SFF Advisory Group
About the Advisory Group
Sustainable Farm Families has a sound history of consumer input and industry input and has been served since 2003 by a supportive advisory structure. With the completion of the original projects in 2007, Expressions of Interest were called for a new advisory group.
The Sustainable Farm Families (SFF) Advisory Group (SFFAG) was established to:
•Advocate for the needs of farming families to SFF program decision-makers;
•Monitor the project goals and ensure they are reached in a timely manner;
•Act as an ambassador for the program;
•Provide support and encourage the SFF team in the development of the framework of governance and cross sector collaboration for transferability to other states and countries; and
•Oversee the completion of current SFF projects.
The Advisory group currently has fifteen members, with a balance of industry groups, government and health agencies with three farmer representatives who have expertise and knowledge in the rural industry and are currently farming.
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There have been a total of seven meetings:
•December 2009
•September 2009
•June 2009
•March 2009
•December 2008
•September 2008
•May 2008
The following table shows total meeting attendances for the Advisory Group Members:
First Name |
Surname |
Organisation |
Meetings Attended |
Total Meetings |
| John | Martin | Latrobe University | 4 | 5 |
| Susan | Brumby | Western District Health Service | 5 | 5 |
| Mike | Weise | WestVic Dairy | 4 | 5 |
| Alicia | White | Department of Health and Ageing *1 | 2 | 5 |
| Janet | Laverick | Department of Human Services | 3*2 | 5 |
| Warren | Straw | Department of Primary Industries | 2 | 5 |
| Emily | Phillips | Department of Primary Industries | 3 | 5 |
| Beverley | Smith*3 | Department of Sustainability and Environment | 4 | 5 |
| Pam | Oddie | Farmer Representative | 4 | 5 |
| Angus | Howell | Farmer Representative | 4 | 5 |
| Martin | Butler | Farmer Representative | 2 *4 | 3 |
| Nick | Gough | Gardiner Foundation | 2 *5 | 5 |
| Delwyn | Seebeck | Victorian Farmers Federation | 2 *6 | 5 |
| Bruce | Gibson | WorkSafe Victoria | 4 | 5 |
| Evelyne | De Leeuw*7 | Deakin University | 2 | 5 |
| Cate | Mercer-Grant | Western District Health Service | 5 | 5 |
| Stuart | Willder | Western District Health Service | 4 | 5 |
| Emily | Moule | Department of Primary Industries | 4 | 5 |
| Notes: | ||||
| *1 - Alicia White |
Replaced Liz Cotton | Nov 08 |
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| *2 - Proxy Sylvia Barry | ||||
| *3 - Beverley Smith |
Replaced Rod Anderson |
Jan 09 |
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| *4 - Currently Vacant |
Replaced Jamie Ramage |
Jan 09 |
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| *5 - Currently Vacant |
Replaced Jan Mahoney |
Jan 09 |
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| *6 - Proxy Margaret Piccoli | ||||
| *7 - Evelyne De Leeuw |
Replaced John Catford |
Mar 09 |
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Terms of Reference
The terms of reference of the SFFAG are included below: