{"id":560574,"date":"2026-03-24T06:47:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T06:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/560574\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T06:47:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T06:47:10","slug":"australias-new-geospatial-advisory-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/560574\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia\u2019s new Geospatial Advisory Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on-async--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" height=\"335\" width=\"368\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/NGAC.jpg\" alt=\"Seven men and women, members of the new NGAC, standing in a line facing the camera\" class=\"wp-image-45748\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t(Click to enlarge) Seven of the eight members of the new National Geospatial Advisory Committee (from left to right): Trish Scully (ANZLIC), Maya Stuart-Fox (Location Inter-Departmental Committee), Maurits van der Vlugt (industry), Glenn Campbell (academia), Paul Farrell (industry), Graeme Kernich (industry) and Maree Wilson (Geoscience Australia).<\/p>\n<p>A new Australian National Geospatial Advisory Committee (NGAC) has been formed.<\/p>\n<p>The body will serve as a peak national coordination forum for geospatial matters and provide strategic advice to the Australian Government to help lift coordination, leadership and impact across Australia\u2019s geospatial ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p>The NGAC, modelled on the similar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fgdc.gov\/ngac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">US entity<\/a>, brings together senior experts from across government, industry and academia to consider geospatial issues that cut across the three sectors.<\/p>\n<p>This will include forming a shared understanding of challenges and opportunities, and offering coordinated, whole-of-ecosystem advice to government.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, as a formal advisory committee, it will provide advice to both Geoscience Australia and the federal Department of Industry, Science and Resources (DISR).<\/p>\n<p>The NGAC\u2019s inaugural members are Trish Scully (ANZLIC), Maya Stuart Fox (Location Inter-Departmental Committee), Maurits van der Vlugt (industry), Glenn Campbell (academia), Paul Farrell (industry), Graeme Kernich (industry), Dom English (DISR) and Maree Wilson (Geoscience Australia).<\/p>\n<p>The NGAC is intended to complement, not replicate, the roles of existing national and intergovernmental bodies, such as ANZLIC, by focusing on national leadership, coordination and long-term impact.<\/p>\n<p>There will be opportunities for others to apply to join the Committee via an open expression of interest process, to ensure ongoing renewal and the inclusion of diverse perspectives from across the sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Click to enlarge) Seven of the eight members of the new National Geospatial Advisory Committee (from left to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":560575,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":{"0":"post-560574","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-australia","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=560574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/560575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=560574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=560574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}