Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW, 2009-2010 Annual Report, pages 237-336.
Appendices

In this chapter
1.	Statement of responsibility	 238
2.	Performance of senior staff	 238
3.	Principal officers	 241
4.	EPA Board members’ curricula vitae	 242
5.	Significant statutory bodies and advisory committees	244
6.	Staff statistics	 258
7.	Legislation and legal changes	 260
8.	Infringements and prosecutions	 262
9.	DECCW-managed lands and waters	274
10.	Statement of affairs	 283
11.	Freedom of information applications	 287
12.	Information Centre and Environment Line statistics	296
13.	Publications	298
14.	Papers published and presented	304
15.	Overseas visits by staff 	315
16.	Consultancies 	 318
17.	Grants to community organisations 	 319
18.	Major works 	327
19.	Major assets	 328

1.	Statement of responsibility
As Director General, I have worked with other Executive members, principal officers and managers who are responsible for particular internal control processes, to provide reasonable assurance that DECCW is achieving its objectives and using its resources efficiently. These processes include:
•	reporting to me and the Executive on aspects of organisational performance
•	controlling how expenditure and staff resources are managed
•	managing a program of internal audits that focuses on operational and financial risk
•	contracting out various independent external assessments of aspects of our work.
I participate in an independently chaired statutory conservation audit and compliance committee established under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 that reports to the Minister. DECCW also has an Audit and Risk Committee with an independent chair and members. Details of internal audits and external assessments are provided in Chapter 6 of this report. To the best of my knowledge, all these control processes have operated satisfactorily during the reporting year.

LISA CORBYN 
Director General
2.	Performance of senior staff
For executive officers of DECCW at SES level 5 or above, the following performance for 2009–10 is recorded: 
Chief Executive 
Chief Executive performance as reviewed by the Minister for Climate Change and the Environment.
Name: Ms Lisa Corbyn
Position Title: Director General
Period: 1 July 2009–30 June 2010
SES Level: SES 8
Remuneration: $417,524
During the year, Ms Corbyn provided strong leadership, sound executive management and corporate team building to:
•	establish and lead the Environment, Climate Change and Water superagency cluster, and incorporate the NSW Office of Water into DECCW 
•	deliver on priority environmental, climate change, water and natural resource programs, including those identified in the State Plan which include targets for clean air, greenhouse gas reduction, natural resource management, waste, building Aboriginal community wellbeing and increasing visitation to national parks.
Ms Corbyn is active in whole of-government and national processes including chairing the Climate Change and Natural Resource Management and Environment Chief Executive Officer clusters, and participating in the Director Generals Executives Committee and on standing committees for national Ministerial Councils in Natural Resource Management and Environment Protection and Heritage. She is also a member of the Marine Parks Authority. 
Results
•	Delivered key climate change and sustainability programs including chairing the Climate Change Science Research Network comprising eminent NSW scientists, developing climate change research partnerships such as the funded Eastern Seaboard Climate Initiative, and delivering on the $150 million NSW Energy Efficiency Strategy that includes supporting renewable solar and wind energy, education through the ‘Save Power’ campaign, the Home Power Savings Program for low-income households and DECCW’s own Sustainability Advantage program – DECCW became a Bronze Partner in Sustainability Advantage this year.
•	Arranged the release of the 2009 NSW State of the Environment report and the public reviews of air quality including the April 2010 regional Wagga Wagga workshop, and prepared for the three-yearly Clean Air Forum in August 2010.
•	Delivered major regulatory and policy approaches including achieving red tape reductions, implementing the solaria compliance campaign, consulting on two marine parks draft zoning plans, and consulting on new legislation including amendments relating to Aboriginal cultural heritage, tourism and visitation in national parks, biodiversity certification, and national parks in the Riverina red gum forests.
•	Supported ongoing work with Aboriginal communities including programs for new joint management arrangements, a partnership manual and consultation requirements; continued DECCW’s cultural awareness training and Aboriginal employment strategy; and supported NSW’s Closing the Gap strategies through natural resource management and connections to Country.
•	Worked collaboratively with catchment management authorities to progress natural resource management programs and to improve corporate governance frameworks through comprehensive guidance and manuals.
•	Participated on the Metropolitan Water Chief Executive Officers’ cluster to progress the 2010 Metropolitan Water Plan and a draft water sharing plan to secure Sydney’s water supply, and contributed to the business plan submissions for federal funding of priority water projects.
•	Progressed environmental water recovery targets through NSW RiverBank, building collaborative relationships with the Australian Government and developing environmental management plans for the Macquarie Marshes and Gwydir Wetlands.
•	Added major new areas to the NSW protected area system including 100,000 hectares of Riverina red gum forests, completed the introduction of a new approach to park asset maintenance, and supported the largest hazard reduction burning program ever for NSW national parks.
•	Delivered on a major agency-cluster restructure, contributed to the NSW Corporate Services Blueprint and met efficiencies and savings targets, promoted both performance management and a strong safety culture to improve on DECCW’s occupational health and safety targets, and fostered strong financial management throughout DECCW including setting up the independent Audit and Risk Committee.
•	Unfailingly gave regular and competent renditions of excerpts from ‘Oklahoma’.

Senior Executive Officers 
Senior Executive Officers performance as reviewed by Director General.
Name: Mr Simon A Y Smith
Position Title: Deputy Director General, Climate Change, Policy and Programs Group
Period: 1 July 2009–30 June 2010
SES Level: SES 7
Remuneration: $368,019
The Director General has expressed satisfaction with Mr Smith’s performance throughout 2009–10. Mr Smith has achieved the performance criteria in his performance agreement. He has been a strong leader, driving development and implementation of reforms using innovative approaches to meet Government priorities and community expectations.
Results
•	Developed new policy and legislatively based programs to protect biodiversity including managing biodiversity certification and NSW’s first non-government biobanking site.
•	Progressed important climate change mitigation and adaptation policies and guidelines including sea level rise and coastal erosion management, supported renewable energy through solar flagships and wind precincts and commenced the Home Power Savings Program for low income households.
•	Successfully delivered large sustainability programs including reaching the milestone of 250,000 rebates issued for water and energy savings.
•	Revamped the natural resource management policy approach including building engagement with catchment management authorities and supporting their catchment action plans statewide.
•	Progressed NSW’s successful environmental water acquisition and application program with tangible results, watering key inland wetlands.
•	Progressed national and state air quality strategies, taking over leadership of the national air quality working group,
•	Effectively managed the Climate Change Policy and Programs Group through a strong budget and financial management.

Name: Ms Sally Barnes
Position title: Deputy Director General, Parks and Wildlife Group
Period: 1 July 2009–30 June 2010
SES Level: SES 6
Remuneration: $300,800
The Director General has expressed satisfaction with Ms Barnes’ performance during 2009–10. Ms Barnes has achieved the performance criteria in her performance agreement. As Head of the National Parks and Wildlife Service in DECCW, she has demonstrated a strong commitment to building the protected area system and managing it to an excellent standard.
Results
•	Developed and implemented significant eco-tourism programs, including new visitation and tourism amendments to national parks legislation.
•	Developed a major package of legislation and programs for the new national parks for the Riverina red gum forests.
•	Implemented major operational initiatives in national parks including achieving record hazard reduction burns and establishing a new asset maintenance system.
•	Progressed a systematic land acquisition program for the protected area system.
•	Progressed a strong Aboriginal joint management program and partnerships including the new Joint Management Partnership Manual.
•	Effectively managed the Parks and Wildlife Group, including implementing a significant restructure and instituting careful budget management.

Name: Mr Greg Sullivan
Position Title: Deputy Director General, Environment Protection and Regulation Group
Period: 10 May–30 June 2010
SES Level: SES 6
Remuneration: $300,800 
Recruitment for the position of Deputy Director General Environment Protection and Regulation Group was undertaken following the retirement of Mr Joe Woodward on 19 April 2010. The position was filled permanently on 10 May 2010 by Mr Greg Sullivan. In the interim period, Mr Gary Whytcross acted in the position. 
The Director General expressed her satisfaction with Mr Sullivan’s performance for seven weeks of 2009–10, following his appointment on 10 May 2010.
Results
•	Maintained a strong regulatory focus at both national and state level including chairing the regulatory harmonisation project participating in law enforcement through the Australasian Environmental Law Enforcement and Regulatory Network.
•	Assumed the chair of State Emergency Management Committees, and Environmental Services and Climate Change working groups.
•	Led DECCW’s Executive Coal Taskforce.

Name: Mr Joe Woodward
Position Title: Deputy Director General, Environment Protection and Regulation Group
Period: 1 July 2009–19 April 2010
SES Level: SES 6
Remuneration: $300,800 
The Director General expressed satisfaction with Mr Woodward’s performance during 2009–10. Mr Woodward has achieved the criteria in his performance agreement. He has driven better regulation and has sought to achieve a high level of regulatory credibility with a reduction in unnecessary and duplicative red tape. 
Results
•	Developed risk-based regulatory programs involving investigations, audits and enforcement, with 2009–10 having the highest number of completed prosecutions in the past five years.
•	Effectively implemented the native vegetation compliance framework improving the linkages with science and satellite imagery.
•	Oversaw regulatory reforms including the review of the Radiation Control Act and streamlining linkages to the planning system.
•	Implemented a solaria compliance campaign which resulted in an improvement in compliance across the industry.
•	Improved protection of Aboriginal heritage through new internal and external guidance material. 

Name: Mr David Harriss
Position Title: Deputy Director General and Commissioner NSW Office of Water
Period: 1 July 2009–30 June 2010
SES Level: SES 6
Remuneration: $311,950 
The Director General has expressed satisfaction with Mr Harriss’s performance in 2009–10. Mr Harriss has achieved the criteria in his performance agreement. He has established the NSW Office of Water to ensure continued delivery of rural and urban water management policy and reform at both state and national levels, during an unprecedented time of drought across NSW.
Results
•	Led the successful delivery of milestones and targets for the State Plan priority: ‘Secure sustainable supplies of water and use our water more wisely’ including achieving increased water recycling and water efficiency measures.
•	Represented NSW interests in national water reforms under the Murray-Darling Basin Inter-Government Agreements and through the Basin Officials Committee; and in negotiating a memorandum of understanding and funding business cases with the Australian Government.
•	Drove the development of systems to enhance water trading, including lodgement of online applications; water monitoring networks, flood prediction and management; online real-time water data reporting; and streamlining of water licence assessments.
•	Chaired the Metropolitan Water Chief Executive Officers cluster for strategic coordination of the Metropolitan Water Plan and a draft water sharing plan to secure Sydney’s water supply to at least 2025, and to help protect river health through environmental flows.
•	Oversaw the preparation and lodging with IPART of the NSW Office of Water’s submission on future water management charges to ensure an appropriate contribution by water users to the state’s water management services.
•	Oversaw the ongoing management of the Country Towns Water Supply and Sewerage Program that delivered $64.9 million in assistance in 2009–10 to country towns affected by drought throughout regional NSW, and improved water supply and sewerage services to Aboriginal communities.
•	Directed the continuous improvement of occupational health and safety programs to maintain safe working conditions, and implemented targeted staff programs to ensure and expand the NSW Office of Water’s specialised water expertise.

