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Steering Committee

The Steering Committee coordinates projects, and comprises a representative from each of the three land councils, the Northern Territory Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Environment, the Indigenous Land Corporation, the CRC for Tropical Savannas Management (TS–CRC) and the Executive Officer of NAILSMA.

It is chaired by the CEO of the TS–CRC and the NAILSMA Executive Officer. 

As of 1 April, 2005
  • Chair – David Garnett, CEO Tropcial Savannas Management CRC
  • Joe Morrison, NAILSMA Coordinator and Executive Officer
  • Paul Jenkins, Indigenous Land Corporation
  • Bill Panton*, NT Parks & Wildlife Service
  • Jane Blackwood, Kimberley Land Council
  • Anthony Watson, Kimberley community representative
  • Sean Kerins, Northern Land Council
  • Carpentaria Land Council - TBA
  • Barry Hunter, Balkanu Corporation
  • Miya Isherwood, Torres Strait Regional Authority
  • NAILSMA Staff (as issues require)

*NT Parks & Wildlife are represented due to secondment arrangements with the Executive Officer.