Advisory Committee

The States of New South Wales and Queensland have acknowledged the importance of community input to the Tweed River Entrance Sand Bypass Project [TRESBP] through its various stages of development and continuing operation. To ensure that such consultation is incorporated within the management framework the States initiated a range of measures including the formation of a TRESBP Advisory Committee.

The Advisory Committee role has its charter in the project’s Queensland and New South Wales legislation and has operated since 1994. The committee is the primary mechanism for communications between the TRESBP and the local community and stakeholders and provides advice on matters of relevance to the local community associated with ongoing operations and the consideration of feasibility studies into potential operational enhancements.

The Advisory Committee comprises two officers from each State nominated by the respective Minister, one representative each from Tweed Shire Council and The City of Gold Coast nominated by the respective Council and four community representatives (two from each state) nominated by the respective Minister.

If you have any comments or concerns to raise regarding Tweed Sand Bypassing the below community representatives can be contacted at: tresbp.projectoffice.group@transport.nsw.gov.au

Qld community representative Wayne ‘Rabbit’ Bartholomew
Qld community representative Peter Turner
NSW community representative Darren Hulm
NSW community representative Robert Alexander

Next Meeting: The next meeting for Tweed Sand Bypassing Advisory Committee members will be held on 20 May 2024. Any discussion items from non-members are to be submitted to an Advisory Committee member prior to the meeting date, to raise on your behalf.

Below are summaries of the key issues and discussion points from each Advisory Committee meeting.

NB. Due to COVID restrictions, in-person Advisory Committee meetings were not held for meetings August 2021 to February 2022. Alternatively, Project updates were emailed to members.

2024

2023

2022

2021

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2013