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Community Consultative Committee

The Community Consultative Committee (CCC) provides for two-way communication between the APVMA and community members with an interest or concern about pesticides and veterinary medicines.

For the APVMA to operate effectively it is vital to be aware of and able to to respond to current and emerging issues and areas of community concerns about agvet chenicals. It is equally important that the community be kept fully informed of the rationale that underpins regulatory decisions. The committee provides a valuable means for an exchange of views and dissemination of information on these issues back to the community.

The CCC produces the Community e-Bulletin (e-CCChatter) following each committee meeting, highlighting the key issues discussed at the meeting.

See the latest edition of e-CCChatter.

Purpose

The committee informs the community of matters relating to agricultural and veterinary chemicals and reports to the APVMA on the effects on the community of the use or misuse of Agvet chemicals.

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Objectives

The objectives of the committee are to:

  • Communicate community views to the APVMA on a range of issues concerning pesticides and veterinary medicines
  • Encourage informed community debate by conveying information from the APVMA to community networks and explaining the operations and processes of the APVMA to the community
  • Convey community concerns to the APVMA about pesticides and veterinary medicines
  • Recommend to the APVMA further work that might be undertaken to resolve issues of community concern relating to the registration of pesticides and veterinary medicines
  • Advise on matters referred to it by the APVMA

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Membership

Committee members are drawn from organisations representing community interests in regulation of agricultural and veterinary chemicals.

  • Mr Anthony Amis - Friends of the Earth
  • Mr Peter Cone - Farmers representative
  • Mr David Lawson - Consumers' Federation of Australia
  • Mr John Mills - TAFE NSW
  • Mr Neville Prowse-Brown - Landcare
  • Mr John Temperley - Farmsafe, Australian Centre for Agricultural Health and Safety
  • Mrs Heather Wieland (Chair) - Country Women's Association of Australia

Meeting Schedule

The CCC meets quarterly in Canberra in March, June, September and December.

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Meeting Minutes

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

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Committee Achievements

Each year the CCC's achievements are reported in the APVMA's Annual Report.

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Contact

For more information please contact:

Community Consultative Committee

Committee Secretariat
Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority
PO Box 6182
Kingston ACT 2604
Australia

Phone: 02 6210 4932
Fax: 02 6210 4787
Email: ccc@apvma.gov.au