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Many hands, one voice for NSW

The AdvocateMay 2013

NSW State Government Landcare Support Package

Business Plan: LNSW delivering major projects

Landcare NSW has been contracted to deliver several of the Landcare

Support Program projects. These include:

the Snapshot and Prospectus projects;

a Community of Pracce project;

A Member Services ocer, Fiona Adams as the main point of contact for

Landcare groups and networks for services such as insurance,

incorporaon and governance;

A series of governance, administraon and management fact sheets,

ps and tricks publicaons and useful templates;

Hothousing Landcare Leaders workshops.

We are asking groups, networks and individuals to provide informaon to

be included in the nal products. It is the aim of LNSW to launch the

products and services developed under these projects at the NSW StateLandcare and Catchment Forum in September.

Regional Landcare Facilitators

The majority of RLF posions in NSW are hosted by Landcare networks and

not regional bodies. The Australian Government has announced that the

RLF program will connue, but that the regional bodies will be contract

holders. DAFF have assured us that the currently external hosted posions

should be able to connue under these new arrangements.

Have you completed the LNSW quesons of the help us to

help you campaign? www.landcarensw.org.au/node/3011

Local Land Services andFunding for Natural Resource Management

The Landcare movement with the help of Landcare NSW has worked

hard to secure long-term NRM funding support from the state

government. There was a real risk that the funding for NRM acon in

NSW would decline or be removed enrely and this took a major eort

from the movement to persuade the government to maintain their

funding levels. Without these funding arrangements CMAs and soon

the Local Land Services would enrely rely on Federal funding to carry

out works. Landcarers role in securing funding is outlined in the arcle

on page 2 that recently featured in The Land.

2013 Landcareand Catchment

ManagementForum3-5 Sept 2013,NewcastleThe forum will be held atNewcastle with a number of fieldtrips conducted around theregion to showcase theenvironmental values and theamazing workbeing done by

community groups, individualsand agencies to protect andenhance it.

This bi-annual forum is thepremier event to showcasesustainability, Landcare andvolunteering across NSW andincludes the annual LandcareMuster and the NSW StateLandcare Awards Dinner.

Don't miss the chance to gatherwith up to 400 people from

Landcare and communitygroups, farmers, Aboriginalheritage groups, regionalcatchment bodies, industry andgovernment representativesfrom across NSW and Australia.For more info go to http://landcarecmaforum.com.au/

The Landcare NSWMuster will be held on the

Tuesday morning, 3rdSeptember. This is a freeevent and all are

welcome.

http://landcarecmaforum.com.au/#http://landcarecmaforum.com.au/#

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Local Land Services: Governance and BoundariesThe LLS Reference Panel has provided its major piece of advice to the

Minister for Primary Industries on these reforms. They have provided a

preferred set of boundaries, preferred board structure and a list of

funcons and services that the new LLS should deliver.

Landcare NSW was able to achieve a number of outcomes by being a part ofthis panel including recommendaons for:

A strong and ongoing role for the government via LLS to support

community groups carrying out NRM and biodiversity acvies,

A variety of skills including community engagement, environmental

management, agricultural experse and natural resource management

experse to be included on the LLS boards (skills also need to be

independently veried for elected members),

Boundaries to consider catchments and communies-of-interest,

A formal community engagement process,

The connuaon of exisng Catchment Acon Plans and theestablishment of similar plans for biosecurity and

agricultural extension,

and a sole auding body to audit the performance

of the LLS across all the aspects of its operaon

(including community engagement).

The Minister is due to make a decision on the

Reference Panel recommendaons shortly. This will

be followed by the draing of Legislaon that needs

to be passed by the end of the year for the LLSs to

become operaonal.

Internally LNSW re-examined and amended its constuon and

governance structure, to allow incorporated groups to become

members.

Regions nominate a representave to sit on the Council of Landcare NSW

this body provides the strategic direcon for the organisaon. From thisCouncil, a Commiee of management is elected to manage the aairs of

LNSW in line with the direcon set by the Council.LNSW idened that it has two key areas of operaon Advocacy and

Member Services, which are supported by the acvies of communicaon,

governance and connuous

improvement, and fundraising.

Sonia Williams has been seconded to

LNSW as General Manager. Tim

Beshara is now Director Policy and

Communicaons, and Amanda

Harris and Fiona Adams have beenemployed as Project Ocers to

deliver aspects of the Business Plan

contracts.

Excerpts From The Land newspaper

(16th May, 2013) for full arcle:hp://www.theland.com.au/news/

agriculture/general/news/budget-

boost-for-cmas/2657684.aspx

LANDCARE NSW has welcomed the

increase the State government'snatural resource management budget.

Aer months of uncertainty about the

future of natural resource management

(NRM) funding in NSW, Primary

Industries Minister Katrina Hodgkinson

today announced an increase to the

budget for Catchment Management

Authories (CMA).

In what will be a shock to many, Ms

Hodgkinson said the Catchment Acon

NSW budget would be increased to$112 million during the next four years,

which works out to a year-on-year

increase in the 2013-14 nancial year

of between $300,000 and $1.4M per

CMA.

The rumour mill had been in overdrive

that the State government was going

to cut its NRM budget and the Landcare

network in parcular was concerned for

the future of its sta members and

projects across NSW.

The funding will support farmer and

community-driven projects across the

State, like the Bega Cheese

Environment Management Systems

project on the NSW Far South Coast

which has secured $462,000 under the

funding announcement.

Certainly when Ive been travelling

around my electorate and more broadly

around the State, people have been

asking about Landcare funding,Ms

Hodgkinson said.

Its something weve been working on

for quite some me.

Landcare NSW Chairman Robert

Dulhunty said the funding increase

would provide certainty for the

Landcare community.

"(The increase) demonstrates the

government's commitment to natural

resource management and sustainable

agriculture in NSW," he said.

"It is also a testament to the hard work

of so many Landcarers who have

demonstrated to the NSW government

the need for this funding.

Changes to Landcare NSW...progress is impossible without change

(George Bernard Shaw)

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