Policy Advisory Groups (PAGs) play a key role in setting Australian Dairy Farmers’ (ADF) advocacy objectives and driving policy formulation. They also help to ensure dairy interests are properly represented at a domestic and international level.

ADF has five policy focus areas, each with a dedicated PAG comprised of elected state farmer members. These groups are led by a farmer appointed Chair, working in collaboration with ADF policy officers to discuss priorities and strategic direction. PAGs recommend policy settings to ADF via the National Council and also act in an advisory capacity providing feedback to Dairy Australia, state dairy farmer organisations (SDFOs), and other bodies like the National Farmers` Federation and the Australian Dairy Products Federation.

PAGs are appointed by the ADF Board every year to ensure ADF business members with the right skills, talent and interest are involved, and can meet up to three times a year. While PAGs are not the primary decision-making bodies at ADF, the advice and perspective that they provide is invaluable in shaping ADF’s National Council and Board policy direction and advocacy efforts.

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