery plans and threat abatement plans.
| Associate Professor Bob Beeton (Chair) |
| Associate Professor Peter Harrison |
| Dr Andrea Taylor |
| Dr Bill Humphreys |
| Dr Tony Lewis |
| Dr John Woinarski |
| Dr Rosemary Purdie |
| Mr Guy Fitzhardinge |
| Associate Professor Keith Walker |
| Dr Gordon Guymer |
Associate Professor Keith Walker was appointed to the committee for the first time in 2008. His term continues until 2010. The following members were reappointed from 2008-2011: Associate Professor Peter Harrison, Dr Andrea Taylor, Dr Bill Humphreys, and Dr Tony Lewis. The term of the current Chair, Associate Professor Beeton, expires in September 2009. The position was advertised in major newspapers in May 2009.
EPBC Act review - panel of experts
The independent review of the EPBC Act is being undertaken by Dr Allan Hawke with support from a panel of experts.
Panel members
The Honourable Paul Stein AM
Professor Mark Burgman
Professor Tim Bonyhady
Ms Rosemary Warnock
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