Transcript New regional model for delivery of services_LLS

A NEW REGIONAL DELIVERY
MODEL
LOCAL LAND SERVICES
How you can advise the process
Local Land Services will be
Regionally-based, semi-autonomous statutory
organisations
Governed by locally elected and skills-based Board
members.
Local Land Services will:
Deliver integrated agricultural industry advice,
biosecurity and natural resource management
functions
Local Land Services brings together:
• Livestock Health and Pest Authorities
• Catchment Management Authorities
• Agriculture NSW advisory services.
Local Land Services Regions
• Boundaries are being recommended by a
Reference Committee led by Dr John Keniry, in his
role as Commissioner of the Natural Resources
Commission
• A consultation process is underway to get
feedback on rates, composition of the Boards,
governance and variations to the draft
boundaries
http://engage.haveyoursay.nsw.gov.au/locallandservices
Map of current proposed boundaries
CRITERIA USED BY REFERENCE GROUP TO
RECOMMEND REGIONS.
LLS regions should:
• Support effective service delivery,
• Support localism and devolution of decision
making,
• Contain similar landforms and land use where
possible,
• Recognise community engagement and
interaction at a local government scale.
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ISSUES TO CONSIDER
Supporting effective service delivery
Integrating service delivery at the most appropriate
landscape scale
Supporting the most efficient management of key
resources such as water supply
Supporting efficient management of critical natural
assets such as the World Heritage Area
Providing accessibility for landholders to services
such as advice, funding and management support
Minimising transaction costs by aligning boundaries
of LLS with key service providers eg SCA, local
government, GBMWHA managers
Maintaining investor confidence to attract funding
such as Caring for Our Country
ISSUES TO CONSIDER
Support localism and devolution of decision
making
• Maintaining well established mechanisms that
allow input to decision making, such as Local
Government Advisory Group, Landscape
Community Reference Groups , Peak Industry
Groups and Landcare networks
• Providing consistent support at appropriate
scale for existing landuses such as primary
production in an evolving planning context eg
Sydney-Canberra Corridor
ISSUES TO CONSIDER
Contain similar landforms and land use where possible
Supporting decisions at a local scale that are appropriate
at a landscape or regional level
Regional approach for program delivery based on
experience, corporate knowledge and long term
partnerships
Boundaries that support efficient management of critical
assets
• eg water supply allowing integration of water
catchment management and water use planning;
• eg reducing impacts to major biodiversity assets
covered by national and international obligations such
as the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area
Water supply catchments
Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area
• Sydney-Canberra Corridor
Local government areas and proposed LLS boundary
HNCMA preferred LLS boundary
OTHER ISSUES TO CONSIDER
Maximising effectiveness of biosecurity and
emergency response
LLS boundaries should support timely and efficient
responses to biosecurity issues, such as
• potential disease outbreaks in the poultry
industry, now widespread across the Southern
Highlands and Tablelands
• emergency response to the Pacific Oyster
Mortality Syndrome in the Hawkesbury estuary,
which includes Pittwater and Brisbane Waters
• Strategic management of pest plants and animals
OTHER ISSUES TO CONSIDER
Maintaining community engagement and
interaction at a local government scale
The need to maintain community confidence
based on existing long term relationships and
support of community and Landcare networks
across the region
The value of well established collaboration
between regional management and local
government to support community
engagement and on-ground actions
What you can do!
• Have your say by going to the website
http://engage.haveyoursay.nsw.gov.au/locallandservices
• Use the handouts to frame your
response
• Attend the consultation meetings
• Give feedback to the HNCMA to help us
form our response to government