Name: Ms Stephanie Cross
Position Title: Executive Director Corporate Services
Period: 1 July 2009–30 June 2010
SES Level: SES 5
Remuneration: $ 255,234
The Director General has expressed satisfaction with Ms Cross’ performance throughout 2009–10. Ms Cross has achieved the performance criteria in her performance agreement. She has focused on corporate service amalgamation issues arising from the creation of DECCW and improved efficiency and delivery of service while strengthening business systems. 
Results
•	Led the DECCW public sector corporate and shared services reform agenda.
•	Strengthened DECCW’s financial and occupational health and safety management and monitoring controls through innovative tools and timely and comprehensive reporting, policy revision and system improvements, and business intelligence.
•	Implemented Phase 1 of the video conferencing project following its successful trial, to improve communication and reduce travel costs.
•	Developed an integrated suite of adaptive organisational strategies to meet various human resource requirements. 
•	Worked in partnership with catchment management authorities to strengthen financial management controls and to improve service level standards from a third party shared service provider.
•	Effectively managed the Corporate Services Division within budgetary and occupational health and safety requirements.

Name: Dr Kate Wilson
Position Title: Executive Director Scientific Services
Period: 23 November 2009–30 June 2010
SES Level: SES 5
Remuneration: $287,650
Recruitment for the position of Executive Director Scientific Services was undertaken following the retirement of Mr Len Banks on 1 July 2010. The position was filled permanently on 23 November 2010 by Dr Kate Wilson. In the interim period, Mr Ross Williams and Dr Klaus Koop acted in the position for four months and three weeks respectively. 
The Director General expressed her satisfaction with Dr Wilson’s performance over the seven months of 2009–10 since her appointment on 23 November 2010.
Results
•	Developed and promoted DECCW’s overall Science Strategy including science communication, and piloted Water and Wetlands as a test case for a new knowledge strategy approach.
•	Reinvigorated DECCW’s Science Executive Subcommittee, through new membership and new action-oriented terms of reference.
•	Strengthened academic and research partnerships, particularly with the University of New England, University of Technology Sydney, University of New South Wales and CSIRO, through a combination of joint appointments, memoranda of understanding, and participation in review and advisory panels.
•	Finalised the Natural Resource Management Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Strategy and the 13 state of the catchment reports for consideration in July 2010, and consolidated the vegetation information system.
•	Prepared a new marine science research strategy following the marine science review, and further developed the information management framework and spatial imagery strategy for DECCW.
•	Effectively managed the Scientific Services Division including ensuring delivery of sophisticated complex scientific services within DECCW and to other clients, and adhering to budgetary and occupational health and safety requirements.
3.	Principal officers
The DECCW Executive comprises 13 principal officers. Following is a list of Executive members during 2009–10:
Director General 
Ms Lisa Corbyn, BA, MPA, FIPAA
Deputy Director General, Climate Change, Policy and Programs 
Mr Simon Smith, BA (Hons)
Deputy Director General, Environment Protection and Regulation 
Mr Joe Woodward, BSc, ME (Hons) (on leave, retirement date 14 February 2011)
Mr Greg Sullivan, LLB, LLM, MPA (commenced 10 May 2010)
Deputy Director General, Parks and Wildlife 
Ms Sally Barnes, BA, DipEd, GradDip Information Sciences (Teacher Librarianship)
Commissioner, NSW Office of Water 
Mr David Harriss, B App.Sc. Grad Dip (Res Mgt)
Executive Director, Botanic Gardens Trust 
Dr Tim Entwisle, BSc (Hons), PhD (Botany)
Executive Director, Corporate Services 
Ms Stephanie Cross, BSocSc, MBA
Executive Director, Country, Culture and Heritage 
Mr Reece McDougall, BSc (Forestry), MEnvSc (acting to 8 January 2010)
Mr Norman Laing, LLB, GradCertLegP (commenced 11 January 2010)
Executive Director, Scientific Services 
Mr Ross Williams (acting to 20 November 2009) Dr Kate Wilson, PhD (commenced 23 November 2009)
Executive Director, Departmental Performance Management and Communication 
Mr Tim Rogers, BEc, MAd (retired 1 April 2010) Ms Zoe de Saram, BAgrEc (acting from 2 April 2010)
Executive Director, Legal Services 
Mr Steve Garrett, BEc, LLB
Executive Director, Park Management 
Mr Bob Conroy, BA, Grad Dip Env.Studies, MMgt
Director, Executive Services 
Mr Steve Beaman, BSc
4. 	EPA Board members’ curricula vitae
The EPA functions as a statutory body corporate under whose power regulatory actions relating to environment protection legislation are taken. It is administered as a part of the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water (DECCW).
Provisions for administering the EPA Board are detailed in the Protection of the Environment Administration Act 1991. Section 15(3) of the Act sets out appointment procedures for each part-time Board member. DECCW administers these procedures in line with the Department of Premier and Cabinet’s Guidelines for NSW Board and Committee Members 2005. Members of the EPA Board are appointed for up to five years. The Minister makes final decisions on appointments for Cabinet approval. Of the appointed members, one is appointed by the Governor as the Chair of the Board and another is appointed by the Governor as Deputy Chair of the Board. 
The EPA Board met ten times in 2009–10. 
Board Members
Chair and member with expertise in environment protection policy
The Honourable Paul Stein AM, QC (attended 9 meetings)
Paul Stein has over 25 years’ experience in the Australian judicial system, serving as a Judge of the NSW Court of Appeal, the NSW Supreme Court, the NSW District Court, and the NSW Land and Environment Court. He has served on numerous boards and committees throughout his career, gaining extensive experience in environment protection policy. He is currently Chair of Macquarie University’s Centre for Environmental Law Advisory Committee and Chair of Law and Justice Foundation’s Board of Governors. He also sits on the Heritage Committee of the NSW Supreme Court and on advisory boards at the Australian Centre for Environmental Law.
Deputy Chair and member with experience in, or knowledge of, environmental aspects of agriculture, industry or commerce
Mr Tony Wright, DipTech MBA (attended 10 meetings)
Tony Wright is Managing Director of Wright Corporate Strategy Pty Ltd and Chair of the State Water Corporation. He is Chair of the State of the Environment Advisory Council of NSW and Chair of the Extended Producer Responsibility Expert Reference Group. He is a past Chair of Environment Business Australia and a past Director of the Cooperative Research Centre for Waste Management and Pollution Control.
Director General, Department of Environment and Climate Change
Ms Lisa Corbyn, BA MPA FIPAA (attended 9 meetings)
Lisa Corbyn is the Director General of the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW (DECCW). Lisa also serves as the Director General of the broader Environment, Climate Change and Water agency cluster, is Chair of the Natural Resources and Environment CEO Cluster Group and is a member of the NSW public sector Director Generals’ Executive Group. 
Lisa Corbyn has had a varied career as a senior manager in both the public and private sectors in Australia. Lisa has also worked with AWA Limited, the Sydney Water Board and the Department of Planning and was a Commissioner of the Murray–Darling Basin Commission.
Before moving to Australia, Lisa Corbyn worked for over 10 years for the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
Members with experience in, or knowledge of, nature conservation or environment protection
Professor Don White, FIChemE, CEng (attended 10 meetings)
Don White is an Adjunct Associate Professor with the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Sydney. Don has thirty years’ experience as a manager and engineer in the process and chemical industries, and since 1998 has provided private consulting services to chemical, petrochemical and magnesium metal industries, under the company name Don White and Co. During this time, he has also been involved in nature conservation, environment protection and community issues. 
Don is the current Chairperson of the Nature Conservation Council of NSW and a member of several of its internal committees. He is a member of several government and liaison committees including the Load Based Licensing Technical Review Panel and Waste Committee of the Environmental Trust. He has also served on the Hazardous Chemicals Advisory Committee and the Homebush Bay Environment Reference Group.
Members with experience in, or knowledge of, nature conservation or environment protection
Ms Beverley Smiles (attended 10 meetings) 
Beverley Smiles is an environmental consultant working with peak state environment groups including the National Parks Association of NSW.
She is convenor of various community-based groups including the Central West Environment Council and Northern Inland Council for the Environment. She is currently the local conservation representative on the Central West Community Conservation Advisory Committee and Cudgegong Water Committee representative on the Environmental Flows Reference Group for the Macquarie–Cudgegong Water Sharing Plan. She has held previous positions on natural resource management bodies including the Hunter Catchment Management Trust, Hunter River Management Committee and Macquarie–Cudgegong River Management Committee.
Beverley Smiles is also a member of community consultative committees related to the coal mining industry.
Member with experience in, or knowledge of, environmental aspects of agriculture, industry or commerce
Dr John Keniry, AM BSc (Hons) PhD (attended 9 meetings)
John Keniry is currently Chair of the Sydney Institute of Marine Science. He has chaired several other bodies, including Ridley Corporation Ltd, the Scientific Advisory Council to the NSW Minister for Primary Industries, the Livestock Export Review, the National Registration Authority for Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals and Unisearch Ltd. He is a Fellow of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute and the Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, and was awarded a Centenary Medal in 2003. 
Member with experience in environmental science
Mr Robert Junor, HDA, BA (attended 8 meetings)
Robert Junor is a former Commissioner and Chief Soil Conservationist with the Soil Conservation Service of NSW, having served in a field-based career in the coastal, Murray and north-western regions of the state. 
He has chaired the Community Advisory Committee of the Murray–Darling Basin Commission, Upper Parramatta River Catchment Management Trust, Sydney Metropolitan Catchment Management Authority, and Greening Australia (NSW). He is currently a natural resources management consultant, undertaking strategic planning, environmental audits and land management consultancies.
Member with expertise in regional environmental issues
Ms Yvonne Stewart (attended 8 meetings)
Yvonne Stewart is the Chair of the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Advisory Committee, the Cape Byron Trust and the Arakwal National Park Board of Management. She is also a member of the Marine Parks Advisory Council.
Yvonne Stewart is Chief Executive Officer of the Arakwal Corporation and is actively involved with the Byron Shire Council Aboriginal Consultative Committee, in both environmental management issues and plans of management.
In the past, she was actively involved in the creation of the Arakwal National Park following the signing of a historic Indigenous Land Use Agreement, and was a member of the Department of Lands Water Sharing Committee. She received a NSW Government Heritage Volunteer Award in 2004 for her work in promoting and protecting Aboriginal culture and involving Aboriginal people in the management of national parks.

