Regional Consultative Committee

What is the Regional Consultative Committee?

The Regional Consultative Committee (RCC) expands on the role of the previously existing Policy Advisory Council, taking on the role of policy development, grass-roots producer engagement and advising the Cattle Australia Board on strategic industry priorities.

The RCC is comprised of 22 members – 15 who are elected by Cattle Australia members on a regional basis and seven who are appointed by the State Farming Organisations. As a result, each state will be represented as follows.

The role of the RCC is to advise on issues affecting the grass-fed cattle industry via engagement and consultation with Members at a grass-roots level. RCC representatives will:  

  • play a key role in shaping the future of the grass-fed cattle industry, ensuring the voices of Australian cattle producers are heard during critical decision-making processes
  • be part of a powerful voice representing Australian cattle producers and beef lovers
  • be part of the only legislated organisation dedicated to representing grass-fed cattle producers
  • help shape the future of the grass-fed cattle sector
  • build on the work of previous leaders within Cattle Australia, expanding beyond policy to develop strategy around advocacy, consultation of members at a grass-roots level, and engagement of broader society. 

What do I need to do?

In order to be eligible to vote in the upcoming Regional Consultative Council meeting, members will need to be assigned to an electoral sub-region based on their location.

All members should check their membership details to ensure their address information is up to date by signing in at https://login.cattleaustralia.com.au/Sys/Profile

Once you sign in, you can update your details by clicking the ‘edit profile’ icon in the top left-hand corner of your screen. Be sure to save any changes you make.

What electoral sub-region do I fall into?

The electoral sub-regions for the Regional Consultative Committee are defined by postcode and state. There is also one area of remote Western Australia where sub-regions are defined by local government area.

The states of Tasmania and South Australia form one subregion each in their entirety, while the remaining states and the NT are divided.

Please view the maps below and the postcode chart to work out where you fall. Please note, the maps are only a guide.

Subregion
State
Postcodes
1
New South Wales
2396, 2648, 2672-2677, 2711, 2715, 2717-2719, 2721, 2737-2744, 2809-2831, 2835-2842, 2869-2889, 3500.
2
New South Wales
2252, 2259, 2262-2395, 2397-2499, 2832-2834, 2843-2844, 2848-2863, 2890, 2898-2899, 4375, 4377, 4380, 4383, 4385.
3
New South Wales
200-2251, 2253-2258, 2260-2261, 2500-2647, 2649-2671, 2678-2710, 2712-2714, 2716, 2720, 2722-2736, 2745-2808, 2845-2847, 2864-2868, 2891-2897, 2900-2914, 3586, 3644, 3691, 3707.
4
Victoria
3000-3210, 3335-3341, 3363-3372, 3380, 3387-3388, 3391, 3425-3466, 3470-3477, 3479-3481, 3513-3530, 3534-3543, 3550-3595, 3600-3999, 8001-8785, 9999.
5
Victoria
3211-3334, 3342-3362, 3373-3379, 3381-3386, 3389-3390, 3392-3424, 3467-3469, 3478, 3482-3512, 3531-3533, 3544-3549, 3596-3599.
6
Tasmania
7000-7470
7
South Australia
0872, 5000-5950.
8
Western Australia
0872 – in the Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku, 6000-6707, 6800-6997.
9
Western Australia
0872 – in the Shire of East Pilbara, 6708-6799.
10
Northern Territory
0800-0859, 0880-0909.
11
Northern Territory
0860-0879, 4825.
12
Queensland
4804-4828, 4830-4899.
13
Queensland
4468-4485, 4489-4493, 4724-4736, 4829.
14
Queensland
4420, 4627-4649, 4678-4723, 4737-4803.
15
Queensland
2406, 4000-4419, 4421-4467, 4486-4488, 4494-4626, 4650-4677, 9000-9999.

How do I select my sub-region?

Candidates for the Regional Consultative Committee and their nominators will be assigned to a sub-region during the nomination process. Candidates and their nominators should use the guide above to determine which sub-region they fall within. 

