COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Public Service Act 1999

Order to Specify Functions of the North Queensland Livestock Industry Recovery Agency

I, General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Ret’d), Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and under section 65 of the Public Service Act 1999:

(e)        specify the functions of the North Queensland Livestock Industry Recovery Agency be as follows:

1. to provide strategic leadership and coordination for the Commonwealth’s recovery and reconstruction activities in areas of North, Far North and Western Queensland affected by the North and Far North Queensland Monsoon Trough (25 January – 14 February 2019);
2. to administer the Commonwealth loan scheme to provide assistance to eligible primary producers by way of loans to Authorised Deposit-taking Institutions at the Government’s cost of borrowing;
3. to design, develop, consult on and coordinate the delivery of a long-term plan for the recovery and reconstruction of these areas;
4. to build and maintain effective working relationship with stakeholders in these areas to inform recovery and reconstruction priorities;
5. to provide advice to the Prime Minister on how existing and new Commonwealth policies and programs can best contribute to the recovery and reconstruction efforts in these areas;
6. to provide a coordination point for information on associated Commonwealth recovery and reconstruction activities;
7. to provide advice to the Prime Minister on matters relevant to the North Queensland Livestock Industry Recovery Agency; and
8. to undertake other relevant tasks as the Prime Minister may require from time to time.

This Order will commence on the date of Gazettal.

Dated    28 March 2019

(signed Peter Cosgrove)

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command

(signed Scott Morrison)

Scott Morrison

Prime Minister