Cotton Australia’s nominated representatives are asked to serve on one or more advisory panels. These advisory panels act as a pathway for member input. There are four advisory panels in total:
Value Chain
The Value Chain advisory panel aims to: look at ways to develop contemporary knowledge and intelligence about products, markets and supply chains; develop improvements in current products; facilitate the development of novel products; advance cotton product processing; and facilitate the development of objective measurement of Australian cotton fibre.
Bob Dall’Alba - Chair
Lyndon Mulligan
Damien Erbacher
Greg Morris
Wayne Towns
Nigel Corish
Andrew Garnsey
Tony Bailey
Cleave Rogan
Hamish Millar
Biosecurity
The Biosecurity advisory panel aims to; identify and communicate biosecurity threats; support the industry’s preparedness to deal with biosecurity threats; research the management of established, invasive and endemic insect pests, weeds and diseases; and assure industry capacity to manage the stewardship of biotechnologies and crop protection products.
Damien Erbacher – Chair
Bill Tyrwhitt – Co-Chair
Andrew Greste – Co-Chair
John Cameron
Nev Walton
Andrew Parkes
Neek Morawitz
Matt Holding
Rob Lowe
Shane Bodiam
Cleave Rogan
Farming Systems
The Farming Systems advisory panel aims to: build the industry’s understanding of climate and natural resource challenges; and enhance the capacity of the industry to adopt resilient and adaptive farming systems.
John Cameron – Chair
Tony Taylor
Joe Robinson
Geoff Brownlie
Rob Collins
Hugh Ball
Peter Watson
Mal Pritchard
Nigel Corish
Shane Bodiam
Andrew Garnsey
Human Capacity
The Human Capacity advisory panel aims to identify, understand and plan for future industry capacity needs; improve human resource development and capacity; and enhance the capacity to innovate.
Michael Beeston – Chair
Dave Kelly
Andrew Greste
Phil Firth