Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities

Appendix B: Committees

Threatened Species Scientific Committee

The Threatened Species Scientific Committee (TSSC) advises the minister on the amendment and updating of the EPBC Act’s lists of threatened species, threatened ecological communities and key threatening processes and on the making or adoption of recovery plans and threat abatement plans.

Table B16: Membership of the Threatened Species Scientific Committee at 30 June 2013

Professor Helene Marsh (Chair)

Professor Peter Harrison

Dr Andrea Taylor

Dr Bill Humphreys

Dr Michelle Heupel

Dr Keith Walker

Dr Gordon Guymer

Ms Judy Backhouse

Dr Sue McIntyre

Dr Sarah Legge

Indigenous Advisory Committee

The Indigenous Advisory Committee (IAC), established under section 505B of the EPBC Act, 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.

Table B17: Membership of the Indigenous Advisory Committee at 30 June 2013

Ms Melissa George (Chair)

Ms Chrissy Grant (Deputy Chair)

Mr Jason Field

Mr Dave Johnston

Mr Frank Loban

Ms Francine McCarthy

Mr Bruce Martin

Mr Joe Morrison

Mr Kado Muir

Mr Klynton Wanganeen

Australian Heritage Council

The Australian Heritage Council (AHC), which is established under the Australian Heritage Council Act 2003, is the Australian Government’s principal advisory body on heritage matters. The AHC is responsible under the EPBC Act for assessing the heritage values of places nominated for possible inclusion in the National and Commonwealth heritage lists and for advising the minister on heritage issues.

Table B18: Membership of the Australian Heritage Council at 30 June 2013

Membership

Professor Dr Carmen Lawrence (Chair)

Dr Jennie Whinam

Associate Professor Peter Valentine

Dr Jak Ah Kit

Dr Jacqueline Huggins AM

Ms Kate Clark

Ms Helen Lardner

The council met six times during 2012–13.

Appendix C: 2012–13 publications

Guidelines and policy statements

Australian Ramsar site nomination guidelines—Module 4 of the national guidelines for Ramsar wetlands—Implementing the Ramsar Convention in Australia.

Draft significant impact guidelines: Coal seam gas and large coal mining developments – impacts on water resources. Released for public consultation June 2013 until 25 July 2013.

Environmental Impact Assessment, Client Service Charter—May 2013.

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999: Environment Assessment Manual—Implementing Chapter 4, EPBC Act.

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999: Environmental Offsets Policy, October 2012.

Referral guidelines for three species of Western Australian black cockatoos.

Interim Guidelines on the Outstanding Universal Value of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area—for Proponents of Actions—May 2013.

Interim Koala Referral Advice for Proponents.

Melbourne Urban Development—Policy Statement for Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) referrals—July 2012.

Strategic Assessments: Policy Statement for EPBC Act referrals—March 2013.

Pamphlets, fact sheets and other publications

Fact sheets

A World Heritage nomination for Cape York Peninsula.

Farming and nationally protected Natural Grasslands of the Murray Valley Plains.

Landholders & Upland Basalt Eucalypt Forests.

Wetland fact sheets

Australia’s obligations under the Ramsar Convention: legislative support for wetlands.

Wetlands in Australia—roles and responsibilities.

Notification of change in ecological character.

Limits of acceptable change.

The wise use of wetlands in Australia.

Guides

Natural Grasslands on Basalt and Fine-textured Alluvial Plains of Northern New South Wales and Southern Queensland, and Natural Grasslands of the Queensland Central Highlands and the Northern Fitzroy Basin—a guide to the identification, assessment and management of nationally threatened ecological communities.

Grey Box (Eucalyptus microcarpa) Grassy Woodlands and Derived Native Grasslands of South-Eastern Australia—a guide to the identification, assessment and management of a nationally threatened ecological community.

Compliance audit summaries of findings

Compliance audits completed during 2012—summary of findings.

Compliance audits completed during 2013–summary of findings.

Reports

P Valentine et al. (2013) The natural attributes for World Heritage nomination of Cape York Peninsula, Australia.

Prospectuses

Strategic assessment prospectus—May 2013.