Shark Bay World Heritage Advisory Committee

The Shark Bay World Heritage Advisory Committee provides advice to the Minister for the Environment and the Environment Protection Heritage Council on matters relating to:

  1. Protection, conservation, presentation and management of the Property from the view point of the community.
  2. Research priorities which contribute to the protection and conservation of the Property and understanding of its natural history.
  3. New information or developments relevant to protection, conservation or presentation of the Property.
  4. The scientific basis of management principles and practices.
  5. Legislative processes for environmental assessment.
  6. The maintenance of outstanding universal values and integrity of the Property.

If you have a development or tourism proposal either within or adjacent to the World Heritage Property, please use the guidelines and information in the following documents when preparing your proposal:

The committee also has input into the drafting and review of management plans. Committee members from 15 May 2024 are:

  1. Juliane Bush, Acting Chair
  2. Dr David Newsome, Science/Technical
  3. Prof Gary Kendrick, Science/Technical
  4. Dr Gary Jackson, Science/Technical
  5. Anthony Bellottie, Indigenous Community
  6. Vacant, Indigenous Community
  7. Jane Blennerhassett, Local Community
  8. Stacy Blane, Local Community
  9. Sarah Gilleland, Local Communit
  10. Laura Gray, Broader Community
  11. Eleanor Ridley, Broader Community

To become a Shark Bay World Heritage Advisory Committee member, look out for the next Expression of Interest intake in June 2026.