Indigenous Environmental Health: Report of the Fifth National Conference 2004

Appendix 1: enHealth Council

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Terms of Reference

The enHealth Council Terms of Reference were established by the National Environmental Health Strategy (Chapter 3, Note 3. 1) and are as follows:

1. Provide national leadership on environmental health issues by:
   • coordinating and facilitating environmental health policies and programs
   • establishing strategic partnerships between environmental health stakeholders
   • setting priorities for national environmental health policies and programs
   • providing an open consultative system for policy development
   • facilitating cost effective use of environmental health resources
2. Drive the implementation of National Environmental Health Strategy
   • Advise the Commonwealth, States and Territories Local government and other stakeholders on national environmental health issues.
   • Coordinate the development of environmental health action plans at local, state and national levels.
   • Promote and develop model environmental health legislation, standards, codes of practice, guidelines and publications.
   • Strengthen the national capacity to meet current and emerging environmental health challenges.
   • Provide a pivotal link between international fora and environmental health stakeholders in Australia and strengthening Australia’s collaboration with countries in the Asia–Pacific region.

Membership at the time of the Conference

Chair

Mr Michael Jackson

Members

Dr Helen Cameron
Director, Environmental Health,
Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing

Mr Bruce Morton
National President,
Australian Institute of Environmental Health

Mr Peter Burnett
Environment Australia

Dr Anne Neller
Public Health Association of Australia

Professor Ian Lowe
Australian Consumers’ Association

Mr Xavier Schobben
Chair,
National Indigenous Environmental Health Forum

Mr Brian Dixon
Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health

National Health and Medical Research Council Health Advisory Committee

State and Territory Health department representatives

New South Wales
Dr Michael Staff,
Director Environmental Health

Victoria
Ms Jan Bowman,
Manager Environmental Health

Queensland
Ms Sophie Dwyer,
Acting Manager Environmental Health

Western Australia
Mr Jim Dodds,
Director Environmental Health Service

South Australia
Dr Kevin Buckett,
Director of Environmental Health

Tasmania
Dr Roscoe Taylor,
Director Public Health

Northern Territory
Mr Xavier Schobben,
Program Director Environmental Health

Australian Capital Territory
Ms Melissa Langhorne,
Manager of Environmental Health

New Zealand
Mr Paul Prendergast,
New Zealand Health Ministry

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