Minister for Resources and Water Keith Pitt today announced the reappointment of six members to the Lake Eyre Basin (LEB) Community Advisory Committee and five members to the Scientific Advisory Panel for a 12-month period.
“Mr Andrew Drysdale has been reappointed as chairman of the Community Advisory Committee and Dr Stephen Morton as chairman of the Scientific Advisory Panel, both are a pair of steady hands leading these committees through a tranche of work in 2022,” Minister Pitt said.
“The Lake Eyre Basin is one of the world’s largest internally draining river systems – its streams do not reach the sea, spanning 1.2 million square kilometres, which is almost one-sixth of Australia.
“It provides significant social and economic value to almost 60,000 Australian who work and live in the basin and the surrounding communities.
“These reappointments, together with their fellow committee members, will continue their important work developing a strategic plan and reviewing current governance arrangements around the Lake Eyre Basin,” Minister Pitt said.
The Lake Eyre Basin Intergovernmental Agreement is a commitment to cross-border collaboration for the management of the basin’s water and related natural resources. It’s an agreement between the Australian, Queensland, South Australian, and Northern Territory governments.
Under the Agreement two advisory bodies were established – the LEB Community Advisory Committee and the Scientific Advisory Panel. The groups include member representatives from each of the State parties to the Agreement, with NSW an observer.
