Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities Annual Report 2011–12
Download 5.6 Mb.
|
- Navigate this page:
- Notes $000
- Total cash received 221,784
- Total cash used 221,784
- Net cash from (used by) operating activities 7
- Net increase (decrease) in cash held
- Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the reporting period 5A
- Total commitments receivable (9,773)
- Total other commitments 110,688
- Net commitments by type 100,915
- Other commitments receivable
- Total other commitments receivable (9,773)
- Total project commitments 105,580
- Total other commitments 5,108
- Net commitments by maturity 100,915
Note: Commitments are GST inclusive where relevant.
Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities 1 Annual Report 2011–12 1 Environmental Credentials Statement 1
Structure 6 Executive summary 6 Report on performance by outcome 6 Financial statements 7 Glossary, list of requirements and index 7 Further information 7
Secretary’s review 8 Biodiversity and ecosystems 9 Waste 9
Carbon pricing 9 Sustainable communities 10 Antarctica 10 Water 10
Portfolio structure 10 Department overview 10 Our mission 10 Role and functions 10
Outcome and program structure 11 Senior executive team 11 Organisation overview of the portfolio at 30 June 2012 12 Summary of financial performance 15 Outcome 1: Biodiversity and ecosystems 16 ‘Conserving and protecting Australia’s unique biodiversity.’ 16 Main responsibilities for this outcome 16 Objectives 16 Highlights 17 Key achievements 19 Strategies 21 Program 1.1: Sustainable management of natural resources and the environment 21 Caring for our Country 21 Australia’s Biodiversity Conservation Strategy 2010–30 26 Biodiscovery 26 Convention on Biological Diversity 27 Tasmanian Forests Intergovernmental Agreement 27 Program 1.2 Environmental regulation, information and research 27 Australian Biological Resources Study 27 Progressing the government’s international whale conservation agenda 28 National Environmental Research Program 29 International marine conservation initiatives 29 Environmental biosecurity 29 Effective management of existing Commonwealth marine reserves 30 Development of new Commonwealth marine reserves 30 Migratory birds agreements 30 Montara Environmental Monitoring Program 30 Program 1.3 Carbon pollution reduction—land sector initiatives 31 Land Sector Carbon and Biodiversity Board 31 Biodiversity Fund 31 Regional Natural Resource Management Planning for Climate Change Fund (Stream 1) 32 Evaluation and conclusions 33 Caring for our Country 33 Round One Biodiversity Fund online survey 35 Review of recovery plans 35 Case Study 1: Southern Tanami Indigenous Protected Area (part of Working on Country) 36 Case Study 2: Bush Blitz Northern Territory style 37 Case Study 3: Dugongs (part of Caring for our Country) 38 Case Study 4: Working on Country (part of Caring for our Country) 38 Results for Deliverables and Key Performance Indicators 39 Program 1.1: Sustainable Management of Natural Resources and the Environment 39 Program 1.2: Environmental Information and Research 44 Program 1.2: Environmental Information and Research 47 Program 1.3: Carbon Pollution Reduction–Land Sector Initiatives 50
Caring for our Country 54 2011–12 Natural Heritage Trust expenditure 55 Outcome 2: Sustainable population and communities 59 ‘Improving environmental quality, reducing pollution and promoting a sustainable Australia.’ 59 Main responsibilities for this outcome 59 Objectives 59 Highlights 59 Key achievements 60 Strategies 61 Leading and promoting national approaches 61 National legislation and policy development 64 Suburban Jobs 66 Evaluation and conclusions 67 Review of the Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1989 and Regulations 67 Case Study 1: National Television and Computer Recycling Scheme 67 Case Study 2: Enforcement of the Fuel Quality Standards Act 2000 68 Results for Deliverables and Key Performance Indicators 69 Program 2.1: Management of hazardous wastes, substances and pollutants 69 Program 2.3: Sustainable communities 73
