The Lake Eyre Basin Community Advisory Committee (CAC) is the community contact point for the Lake Eyre Basin Ministerial Forum, a working group of government Ministers established under the Lake Eyre Basin Intergovernmental Agreement.

The CAC provides community feedback and advice to the Lake Eyre Basin Ministerial Forum, and communicates the decisions and activities of the Ministerial Forum to the Basin community.

The CAC has fourteen members representing pastoral, agricultural, Aboriginal, mining, petroleum, conservation and tourism interests in the Lake Eyre Basin, as well as issues affecting the Cooper’s Creek and Georgina-Diamantina river systems.

The members actively seek out community views on natural resources in the Basin, and keep close contact with other community groups, including Regional Natural Resource Management Boards, Catchment Committees and Landcare Groups.

The Lake Eyre Basin Ministerial Forum consists of four natural resources or environment Ministers from Queensland, South Australia, the Northern Territory and the Australian Government.

The task of the Ministerial Forum is to implement the Lake Eyre Basin Intergovernmental Agreement to ensure that the river systems and natural resources of the Basin are looked after in the long term, and in particular to reduce impacts that occur across state borders.

For more background on the Community Advisory Committee, click here.