Member with expertise in environmental law and an academic employed in a NSW tertiary institution
Professor Gerry Bates, LLB (Hons) PhD (Birm) (attended 9 meetings)
Gerry Bates teaches undergraduate and postgraduate courses in environmental law at the Australian Centre for Climate and Environmental Law, University of Sydney; Australian National University, Canberra; and the University of New South Wales. 
He has published extensively on environmental law, including the standard text Environmental law in Australia, and has been Editor-in-Chief of the Environmental and Planning Law Journal since its inception in 1983. 
Gerry Bates is a Director of Kimbriki Environmental Enterprises, a waste recovery centre and landfill on Sydney’s northern beaches, and was formerly leader of the Greens in the Tasmanian State Parliament.
Member with expertise in local government matters
Cr Genia McCaffery, BEc (Hons) (attended 7 meetings)
Genia McCaffery has been Mayor of North Sydney Council since 1995, and a member of the Local Government Association Executive since 1998. She is on the Board of the Sydney Metropolitan Catchment Management Authority and the NSW Environmental Trust. She has worked for the Department of Labour and Immigration and as a researcher for the National Trust, and has undertaken work in youth issues, unemployment and public advocacy.
5.	Significant statutory bodies and advisory committees
Significant committees advising DECCW
Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Advisory Committee
This committee is established under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974, and consists of nominees of the NSW Aboriginal Land Council and Aboriginal Elders groups, as well as registered native title claimants and Aboriginal owners. It advises the Minister for Climate Change and the Environment and the Director General of DECCW on any matter relating to identification, assessment and management of Aboriginal cultural heritage in NSW. A new committee was re-constituted on 9 November 2009, with eleven members appointed by the Minister for two- and three-year terms. 
Chair: Victor Perry
Deputy Chair: Glenda Chalker 
Viola Brown 
Craig Cromelin 
Robin Heath 
Larry Kelly 
Steven Meredith 
Maureen O’Donnell 
Merle Williams 
Olivia Williams 
Ian Woods
Aboriginal Water Trust Advisory Committee
This committee provides strategic advice to the Minister for Water on Aboriginal Water Trust issues, and assesses and provides recommendations to the Minister on grant applications to the community under the Trust.
Michael Bell
Glenda Chalker 
Craig Cromelin 
Lionel Mongta 
Merle Williams
Audit and Risk Committee
This committee provides independent assistance to the Director General by overseeing and monitoring DECCW’s governance, risk and control frameworks, and external accountability requirements. It ensures that DECCW’s internal audit activity focuses on areas of identified significant risk, internal audit recommendations properly address identified issues of risk and other issues requiring improvement, and implementation of recommendations is effective and complete. The committee is constituted to meet the core requirements of Treasury Circular NSW TC 09/08 Internal Audit and Risk Management Policy, and has replaced the Internal Audit Committee.
Chair: Arthur Butler
Gerardine Brus (from April 2010) Lisa Corbyn (DECCW) (until March 2010) Catherine Donnellan (DECCW) (until March 2010) David Harriss (DECCW) (from April 2010) John Keniry (until March 2010) Simon Smith (DECCW) Joan Wilcox (DECCW) (from April 2010)
BioBanking Ministerial Reference Group
This reference group was formed to assist in finalising the BioBanking assessment methodology and regulations for operating the BioBanking Scheme under Part 7A of the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995.
Chair: Simon Smith (DECCW)
Jeff Angel Georgina Beattie Rachelle Benhow Richard Clarke Sandy Halley Geoff Hudson Robert Humphries WEJ Paradice Jenny Rudolph Rachel Walmsley Robert Wilcher
Cape Byron State Conservation Area Trust
This trust, established in 1989, manages the Cape Byron State Conservation Area. The trust is a voluntary, not-for-profit community body empowered by the provisions of the National Park and Wildlife Act 1974 with the care, control and management of the reserve.
Chair: Yvonne Stewart
Deputy Chair: Tony McCabe Basil Camerson Judy Conlan Mark Johnston (DECCW) Sean Kay Dulcie Nicholls
Climate Change Fund Advisory Committee
This advisory committee advises the Minister for Climate Change and the Environment and DECCW on strategy and priorities; reviews priorities to take account of changing conditions and the success of various activities; and monitors, reviews and reports to the Minister on the overall performance of the fund against the established objectives.
Chair: Simon Smith (DECCW)
Jeff Angel Steven Beletich Peter Birk Roman Domanski Gavin Gilchrist Paul Hackney Ben Hamilton Andrew Kirkwood Mark Ludbrooke Genia McCaffrey Angus Nardi Tim Nelson Paul Orton Peter Szental Karen Waldman Stephen White
Climate Change Science Research Network
This network helps the Government to access the best available information on regional climatic changes and impacts, and adaptation to climate change. It informs and advises on coordinating climate change research in NSW, and integrating this research with other state, territory, national and international programs. The network also advises on research priorities for NSW.
Chair: Lisa Corbyn (DECCW)
Ross Bradstock Helen Cleugh Ron Cox Ian Goodwin Lesley Hughes Stephen Leeder Deirdre Lemerle 
John McAneney 
Andy Pitman 
Perry Wiles 
Gary Willgoose 
Community Conservation Advisory Committees
Three Community Conservation Advisory Committees (CCACs) are constituted under the Brigalow and Nandewar Community Conservation Area Act 2005 to advise the Community Conservation Council on the provisions of the Community Conservation Area Agreement. CCACs are appointed by the Minister for Climate Change and the Environment and the Minister for Mineral and Forest Resources. Members include representatives from local environment groups, industry (timber, mining and apiary), local government and catchment management authorities; and farmers, local recreation users, Aboriginal people and scientific experts.
Border Rivers/Gwydir CCAC
Chair: Steven Adams
Kate Boyd 
Casey Cooper 
Bob Couch 
Liza Duncan 
Wendy Hawes 
Peter Pankhurst
Keith Pickstone
Phillip Spark
Peter Turnbull
Kim Wright
Central West CCAC
Chair: Neil Rabbett
Mike Blake
Tom Gavel
David Goldney
Janis Hosking
Bryn Jones
Anne Kerle
Richard MacFarlane
David Maynard
Anthony O’Halloran
Stephen Ryan
Bev Smiles
Michael Webb
Kim Wright
Namoi CCAC
Chair: Colleen Fuller
Hugh Ford
Ted Hayman
Jane Judd
Anne Kerle
David King
Jim McDonald
Robert Michie
Ted Spackman
Helen Stevens
Tom Underwood
Conservation Audit and Compliance Committee
This committee is established under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 and oversees, on behalf of the Minister for Climate Change and the Environment, the compliance of the Director General of DECCW with her legislative responsibilities under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 or any other related legislation.
Chair: Arthur Butler
Bob Conroy (DECCW)
Lisa Corbyn (DECCW)
Nicholas Jacomas
Mark Peacock (DECCW)
Kathryn Ridge
Merle Williams (from April 2010)
Environmental Trust
The Environmental Trust is empowered under the Environmental Trust Act 1998, and its main responsibility is to supervise the expenditure of grants.
Chair: The Hon Frank Sartor MP
Lisa Corbyn (DECCW)
Genia McCaffery
Rob Pallin
Lindsey Williams

Kangaroo Management Advisory Panel
This panel advises the Director General on matters pertaining to the implementation and review of the NSW Kangaroo Management Program, which sets the framework for the commercial harvest of kangaroos. These matters include kangaroo population dynamics, harvest quotas, licensing and compliance monitoring, animal welfare issues, legislation and policy, fees and funding, research needs and priorities and long-term strategic planning, which should be addressed consistently according to the provisions of the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974, the National Parks and Wildlife Regulation 2002, and the program. Members of the panel represent the views and interests of their organisations.
The panel is being re-convened for the next three years. Once appointed, a list of members will be available on www.environment.nsw.gov.au/wildlifemanagement/KangarooManagementAdvisoryCommittee.htm)
Karst Management Advisory Committee
This committee is established under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 to advise the National Parks and Wildlife Advisory Council on the conservation and management of karst environments.
Chair: Michael Wright (DECCW)
Michael Augee
Tracey Austin
Julia James
Neil Lipscombe
Chris Norton
Graeme Pattison
Andy Spate
Alfie Walker Jnr
Load-based Licensing Technical Review Panel
This panel advises DECCW on the contents of the Load Calculation Protocol and any other licensing matters pertaining to load-based licensing. It includes representatives from industry, local government, environment groups and DECCW, and an independent adviser. The Load Calculation Protocol sets out the methods that holders of licences issued under the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 must use to calculate assessable pollutant loads.
Chair: Mark Gifford (DECCW) 
Richard Benson
John Court
Walter Moore
Keith Osborne (DECCW) 
Debashis Raha
Donald White

