Assessment of applications under Round 1 of the Growing Regions Program were undertaken by a multi-party Parliamentary panel, consisting of the following panel members:
- Ms Lisa Chesters MP, Member for Bendigo, Victoria (Panel Chair)
- Mrs Bridget Archer MP, Member for Bass, Tasmania
- The Honourable Mark Coulton MP, Member for Parkes, New South Wales
- Senator Karen Grogan, Senator for South Australia
- Dr Helen Haines MP, Member for Indi, Victoria
- Senator Deborah O'Neill, Senator for New South Wales.