Tasmanian Bushfire Recovery Taskforce - Terms of Reference

Role

Harnessing the individual talents and expertise of some of Tasmania’s leading business and community figures, the Tasmanian Bushfire Recovery Taskforce will take a leading and coordinating role to ensure that whatever needs to be done is done as effectively as possible to rebuild Tasmanian communities.

Function

The Tasmanian Bushfire Recovery Taskforce is established formally under the Emergency Management Act 2006. Its role is to:

• Provide advice on and approve an action plan for the State recovery from the 2013 bushfires, drawing on existing Tasmanian emergency management arrangements and plans
• Provide regular progress reports to the community, government and media on the recovery progress
• Provide advice to the Government on the needs of the people, groups, businesses and other organisations affected by the bushfire and appropriate responses
• Provide guidance to the Bushfire Recovery Unit
• Provide guidance to the AARCs
• Facilitate community and expert reference groups to support the Taskforce and the AARCs
• Work with the State Bushfire Recovery Coordinator, and the chairs of the AARCs to tackle specific issues or resolve outstanding problems
• Report regularly to the Ministerial Bushfire Committee

Membership

The Taskforce comprised:

• Chair, Damian Bugg, QC, former Director of Public Prosecutions
• Steve Gunn, Blundstones Chief Executive Officer
• Barry Easther, President, Local Government Association of Tasmania
• Dr Ian Burke, Australian Red Cross Executive Director
• Jan Davis, Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Chief Executive Officer
• Darren Hine, Tasmania Police Commissioner
• Rhys Edwards, Department of Premier and Cabinet Secretary
• Michael Stevens, Tasmanian Bushfire Recovery Coordinator