Voluntary product stewardship 75 Co-regulatory product stewardship 75 Regulatory (mandatory) product stewardship 76 Product notice 76 Product Stewardship Advisory Group 77 Freedom of Information 78 Administrative Appeals Tribunal 78 Reporting 78 Financial information 78 Additional information 78 Operation of the Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Act 1989 79 Purpose 79 Operation 79 Licensing 80 Quota 80 Revenue 80 End-use regulations 80 Product stewardship 81 Permits 81 Projects funded from the Ozone Protection and SGG Account 84 Refrigeration and air conditioning 85
Finances 86 Fire protection 86 Finances 86 Montreal Protocol’s Multilateral Fund 87
Fuel quality standards 92 Amendments to the Fuel Quality Standards Regulations 2001 92
Product stewardship levy 103 Product stewardship benefits 104
‘Advancing Australia’s interests in the Antarctic.’ 107 Main responsibilities for this outcome 107 Objectives 107 Highlights 107 Key achievements 108 Strategies 109 Case Study 1: Antarctic Oceanographic Research: a changing Southern Ocean 110 Case Study 2: Ice core reveals unusual decline in eastern Australian rainfall 110 Results for Deliverables and Key Performance Indicators 111 Program 3.1: Antarctica: Science, Policy and Presence 111
‘Improving water management to promote resilient and sustainable communities.’ 116 Main responsibilities for this outcome 116 Objectives 117 Highlights 117 1000 gigalitres of environmental water delivered since inception 117 More than halfway to bridging the gap 117 Infrastructure investment 117 Key achievements 118 Northern Victoria Irrigation Renewal Project, Stage 2 (NVIRP2) 118 Finalisation of the National Water Knowledge and Research Platform 118 Establishment of the Office of Water Science 118 Establishment of the Commonwealth Environmental Water Office 118 Launch of the National Hydrologic Modelling Platform 118 Strategies 119 Evaluation and conclusions 119 Survey of water entitlement sellers under the Restoring the Balance in the Murray–Darling Basin Program 120 Internal Audit Report–Management-initiated Review of the Sustainable Rural Water Use and Infrastructure Program (SRWUIP) 120 Audit of the Private Irrigation Infrastructure Operators Program by the Australian National Audit Office 120 Internal Audit Report–Good Start Review Function of the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder 121 Case Study 1: First Private Irrigation Infrastructure Operators Program project completed 121 Results for Deliverables and Key Performance Indicators 123 Program 4.1: Water Reform 123 Operation of the Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Act 2005 133 Purpose 133 2011–12 highlights 134 Operational aspects of the Act 135 Compliance and enforcement 135 Committees 137 Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Officials Group 137 Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Advisory Group 137
Consumer research 137 Reporting 137 Additional information 137 Annual report 2011–12 138 Commonwealth Environmental Water 138 Contents 138 Executive summary 138 The Commonwealth Environmental Water Office 138 Commonwealth environmental water in 2011–12 138 Progress on key issues 139 Tables 139 Executive summary 140 Overview for 2011–12 140 Outlook for 2012–13 141
Establishment of the Commonwealth Environmental Water Office 142 Improving transparency, accountability and stakeholder engagement 142 Advisory groups 143 Working with others 144
Commonwealth environmental water available for use in 2011–12 145 Use of Commonwealth environmental water in 2011–12 146 Catchment summaries 146 Case Study 1: Providing fish refuge from the impact of hypoxic blackwater in the Murray River 150 Carryover of Commonwealth environmental water 151 Progress on key issues 151 2011–12 Portfolio Budget Statement key performance indicators 152 Priorities for 2011–12 152 Draft Basin Plan and environmental watering plan 153 Business and information systems 153 Commonwealth environmental water trading framework 154 Monitoring, evaluating and reporting on the use of Commonwealth environmental water 154 Environmental water shepherding 155 New South Wales water shepherding 155 Queensland water shepherding 155 Management of Commonwealth environmental water 155 Transparency and accountability in the use of Commonwealth