Footnotes

Chapter Two - Three decades of investment in National Resource Management – learning from past success and failure

[1]        Department of the Environment, Heritage and the Arts and Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Caring for our Country: Business Plan 2009-2010, November 2008, p. 3.

[2]        Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts and Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Submission 37, p. 2.

[3]        Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry website www.daff.gov.au/natural-resources/landcare/national_landcare_program, accessed 2 February 2009.

[4]        Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry website www.daff.gov.au/natural-resources/landcare/national_landcare_program, accessed 2 February 2009.

[5]        Natural Heritage Trust of Australia Act 1997, section 3.

[6]        Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry website www.nht.gov.au/nht/index.html, accessed 2 February 2009.

[7]        Natural Heritage Trust of Australia Act 1997, Preamble.

[8]        Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry website www.nht.gov.au/nht/index.html, accessed 2 February 2009.

[9]        Joint Team, Mid-Term Review of the Natural Heritage Trust: Review of Administration, November 1999, p. 5 referred to in Australian National Audit Office, Audit Report No. 21 2007-2008, Regional Delivery Model for the Natural Heritage Trust and the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality.

[10]      The first policy paper was prepared in 1999 by Commonwealth and state/territory agencies in consultation with a reference group of landholders, rural community leaders, scientists and industry and conservation groups. The second report was prepared in 2000 by the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Resource Management (Report No. 78, The Management of Dryland Salinity: Future Strategic Directions, DAFF Standing Committee of Agriculture and Resource Management, 2000).

[11]      Australian Local Government Association website www.alga.asn.au/policy/environment/nrm/nht/nht.php, accessed 2 February 2009.

[12]      Wellington Shire Council, Submission 10, p. 1.

[13]      Australian National Audit Office, Audit Report No. 17, 2004-05 Performance Audit, The Administration of the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality, p. 13 and Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry website www.napswq.gov.au/napswq/index.html, accessed 2 February 2009.

[14]      Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry website www.napswq.gov.au/napswq/index.html, accessed 2 February 2009.

[15]      See, for example, Submission 19, South West Catchments Council; Submission 42, Professor David Pannell and Submission 57, South Australian Government.

[16]      Submission 45, Murray Catchment Management Authority, p. 1; Submission 15, Northern Gulf Resource Management Group, p. 5.

[17]      Submission 15, Northern Gulf Resource Management Group, p. 5.

[18]      Submission 16, South Coast Natural Resource Management, p. 3.

[19]      Submission 15, Northern Gulf Resource Management Group, pp 5-6.

[20]      Submission 14, Winemakers' Federation of Australia, p. 3.

[21]      Submission 14, Winemakers' Federation of Australia, p. 3.

[22]      Submission 65, Growcom, p. 15.

[23]      Submission 65, Growcom, p. 15.

[24]      Submission 44, National Farmers' Federation, p. 12.

[25]      Submission 44, National Farmers' Federation, p. 12.

[26]      Professor David Pannell, Committee Hansard, 10 October 2009, p. 6.

[27]      Professor Pannell, Committee Hansard, 10 October 2009, p. 6.

[28]      Submission 50, CSIRO, pp 8-10.

[29]      Submission 46, Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia, p. 5.

[30]      Mr Malcolm Petrie, Local Government Association of Queensland, Committee Hansard, 17 October 2008, p. 103.

[31]      Submission 45, Murray Catchment Management Authority, p. 1.

[32]      Submission 25, Fitzroy Basin Association Inc, p. 2.

[33]      Submission 41, Queensland Regional NRM Groups Collective, p. 4.

[34]      Ms Joan Burns, Victorian Catchment Management Authority Chairs Group, Committee Hansard, 17 October 2008, p. 56.

[35]      Ms Joan Burns, Victorian Catchment Management Authority Chairs Group, Committee Hansard, 17 October 2008, p. 56. See also Mr Malcolm Petrie, Policy Advisor, Local Government Association of Queensland, Committee Hansard, 17 October 2009, p. 56.

[36]      Submission 36, Western Australian Local Government Association, p. 2.

