[Muanet] FW: Public Call for Nominations for Membership of Gene Technology Advisory

[Janice Dudley]

Colleagues,

For your networks.

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"There is hope in honest error, none in the icy perfection of the mere
stylist" 
  
Charles Rennie Mackintosh  (1868 - 1928) 
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Janice Dudley 
Politics and International Studies, 
Murdoch University, 
Murdoch, 6150
Western Australia 
  
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Email:          dudley at central.murdoch.edu.au  (Murdoch) 
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jessica.Coltman at health.gov.au
[mailto:Jessica.Coltman at health.gov.au] On Behalf Of OGTR at health.gov.au
Sent: Thursday, 25 March 2004 11:21 AM
To: ogtr at health.gov.au
Subject: Public Call for Nominations for Membership of Gene Technology
Advisory


                        PUBLIC CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

             Membership of Gene Technology Advisory Committees


The  Office  of  the Gene Technology Regulator is inviting organisations
to
put  forward  nominations  for  relevant  positions  on the Gene
Technology
Technical Advisory Committee, Gene Technology Ethics Committee and the
Gene
Technology   Community   Consultative   Committee.  Appointments  to
these
committees will be for terms of up to three years.


The   Gene   Technology  Act  2000  (the  Act)  represents  the
Australian
Government's  component  of  a  national  regulatory scheme to identify
and
manage risks to the environment and risks to human health posed by, or
as a
result of, gene technology.


The  regulatory  scheme covers dealings with genetically modified
organisms
(GMOs)  including  contained research involving GMOs, field trials, and
the
intentional release of GMOs into the Australian environment.


The Act also established three advisory committees:

.     The Gene Technology Technical Advisory Committee which provides
scientific and technical advice     to the Regulator and the Ministerial
Council;
.     The Gene Technology Ethics Committee which provides advice on
ethical
issues relating to gene       technology to the Regulator and the
Ministerial Council; and
.     The Gene Technology Community Consultative Committee which
provides
advice on matters of          general concern to the community, in
relation
to GMOs, to the Regulator and the Ministerial Council.

Nominees  should  be  people  of broad experience and standing, have a
high
level  of  expertise and should be able to consistently attend meetings
and
undertake other duties related to the Committee's work program as
required.
Committee  members  will be selected as individuals, in accordance with
the
Act  -  they will not be a representative of the organisation who
nominates
them.


Nominations  must  be  submitted  to  the  Office  of  the  Gene
Technology
Regulator (OGTR) by:


                                7 May 2004


The nomination package is available on the OGTR web site at
www.ogtr.gov.au
or by telephoning
1800 181 030.




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