Marine Parks Authority
The NSW Government set up the Marine Parks Authority in 1997 to investigate and recommend where marine parks should be established; recommend which areas in each marine park should be set aside for conservation, and recreational and commercial purposes (zoning); manage activities in marine parks to protect the marine environment; tell the public about marine parks; and research ways in which marine parks affect the marine environment and nearby communities.
Chair: Brendan O’Reilly
Lisa Corbyn (DECCW)
Richard Sheldrake
Marine Parks Advisory Council
This council’s principal role is to advise the relevant Ministers and the Marine Parks Authority on matters relating to the management of marine parks in NSW from a statewide perspective. This includes the conservation of marine biological diversity in marine parks, the ecologically sustainable use of marine parks, the public use and enjoyment of marine parks and any other matter relating to the operation of the Act and regulations.
Chair: Lisa Corbyn (DECCW)
Elisbeth Allen
Viola Brown
Maria Byrne
Charlton Clark
John Clarke
Ross Coleman
Robert Edgar
Antonio Puglisi
Professor Peter Saenger
Richard Sheldrake
Bateman’s Marine Park Advisory Committee
Chair: Lindsay Brown
Bill Barker
Steven Bunney
Pat Campbell
Dave Clark
Andy Davis
William Figueira 
Mark Fleming
Paul Green
John Hinde John Pugsley
Ian Smith
Wayne Smith
Cape Byron Marine Park Advisory Committee
Chair: David Lloyd 
Sharon Cadwallader
Tim Hochgrebe
Paul Johnstone
Serge Killingbeck
Bruce Lewis
Theresa Nichols
Antonio Puglisi
James Robinson-Gale
Tom Tabart
Jervis Bay Marine Park Advisory Committee
Chair: Attila Bicskos
Anthony Byrnes
Matt Cross
Lynnette Cleary
Ann Garard
Malcom Gorry
Paul Green
Jaimie Hatcher
Todd Minchinton
John Sperring
Lord Howe Island Marine Park Authority Advisory Committee
Chair: Stan Fenton
Phillip Boxall
Brian Busteed
Cindy Charlton-Shick
Keith Galloway
Lauren Gatherer
Dean Hiscox
Ian Hutton OAM
Julian Mostert
Steve Wills
Campbell Wilson
Rhonda Wilson
Port Stephens–Great Lakes Marine Park Advisory Committee
Chair: John Nell
David Booth
Peter Chappelow
John Clarke
Dallas Davies
Darrell Dawson
Ross Fidden
Allan Freihaut
Frank Future
Bill Gladstone
Guy Holbert
Karen Hutchinson
Christian Patteson
Solitary Islands Marine Park Advisory Committee
Chair: Rus Glover
Geoff Blackburn
Pat Comben
Chris Connell
Michael Featherstone
Mark Graham
Bob Palmer
Steve Smith 
Chris Spencer
Richard Taffs
Neil Vaughan
National Parks and Wildlife Advisory Council
This council is constituted under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974. The council has up to 19 members, each one having the required qualifications set out in the Act. The council advises the Minister for Climate Change and the Environment and the Director General on a range of issues including the management of national parks and reserves, the protection of wildlife, and the management of conservation agreements and wilderness areas. 
Chair: Jane Judd, Nature Conservation Council of NSW
Deputy Chair: Ken Prendergast, National Parks and Wildlife Service Advisory Committee, Southern Region
Sally Barnes (DECCW)
Glenda Chalker, Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Advisory Committee
Michael Dunlop, CSIRO
Ronnie Harding, University of NSW
Janet Hayes, Local Government and Shires Associations 
Bruce Hayllar, University of Technology Sydney
Diana Hoffman, National Parks and Wildlife Service Advisory Committee, Western Region 
Nicholas Jacomas, National Parks and Wildlife Service Advisory Committee, Central Region
George McKay, National Parks and Wildlife Service Advisory Committee, Northern Region
Ian McKenzie, Local Government and Shires Association
Alice Prudhoe, Orienteering Association of NSW
Anne Reeves, National Parks Association of NSW
Jean Rice, Australian International Council on Monuments and Sites
National Parks and Wildlife Regional Advisory Committees
These committees help the National Parks and Wildlife Advisory Council and DECCW to manage natural and cultural heritage, including Aboriginal cultural heritage, and to influence behaviour throughout the community to help protect the environment. In December 2009, 14 regional advisory committees and a site specific advisory committee for Hartley Historic Site were reconstituted. Members were appointed by the Minister for Climate Change and the Environment for a four-year term commencing on 1 January 2010 and ending on 31 December 2013. Membership as at 30 June 2010 is as follows:
Blue Mountains Region
Warwick Armstrong
Tracey Austin 
Elizabeth Black
Robyn Bushell
Joanne Cox
Robert Degabriele
Helen Drewe
Jessie Garbellini
Lachlan Garland
Heidi Lawson
Andrew Luke
Andy Macqueen
Fiona Meller
Christopher Tobin
John Tolhurst
Ian Tucker
Merle Williams
Central Coast Hunter Range Region
Kim Baillie
Daryl Bower
Kendal Caynes
Jason Edwards
Narelle Howard
Nick Jacomas
Robert Kelly
John Le Messurier
John Matthews
Margaret Matthews
Robert Smith
Jeffrey Strickson
Rosie White
Trevor Woolley
Far South Coast Region
Judith Bourne
Andrew Cooper
Michael Darcy
Chris Kowal
Catherine Lawler
Bruce Leaver
Robert Litchfield
Shane McAlister
Doug Reckord
Robert Ross
David Shaw
George Sherriff
Georgeanna Story
Susan Swensson Yvonne Thomson
Far West Region
Peter Beven
Beryl Carmichael
Michael Davis
Bill Elliot
Desmond Ferguson
Jim Graham
Di Hoffman
Anne Kiely
Dick Kelly
Dorothy Martin
Mick McCulkin
Fran McKinnon
Maureen O’Donnell
Archie Vann
Hartley Historic Site
Krystina Campbell
Margaret Combs
Ross Fragar
Cheryl Kenny
Noel Kind
Siobhan Lavelle
Lynda Lovegrove
John Luchetti
Malcolm McDonald
Robert Morris
David Peters
Annette Poston-Gilbey
Sharon Simcoe
Hunter Region
Mick Allison
Helen Brown
Viola Brown
Nathalie Clare
John Clarke
Trevor Connell
Frances Corner
Joachim Engel
Margaret Francis
Emma Graham Cheryl Kitchner
Jamie MacKee
George McKay
Alana Parkins
Sue Saxby
Gerard Tuckerman
Metropolitan North East Region
Simon Balderstone
Laurence Bimson
Trevor Brown
Stuart Burley
Jason Coombs
Emma Degenhardt
Grahame Douglas
Brigid Dowsett
Dennis Foley
Catherine Griffin
Penelope Holloway
Tracey-Lee Howie
Garry McIlwaine
Julie Old
Christine Rand
Victor Simms
Carlita Warren
Metropolitan Southwest Region
Sheelah Boleyn 
Glenda Chalker
Sharyn Cullis
Joanne Daly
Brian Everingham
Brendon Graham
Paul Irish
Rhonda Lenardon
Charles Morris
Cita Murphy
Philip Sansom
Norma Shankie-Williams
Shayne Williams
Alison Woodbury
North Coast Region
Georgia De Biasi
Allister Gee
Annette Harrison
Robin Heath
Marie Howlett
Roderick McKelvey
Peter Morgan
Judith Mortlock
Paul Norton
Belinda Novicky
Bob Palmer
Paul Price
Barry Ramke
Belinda Rosenbaum
James Tedder
Terry Tibbett
Northern Plains Region
Lynton Auld
Megan Collins
Meryl Dillon
Kay Durham
James Faris
Sandy Findlay
Eric Fisher
Shonelle Gleeson-Willey
Janis Hosking
Jane Judd
Ronald Magann
Geoffrey Mitchell
Peter Shinton
Maureen Sulter
Joan Treweeke
Tom Underwood
John Whitehead
Northern Rivers Region
Rob Andrews
Michael Brett
Rod Caldicott
Raylee Delaney
Christine Fury
Melissa Ladkin
Marjorie McKelvie
Hugh Nicholson
Jeanette Olley
Hannah Rice-Hayes
Lorraine Vass
Max Willoughby
Northern Tablelands Region
Rosemary Curtis
Alan Grace
Wendy Hawes
Lynne Hosking
Bryan Johnston
Mahri Koch
Donald Noakes
James Rainger
Dianne Roberts
Russell Robinson
Anthony Sonter
Elton Squires
South Coast Region
Bill Barnetson
William Bean
Lena Bloxsome
Frances Bray
Renee Campbell
Justin Clarke
Mike Clear
Ethel Crossley
Steven Douglas
Genelle Gregory
Rebecca Hayes
Tony Hill
Sky Kidd
Kevin Mills
Rowena Morris
Robert Pallin
Robert Snedden
Southern Ranges Region
Janet Anderson
Rosemary Black
Martin Chalk
Paul Davies
Euan Diver
Joanne Hearne
John Hood
Paul McLeod
David Moore
Vicki Parsley
Kenneth Prendergast
Roger Quarterman
Peter Southwell
Jacqui Stol
Dianne Thompson
Vivien Thomson
Iris White
Western Rivers Region
Sandy Butler
Andrew Kennedy
Cilla Kinross
Bill Kite
Ian Lockhart
Steven Meredith
Bill Moller
Nerida Reid
Marie Russell
Mike Schultz
Nella Smith
Roy Stacy
Ian Thompson
Susan Wakefield
James Williams
Boards of Management
The National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 and the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 set up a process by which some parks can be returned to a local Aboriginal land council to hold on behalf of the Aboriginal owners. The park can then be leased back to the NSW Government under mutually agreed conditions, with the lease payments to be spent on the care, control and management of the park. A board of management cares for the park. The Aboriginal owners have a majority representation on the board, but there are also representatives of DECCW, local government, a conservation group and adjoining landholders.
Biamanga National Park Board of Management
Chair: John Mumbler
Deputy Chair: Dennis Scott
Faith Aldridge
Preston Cope (DECCW)
Lyle Davis
Carol Dixon
Averil Fink
John Hibberd
Keith Hughes
Kathy Jones
John Manns
Eric Naylor
Tim Shepherd (DECCW)
Gwenda Stewart
Paul Stewart
Gulaga National Park Board of Management
Chair: Mary Duroux
Ron Callaghan (resigned)
Deanna Campbell (resigned) 
William Davis
Deanna Davison
Malcolm Dibden
Shirley Foster
Vivienne Mason
Lionel Mongta
Georgina Parsons
Tim Shepherd (DECCW)
Fergus Thomson
Dane Wimbush
Mount Grenfell Historic Site Board of Management
Chair: Richard Kennedy
Deputy Chair: Sharron Ohlsen
Allan Chapman
Colin Clarke
Coral Dunlop
Peter Dykes
Keith Hampton
Peter Harris
Bill Lord
Ross McDonnell (DECCW)
Steve Meredith
Phillip Sullivan
Harley Toomey
Mutawintji Board of Management
Chair: William Bates
Deputy Chair: Maureen O’Donnell
Richard Anderson
Badger Bates
Paul Brown
Norma Dutton
Paul Dutton
Doris Hunter
Elizabeth Hunter
Sky Kidd
Dulcie O’Donnell
Mark Peacock (DECCW)

Worimi Conservation Lands Board of Management
Chair: Steve Larkins
Anthony Anderson
Lennie Anderson
Rod Bennison
Sally Dover
David Feeney
Bev Manton
Petrice Manton
Val Merrick
Rob Quirk (DECCW)
Gwen Russell
Andrew Smith
David Towers
Joint management committees with agreements with DECCW
Through joint management committees, DECCW and the local Aboriginal community work together to manage areas of high cultural significance and reduce impacts on those areas; involve local Aboriginal people in the development of plans of management, fire management plans, weed and pest management plans and other plans for the park; and ensure that local Aboriginal people are consulted on park management issues like the works program for the park, new proposals for commercial tour operations and research proposals. 
Some communities are negotiating agreements with DECCW but these committees have not been included as formal agreements are not yet in place.
Arakwal National Park Management Committee
Chair: Yvonne Stewart
Jan Barham
Lorraine Harding
Mark Johnston (DECCW)
Delta Kay
Leon Kelly
Dulcie Nicholls
Sue Walker (DECCW)
Central Coast Hunter Range Regional Aboriginal Co-management Committee
Chair: Robert Welsh
Anthony Anderson
Lennie Anderson
Noel Date
Jason Edwards
Craig Foreshew
Ron Gordon
Clifford Green
Allen Madden
John Mathews
Margaret Mathews
Tom Miller
Tracey Skene
Jack Smith
Robert Smith
Deb Swan
Stephen Talbot
Rhonda Ward
Darug Peoples Advisory Committee
Richard Green
Kerrie Kenton
Brad Moore
Gordon Morton
Chris Tobin
Jacinta Tobin
Tony Williams
Simone Wilson
Gordon Workman
Gawambaraay Pilliga Co-management Committee
Ellen Draper
Aaron Edwards
Michael Horne
Patricia Madden
Ronald Magann
Robert Miller
David Nicholls
William Robinson
Margaret Robinson
Robyn Ruttley
Simon Smith
Maureen Sulter
Sylvia Trindall 
Githabul National Parks Management Committee
Amanda Bryant (DECCW)
Shirley Charles
Trevor Close
Mark Johnston (DECCW) 
Gilbert King
Lena Robinson
Queenie Speeding
Dianne Torrens
Doug Williams
Gloria Williams
James Williams
Jennifer Williams
Paul Williams
Goobang National Park and Snake Rock Aboriginal Area Committee
Jeff Boyd
Silvana Keating
Ray Keed
Valda Keed
Christine Peckham
Peter Read
Francis Robinson
Jenny Robinson
William West
Menindee Aboriginal Elders Council
Isobel Bennett
Leslie Bennett
Mirandah Doyle
Patricia (Dayle) Doyle
Patricia (Patsy) Doyle
Noeline Ferguson
Mitchell Fennell
Marietta Files
Lorriane King
William Riley
Ricky Williams
Eileen (Susie) Williams
Mungo National Park Joint Management Advisory Committee
Chair: Roy Kennedy 
Warren Clark (DECCW) 
Noel Johnson 
Beryl Kennedy 
Sharon Kennedy 
Geoff Larmour 
Patrick Lawson 
Ray Lawson 
Steve Millington (DECCW)
Bianca Mitchell
Steve O’Halloran 
Betty Pearce 
Joan Slade 
Dawn Smith 
Brian Wakefield 
Des Wakefield 
Martin Westbrooke 
Lottie Williams 