[37]      Submission 36, Western Australian Local Government Association, p. 2.

[38]      Submission 36, Western Australian Local Government Association, p. 2.

[39]      Submission 10, Wellington Shire Council, p. 1.

[40]      Submission 12, Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association and Submission 13, South Gippsland Landcare Network.

[41]      See, for example, Submission 50, CSIRO, p. 3; Submission 11, Mr Bernard Powell, p. 2; Submission 18; WWF-Australia and Humane Society International; Submission 34, Greening Australia, p. 3 and Submission 36, Western Australian Local Government Association, p. 3.

[42]      Submission 11, Mr Bernard Powell, p. 2.

[43]      Submission 34, Greening Australia, p. 3.

[44]      Submission 34, Greening Australia, p. 3.

[45]      Submission 34, Greening Australia, p. 5.

[46]      Submission 18, WWF-Australia and Humane Society International, p. 7.

[47]      Submission 10, Wellington Shire Council, p. 1.

[48]      Submission 11, Mr Bernard Powell, p. 2.

[49]      Submission 46, Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia, p. 4.

[50]      Submission 57, South Australian Government, p. 6.

[51]      Submission 9, Blackwood Basin Group, pp 2-3.

[52]      Submission 44, National Farmers' Federation, pp 7-8.

[53]      Submission 13, South Gippsland Landcare Network, p. 1.

[54]      Mr A. Drysdale (Queensland Regional Natural Resource Management Groups Collective), Committee Hansard, 17 October 2008, p. 71.

[55]      See, for example, Submission 15, Northern Gulf Resource Management Group; Submission 8, Mr Murray Cooper; Submission 10, Wellington Shire Council; Submission 13, South Gippsland Landcare Network and Submission 31, Ms Cathy Trembath.

[56]      Submission 25, Fitzroy Basin Association Inc, p. 3.

[57]      Submission 18, WWF-Australia and Humane Society International, p. 6.

[58]      Submission 18, WWF-Australia and Humane Society International, p. 6.

[59]      Submission 9, Blackwood Basin Group, p. 2.

[60]      Submission 6, Yarram Yarran Landcare Network, p. 1.

[61]      Submission 6, Yarram Yarran Landcare Network, p. 1.

[62]      Submission 18, WWF-Australia and Humane Society International, p. 7.

[63]      Submission 41, Queensland Regional NRM Groups Collective, p. 5.

[64]      See, for example, Submission 1, Mr R. Ryan; Submission 4, Ms Dawn Marotti, Arawata Landcare Group; Submission 5, Woodend and Five Mile Creek Landcare Group; Submission 9, The Blackwood Basin Group and Submission 35, The Western Australian Farmers' Federation.

[65]      Submission 65, Growcom, p. 17.

[66]      Submission 25, Fitzroy Basin Association Inc, p. 3.

[67]      Submission 12, Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers' Association, p. 1.

[68]      Submission 11, Mr Bernard Powell, p. 1.

[69]      See, for example, Submission 13, South Gippsland Landcare Network; Submission 58, Namoi Catchment Management Authority and Submission 65, Growcom, p. 3.

[70]      Submission 44, National Farmers' Federation, p. 10.

[71]      Submission 7, Wonyip Landcare Group, p. 2.

[72]      Submission 57, South Australian Government, p. 8.

[73]      Submission 57, South Australian Government, p. 8.

[74]      Submission 41, Queensland Regional Natural Resource Management Groups Collective, pp 6-7.

[75]      Submission 37, Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts and Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, p. 8.

[76]      Australian National Audit Office, Commonwealth NRM and Environment Programs, Audit Report No. 36, 1996-97, p. 3.

[77]      Australian National Audit Office, Commonwealth NRM and Environment Programs, Audit Report No. 36, 1996-97, p. 69.

[78]      Australian National Audit Office, Commonwealth NRM and Environment Programs, Audit Report No. 36, 1996-97, p. 70.

[79]      Australian National Audit Office, Performance Information for Commonwealth Financial Assistance under the Natural Heritage Trust, Audit Report No. 43, 2000-01, June 2001, p. 40.

