Prof Bennett is a member of the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Advisory Panel (BCAP), the Social Science and Economics Advisory Board of Food Standards Australia and New Zealand (FSANZ) and the Social Sciences Advisory Board of the Murray Darling Basin Authority (MDBA). He also serves on the academic advisory boards of the Centre for Independent Studies and the Menzies Research Centre. He has been an advisor to numerous public and private sector organisations through his work as a consultant.