The major role of these Ministerial Councils is to better integrate Australia's conservation and sustainable production objectives.

The Natural Resource Management Ministerial Council (NRMMC) and the Primary Industries Ministerial Council (PIMC) were established in 2001 by agreement of Australian Federal, State and Territory Governments. The Councils have subsumed all or part of the work of three previous bodies, namely the Agricultural and Resource Management Council of Australia and New Zealand (ARMCANZ), the Australia New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council (ANZECC) and the Ministerial Council on Forestry, Fisheries and Aquaculture (MCFFA).

What's New

• NRMMC Communiqué 21 May 2009
• PIMC Communiqué 21 May 2009
• The Management of Ornamental Fish
• Records and resolutions of council meetings

Next Meetings:

Standing committees

• Primary Industries - 24 September 2009 - Adelaide
• Natural Resource Management - 25 September 2009 - Adelaide
• Primary Industries - 18 March 2010 - Sydney
• Natural Resource Management - 19 March 2010 - Sydney
• Primary Industries - September 2010 - Adelaide
• Natural Resource Management - September 2010 - Adelaide
  

Ministerial councils

• Primary Industries - 6 November 2009 - Perth
• Natural Resource Management - 5 November 2009 - Perth
• Primary Industries - 22 April 2010 - Darwin
• Natural Resource Management - 23 April 2010 - Darwin
• Primary Industries - October/November 2010 - Sydney
• Natural Resource Management - October/November 2010 - Sydney