[80]      Australian National Audit Office, Commonwealth NRM and Environment Programs, Audit Report No. 36, 1996-97, p. 27.

[81]      Australian National Audit Office, Commonwealth NRM and Environment Programs, Audit Report No. 36, 1996-97, p. 24.

[82]      Australian National Audit Office, Commonwealth NRM and Environment Programs, Audit Report No. 36, 1996-97, p. 24.

[83]      Australian National Audit Office, Performance Information for Commonwealth Financial Assistance under the Natural Heritage Trust, Audit Report No. 43, 2000-2001, p. 11.

[84]      Australian National Audit Office, Performance Information for Commonwealth Financial Assistance under the Natural Heritage Trust, Audit Report No. 43, 2000-01, p. 79.

[85]      Australian National Audit Office, Performance Information for Commonwealth Financial Assistance under the Natural Heritage Trust, Audit Report No. 43, 2000-01, p. 89.

[86]      Australian National Audit Office, Performance Information for Commonwealth Financial Assistance under the Natural Heritage Trust, Audit Report No. 43, 2000-01, pp 28-30.

[87]      Australian National Audit Office, The Administration of the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality, Audit Report No. 17, 2004-05, p. 13.

[88]      Australian National Audit Office, The Administration of the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality, Audit Report No. 17, 2004-05, p. 15.

[89]      Australian National Audit Office, The Administration of the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality, Audit Report No. 17, 2004-05, p. 17.

[90]      Australian National Audit Office, The Administration of the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality, Audit Report No. 17, 2004-05, p. 17.

[91]      Australian National Audit Office, The Administration of the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality, Audit Report No. 17, 2004-05, p. 18.

[92]      Ministerial Reference Group for Future NRM Programme Delivery, Review of Arrangements for Regional Delivery of NRM Programmes, March 2006, p. 5.

[93]      Ministerial Reference Group for Future NRM Programme Delivery, Review of Arrangement for Regional Delivery of NRM Programmes, March 2006, p. 14.

[94]      Ministerial Reference Group for Future NRM Programme Delivery, Review of Arrangement for Regional Delivery of NRM Programmes, March 2006, pp 9-12.

[95]      Ministerial Reference Group for Future NRM Programme Delivery, Review of Arrangement for Regional Delivery of NRM Programmes, March 2006, p. 13.

[96]      Ministerial Reference Group for Future NRM Programme Delivery, Review of Arrangement for Regional Delivery of NRM Programmes, March 2006, p. 6.

[97]      Ministerial Reference Group for Future NRM Programme Delivery, Review of Arrangement for Regional Delivery of NRM Programmes, March 2006, p. 23.

[98]      Ministerial Reference Group for Future NRM Programme Delivery, Review of Arrangement for Regional Delivery of NRM Programmes, March 2006, p. 6.

[99]      Submission 37, Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts and Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, p. 11 and Ministerial Reference Group for Future NRM Programme Delivery, Review of Arrangement for Regional Delivery of NRM Programmes, March 2006, pp 5-8.

[100]    Australian National Audit Office, Audit Report No. 31, 2006-07, The Conservation and Protection of National Threatened Species and Ecological Communities, Audit Brochure, p. 3.

[101]    Australian National Audit Office, Audit Report No. 31, 2006-07, The Conservation and Protection of National Threatened Species and Ecological Communities, Audit Brochure, p. 9.

[102]    Australian National Audit Office, Audit Report No. 31, 2006-07, The Conservation and Protection of National Threatened Species and Ecological Communities, Audit Brochure, p. 9.

[103]    Australian National Audit Office, Audit Report No. 21, 2007-08, Regional Delivery Model for the Natural Heritage Trust and the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality, pp 14-15.

[104]    Australian National Audit Office, Audit Report No. 21, 2007-08, Regional Delivery Model for the Natural Heritage Trust and the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality, Audit Brochure, p. 4.

