{"id":25798,"date":"2024-03-20T12:04:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T12:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=25798"},"modified":"2024-03-20T12:04:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T12:04:00","slug":"nominations-open-for-local-land-services-board-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2024\/03\/20\/nominations-open-for-local-land-services-board-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Nominations open for Local Land Services board elections"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The NSW Government is committed to the ongoing management of biosecurity threats in the state. Management of pest animals and weeds while maintaining crop productivity is a core focus for Local Land Services board members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This May, Local Land Services will hold an election in each of the 11 NSW regions to fill 34 paid local board member roles across the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is an opportunity for Local Land Services ratepayers to put their hand up and participate so their local board reflects the needs of their unique region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Local board members work closely with their communities to help identify and shape the wide range of services offered by the Local Land Services teams such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Providing best practice advice to manage pest animals and coordinating wide scale pest control activities, such as the Feral Pig Program 2023-24.<\/li><li>A network of district veterinarians who offer advice and services on livestock disease surveillance, animal emergency management and biosecurity.<\/li><li>Offering the latest information and guidance to improve agricultural productivity and support landholders through times of drought.<\/li><li>Managing and improving natural resources on-farm for a healthy environment.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Each local board has 3 positions available, except for Western where there are 4 available positions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To nominate yourself or someone else as a candidate, read the Candidate Election Pack and submit a nomination on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lls.nsw.gov.au\/what-we-do\/governance\/our-boards\/board-recruitment\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Local Land Services website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Candidate nominations close Sunday 14 April 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To be eligible, you must be an individual who is 18+ years old and an occupier of a rateable holding under the Local Land Services Act 2013. The holding may consist of wholly or partly rateable land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Agriculture Minister Tara Moriarty said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLocal Land Services board members play a crucial role influencing the key services provided by the organisation so they best meet local needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLocal board members are a voice for their communities, helping shape local priorities and developing strong relationships with landholders and partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s important to have a diverse range of members, views and perspectives on these boards so they can drive positive change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFor Local Land Services ratepayers across NSW, this is a great opportunity to get involved and work with others from your community to ensure your local board truly reflects your needs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NSW Government is committed to the ongoing management of biosecurity threats in the state. Management of pest animals and weeds while maintaining crop productivity is a core focus for Local Land Services board members. This May, Local Land Services will hold an election in each of the 11 NSW regions to fill 34 paid &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2024\/03\/20\/nominations-open-for-local-land-services-board-elections\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Nominations open for Local Land Services board elections&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25798"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25799,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25798\/revisions\/25799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}