FOR PRESS: PM No. 81/ 1971
APPOINTMENT OF CROWN OF THORNS COMMITTEE
Statement by the Prime Minister, Mr. William McMahon
Agreement has been reached with the Premier of Queensland on
the membership of the Advisory Committee which will in due course
recommend the allocation of funds from the joint research funds being 4
established by the Commonwealth and Queensland Governments.
The Chairman of the Advisory Committee is Professor R. J. Walsh,
0. B. who was also Chairman of the joint committee of enquiry.
Other members are Professor J. M. Thomson, Dr. J. M. Harvey and
Dr. W. G. H. Maxwell.
Those appointed have all been members of the Committee of
Enquiry into the Problem of the Crown-of-Thorns Starfish and for
this reason are most reliably informed in the matter.
The sum of $ 90, 000 is being made available for the present. The
Advisory Committee will make its recommendations in the first instance
to the Commonwealth Minister for Education and Science for consideration
in due course by both Governments.
CANBERRA 16 August 1971
McMahon, William
Period of Service: 10/03/1971 - 05/12/1972
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