enHealth Council

Terms of Reference and Composition

The enHealth Council Terms of Reference were established by the National Environmental Health Strategy (Chapter 3, Note 3.1) and are as follows:

1. Provide national leadership on environmental health issues by:

coordinating and facilitating environmental health policies and programs
establishing strategic partnerships between environmental health stakeholders
setting priorities for national environmental health policies and programs
providing an open consultative system for policy development
facilitating cost effective use of environmental health resources

2. Drive the implementation of National Environmental Health Strategy

Advise the Commonwealth, States and Territories, Local government and other stakeholders on national environmental health issues
Coordinate the development of environmental health action plans at local, state and national levels.
Promote and develop model environmental health legislation, standards, codes of practice, guidelines and publications.
Strengthen the national capacity to meet current and emerging environmental health challenges.
Provide a pivotal link between international fora and environmental health stakeholders in Australia and strengthening Australia’s collaboration with countries in the Asia-Pacific region.

Structure and Reporting processes

The enHealth Council Chair is appointed by the National Public Health Partnership (NPHP). The enHealth Council is a subcommittee of NPHP and reports to Health Ministers, through the NPHP, collectively or individually.

Membership

Chair

Mr Michael Jackson

Members

Australian Department of Health and Ageing representative

Dr Helen Audrey Cameron, Director of Environmental Health

State and Territory Health Department representatives:

Australian Capital Territory – Ms Melissa Langhorne, Manager of Environmental Health
New South Wales – Dr Michael Staff, Director Environmental Health
Northern Territory – Mr Xavier Schobben, Program Director Environmental Health
Queensland – Ms Sophie Dwyer, A/g Manager Environmental Health
South Australia – Dr Kevin Buckett, Director of Environmental Health
Tasmania – Dr Roscoe Taylor, Director Public Health
Victoria – Ms Jan Bowman, Manager Environmental Health
Western Australia – Mr Jim Dodds, Director Environmental Health Service
New Zealand – Mr Paul Prendergast, New Zealand Health Ministry

Mr Bruce Morton, National President, Australian Institute of Environmental Health

Mr Peter Burnett, Environment Australia

Dr Anne Neller, Public Health Association of Australia

Professor Ian Lowe, Australian Consumers’ Association

Mr Xavier Schobben, Chair, National Indigenous Environmental Health Forum

Mr Brian Dixon, Standing Committee on Aborigianl and Torres Straight Islander Health

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