FED: Qld grazier to chair community advisory group

AAP General News (Australia)
12-22-1998
FED: Qld grazier to chair community advisory group

CANBERRA, Dec 22 AAP - Southern Queensland grazier Leith Boully (Boully) is to chair the
community group advising the joint government body managing the Murray-Darling basin.

Federal Agriculture Minister Mark Vaile today announced Mrs Boully's appointment to replace
New South Wales central western farmer Clive Thomas, whose term ends next week.

Mrs Boully is director of the Land and Water Resources Research and Development Corporation
and a commissioner of the Australian Heritage Commission.

The community advisory committee includes 21 state representatives chosen from different
catchments of the basin, and special interest groups.

It advises the Murray-Darling Basin Ministerial Council.

Mr Vaile said the community/government partnership was assuming a new importance.

"Governments and communities in the Murray-Darling basin are pioneering new approaches to
cooperation and integrated catchment management," he said in a statement.

Challenges included managing the interim water cap issue and addressing salinity problems.

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KEYWORD: MURRAY DARLING

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