NSW Climate Change Council
This council replaced the Premier’s Greenhouse Advisory Panel. The council is the key advisory panel on climate change to the Minister for Climate Change and the Environment and operates to ensure that the broad policy and program directions of the Government are informed by scientific, industry and broader community views. The council is overseeing the development of the NSW Climate Change Action Plan.
Chair: Martijn Wilder
Maria Atkinson
Greg Bourne
John Connor
Diana Gibbs
Sam Mostyn
Greg Mullins
Paul Orton
Andy Pitman
Lorraine Stephenson
NSW Council on Environmental Education
This council was established by the Protection of the Environment Administration Amendment (Environmental Education) Act 1998. Its main functions are to advise the Government on key issues, trends and research requirements relating to environmental education and to coordinate the preparation, implementation and review of statewide three-year plans for environmental education.
Chair: Vacant
Peter Batten
Rachelle Benbow
Robyn Bushell
Bernard Carlon (DECCW)
Neil Dufty
Cecilia Kinross
Mika Malkki
Robyn Mamouney
Richard Pearson
Michael Wright (DECCW)
NSW Landcare Committee
This committee is the peak state body for Landcare in NSW. It represents the independent Landcare networks and groups in NSW in advising the NSW Government and fostering NSW Landcare. The committee advises the NSW Government through the Director General of DECCW who also appoints committee members, and the Natural Resources Advisory Council. DECCW also provides secretariat support. The chair is the ex-officio representative for Landcare on the Natural Resources Advisory Council. 
Chair: Chris Scott
Deputy Chair: Ted Spackman
Andrew Bain
Jim Booth (DECCW)
Vanessa Ekins
Robert Gledhill 
Stuart Mosely 
Cyril Sampson 
Mandi Stevenson 
David Walker
NSW Scientific Committee
This independent committee of scientists, appointed by the Minister for Climate Change and the Environment, is established under the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995. Its main functions include deciding which species should be listed as critically endangered, endangered, vulnerable or presumed extinct in NSW; which populations should be listed as endangered in NSW; which ecological communities should be listed as critically endangered, endangered or vulnerable; and which threats to native plants and animals should be declared key threatening processes under the Act. The committee also reviews and updates the lists of threatened species, populations and communities and key threatening processes in the Act, but does not make decisions about threatened fish and marine plants. This is the responsibility of the NSW Fisheries Scientific Committee.
Chair: Richard Major
Tony Auld (DECCW)
Linda Broadhurst
Peter Clarke
Melissa Giese (DECCW)
Geoffrey Gurr
Rod Kavanagh
Michelle Leishman
Bob Makinson (DECCW)
Andrea Wilson 
NSW State of the Environment Advisory Council
This council comprises 4 independent members of the EPA Board and a DECCW representative. Membership is approved by either the Director General DECCW or the Minister for Climate Change and the Environment. The council oversees the development of the NSW State of the Environment report, including assessing the process for analysis and conclusions made in the report; provides an opinion on the structure and content of the report; and ensures that the requirements of the Protection of the Environment Administration Act 1991 are met.
Chair: Tony Wright
Gerry Bates
Bob Junor
Genia McCaffery
Tim Rogers (DECCW)
Office of the Hawkesbury–Nepean Advisory Board
This board was established under the Hawkesbury Nepean River Act 2009 to advise the Director of the Office of the Hawkesbury–Nepean on planning and implementing management strategies regarding the health of the Hawkesbury–Nepean river system and in-stream development.
Chair: David Harriss (DECCW)
Bernie Bugden 
Michael Bullen 
Peter Goth 
Dr Judi Hansen 
Tim Hurst 
Peter Marczan (DECCW)
Anthony Schofield 
Radiation Advisory Council
This council is set up under the Radiation Control Act 1990 and comprises 16 members appointed by the Minister for Climate Change and the Environment. The council advises the Minister on the administration of the Act and measures to prevent or minimise the dangers arising from radiation. The council also advises DECCW on a wide range of radiation matters.
Chair: Craig Lamberton (DECCW)
Deputy Chair: Simon Smith (DECCW)
Brad Cassels
Lee Collins
Margaret Conley
Jon D’Astoli
Mary Dwyer
Frank Galea
Cameron Hazlehurst
Brian Holland
Kathy Meleady
Mark Moskvitch
Philip Pasfield
Ludmilla Robinson
John Robinson
Richard Smart
Eva Wegner
Snowy Scientific Committee
This committee was established in 2008 by the NSW and Victorian Governments under the Snowy Hydro Corporatisation Act 1997. The committee advises the NSW Government on the regime for the release of environmental flows from the Snowy Hydro Scheme.
Chair: Jane Roberts
Arlene Buchan
Michael Curll
Wayne Erskine
Noel Kesby
Sam Lake
Brett Miners (Alternate)
Waste and Sustainability Improvement Payment Advisory Group
This advisory group was established under a memorandum of understanding between DECCW and the Local Government and Shires Association. The group enables local government representatives to work together to consider and advise DECCW on the waste service and sustainability improvement standards that will form the basis of eligibility for waste and sustainability improvement payments.
Chair: Stephen Sawtell
Robert Bailey
James Carey
Bernard Carlon (DECCW)
Quentin Espey
David Evans
John Harley (DECCW)
David Hojem
Ron Smith
Nick Tobin
Robert Verhey
Glenn Wilcox
Allan Wilding
Ken Wilson
World Heritage Areas advisory committees
These committees advise DECCW on matters relating to the protection, conservation, presentation and management of each World Heritage area DECCW manages, including strategic policies on Australia’s obligations under the World Heritage Convention.
Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area Advisory Committee
Chair: Joan Domicelj
Deputy Chair: Richard Mackay
Doug Benson
Jodi Cameron
Lincoln Hall
Julia James
Wendy Lewis
Judy Smith
Haydn Washington
Gondwana Rainforests Community Advisory Committee
Hague Best
Ysola Best (deceased)
Richard Braithwaite
Helen Brown
Trevor Close
Cathie Duffy Masters
Barbara Fahey
Frank Harrison
Roger Kitching
Peter Lloyd
Peter Metcalfe
Hugh Nicholson
Jan Olley
Shane O’Reilly
Virginia West
Richard Zoomers
Gondwana Rainforests Technical and Scientific Advisory Committee
Richard Braithwaite
Ralf Buckley
Aila Keto
Roger Kitching
Michael Mahony
Bill McDonald
Kathryn Taffs
Erica Wilson
Willandra Lakes World Heritage Area Advisory Committee
Chair: Michael Ockwell
Gary Griffiths
Rhys Harris
Beryl Kennedy
Roy Kennedy
Geoff Larmour
Patrick Lawson
John Magee
Ron Mengler
Steve Millington (DECCW)
Tim Nevill
Wilfred Shawcross
Darrel Sue
Bill Tatnell
Brian Wakefield
Des Wakefield
Ian Wakefield
Martin Westbrooke
Lottie Williams

DECCW membership of other significant statutory bodies

Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council	Bob Conroy, Executive Director, Park Management	
Brigalow and Nandewar Community Conservation Council	Lisa Corbyn, Director General 	
Dumaresq-Barwon Border Rivers Commission	Peter Christmas, NSW Office of Water
Paul Simpson, NSW Office of Water	
Lake Illawarra Authority	Brian Dooley, Climate Change, Policy and Programs
Chris Page, Climate Change, Policy and Programs	
Lord Howe Island Board	Alistair Henchman, Parks and Wildlife	
Murray-Darling Basin Authority – 
Basin Officials Committee	David Harriss, Commissioner, NSW Office of Water	
National Biosecurity Committee	Bob Conroy, Executive Director, Park Management	
Natural Resources Advisory Council	Lisa Corbyn, Director General (ex-officio)
David Harriss, Commissioner, NSW Office of Water	
Nature Conservation Trust	Tom Grosskopf, Climate Change, Policy and Programs	
NSW Bush Fire Co-ordinating Committee	Bob Conroy, Executive Director, Park Management	
NSW Heritage Council	Norman Laing, Executive Director, Country, Culture and Heritage
Russell Couch, Country, Culture and Heritage	
Radiation Health Committee	Len Potapof, Environment Protection and Regulation	
State Contracts Control Board	Tim Rogers, Executive Director, Departmental Performance Management and Communication (until 1 April 2010)
Sally Barnes, Deputy Director General, Parks and Wildlife (from 22 April 2010)	
State Emergency Management Committee	Joe Woodward, Deputy Director General, Environment Protection and Regulation
Craig Lamberton, Environment Protection and Regulation 	
State Heritage Register Committee	Norman Laing, Executive Director, Country, Culture and Heritage
Russell Couch, Country, Culture and Heritage	
State Records Authority Board	Zoe de Saram, Acting Executive Director, Departmental Performance Management and Communication	
Sydney Harbour Federation Trust	Bob Conroy, Executive Director, Park Management	

