Managing Natural Resources in Rural Australia for a Sustainable Future
A discussion paper for developing a national policy
Department of the Environment and Heritage, December 1999
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This detailed Discussion Paper puts forward an overarching national policy framework for natural resource management in rural Australia. The framework consists of a range of strategic policy approaches to improve natural resource management. The Paper was prepared by Commonwealth, State and Territory government agencies in collaboration with a Reference Group of landholders, rural community leaders, scientists and industry and conservation interests.
The paper was released for public comment for four months from December 1999 to March 2000. All public responses to the Discussion Paper were drawn together in a Steering Committee report to Australian governments on the public response to Managing Natural Resources in Rural Australia for a Sustainable Future: A discussion paper for developing a national policy and considered by Commonwealth, State and Territory Governments.
In addition, the Commonwealth also established a Ministerial Group comprising the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Transport and Regional Services, the Hon. John Anderson MP; the Treasurer, the Hon. Peter Costello MP; the Minister for the Environment and Heritage, Senator the Hon. Robert Hill; and the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, the Hon. Warren Truss MP.
In developing the new national policy for natural resource management, the Ministerial Group, chaired by Minister Truss, considered the public comments on this Paper, together with other key documents. These included the Natural Heritage Trust Mid-Term Review, the Productivity Commission report on Ecological Sustainable Land Management, and various dryland salinity reports, such as the Murray-Darling Basin Salinity Audit and the Western Australian Salinity Action Plan.
This has been the foundation for developing the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality.
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