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The Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee Natural Resource Management and Conservation Challenges February 2010 © Commonwealth of Australia 2009 ISBN 978-1-74229-235-9 This document was prepared by the Senate Standing Committee on Rural & Regional Affairs & Transport and printed by the Senate Printing Unit, Department of the Senate, Parliament House, Canberra.

Membership of the Committee Members Senator Fiona Nash, Chair Senator Glenn Sterle, Deputy Chair Senator the Hon.
Bill Heffernan Senator Julian McGauran Senator Christine Milne Senator Kerry O'Brien Substitute members for this inquiry Senator Rachel Siewert to replace Senator Christine Milne Participating members participating in this inquiry Senator Judith Adams Senator Chris Back Senator Mark Bishop Senator Mary Jo Fisher Senator Annette Hurley Senator Steve Hutchins Senator the Hon.
Ian Macdonald New South Wales, NATS Western Australia, ALP New South Wales, LP Victoria, LP Tasmania, AG Tasmania, ALP Western Australia, AG Western Australia, LP Western Australia, LP Western Australia, ALP South Australia, LP South Australia, ALP New South Wales, ALP Queensland, LP Secretariat Ms Jeanette Radcliffe, Secretary Ms Ann Palmer, Principal Research Officer Ms Trish Carling, Senior Research Officer Ms Maria Sarelas, Executive Assistant Ms Lauren McDougall, Executive Assistant PO Box 6100 Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600 Ph: 02 6277 3511 Fax: 02 6277 5811 E-mail: rrat.sen@aph.gov.au Internet: http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/rrat_ctte/index.htm iii iv TABLE OF CONTENTS Membership of Committee Chapter One Introduction Conduct of the inquiry Acknowledgements Chapter Two Three decades of investment in National Resource Management – learning from past success and failure Introduction Discussion of previous programs Evaluations and reviews Committee comment Chapter 3 Caring for our Country Introduction Caring for our Country Business Plan Monitoring and evaluation Access to funding Streamlined application process Partnerships Discussion of issues Committee comment Chapter Four Conclusions and Recommendations Transitional arrangements A national strategy Competitive funding model, community engagement and capacity building Application process Monitoring and Evaluation iii 1 1 2 3 3 8 21 30 33 33 34 35 36 41 43 45 65 67 67 68 69 71 72 Additional Comments by Government Senators APPENDIX 1 Submissions
 Received APPENDIX 2 Public Hearings and Witnesses 10 October 2008, Perth, WA 17 October 2008, Canberra, ACT 13 November 2009, Canberra, ACT 75 79 83 83 83 85