DECCW membership of other significant interdepartmental committees

Adaptation Senior Officer’s Group	Mark Conlon, Climate Change, Policy and Programs	
Asbestos Co-Regulators Working Group	Lesley Corkill, Environment Protection and Regulation	
Australian Collaborative Rangelands Information System Management Committee	Mike Fleming, Scientific Services	
Australian New Zealand Land Information Council Registries Working Group	Jonathon Doig, Scientific Services	
Australian Transport Council, Fuel Efficiency Working Group	Chris Thomas, Climate Change, Policy and Programs	
Biofuels Expert Panel	Ann-Louise Crotty, Climate Change, Policy and Programs	
Board of Surveyors and Spatial Information – NSW Spatial Council	Kate Wilson, Executive Director, Scientific Services	
Caring for Our Country Cooperation Committee	Jim Booth (Co-chair), Climate Change, Policy and Programs	
Chief Executive Committee	Lisa Corbyn, Director General	
Climate Change CEOs Cluster	Lisa Corbyn, Director General	
Climate Change Working Group	Mark Conlon, Climate Change, Policy and Programs	
Commonwealth Fuel Standards Consultative Committee	Ann-Louise Crotty, Climate Change, Policy and Programs	
Council of Australian Governments Adaptation Subgroup	Mark Conlon, Climate Change, Policy and Programs	
Council of Australian Governments Water Reform Committee	David Harriss, Commissioner, NSW Office of Water	
Council of Australian Governments Working Group on Climate Change and Water 	Zoe de Saram, Acting Executive Director, Departmental Performance Management and Communication
Simon Smith, Deputy Director General, Climate Change, Policy and Programs	
Council for the Australian Federation Adaptation Working Group	Mark Conlon, Climate Change, Policy and Programs	
Counter Terrorism CEOs Cluster	Greg Sullivan, Deputy Director General, Environment Protection and Regulation	
Data and Information Management Working Group – NSW Remote Sensing Subcommittee	Neil Bennett (Chair), Scientific Services	
Data and Information Management Working Group – NSW Spatial Data Infrastructure Subcommittee	Jonathon Doig, Scientific Services	
DECCW/CMA/ServiceFirst Shared Services Steering Committee	Stephanie Cross, Executive Director, Corporate Services	
Economic and Business CEOs Cluster	Lisa Corbyn, Director General	
Environment Protection and Heritage Council Air Quality Working Group	Simon Smith (Chair), Deputy Director General, Climate Change, Policy and Programs 
Ann-Louise Crotty, Climate Change, Policy and Programs	
Environment Protection and Heritage Council/Australian Transport Council Fuel Efficiency Working Group	Chris Thomas, Climate Change, Policy and Programs	
Environment Protection and Heritage Council Working Group on Noise Labelling	Lorraine Phillips and Grant Harper, Climate Change, Policy and Programs	
Environment Protection and Heritage Standing Committee	Lisa Corbyn, Director General	
Environmental Trust Subcommittee: Clean Air, Healthy Communities	Zoe de Saram, Acting Executive Director, Departmental Performance Management and Communication	
Environmental Trust Subcommittee: Contaminated Land Management Program	Craig Lamberton, Environment Protection and Regulation	
Environmental Trust Subcommittee: Great Eastern Ranges Initiative Subcommittee	Tom Grosskopf, Climate Change, Policy and Programs	
Environmental Trust Subcommittee: Land Alive (Aboriginal Land Management for Biodiversity)	Tom Grosskopf, Climate Change, Policy and Programs	
Environmental Trust Subcommittee: Native Vegetation and Private Native Forestry	Tom Grosskopf, Climate Change, Policy and Programs	
Environmental Trust Subcommittee: NSW RiverBank	Lisa Corbyn , Director General (Chair)
Simon Smith, Deputy Director General, Climate Change, Policy and Programs
Derek Rutherford, Climate Change, Policy and Programs	
Environmental Trust Technical Committee: Restoration and Rehabilitation Program	Greg Sullivan, Deputy Director General, Environment Protection and Regulation 	
Executive Implementation Steering Committee – Operational Review of the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 (NSW), the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (NSW) and the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Commonwealth)	Simon Smith, Deputy Director General, Climate Change, Policy and Programs	
Freshwater Protected Areas Task Force, World Commission on Protected Areas, International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)	Eren Turak, Scientific Services 	
Freshwater Working Group of Society for Conservation Biology	Eren Turak, Scientific Services	
Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Area Steering Committee	John O’Gorman, Parks and Wildlife	
Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network; Freshwater Ecosystems Change Working Group	Eren Turak, Scientific Services	
Intensive Agriculture Consultative Committee	Greg Sullivan, Deputy Director General, Environment Protection and Regulation	
Interagency Committee on Rail Noise	Lorraine Phillips and Anna Ernst, Climate Change, Policy and Programs	
Joint Steering Committee for Revision of Australian and New Zealand Fresh and Marine Water Quality Guidelines	John Chapman, Scientific Services 	
Land Supply CEO Group	Lisa Corbyn, Director General	
Lord Howe Island Wastewater Management Committee	Eren Turak, Scientific Services	
Marine and Coastal Committee: Research and Development Working Group Monitoring	Kate Wilson, Executive Director, Scientific Services
Klaus Koop, Scientific Services	
Marine and Coastal Committee: Research and Development Working Group, Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Task Force	Tim Pritchard, Scientific Services	
Metropolitan Water CEOs Committee	Lisa Corbyn, Director General
David Harriss, Commissioner, NSW Office of Water
Alison White, NSW Office of Water	
Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Management Team	Klaus Koop, (Chair), Scientific Services 
Bruce Cooper, NSW Office of Water	
Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Strategy Working Group	Jim Booth, Climate Change, Policy and Programs 	
Murray–Darling Basin Authority Acid Sulfate Soils Advisory Board	Glenn Atkinson, Scientific Services	
Murray–Darling Basin Authority Acid Sulfate Soils Scientific Reference Panel	Glenn Atkinson, Scientific Services	
Murray–Darling Basin Commission Salinity Management in Catchments Task Force	Mark Littleboy, Scientific Services	
National Chemicals Environmental Management (NChEM) Working Group	Therese Manning, Scientific Services
Peter Lawson, Environment Protection and Regulation	
National Coordination Committee – Aquatic Ecosystems Task Group	John Patten, Climate Change, Policy and Programs	
National Coordination Committee – Australian Collaborative Land Use Mapping Program	Richard Hicks, Scientific Services	
National Coordination Committee – Biodiversity Working Group	Michael Cavanagh, Scientific Services	
National Coordination Committee – Executive Steering Committee for Australian Land Use Mapping	Keith Emery, Scientific Services	
National Coordination Committee – Executive Steering Committee for Australian Vegetation Information	Dominic Siversten, Scientific Services	
National Coordination Committee – River Health Contact Group	Peter Scanes, Scientific Service
Bruce Cooper, NSW Office of Water	
National Coordination Committee – Technical Advisory Group for Australian Landuse Mapping	Keith Emery, Scientific Services
Nik Henry, Scientific Services	
National Committee on Soil and Terrain	Greg Chapman, Scientific Services	
National Environment Protection Standing Committee 	Lisa Corbyn, Director General
Tim Rogers, Executive Director, Departmental Performance Management and Communication (Until 1 April 2010)	
National Environment Protection Measure (Assessment of Site Contamination) – Variation Working Group	Elvin Wong, Environment Protection and Regulation	
National Hydrometric Training Advisory Group	Graham Parsons, NSW Office of Water	
National Packaging Covenant Council	Tim Rogers, Executive Director, Departmental Performance Management and Communication (until 1 April 2010)
Roz Hall, Climate Change Policy and Programs (from 1 April 2010)	
National Steering Committee for the Framework for Assessing River and Wetland Health, National Water Commission	Eren Turak, Scientific Services	
Natural Resources and Environment CEOs Cluster	Lisa Corbyn, Director General
David Harriss, Commissioner, NSW Office of Water	
Natural Resource Management Ministerial Council Standing Committee	Lisa Corbyn, Director General
Tim Rogers, Executive Director, Departmental Performance Management and Communication (until 1 April 2010) 
David Harriss, Commissioner, NSW Office of Water	
Natural Resource Management Senior Officers Group	Simon Smith, Deputy Director General, Climate Change, Policy and Programs	
Natural Resource Policies and Program Committee	Jim Booth, Climate Change Policy and Programs	
NSW Biodiversity Information Working Group	Malcolm Stephens, Scientific Services
Jane Andrews, Scientific Services	
NSW Chemical, Biological and Radiological Steering Committee	Craig Lamberton, Environment Protection and Regulation	
NSW Chief Information Officers Executive Council	David Schneider, Corporate Services	
NSW Committee for the Coordination of Government Geoscience Programs	Fletcher Townsend, Scientific Services	
NSW Electric Vehicles Taskforce	Zoe de Saram, Climate Change Policy and Programs (until February 2010)
Jennifer McAllister, Climate Change, Policy and Programs	
NSW Green Skills Taskforce	Simon Smith, Deputy Director General, Climate Change, Policy and Programs	
NSW Heritage Council History Advisory Panel	Caroline Ford, Country, Culture and Heritage 	
NSW National Oil Spill Plan Executive Committee	Greg Sullivan, Deputy Director General, Environment Protection and Regulation	
NSW National Plan Technical Working Group	Peter Scanes, Scientific Services
Moreno Julli, Scientific Services	
NSW Research Scientist Classification Committee	John Chapman, Scientific Services
Greg Bowman, Scientific Services	
NSW Site Auditor Scheme Accreditation Panel	Elvin Wong, Environment Protection and Regulation	
NSW Soil Policy Working Group	Peter Barker, Scientific Services
Greg Bowman, Scientific Services	
NSW Spatial Council	Bruce Cooper, NSW Office of Water	
NSW Spatial Council Metadata Working Group	Jonathon Doig, Scientific Services
Mick Dwyer, NSW Office of Water	
NSW Spatial Council Water Working Group	Mick Dwyer, NSW Office of Water	
Planning and Approvals CEOs Cluster	Lisa Corbyn, Director General
David Harriss, Commissioner, NSW Office of Water	
Premier’s Council for Active Living	Simon Smith, Deputy Director General, Climate Change, Policy and Programs
Chris Thomas, Climate Change, Policy and Programs	
Senior Officers’ Group on Energy Efficiency (reporting to the Council of Australian Governments)	Simon Smith, Deputy Director General, Climate Change, Policy and Programs
Zoe de Saram, Acting Executive Director, Departmental Performance Management and Communication	
Senior Officers Group on Water	Tracey Barton, NSW Office of Water
Rob O’Neill, NSW Office of Water	
State Algal Advisory Group	Bruce Cooper, NSW Office of Water
Bunty Driver, NSW Office of Water
Natasha Ryan, NSW Office of Water
Lee Bowling, NSW Office of Water	
Sustainability CEOs Cluster	Lisa Corbyn, Director General	
The Living Murray Committee	Derek Rutherford, Climate Change, Policy and Programs
David Harriss, Commissioner, NSW Office of Water	
The Living Murray Environmental Watering Group	Justen Simpson, Climate Change, Policy and Programs
Digby Jacobs, NSW Office of Water	
Transport, Planning and Infrastructure CEOs Cluster	Lisa Corbyn, Director General	
Two Ways Together Coordinating Committee	Norman Laing, Executive Director, Country, Culture and Heritage
Kellyanne Stanford, Country, Culture and Heritage	
Wetlands and Waterbirds Task Force	Alison Curtin, Climate Change, Policy and Programs	
6.	Staff statistics
6.1	DECCW employees by classification
The numbers reported are equivalent full-time (EFT) employees.
Staff category	EFT 30 June 2008	EFT 30 June 2009	EFT 30 June 2010	
Administrative and clerical	836	844	627	
Field	655	663	743	
Horticultural	135	146	145	
Manager positions	321	353	337	
Operations 	132	136	649	
Other	129	134	373	
Policy, project and research	975	993	1,029	
Ranger categories	293	303	273	
Senior officers and senior executive service	105	108	129	
Trade	15	18	16	
Total number of DECCW employees	3,596	3,698	4,321	

Figures represent all DECCW employees by classification (including the Botanic Gardens Trust). The increase in total number of DECCW employees between June 2009 and June 2010 was the result of the amalgamation with the NSW Office of Water.
 From July 2009, the new calculation of FTE was introduced in line with the NSW Public Sector Workforce profiling methodology. FTE now includes casual employees and is based on hours actually worked in the reporting period. 
Note: 	 DECCW does not report on staff attached to the Minister’s Office, staff working in catchment management authorities, or board and committee members. 
6.2	DECCW employees by location
Location	EFT 30 June 2008	EFT 30 June 2009	EFT 30 June 2010	
Sydney metropolitan area	1,944	2,027	2,245	
Regional areas	1,652	1,671	2,076	
Total	3,596	3,698	4,321	

Figures represent all DECCW employees by classification (including the Botanic Gardens Trust). Figures from July 2009 also include the NSW Office of Water.
From July 2009, the new calculation of FTE was introduced in line with the NSW Public Sector Workforce profiling methodology. FTE now includes casual employees and is based on hours actually worked in the reporting period. 
Note: DECCW does not report on staff attached to the Minister’s Office, staff working in catchment management authorities, or board and committee members. 
6.3	DECCW executive officers
SES Level	30 June 2008	30 June 2009	30 June 2010	
8	1	1	1	
7	1	1	1	
6	3	2	3	
5	2	2	2	
4	5	5	8	
3	11	11	8	
2	5	2	2	
1	0	0	0	
Total	28	24	25	