[105]    Australian National Audit Office, Audit Report No. 21, 2007-08, Regional Delivery Model for the Natural Heritage Trust and the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality, p. 15.

[106]    Australian National Audit Office, Audit Report No. 31, 2006-07, The Conservation and Protection of National Threatened Species and Ecological Communities, Audit Brochure, p. 4.

[107]    Australian National Audit Office, Audit Report No. 21, 2007-08, Regional Delivery Model for the Natural Heritage Trust and the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality, p. 16.

Chapter 3 - Caring for our Country

[1]        Submission 37, Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts and Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, pp 3-4.

[2]        Submission 37, Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts and Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, pp 3-4.

[3]        The government's first Business Plan was delayed and was not released until November 2008. (Committee Hansard, Senate Environment, Communications and the Arts Committee, Estimates Hearing, 24 February 2009, p. 66).

[4]        Submission 37, Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts and Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, p. 14.

[5]        Department of the Environment, Heritage and the Arts and Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Caring for our Country: Business Plan 2009-2010, November 2008, pp 4-14.

[6]        Submission 37, Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts and Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, p. 15.

[7]        Submission 37A, Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts and Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, p. 3.

[8]        Submission 37A, p.1.

[9]        Committee Hansard, 13 November 2009, p. 89.

[10]      Department of the Environment, Heritage and the Arts and Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Caring for our Country: Business Plan 2009-2010, November 2008, p.3.

[11]      Submission 37, Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts and Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, p. 12.

[12]      Submission 37, Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts and Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, p. 13.

[13]      Submission 37, Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts and Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, p. 13.

[14]      Committee Hansard, 17 October 2009, p. 26.

[15]      Submission 37, Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts and Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Attachment B.

[16]      Submission 37, Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts and Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, p. 14.

[17]      Ms Mary Colreavy, Acting First Assistant Secretary, Australian Government Land and Coasts Division, Department of Environment, Water, Heritage, and the Arts, Committee Hansard, 17 October 2008, p. 31.

[18]      Department of the Environment, Heritage and the Arts and Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Caring for our Country: Business Plan 2009-2010, November 2008, p. 25.

[19]      Department of the Environment, Heritage and the Arts and Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Caring for our Country: Business Plan 2009-2010, November 2008, Figure 4: Options for submitting a small project, p. 31.

[20]      Department of the Environment, Heritage and the Arts and Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Caring for our Country: Business Plan 2009-2010, November 2008, p. 30.

[21]      Department of the Environment, Heritage and the Arts and Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Caring for our Country: Business Plan 2009-2010, November 2008, p. 15.

[22]      Department of the Environment, Heritage and the Arts and Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Caring for our Country: Business Plan 2009-2010, November 2008, p. 16.

[23]      Department of the Environment, Heritage and the Arts and Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Caring for our Country: Business Plan 2009-2010, November 2008, p. 40.

[24]      Department of the Environment, Heritage and the Arts and Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Caring for our Country: Business Plan 2009-2010, November 2008, p. 17.

[25]      Department of the Environment, Heritage and the Arts and Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Caring for our Country: Business Plan 2009-2010, November 2008, p. 17.

[26]      Submission 37, Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts and Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, p.17.

[27]      Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Annual Report 2008-09, p. 19 and Senate Environment , Communications, and the Arts Legislation Committee Estimates Hearing, Committee Hansard, 28 May 2009, pp 5-7.

[28]      Submission 37, Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts and Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, p. 14.

[29]      Submission 37, Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts and Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, p. 15.

[30]      Committee Hansard, 17 October 2008, pp. 30 -31.

[31]      Submission 37, p Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts and Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, p. 14.

[32]      Committee Hansard, 17 October 2008, p. 31.

[33]      Department of the Environment, Heritage and the Arts and Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Caring for our Country: Business Plan 2009-2010, November 2008, p. 20.

[34]      Department of the Environment, Heritage and the Arts and Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Caring for our Country: Business Plan 2009-2010, November 2008, p. 21.

[35]      Department of the Environment, Heritage and the Arts and Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Caring for our Country: Business Plan 2009-2010, November 2008, pp 20-21.

