Review of Ministerial Councils - Immediate Streamlining of Some Existing Councils*
Council of Australian Governments' Communiqué
8 June 2001
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*Existing Council Arrangements to continue unless specified.
Ministerial Councils
Regional Development Council
Create new Council by amalgamating regional development issues from Industry, Technology and Regional Development Council (ITRDC) and informal Regional Development Ministers meetings.
Industry and Technology Ministers' Council
Create new Council following removal of regional development issues from ITRDC. Comprising the remaining industry and technology issues from ITRDC.
Local Government and Planning Ministers' Council
Amalgamate existing Local Government Ministers' Conference and Planning Ministers' Conference.
Australia and New Zealand Food Regulation Council
Create new Council.
Gene Technology Council
Create new Council.
Ministerial Council on Energy
Create new Council subsuming the energy component of Australian and New Zealand Minerals and Energy Council (ANZMEC).
Ministerial Council on Minerals
Create new Council following removal of the energy component from ANZMEC. Comprising the remaining minerals component from ANZMEC.
Natural Resource Management Council
Create new Council subsuming NRM issues from the Agriculture and Resource Management Council of Australia and New Zealand (ARMCANZ), the Australian and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council (ANZECC) and the Ministerial Council on Forestry, Fisheries and Aquaculture (MCFFA).
Primary Industries Council
Create new Council subsuming industries policy from ARMCANZ and MCFFA.
Environment Protection and Heritage Council
Create new Council by amalgamating the National Environment Protection Council (NEPC), the non-NRM component of ANZECC and Heritage Ministers' Meeting
Other Ministerial Fora
National Electricity Market (NEM) Ministers' Forum
Create new Forum.
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