environmental water 158 Commonwealth environmental water reporting 158 Environmental Water Holdings Special Account 2011–12 158 Appendix A—Commonwealth Environmental Water Office holdings in the Murray–Darling Basin 160 Appendix B—Commonwealth environmental water delivered in the Murray–Darling Basin in 2011–12 162 Appendix C—Basin catchment summaries of Commonwealth environmental water use in 2011–12 163 Appendix D—Commonwealth environmental water carryover into 2012–13 172 Appendix E—Ecological and management objectives for environmental water use under different water availability scenarios 174 Outcome 5: Environment protection and heritage conservation 176 ‘Protecting and conserving Australia’s heritage – our natural, Indigenous and historic treasures.’ 176 Main responsibilities for this outcome 176 Objectives 177 Highlights 177 Key achievements 177 Protection of matters of national environmental significance 177 Heritage Conservation. 178 Protection of the Alligators River Region 179 Strategies 179 Program 5.1: Environment protection and heritage conservation 179 International heritage 179 Kokoda Initiative 180 World Heritage management 180 National and Commonwealth heritage listings 181 National and Commonwealth heritage management 182 Indigenous heritage 182 Committees 182 Program 5.2: Environmental regulation 186 Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 and the Environment Protection (Sea Dumping) Act 1981 187 Compliance and enforcement 192 The Supervising Scientist Division 193 Map 5.1: Alligator Rivers Region, Northern Territory 194 Evaluation and conclusions 195 Protection of matters of national environmental significance 195 The Supervising Scientist Division 196 Case Study 1: National Heritage listing of the West Kimberley 196 Case Study 2: Australia protects US warships lost in the Battle of the Coral Sea 197 Case Study 3: Listing of koalas 198 Case Study 4: A new paradigm for assessing water quality performance downstream of the Ranger uranium mine 199
Program 5.1: Environment Protection and Heritage Conservation 200 Program 5.2: Environmental Regulation 203
World and National Heritage 211 World Heritage List 212 National Heritage List 212 Commonwealth Heritage List 212 Wetlands of international importance 212 Threatened species, ecological communities and migratory species 213
Live imports 217 Sustainable wildlife industries 218 Wildlife trade permits 219 Fisheries assessment and approvals 219
Commonwealth reserves 219 2. Promoting ecologically sustainable development 223 2.1 Strategic Approaches 223 Strategic assessments 223 Case Study 1: Western Sydney’s growth centres program strategic assessment 224 Case Study 2: Molongolo Valley Strategic Assessment 225 Marine bioregional planning 226 Bilateral agreements 226 2.2 Environmental impact assessment 227 Referrals 228 Assessments and approvals 229 Case Study 3: Regional Rail Link 229 Meeting statutory timeframes for assessment approach and approval decisions 230 Actions by the Australian Government and actions on Commonwealth land 230 Case Study 4: BP seismic survey referral decision under the EPBC Act 230 Case Study 5: Chevron Wheatstone approval under the EPBC Act 231 Statements of reasons 232 Reconsideration of a decision 232 Sea dumping 232
Working with others 233 Compliance audit plan 234 Breaches and investigations 235 Legal actions 237
Regulatory reform taskforce 239 Legislation amendments 242
Threatened Species Scientific Committee 256 Indigenous Advisory Committee 256
Guidelines and policy statements 258 Pamphlets, factsheets, and other publications 259
‘Fostering a culture of excellence, achievement and good governance.’ 262 Main responsibilities for this outcome 262 Corporate governance 262 Corporate and operational planning 262 Executive committees 263 Internal audit 264 Risk management 265
Courts and tribunals 268 Commonwealth Ombudsman 268 Auditor-General reports 268 Parliamentary committee reports 269
How the department applies the principles 274 Contribution of outcomes 274
Canberra offices 280 Darwin/Jabiru 284 Parks Australia 288 Australian Antarctic Division 293