[36]      Department of the Environment, Heritage and the Arts and Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Caring for our Country: Business Plan 2009-2010, November 2008, p. 21.

[37]      Department of the Environment, Heritage and the Arts and Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Caring for our Country: Business Plan 2009-2010, November 2008, p. 20.

[38]      Department of the Environment, Heritage and the Arts and Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Caring for our Country: Business Plan 2009-2010, November 2008, p. 22.

[39]      Mr Ian Thompson, Executive Manager, Sustainable Resource Management, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Committee Hansard, 13 November 2009, p. 72.

[40]      Department of the Environment, Heritage and the Arts and Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Caring for our Country: Business Plan 2009-2010, November 2008, p. 22.

[41]      Submission 37, Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts and Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, p. 17.

[42]      Submission 37, Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts and Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, p. 17.

[43]      Department of the Environment, Heritage and the Arts and Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Caring for our Country: Business Plan 2009-2010, November 2008, p. 22.

[44]      Submission 19, South West Catchments Council Inc, p. 7; Submission 41, Queensland Regional Natural Resource Management Groups Collective, p. 9; Submission 22, Bass Coast Landcare Network, p. 5.

[45]      Submission 50, CSIRO, p. 14.

[46]      Submission 34, Greening Australia, p. 7.

[47]      Submission 32, Rice Growers' Association of Australia, p. 3.

[48]      Submission 67, Queensland Farmers' Federation, p. 8.

[49]      Submission 19, South West Catchments Council Inc. pp. 8-9; Submission 36, Western Australian Local Government Association, p. 4.

[50]      Submission 15, Northern Gulf Resource Management Group, p. 10.

[51]      Submission 19, South West Catchments Council Inc, pp 8-9.

[52]      Submission 41, Queensland Regional Natural Resource Management Groups Collective, p. 9

[53]      Submission 41, Queensland Regional Natural Resource Management Groups Collective, p. 9.

[54]      Submission 21, ACT Natural Resource Management Council, p. 3.

[55]      Submission 25, Fitzroy Basin Association Inc, p. 6.

[56]      See for example, Committee Hansard, 13 November 2009, p. 3, p. 10 and pp 34-35.

[57]      Committee Hansard, 13 November 2009, p. 30.

[58]      Mr Ian Thompson, Executive Manager, Sustainable Resource Management, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Committee Hansard, 13 November 2009, p.75.

[59]      See for example, Committee Hansard, 13 November 2009, p. 12 and p. 40.

[60]      Committee Hansard, 13 November 2009, p. 12.

[61]      Answers to Questions taken on Notice, DAFF and DEWHA, Attachment A, Summary Report of the Caring for our Country Stakeholder Workshop , 3August 2009.

[62]      Ms Mary Colreavy, Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Committee Hansard, 13 November 2009, p. 73 and p. 75.

[63]      Committee Hansard, 13 November 2009, p.74

[64]      Committee Hansard, 13 November 2009, p. 11.

[65]      See for example Committee Hansard, 13 November 2009,p. 13,p. 30,  p. 37 and p. 51.

[66]      Committee Hansard, 13 November 2009, p. 4.

[67]      Committee Hansard, 13 November 2009, p. 12 and 75.

[68]      Committee Hansard, 13 November 2009, p. 13.

[69]      The announcement was made on 20 November 2008.

[70]      Submission 37, p. 12.

[71]      Submission 1, Mr Rob Ryan, pp 1-2.

[72]      Submission 50, p. 14.

[73]      Submission 65, Growcom, p. 17.

[74]      Submission 15, Northern Gulf Resource Management Group, p. 8.

[75]      Professor David Pannell, Committee Hansard, 10 October 2008, p. 6.

[76]      Committee Hansard, 10 October 2008, p. 33.

[77]      Mrs Belinda Brennan, Network Coordinator, South Gippsland Landcare Network, Committee Hansard, 17 October 2008, p. 109.

[78]      Committee Hansard, 13 November 2009, p. 63.

[79]      Committee Hansard, 17 October 2008, p. 112.

[80]      Committee Hansard, 13 November 2009, p. 21.

