Community Consultative Committee
The APVMA's Community Consultative Committee (CCC) provides a vehicle for effective two-way communication between the national chemical regulator and community representatives concerned about pesticides and veterinary medicines.
For the APVMA to operate to best effect it is vital that it be able to respond to current and emerging issues and areas of concern that the community has with the regulation of these chemicals. 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 the dissemination of information on such key issues back to the community.
The CCC recently responded to the review of the National Registration Scheme (external site) and also submitted a response to the Better Regulation of Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Policy Discussion Paper (external site).
The CCC produces the Community e-Bulletin (e-CCChatter) following each Community Consultative Committee (CCC) meeting, to let the community at large know some of the key things that were discussed at the meeting.
See the latest edition of e-CCChatter.
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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.
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
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 - National Farmers Federation
- Mr Joe Elbustani - Greenhouse Vegetables Association
- 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 - Country Women's Association of Australia
- Dr Heather Yeatman (Chair) - Public Health Association of Australia
Meeting Schedule
The CCC meets quarterly in Canberra in March, June, September and December.
Meeting Minutes
2011
2010
- CCC57 - 2 December 2010 (PDF, 59kb) | (RTF, 308kb)
- CCC56 - 2 September 2010 (PDF, 59kb)
- CCC55 - 3 June 2010 (PDF, 75kb)
- CCC54 - 17 March 2010 (PDF, 68kb)
2009
- CCC53 - 2 December 2009 (PDF, 73kb)
- CCC52 - 18 September 2009 (PDF, 99kb)
- CCC51 - 25 June 2009 (PDF, 92kb)
- CCC50 - 31 March 2009 (PDF, 92kb)
2008
- CCC 49 - 3 December 2008 (PDF, 39kb)
- CCC 48 - 19 September 2008 (PDF, 40kb)
- CCC 47 - 26 June 2008 (PDF, 29kb)
- CCC 46 - 27 March 2008 (PDF, 50kb)
2007
- CCC 45 - 05 December 2007 (PDF, 62kb)
- CCC 44 - 12 September 2007 (PDF, 62kb)
- CCC 43 - 22 June 2007 (PDF, 38kb)
- CCC 42 - 22 March 2007 (PDF, 62kb)
2006
- CCC 41 - 29 November 2006 (PDF, 75kb)
- CCC 40 - 17 August 2006 (PDF, 51kb)
- CCC 39 - 17 May 2006 (PDF, 53kb)
- CCC 38 - 23 March 2006 (PDF, 64kb)
2005
- CCC 37 - 19 December 2005 (PDF, 43kb)
- CCC 36 - 25 August 2005 (PDF, 50kb)
- CCC 35 - 23 June 2005 (PDF, 38kb)
- CCC 34 - 03 March 2005 (PDF, 38kb)
2004
- CCC 33 - 02 December 2004 (PDF, 40kb)
- CCC 32 - 26 August 2004 (PDF, 39kb)
- CCC 31 - 20 May 2004 (PDF, 33kb)
- CCC 30 - 20 February 2004 (PDF, 53kb)
2003
- CCC 29 - 20 November 2003 (PDF, 36kb)
- CCC 28 - 16 September 2003 (PDF, 40kb)
- CCC 27 - 01 July 2003 (PDF, 51kb)
Committee Achievements
Each year the CCC's achievements are reported in the APVMA's Annual Report.
- 2009-10 Appendix C
- 2008-09 - see Appendix C (PDF, 755kb) | (RTF, 1.01Mb)
- 2007-08 - see Appendix B (PDF, 543kb)
- 2006-07 - see Appendix B (PDF, 206kb)
- 2005-06 - see Appendix B (PDF, 2.29Mb)
- 2004-05 - see Appendix B (PDF, 447kb)
- 2003-04 - see Appendix B (PDF, 359kb)
- 2002-03 - see Appendix D (PDF, 1.87Mb)
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