Note: Includes all DECCW SES positions including SES positions at the Botanic Gardens Trust and NSW Office of Water
6.4	DECCW female executive officers
	30 June 2008	30 June 2009	30 June 2010	
Total	4	5	7	
6.5	Staff representation levels for EEO groups
EEO figures below are provided by the Department of Premier & Cabinet following lodgement by DECCW of its Annual Workforce Profile Return. These EEO figures include staff of the Botanic Gardens Trust and the NSW Office of Water; and are based on headcount. The figures exclude casual staff and contractors. DECCW does not report on staff attached to the Minister’s Office, staff working in catchment management authorities, or board and committee members. 
Trends in the representation of EEO groups
	% of total staff*	
EEO Group	Benchmark	30 June 2007	30 June 2008	30 June 2009	30 June 2010	
Women	50	42	42	42	41	
Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders	2.6	7.5	8	8.8	8.3	
People whose first language was not English	19	8	7	7	9	
People with a disability	12	4	4	4	4	
People with a disability requiring a work-related adjustment	7	1.3	1.3	1.4	1.2	
Trends in the distribution of EEO groups
	Distribution index* for total staff	
EEO Group	Benchmark	30 June 2006	30 June 2007	30 June 2008	30 June 2009	
Women	100	102	99	100	101	
Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders	100	73	73	72	72	
People whose first language was not English	100	107	103	105	108	
People with a disability	100	98	101	103	102	
People with a disability requiring a work-related adjustment	100	112	114	118	108	
* A distribution index of 100 indicates that the centre of the distribution of the EEO group across salary levels is equivalent to that of other staff. Values less than 100 mean that the EEO group tends to be more concentrated at lower salary levels than is the case for other staff. The more pronounced this tendency is, the lower the index will be. In some cases the index may be more than 100, indicating that the EEO group is less concentrated at lower salary levels.
7.	Legislation and legal changes
Acts administered by DECCW 1 July 2009– 30 June 2010
DECCW has responsibilities, powers, duties and functions, some of which are executed in the name of the Environment Protection Authority (EPA), under the following legislation administered by the Minister for Climate Change and the Environment:
•	Brigalow and Nandewar Community Conservation Area Act 2005
•	Catchment Management Authorities Act 2003
•	Coastal Protection Act 1979 
•	Contaminated Land Management Act 1997
•	Crown Lands Act 1989 so far as it relates to the Crown Reserve known as Jenolan Caves Reserves, and the land D590137 dedicated for the public purpose of accommodation, in the Parishes of Jenolan, Bombah and Bouverie, Counties of Westmoreland and Georgiana (remainder, the Minister for Sport and Recreation, jointly with the Minister for Planning, Minister Assisting the Minister for Planning and the Minister for Lands)
•	Dangerous Goods (Road and Rail Transport) Act 2008 so far as it relates to the on-road and on-rail transport of dangerous goods by road or rail (remainder the Minister for Finance)
•	Energy and Utilities Administration Act 1987: Part 6A; s40(1A); and s45 so far as it relates to Part 6A and section 40(1A) (remainder, the Minister for Energy)
•	Environmental Trust Act 1998
•	Environmentally Hazardous Chemicals Act 1985
•	Filming Approval Act 2004
•	Fisheries Management Act 1994: Division 2 of Part 7 and s227 so far as it relates to Division 2 of Part 7; and s243 and s245 jointly with the Minister for Primary Industries (remainder, the Minister for Primary Industries) 
•	Forestry and National Park Estate Act 1998 
•	Forestry Restructuring and Nature Conservation Act 1995
•	Forestry Revocation and National Park Reservation Act 1996
•	Forestry Revocation and National Parks Reservation Act 1983
•	Forestry Revocation and National Parks Reservation Act 1984
•	Lane Cove National Park (Sugarloaf Point Additions) Act 1996
•	Lord Howe Island Act 1953
•	Lord Howe Island Aerodrome Act 1974
•	Marine Parks Act 1997 (jointly with Minister for Primary Industries) 
•	National Environment Protection Council (New South Wales) Act 1995 
•	National Park Estate (Lower Hunter Region Reservations) Act 2006
•	National Park Estate (Reservations) Act 2002
•	National Park Estate (Reservations) Act 2003
•	National Park Estate (Reservations) Act 2005
•	National Park Estate (Southern Region Reservations) Act 2000
•	National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 
•	National Parks and Wildlife (Adjustment of Areas) Act 2001
•	National Parks and Wildlife (Adjustment of Areas) Act 2005
•	National Parks and Wildlife (Adjustment of Areas) Act 2006
•	National Parks and Wildlife (Broken Head Nature Reserve) Act 2010
•	National Parks and Wildlife (Further Adjustment of Areas) Act 2005
•	National Parks and Wildlife (Leacock Regional Park) Act 2008
•	Native Vegetation Act 2003
•	Nature Conservation Trust Act 2001
•	Ozone Protection Act 1989
•	Pesticides Act 1999
•	Protection of the Environment Administration Act 1991
•	Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997
•	Radiation Control Act 1990
•	Recreation Vehicles Act 1983 (except parts, jointly with the Minister for Transport and the Minister for Roads)
•	Roads Act 1993 so far as it relates to Lord Howe Island (remainder jointly with the Minister for Transport and the Minister for Roads, the Minister for Lands and the Minister for Local Government)
•	Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Act 1980
•	Soil Conservation Act 1938
•	Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995
•	Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2001
•	Wilderness Act 1987
DECCW also supports the Minister for Water in administering the following Acts:
•	Central Coast Water Corporation Act 2006 
•	Dams Safety Act 1978 
•	Googong Dam Catchment Area Act 1975 
•	Hawkesbury-Nepean River Act 2009 
•	Hunter Water Act 1991 
•	Menindee Lakes Storage Agreement Act 1964 
•	New South Wales-Queensland Border Rivers Act 1947 
•	Pipelines Act 1967 (jointly with the Minister for Energy) 
•	Public Works Act 1912, section 34 (3) and (4) (remainder, the Minister for Commerce) 
•	State Water Corporation Act 2004 
•	Sydney Water Act 1994 
•	Sydney Water Catchment Management Act 1998 
•	Water Act 1912 
•	Water (Commonwealth Powers) Act 2008 
•	Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards (New South Wales) Act 2005 
•	Water Industry Competition Act 2006 (except Part 3, the Premier) 
•	Water Management Act 2000 
New and amending Acts
The following Acts were assented to in 2009–10:
•	Historic Houses Amendment (Throsby Park Historic Site) Act 2010
•	National Park Estate (Riverina Red Gums Reservation) Act 2010
•	National Parks and Wildlife (Broken Head Nature Reserve) Act 2010
•	National Parks and Wildlife Amendment Act 2010
•	National Parks and Wildlife (Visitors and Tourists) Act 2010
•	Threatened Species Conservation Amendment (Biodiversity Certification) Act 2010
New and amending Regulations
The following Regulations were made or re-made in 2009–10:
•	Marine Parks Regulation 2009
•	National Parks and Wildlife Regulation 2009
•	Native Vegetation (Application of Act) Regulation 2009
•	Pesticides Amendment (Qualifications) Regulation 2010
•	Pesticides Regulation 2009
•	Protection of the Environment Operations (Clean Air) Amendment (Vapour Recovery) Regulation 2009
•	Protection of the Environment Operations (Noise Control) Amendment (Maximum Exhaust Noise Levels) Regulation 2010
•	Water Management (General) Amendment (Miscellaneous) Regulation 2009
•	Water Management (General) Amendment (Controlled Activity Approval Exemption) Regulation 2009
•	Water Management (General) Further Amendment (Miscellaneous) Regulation 2009
•	Water Management (General) Amendment (Transitional) Regulation 2009
•	Water (Part 2 – General) Amendment (Entitlements Transfer Process) Regulation 2009
New and amending water sharing plans
The following water sharing plans were made in 2009–10:
•	Water Sharing Plan for the Central Coast Unregulated Water Sources 2009 
•	Water Sharing Plan for the Coffs Harbour Area Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2009 
•	Water Sharing Plan for the Hunter Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2009 
•	Water Sharing Plan for the Lower North Coast Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2009 
•	Water Sharing Plan for the Peel Valley Regulated, Unregulated, Alluvium and Fractured Rock Water Sources 2010. 
The following Water Sharing Plans were amended in 2009–10:
•	the Water Sharing Plan for the New South Wales Murray and Lower Darling Regulated Rivers Water Sources 2003 was amended by the Water Sharing Plan for the New South Wales Murray and Lower Darling Regulated Rivers Water Sources Amendment Order 2010 made under section 45 (1) (a) of the Water Management Act 2000. The amendments took effect on 9 July 2010.
Legislative reviews
The following legislative review commenced this year: 
•	Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995
8.	Infringements and prosecutions
Penalty notices issued by DECCW and local government under Environment Protection Authority legislation
Infringement	DECCW authorised officers	Local and NSW government authorised officers	
Air: Smoky vehicles – POEO* (Clean Air) Regulation	302	4	
Air: Other air offences from vehicles – POEO Act, POEO (Clean Air) Regulation	41	0	
Air and odour: All non-vehicles offences – POEO Act, POEO (Noise Control) Regulation	5	2	
Noise: Noisy vehicles – POEO (Noise Control) Regulation	188	94	
Noise: All non-vehicles offences – POEO Act, POEO (Noise Control) Regulation	6	22	
Waste: Littering (from motor vehicles) – POEO Act	857	2,577	
Waste: Aggravated littering (motor vehicle related) – POEO Act	0	27	
Waste: Littering (other than motor vehicles) – POEO Act	0	1,233	
Waste: All offences – POEO Act, POEO (Waste) Regulation	36	206	
Water: All offences – POEO Act	7	593	
Dangerous goods: All offences – Road Transport Reform (Dangerous Goods) (NSW) Regulations, Rail Transport Reform (Dangerous Goods) (NSW) Regulations	2	0	
Pesticides: All offences – Pesticides Act and Regulation	22	0	
Native vegetation: All offences – Native Vegetation Act	20	0	
Threatened species: All offences – Threatened Species Conservation Regulation	3	0	
Radiation: All offences – Radiation Control Act and Regulation	17	0	
Ozone: All offences – Ozone Protection Act and Regulation	0	0	
Other offences (e.g. contravene a condition of a licence) – POEO Act, POEO (General) Regulation	68	436	
Total penalty infringement notices issued	1,574	5,194	
Total value of fines imposed (estimates only) 	$625,700	$2,030,335	
Source: DECCW data – Manual Penalty Notice Database. Motor Vehicle Compliance Database. Government data: Office of State Revenue (Infringement Processing Bureau). Based on legislation administered by DECCW.
* POEO = Protection of the Environment Operations
Prosecutions
DECCW can commence prosecutions for environment protection offences under the authority of the Environment Protection Authority. DECCW can also commence prosecutions for offences under native vegetation, threatened species, parks, wildlife, Aboriginal heritage and water legislation. 
DECCW commenced 139 prosecutions in 2009–10, and completed 134. The 134 completed prosecutions resulted in:
•	114 convictions
•	7 matters where the offence was proven but a conviction was not recorded
•	8 acquittals
•	5 charges dealt with under s. 32 of the Mental Health (Forensic Provisions) Act 1990.
Details of prosecutions completed during 2009–10 are recorded in the following tables:
LEC	=	NSW Land and Environment Court
LC	=	local court
s. 10 = under s. 10 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 the court, although finding the defendant guilty of the offences charged, did not record a conviction or impose a penalty.
Note: Unless otherwise stated, the dollar amount referred to in the ’Result/penalty’ column is a fine.

