Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L01747:reg:4:p34
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L01747
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 4 (pt 34/80)
Character Range: 98067–100958

a diagrammatic representation is used to indicate the linkages between inter-related main actions.

Detail is provided for each objective, including the rationale behind them and the performance criteria to be used to evaluate progress at 5 years (2029) and 10 years (2034), then a table outlining the actions required to meet the objective, as well as information about the relative priority, cost category, most likely stakeholder group(s) responsible for delivery, and timeframes the apply to each action.

Relative priority

Each action is assigned a relative priority (categorised as 'very high, 'high', or 'medium'). Note that some actions support or extend existing research, management and communications, and reinforce the importance of continuing, expanding, refining or adapting those existing efforts. Many actions in this threat abatement plan are rated as very high or high priority, reflecting the significance of the impacts of cats on biodiversity and the urgency of tackling the threat from multiple angles.

Cost category

The EPBC Act (at section 271) notes that a threat abatement plan '... may state the estimated ... cost of the threat abatement process' and that '... in making a threat abatement plan ... regard must be had to ... the most efficient and effective use of the resources that are allocated for the conservation of species and ecological communities'. However, estimating costs of the individual actions described in this plan, and across all actions in the plan in its entirety, is challenging, because costs will vary greatly depending upon the scale of implementation of actions and the duration over which they are required. Section 9.2 provides indicative national costings of some conservation actions relevant to this plan; and we apply this information to categorise the actions as of very high, high, medium and low cost, with these classes nominally and indicatively defined as: very high ($5 million over a 5 year period; high ($1 million over a 5 year period), medium ($500,000 over a 5 year period) and low ($50,000 over a 5 year period).

Responsibility

The action tables provided for each of the 9 objectives (see sections 8.1 to 8.9) identify the most likely and appropriate sector(s) to deliver each action, having regard to those who are best placed or have the necessary expertise to contribute towards those actions. Where applicable, these are reflective of the responsibilities that different levels of government have for pest animal and companion animal legislation and management. The identification of responsibility should not be taken as excluding the involvement of other parties where needed.

Research-focused actions to address key knowledge gaps and thus support achievement of the objectives are collated in a listing of key knowledge gaps at Appendix 3.

     8.1 Objective 1. Coordinate and enhance the legislative,