Workforce profile 302 Performance management 302 Workforce planning 302 Enterprise agreement 303 Learning and development 303 Code of conduct and ethical standards 304 Remuneration for senior executive service officers 304 Disability reporting mechanisms 304 Social inclusion 305 Stakeholder relations 308 Public affairs 308 Online information 308 Ministerial and parliamentary services 308 Community Information 309 Service charter 309 Inquiries and complaints 309 Feedback on performance of service delivery 309 Support for environment, heritage and sustainability organisations 310 International policy advice 311 Procurement 313
Financial performance of departmental activities 319 Financial performance of administered activities 322
Total assets 326 Total liabilities 326 Total equity 327 Asset management 327
Work health and safety 329 Health and safety initiatives 330 Workers compensation premium 330 Notifiable incidents 331 Details of notices 331 Investigations conducted by Comcare 332
Outcome 1 Biodiversity and Ecosystems 332 Outcome 2 Sustainable Population and Communities 332 Outcome 3 Antarctica 332 Outcome 4 Sustainable Water 333 Outcome 5 Environmental Protection and Heritage Conservation 333 Appendix 4—Advertising and marketing expenditure 333 Appendix 5—Freedom of information 334 Appendix 6—Corrections to material errors in 2010–11 annual report 335 Appendix 7—Global Reporting Initiative 335 Appendix 8—Agency Resources Statement 2011–12 340 Appendix 9—Expenses for Outcome 343 Expenses for Outcome 1 343 Expenses for Outcome 2 345 Expenses for Outcome 3 346 Expenses for Outcome 4 347 Expenses for Outcome 5 349 Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities 352 Financial Statements 352 Summary of Significant Accounting Policies 367 Events After the Reporting Period 386 Expenses 386 Income 390 Financial Assets 392 Non-Financial Assets 396 Payables 401 Interest Bearing Liabilities 403 Provisions 405 Restructuring 407 Cash Flow Reconciliation 412 Contingent Assets and Liabilities 413 Related Party Disclosures 413 Senior Executive Remuneration 414 Remuneration of Auditors 418 Financial Instruments 419 Financial Assets Reconciliation 422 Administered – Expenses 423 Administered – Income 426 Administered – Financial Assets 427 Administered – Non-Financial Assets 429 Administered – Payables 434 Administered – Cash Flow Reconciliation 435 Administered – Contingent Assets and Liabilities 436 Administered – Investments 436 Administered – Financial Instruments 436 Administered – Financial Assets Reconciliation 439 Appropriations 440 Special Accounts 449 Compensation and Debt Relief 455 Reporting of Outcomes 457 Cost Recovery 462 Net Cash Appropriation Arrangements 462 Natural Heritage Trust of Australia 463 Financial Statements 463 Note 1: Summary of Significant Accounting Policies 471 Note 2: Events After the Reporting Period 476 Note 3: Expenses 476 Note 4: Income 477 Note 5: Financial Assets 479 Note 6: Payables 480 Note 7: Cash Flow Reconciliation 481 Note 8: Contingent Assets and Liabilities 481 Note 9: Remuneration of Auditors 481 Note 10: Financial Instruments 482 Note 11: Financial Assets Reconciliation 484 Note 12: Special Accounts 484 Note 13: Compensation and Debt Relief 485 Note 14: Reporting of Outcomes 485
A 498
B 499 C 499
D 502 E 502
F 504 G 504
H 505 I 506
J 507 K 507
L 507 M 508
N 509 O 510
P 510 Q 511
R 512 S 513
T 514 U 515
V 515 W 515
Y 516 Back cover (L to R) 517 Front cover (L to R) 517 Outcome images 517 Directory: system -> files -> resources resources -> Environmental Best Practice Port Development: An Analysis of International Approaches resources -> The National Heritage List and Commonwealth Heritage List: 1 july 2008 30 june 2013 resources -> Reference list for water related coal seam gas and coal mining research resources -> Michigan Association of Intermediate School Administrators isd sections of Law resources -> Executive Summary 3 Background 4 Developing the National Television and Computer Recycling Scheme 4 resources -> Threat abatement plan for disease in natural ecosystems caused by resources -> Sawfish and River Sharks Multispecies Issues Paper resources -> Wildlife Trade Management Plan – Queensland Crocodile Farming Download 5.6 Mb. Share with your friends:
|