[81]      See Caring for our Country Business Plan 2009-10 Investments, Frequently Asked Questions, DAFF Website http://www.nrm.gov.au/business-plan/faq.html accessed 11 December 2009 and Joint Media Statement, the Hon Tony Burke MP, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and the Hon. Peter Garrett AM, MP, Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts Caring for our Country Grants, 20 November 2008, http://www.alp.org.au/media/1108/msaffenh200.php accessed 14 December 2009.

[82]      See Committee Hansard, 13 November 2009, Ms Kathryn Andrews, Natural Resource Management Board Northern Territory, pp. 31-32, Dr Peter Greig, Victorian Catchment Management Authority, p. 43 and Mr Alan Bradley, Northern Agricultural Catchments Council, p. 53 and p. 57.

[83]      See Committee Hansard, 17 October 2008, p. 112. See also Submission 6, Yarram Landcare Network, p. 5 and Submission 16, South Coast NRM Inc, p. 4.

[84]      Committee Hansard, 10 October 2008, p. 70.

[85]      Submission 50, CSIRO, p. 14.

[86]      Committee Hansard, 17 October 2009, p. 112.

[87]      Committee Hansard, 13 November 2009, p. 56.

[88]      Committee Hansard, 13 November 2009, p. 22.

[89]      Committee Hansard, 17 October 2009, pp. 32-33.

[90]      Committee Hansard, 13 November 2009, p. 33.

[91]      Submission 9, Blackwood Basin Group, p. 3.

[92]      See Submission 42 and http://cyllene.uwa.edu.au/~dpannell/inffer.htm  for further information.

[93]      Department of the Environment, Heritage and the Arts and Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Caring for our Country: Business Plan 2009-2010, November 2008, p. 21.

[94]      Department of the Environment, Heritage and the Arts and Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Caring for our Country: Business Plan 2009-2010, November 2008, p. 21.

[95]      Department of the Environment, Heritage and the Arts and Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Caring for our Country: Business Plan 2009-2010, November 2008, p. 21.

[96]      Department of the Environment, Heritage and the Arts and Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Caring for our Country: Business Plan 2009-2010, November 2008, p. 21.

[97]      See, for example, Submission 7, Wonyip Landcare Group, pp 1-3; Submission 8, Mr Murray Hooper, p. 1; Submission 13, South Gippsland Landcare Network and Submission 59, Tasmanian Landcare Association, p. 2.

[98]      Committee Hansard, 13 November 2009, p. 12.

[99]      Committee Hansard, 13 November 2009, p. 3.

[100]    Committee Hansard, 13 November 2009, p. 40.

[101]    Committee Hansard, 13 November, p. 40.

[102]    Submission 9, Blackwood Basin Group, pp 1-2.

[103]    See, for example, Submission 3, Ashbourne Landcare, p. 1; Submission 4, Arawata Landcare Group; Submission 5, Woodend and Five Mile Creek Landcare Group; Submission 10, Wellington Shire Council, pp 1-3 and Submission 12, Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association, p. 1.

[104]    See, for example, Submission 3, Ashbourne Landcare, p. 1; Submission 4, Arawata Landcare Group; Submission 5, Woodend and Five Mile Creek Landcare Group; Submission 10, Wellington Shire Council, pp 1-3; Submission 26, Molonglo Catchment Group Inc, p. 2; Submission 59, Tasmanian Landcare Association, p. 2 and Submission 62, Mt Roland Rivercare Catchment Inc, p. 2.

[105]    Committee Hansard, 23 February 2009, pp 56-57.

[106]    Ms M Colreavy, Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Committee Hansard, 17 October 2008, p.17.

[107]    Submission 37, Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts and Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, p. 12.

[108]    Department of the Environment, Heritage and the Arts and Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Caring for our Country: Business Plan 2009-2010, November 2008, p. 20.

[109]    Committee Hansard, 17 October 2009, p. 32

[110]    See for example Mrs Brennan, South Gippsland Landcare Network, Committee Hansard, 17 October 2008, p. 113 and Mr Michael Berwick, Chair, Queensland collective of Natural Resource Management Groups, Committee Hansard, 13 November 2009.