All remaining members will be automatically assigned to a sub-region based on the state and postcode information they have registered with their Cattle Australia membership as of 20 October 2023.

All members are responsible for providing correct and up-to-date address information with their Cattle Australia membership to ensure they are assigned to the correct region. 

To check and update your address information, go to https://login.cattleaustralia.com.au/Sys/Profile.

What if I can't remember my password?

Passwords can be reset at https://login.cattleaustralia.com.au/Sys/ResetPasswordRequest

If you are still having trouble signing in, you can contact the Cattle Australia office at ca@cattleaustralia.com.au or on 1300 653 038 for further assistance.

What about new members?

New members must select their sub-region at the time they apply for Cattle Australia membership. New members can use the table above to determine which region they fall into.

Cattle Australia is currently developing a subregion lookup tool, which will be rolled out in the coming weeks.

Can I change my sub-region?

Members may apply to change their sub-region in a limited set of circumstances. Members must meet at least one of the following criteria in order to change sub-region.

  1. The member moves to a new property or address in a different sub-region
  2. The member wishes to align their Cattle Australia electoral sub-region with their MLA Livestock Research Council sub-region.
  3. The member has multiple properties and wishes to nominate the sub-region of one of those other properties.
  4. The member lives at a different address to their cattle properties and wants to nominate the sub-region of one of those properties.
  5. The member’s property is covered by more than one sub-region and the member would like to nominate one of those sub-regions.
Applications to change sub-region can be made in writing, citing the reason for the change and supporting evidence. Written applications should be sent to ca@cattleaustralia.com.au

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Garry Edwards

Managing Director and CEO, Maureen Pastoral Company

Garry was born and raised on a commercial beef cattle property south of Gloucester in New South Wales. Garry has personal cattle production interests in this region today as well as his corporate role as the Managing Director and CEO of AAM, a business that has a significant focus in continuing to expand beyond our cattle production interests in Central West NSW, near Forbes and Bective Station near Tamworth, NSW.

Garry has over 25 years’ experience in large scale livestock production management within the Australian agribusiness sector. His experience spans across a vast array of areas of the agricultural supply chain and includes managing businesses involved in livestock breeding, growing and finishing, financing of agricultural projects, implementation of precision agriculture practices, investigation and implementation of sustainability and innovation initiatives and developing and operating integrated agricultural businesses.

In 2007, Garry founded the company that today is AAM, commencing the development, operation and management of a portfolio of agricultural assets valued at $887 million and he remains the major shareholder of AAM.

Garry has a unique skill set across multiple facets of the grass-fed cattle production supply chain, from production through to finishing, as well as a unique perspective of the challenges facing all grass-fed producers within Australia through his involvement in the modernisation and development of livestock marketing facilities throughout Victoria, NSW and Queensland.

George King

Managing Director, The Whitney Pastoral Co and Manager, "Coombing Park"
George is a seventh generation Australian farmer, currently managing his family property which they have held since 1880. George operates an Angus breeding and finishing operation joining 1,500 cows per year, with a low-cost model turning off steers at feeder weights and direct sales of females.

George has long been on a regenerative agriculture path as it was the only way he could see to renovate their property 25 years ago without employed equity or working capital, which at the time they didn’t have. He continues with this model as it provides outstanding cost containments, continued production and profitability.

George is married with four (4) children, Harry 24, Emma 22, Dave 15 and Tom 13. He also enjoys flying and has his pilot’s license.

George is also a Founding Director of The Wellness House and a Founding Director of ONFARM CO. He has a strong voluntary involvement with his community including as the NSW Rural Fire Services Senior Dept Capt. and Chairman of St Paul’s Carcoar.

Bryce Camm

Grazier, camm agricultual group

Bryce Camm hails from Dalby in Queensland’s Darling Downs region where he oversees his family’s company Camm Agricultural Group; an integrated beef and cropping enterprise with interests across Queensland.

Bryce has been CEO of the group for the past eight years. Prior to that he was the Manager of the group’s award winning Wonga Plains Feedlot for eight years where he oversaw the operation triple in size. Growing up on “Natal Downs” Station in north Queensland Bryce undertook a dual degree in Business Administration and Communications at Bond University and is a graduate of the Australian Rural Leadership Program as well as the Australian Institute of Company Directors Course.

