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to the community.

                        Effective business systems

                                  Efficient and effective business practices and systems

              Objective:  To base management and decision-making on a foundation
                          of best available information, sound policies and practices, contemporary management approaches.

           Desired outcomes:  Impacts of proposed activities are minimised through use of
                          impact assessment procedures prior to approval.

                                 Capital works and infrastructure are appropriate to the site and maintained to safe standards

                                 Incidents are minimised in the park and botanic garden through responsible risk assessment and identification of hazards.

           Performance indicators:  Number of proposals assessed for their potential impact
upon park values.

                                 Visitor satisfaction with park and garden facilities

                                 Number and severity of incidents in the park are minimised
             4.                Effective business systems
         Management of the park and botanic garden needs to be done in ways to minimise impacts on values and in accordance with relevant legislation. Park staff need to be sufficiently trained to respond to incidents and to carry out law enforcement activities. It is important that new proposals for the park and botanic garden are properly assessed to make sure they do not have unacceptable impacts on values and other issues
         like visitor safety and enjoyment. It is also important that park and botanic garden management activities are monitored regularly to know whether they are succeeding. Financial management of the park and botanic garden must be within the accountability rules and limits of the Chief Executive Instructions issued by the Director under the (Commonwealth) Public Governance Performance and Accountability Act 2013 (PGPA Act).

             4.1              Assessment of proposals

         Our aim
         The potential or likely impacts of proposed actions on park and botanic garden values are properly considered before such actions are approved.

         Background
         Activities proposed to be undertaken in the park or botanic garden by the Director and external stakeholders must be assessed for their potential impacts on the park and botanic garden values before a decision can be made on whether the activity should go ahead.

         Some activities proposed to be undertaken in the park or botanic garden may be 'controlled actions' (see Appendix B, Legislative context) and may also require assessment and approval by the Minister under the EPBC Act because they are likely to have a significant impact on a matter of national environmental significance (such as nationally listed threatened species) or the environment generally in Commonwealth              land. The EPBC Act defines the 'environment' as including:
         .1                      (a) ecosystems and their constituent parts, including people and communities;
           (b)    natural and physical resources;
           (c)     the qualities and characteristics of locations, places and areas;
           (d)    heritage values of places; and
           (e)    the social, economic and cultural aspects of a thing mentioned in paragraph (a), (b) or (c).

         Proposed