[111]    Mr Damien Hills, Committee Hansard, 10 October 2008, p. 33.

[112]    Committee Hansard, 17 October 2008, p. 30.

[113]    Committee Hansard, 17 October 2008, p. 32.

[114]    Mr Michael Berwick, Committee Hansard, 13 November 2009, Ms Andrews, Committee Hansard, 13 November 2009, p. 34.

[115]    Dr Peter Grieg, Committee Hansard, 13 November 2009, p. 39.

[116]    Committee Hansard, 13 November 2009, p. 10.

[117]    RRAT Supplementary Estimates, 23 February 2009.

[118]    Committee Hansard, 13 November 2009, p. 33.

[119]    Committee Hansard, 13 November 2009, p. 33.

[120]    Committee Hansard, 13 November 2009, p. 57.

[121]    Committee Hansard, 13 November 2009, p. 3.

[122]    Committee Hansard, 13 November 2009, p. 5.

[123]    Committee Hansard, 13 November 2009, p. 31.

[124]    Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists, Accounting for Nature A Model for Building the National Environmental Accounts of Australia, May 2008. See Mr Berwick, Committee Hansard, 13 November 2009, p. 5 and Dr Peter Greig, Committee Hansard, 13 November 2009 p. 44.

[125]    Committee Hansard, 13 November 2009, p. 44.

[126]    Committee Hansard, 13 November 2009, p. 23.

[127]    Committee Hansard, 13 November 2009, p. 24.

[128]    Joint Media Statement, the Hon Tony Burke MP, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and the Hon. Peter Garrett AM, MP, Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts Caring for our Country Grants, 20 November 2008, http://www.alp.org.au/media/1108/msaffenh200.php accessed 14 December 2009.

[129]    Joint Media Statement, the Hon Tony Burke MP, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and the Hon. Peter Garrett AM, MP, Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts Caring for our Country Grants, 20 November 2008, http://www.alp.org.au/media/1108/msaffenh200.php accessed 14 December 2009.

[130]    Caring for our Country business plan 2009-10 Investments Frequently Asked Questions, Questions 1,  http://www.nrm.gov.au/business-plan/funded/09/faq-business-plan.html accessed 11 December 2009

[131]    Caring for our Country business plan 2009-10 Investments Frequently Asked Questions, Questions 13,  http://www.nrm.gov.au/business-plan/funded/09/faq-business-plan.html accessed 11 December 2009

[132]    Under Sustainable Practices Funding projects are to be funded from 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2010.

[133]    Media Release DAFF09/294B, The Hon.Tony Burke, MP, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, 13 July 2009.

[134]    National Landcare Network, Community Response to Caring for our Country Survey, Tabled Document 13 November 2009, Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy, University of Western Australia, Implementation of 'Caring for our Country' Impacts at the Regional Level,11 November 2009, Tabled Document 13 November 2009.

[135]    Committee Hansard, 13 November 2009, p. 3.

Chapter Four - Conclusions and Recommendations

[1]        Mrs Belinda Brennan, South Gippsland Landcare Network, Committee Hansard, 17 October 2009, p. 113.

[2]        Department of the Environment, Heritage and the Arts and Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Caring for our Country: Business Plan 2009-2010, November 2008, p. 38.

Additional Comments by Government Senators

[1]        Mike Berwick, Transcript of hearing, 13 November 2009

[2]        MCA, Submission

[3]        MCA Submission

[4]        WWF Submission

[5]        Kate Andrews, Transcript of Hearings, 13 November 2009; Submission of Nyoongar Nation (SW Western Australia)

[6]        Kate Andrews, Transcript of Hearings, 13 November 2009

[7]        Transcript, Mary Colreavy and Ian Thompson

[8]        Transcript of Hearings, Ian Thompson, 13 November 2009

[9]        At [1.18]

[10]      7 January 2010, Joint media release

[11]      Joint Minister Garrett and Burke media release, 7 January 2010