Department of the Environment and Heritage annual report 2005–06
Volume two
Department of the Environment and Heritage, 2006
ISSN 1441 9335
Legislation annual reports 2005-06 (continued)
In this section
Operation of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
Appendix 3 — Functions and membership of advisory committees under the EPBC Act and Australian Heritage Council Act 2003
Threatened Species Scientific Committee
Under section 503 of the EPBC Act, the functions of the Threatened Species Scientific Committee are:
- to advise the minister in accordance with Division 5 of Part 13 in relation to the making of recovery plans and threat abatement plans
- to advise the minister (on the minister's request or on the committee's initiative) on the amendment and updating of the lists established under Part 13
- to advise the minister, at his or her request, on matters relating to the administration of this Act
- to give the minister such other advice as is provided for in this Act
- to perform such other functions as are conferred on the committee by this Act.
| Associate Professor Robert Beeton (Chair) | Professor Bob Kearney |
| Associate Professor Peter Harrison | Dr Libby Matttiske |
| Mr Guy Fitzhardinge | Dr Andrea Taylor |
| Professor Gordon Grigg | Dr Rosemary Purdie |
| Dr Graham Harris | Dr John Woinarski |
Biological Diversity Advisory Committee
Under section 505 of the EPBC Act, the functions of the Biological Diversity Advisory Committee are:
- to advise the minister, at his/her request, on matters relating to the conservation and ecologically sustainable use of biological diversity
- to perform such other functions as are conferred on the committee by this Act or the Regulations.
| Name | Section of EPBC Act/group represented |
|---|---|
| Mr Kim Evans | 504 (4a) The body known as the Australian and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council (now Natural Resource Management Ministerial Council) |
| Mr Alistair Graham | 504 (4b) Conservation organisations that are not authorities of the Commonwealth or of any state or territory |
| Mr Tim Low | 504 (4c) Scientific community ‘terrestrial’ |
| Dr Patricia Mather AO | 504 (4c) Scientific community ‘marine’ |
| Mr Bill Sloane | 504 (4d) Rural community |
| Dr Cecil Camilleri | 504 (4e) Business community |
| Associate Professor Stephan Schnierer | 504 (4ea) Indigenous peoples |
| Dr Charlie Zammit | 504 (4f) Commonwealth |
| Dr Andrew Ash | 504 (5b) Scientific community |
| Professor Ralf Buckley | Tourism sector (additional position) |
| Councillor Bill Mitchell | Local government (additional position) |
Indigenous Advisory Committee
Under section 505B of the EPBC Act, the function of the Indigenous Advisory Committee is to advise the minister on the operation of the Act, taking into account the significance of Indigenous people’s knowledge of the management of land and the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity.
| Name | State or territory |
|---|---|
| Mr Rocky Sainty (Chair) | Tasmania |
| Mr Glen Kelly (Deputy Chair) | Western Australia |
| Ms Melissa George | Queensland |
| Mr John Chester | South Australia |
| Mr Vic McGrath | Torres Strait Islands |
| Ms Darcel Moyle | Victoria |
| Mr Damein Bell | Victoria |
| Ms Francine McCarthy | Northern Territory |
| Mr Joe Morrison | Northern Territory |
| Mr Dave Johnston | Australian Capital Territory |
| Mr Robert Carroll | New South Wales |
| Vacant | New South Wales |
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, 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, grants, the condition of places in the 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) | Mr Roger Beale AO |
| Dr Jane Lennon AM | Dr Richard Walley OAM |
| Dr Denis Saunders AM | Mr Michael Kennedy |
| Dr Gaye Sculthorpe | Mr Jonathan Mills Associate council member Term expired 5 May 2006 |
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