Bryce is currently the Chairman of Beef Australia Ltd and the Immediate Past President of the Australian Lot Feeders Council, as well as a previous Director of the Red Meat Advisory Council. 

Elke Cleverdon

Owner and Director, Cleverdon Agriculture - Grass Fed Black Angus

Elke is an experienced non-executive director in the agriculture and customer-owned banking sector with a passion for member-centric organisations. She brings a grower perspective, coupled with her genuine drive to elevate the industry through innovation. She was selected to the National Farmers’ Federation ‘Diversity in Ag Leadership’ 2022, among 12 women nationally.

Elke has a broad background in the agricultural industry as a producer and rural financial coach across regional NSW, challenging business models and production systems for growers across a wide range of commodities. Elke has been a joint owner and director of a broadacre family cattle property at Harden, NSW, since 1993. Cleverdon Ag raises and trades black Angus cattle.

Elke brings a wealth of financial, risk management and governance experience. Her current non-executive director roles include Horticulture Innovation Australia (HIA), Murrumbidgee Health (NSW Health) and SWS Bank (a regional financial institution in NSW). 

Some of her many strengths include a strong focus on strategy, risk and a triple bottom line while chairing large-scale audit and risk committees.

Elke is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, a Fellow CPA, and holds a Master of Business Administration focused in marketing, finance, business strategy and leadership. Her critical thinking and business acumen after 16 years’ experience as an executive in customer-owned banking and the past eight years as a Rural Financial Coach, makes her an ideal candidate seeking to advance producers’ long-term best interests in a fair and strong supply chain.

David Foote

Director - Tandarra Partners

Nominated by: Peter Hall, Troy Setter, Bryce Camm, David Hill, Adam Coffey 

For the past 45 years, David has held rural property management, executive and senior management positions across all mainland states in areas of; beef cattle & sheep breeding, growing and lot feeding, meat retailing, small seed growing, irrigated fodder, and the further processing and exporting of primary products such as meat, grain and fodder.

His export experiences which started in 1989 included a role with Stanbroke Pastoral Company to help develop Stanbroke’ s Live cattle export program. Additionally, David managed the integration of Bottle Tree feedlot grain feeding in the production system while developing and launching their now globally recognised Diamantina beef brand.

David has been in a leadership role at the Lee Family’s, Australian Country Choice group of Companies since 1999 and progressed in that time from General Manager Properties & Livestock to Group Managing Director until stepping back in December 2020 from a full time role to a strategic advisory and board role.

Headquartered in Brisbane and employing over 1,400 staff across 42 operations, Australian Country Choice (ACC) operates Australia’s largest vertically integrated beef supply chain; encompassing cattle breeding, cattle growing and feedlotting to supply its integrated food processing facility in Brisbane that incorporates beef slaughter, beef boning, value-adding and case ready beef packing.

ACC’s cattle property portfolio of around 4 million acres in Queensland & NSW encompasses operations from the Barkly Tableland, CQ coalfields, Carnarvon ranges, Augathella, Blackall, Roma, and Moonie districts of Queensland, with a carrying capacity of 300,000 head. of cattle to support the Company’s 3 feedlots.

Additionally, David represents Agricultural & Cattle industry interests in his role as; Non-Government member Australia­ Indonesia Red Meat & Cattle Partnership, member SmartSat CRC, member Cattle Australia -Policy Council, member Australian Meat Industry Council -China & Halal Trade Groups, Chair Workplace Health & Safety Queensland -Rural Industry Sector Standing Committee, Deputy Chair Laguna Bay Pastoral investment committee and Board Member lnventia Genetic Technologies (IGT). 

Away from work David has a small cattle property in the Mt Kilcoy (Qld) district running Charolais & Charbray breeders to the delight of his four grandchildren.

David wishes to continue into a second term to help build a strong and successful Cattle Australia to represent the interest of all cattle producers