Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Each member of the Committee is to be appointed by the Drought Minister by written instrument.
Note: A member of the Committee may be reappointed, subject to subsection 36J(2): see section 33AA of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 .
(2) A member of the Committee holds office on a part - time basis.
(3) A person must not be appointed as a member of the Committee unless the person has expertise or experience in 2 or more of the following areas:
(a) drought resilience measures;
(b) climate risk;
(c) the agriculture industry;
(d) rural and regional community leadership and resilience;
(e) rural and regional development;
(f) applied research;
(g) agricultural extension;
(h) economics.
(4) In appointing a person as a member of the Committee, the Drought Minister must ensure, as far as practicable, the following:
(a) there is a balance of gender, knowledge and skills among members of the Committee;
(b) the membership of the Committee represents a balance of different regions across Australia affected, or that could be affected, by drought.