Prosecutions completed under EPA legislation
Tier 1 offences
Defendant	Charge 	Result/penalty	Court	
Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997
Geerdink, Rene	Negligently dispose of waste in a manner that harms or is likely to harm the environment	$50,000 
Ordered to perform 460 hours of community service	LEC	
Wattke, Martin	Negligently dispose of waste in a manner that harms or is likely to harm the environment	$50,000 
Ordered to perform 460 hours of community service	LEC	

 Tier 2 offences
Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997
Albury City Council	Pollute waters	$45,500
Ordered to pay investigation costs of $2,544	LEC	
Botany Building Recyclers Pty Ltd	Breach licence condition	$4,500	Burwood LC	
Botany Building Recyclers Pty Ltd	Breach licence condition 	$1,800	Burwood LC	
Botany Building Recyclers Pty Ltd	Breach licence condition 	$3,600	Burwood LC	
C Tile Master Pty Ltd	Littering	$450	North Sydney LC	
Causmag Ore Company Pty Ltd	Breach licence condition	$20,000 
Ordered to pay $45,000 to Young Shire Council for the re-vegetation of Victoria Street Landfill Project and publicise details of the offence in the Young Witness. Also ordered to pay investigation costs of $4,170	LEC	
Chidiac, George	Littering	$800	Downing Centre LC	
Chidiac, George	Littering	$800	Downing Centre LC	
Geerdink, Rene	Pollute waters	$10,000
Ordered to pay investigation costs of $15,000	LEC	
Ghossayn, George	Air pollution caused by a failure to deal with materials in a proper and efficient manner	$38,250	LEC	
Ghossayn, George	Unlawful use of land as a waste facility	$12,750	LEC	
Groves, Bradley Michael Reginald	Littering	$150	Manly LC	
Hanna, Dib Hanna Abdallah	Unlawfully transport and deposit waste	Ordered to pay $32,000 to the Environmental Trust for the Emergency Pollution and Orphan Waste Cleanup Program and to publicise details of the offence in the Liverpool Leader and Blacktown Advocate. Also ordered to pay clean up costs of $3,724.60	LEC	
Defendant	Charge 	Result/penalty	Court	
Hanna, Dib Hanna Abdallah	Unlawfully transport and deposit waste	Ordered to pay $24,000 to the Environmental Trust for the Emergency Pollution and Orphan Waste Cleanup Program and to publicise details of the offence in the Liverpool Leader and Blacktown Advocate. Also ordered to pay clean up costs of $1,800	LEC	
Hanna, Dib Hanna Abdallah	Unlawfully transport and deposit waste	Ordered to pay $32,000 to the Environmental Trust for the Emergency Pollution and Orphan Waste Cleanup Program and to publicise details of the offence in the Liverpool Leader and Blacktown Advocate. Also ordered to pay clean up costs of $2,758	LEC	
Hanna, Dib Hanna Abdallah	Unlawfully transport and deposit waste	Ordered to pay $16,000 to the Environmental Trust for the Emergency Pollution and Orphan Waste Cleanup Program and to publicise details of the offence in the Liverpool Leader and Blacktown Advocate. 	LEC	
Holley, Graham	Breach licence condition	s.10
Ordered to pay investigation costs of $4,147.08	LEC	
Jumpers Hill Enterprises Pty Ltd	Pollute waters	$2,000
Ordered to pay investigation costs of $10,000	Bathurst LC	
Lan2go Pty Ltd	Littering	s.10	Campbelltown LC	
Pound, Abbie Beth	Littering	$200	Newtown LC	
Ramsey Food Processing Pty Ltd	Pollute waters	$10,000 
Ordered to publicise details of the offence in the Sydney Morning Herald and Grafton Daily Examiner. Also ordered to pay investigation costs of $4,492.61	LEC	
Ramsey Food Processing Pty Ltd	Pollute waters	$40,000 
Ordered to publicise details of the offence in the Sydney Morning Herald and Grafton Daily Examiner. Also ordered to pay investigation costs of $4,492.61	LEC	
Ramsey Food Processing Pty Ltd	Failure to notify of pollution incident that caused or threatened material harm to the environment	$80,000 
Ordered to publicise details of the offence in the Sydney Morning Herald and Grafton Daily Examiner. Also ordered to pay investigation costs of $4,492.61	LEC	
Defendant	Charge 	Result/penalty	Court	
Smart Skip (NSW) Pty Ltd	Unlawful use of land as a waste facility	$50,000 
Ordered to provide monthly reports of tonnages to the EPA and to publicise details of the offence in the trade journal Inside Waste	LEC	
Smith, David Anthony	Littering	Acquitted	Blacktown LC	
State of New South Wales, Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water	Breach licence condition	Ordered to pay $80,000 to the Southern Rivers Catchment Management Authority for riparian and rehabilitation works along 15 km of Thredbo River	LEC	
Transpacific Industries Pty Ltd	Provide false information under licence condition	$14,000 
Ordered to publicise details of the offence in the Sydney Morning Herald, Newcastle Herald and Maitland Mercury	LEC	
Transpacific Industries Pty Ltd	Breach licence condition	$6,500 
Ordered to publicise details of the offence in the Sydney Morning Herald, Newcastle Herald and Maitland Mercury	LEC	
Transpacific Refiners Pty Ltd	Breach licence condition	$9,750 
Ordered to publicise details of the offence in the Sydney Morning Herald, Newcastle Herald and Maitland Mercury	LEC	
Wattke, Martin	Pollute waters	$10,000 
Ordered to pay investigation costs of $15,000	LEC	
Werris Creek Coal Pty Ltd	Breach licence condition	Ordered to pay $49,000 towards the rehabilitation of Quipolly Dam and to publicise details of the offence in the Sydney Morning Herald and Financial Review. Also, ordered to pay investigation costs of $2,764.72	LEC	
Williams Bobcats Pty Ltd	Unlawfully transport and deposit waste	$3,750 
Ordered to publicise details of the offence in the Moree Champion and Northern Daily Leader	Moree LC	
Williams Bobcats Pty Ltd	Unlawfully transport and deposit waste	$3,750 
Ordered to publicise details of the offence in the Moree Champion and Northern Daily Leader	Moree LC	
Williams Bobcats Pty Ltd	Unlawfully transport and deposit waste	$5,625 
Ordered to publicise details of the offence in the Moree Champion and Northern Daily Leader	Moree LC	
Williams, Robert James	Unlawfully transport and deposit waste	$3,400 
Ordered to publicise details of the offence in the Moree Champion and Northern Daily Leader	Moree LC	
Defendant	Charge 	Result/penalty	Court	
Williams, Robert James	Unlawfully transport and deposit waste	$2,237 
Ordered to publicise details of the offence in the Moree Champion and Northern Daily Leader	Moree LC	
Williams, Robert James	Unlawfully transport and deposit waste	$2,238 
Ordered to publicise details of the offence in the Moree Champion and Northern Daily Leader	Moree LC	
Zeidan, Sarwat Abdul Hakim	Pollute waters	$4,000 
Ordered to pay asbestos disposal costs of $990	Penrith LC	
Zeidan, Sarwat Abdul Hakim	Unlawfully transport and deposit waste	$6,000	Penrith LC	

 Protection of the Environment Operations (Noise Control) Regulation 2008
Greenland, Darren John	Noisy vehicle	$400	Liverpool LC	

 Protection of the Environment Operations (Clean Air) Regulation 2002
Arslan, Musa	Smoky vehicle	$500	Downing Centre LC	
Bowport Allroads Transport Pty Ltd	Smoky vehicle	$16,000 
Ordered to audit all vehicles registered before 2002 and to publicise details of the offence in the Daily Telegraph and St George and Sutherland Shire Leader. Also ordered to send staff on training program and complete RTA Clean Fleet program	LEC	
Bowport Allroads Transport Pty Ltd	Smoky vehicle	$16,000 
Ordered to audit all vehicles registered before 2002 and to publicise details of the offence in the Daily Telegraph and St George and Sutherland Shire Leader. Also ordered to send staff on training program and complete RTA Clean Fleet program	LEC	
Bowport Allroads Transport Pty Ltd	Smoky vehicle	$16,000 
Ordered to audit all vehicles registered before 2002 and to publicise details of the offence in the Daily Telegraph and St George and Sutherland Shire Leader. Also ordered to send staff on training program and complete RTA Clean Fleet program	LEC	
Bowport Allroads Transport Pty Ltd	Smoky vehicle	$16,000 
Ordered to audit all vehicles registered before 2002 and to publicise details of the offence in the Daily Telegraph and St George and Sutherland Shire Leader. Also ordered to send staff on training program and complete RTA Clean Fleet program	LEC	
Defendant	Charge 	Result/penalty	Court	
Bowport Allroads Transport Pty Ltd	Smoky vehicle	$16,000 Ordered to audit all vehicles registered before 2002 and to publicise details of the offence in the Daily Telegraph and St George and Sutherland Shire Leader. Also ordered to send staff on training program and complete RTA Clean Fleet program	LEC	
Harry Arnall Removals and Storage Pty Ltd	Smoky vehicle	$1,500	Parramatta LC	
Loumbos Pty Ltd	Smoky vehicle	$500	Downing Centre LC	
Taateo, Petelo	Smoky vehicle	$600	Downing Centre LC	

 NON-TIER OFFENCES
Defendant	Charge 	Result/penalty	Court	
Pesticides Act 1999
Betland, Russell	Use pesticide on non-target animals	$5,000	Liverpool LC	
Betland, Russell	Use pesticide on non-target animals	$2,500	Liverpool LC	

 Pesticides Regulation 1995
Farrugia, Louis	Failure to make required record of pesticide use	s.10	Downing Centre LC	

Total fines and penalties under EPA legislation
Fines						$582,250
Other financial penalties			$278,000
Total fines and other financial penalties	$860,500
Prosecutions completed under parks and wildlife, threatened species, Aboriginal heritage and related legislation
Non-tier offences
Defendant	Charge	Result/penalty	Court	
 Fisheries Management Act 1994	
Jensen, Richard	Failure to possess official receipt	$100	Nowra LC	

Defendant	Charge	Result/penalty	Court	
 Marine Parks Act 1997	
Clouten, Tony Allan	Assault marine parks officer	$1,000 
Ordered boat to be forfeited	Forster LC	
Clouten, Tony Allan	Assault marine parks officer	$1,000	Forster LC	
Clouten, Tony Allan	Abuse marine parks officer	$400	Forster LC	
Clouten, Tony Allan	Abuse marine parks officer	$400	Forster LC	
 National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974	
Name withheld for privacy reasons	Import protected fauna	Dealt with under s. 32 of the Mental Health (Forensic Provisions) Act 1990	Bega LC	
Name withheld for privacy reasons	Breach licence condition	Dealt with under s. 32 of the Mental Health (Forensic Provisions) Act 1990	Bega LC	
Name withheld for privacy reasons	Possess protected fauna	Dealt with under s. 32 of the Mental Health (Forensic Provisions) Act 1990	Bega LC	
Name withheld for privacy reasons	Import protected fauna	Dealt with under s. 32 of the Mental Health (Forensic Provisions) Act 1990	Bega LC	
Betland, Russell	Use of prescribed substance for attempting to harm birds	4 months imprisonment (subject to appeal)	Liverpool LC	
Chaffey, Brian George	Harm animal that is part of a threatened species	Ordered to perform 17 hours of community service	LEC	
Chaffey, Brian George	Harm animal that is part of a threatened species	Ordered to perform 32 hours of community service	LEC	
Chaffey, Brian George	Harm animal that is part of a threatened species	Ordered to perform 7 hours of community service	LEC	
Chaffey, Brian George	Harm animal that is part of a threatened species	Ordered to perform 21 hours of community service	LEC	
Chaffey, Brian George	Harm protected fauna	Ordered to perform 3 hours of community service	LEC	
Ftizmaurice, John Edward	Breach licence condition	$2,000	Deniliquin LC	
Ftizmaurice, John Edward	Breach licence condition	$2,000	Deniliquin LC	
Ftizmaurice, John Edward	Harm protected fauna	$2,000	Deniliquin LC	
Ftizmaurice, John Edward	Harm protected fauna	$2,000	Deniliquin LC	
Ftizmaurice, John Edward	Harm protected fauna	$2,000	Deniliquin LC	
Ftizmaurice, John Edward	Breach licence condition	$2,000	Deniliquin LC	
Green, Kelwin Peter	Possess protected fauna	s. 10	Liverpool LC	
Green, Kelwin Peter	Import protected fauna	Convicted – nil fine	Liverpool LC	
Green, Kelwin Peter	Import protected fauna	$750	Liverpool LC	
Green, Kelwin Peter	Possess protected fauna	s. 10	Liverpool LC	
Green, Kelwin Peter	Sell protected fauna	Convicted – nil fine	Liverpool LC	
Green, Kelwin Peter	Import protected fauna	Convicted – nil fine	Liverpool LC	
Green, Kelwin Peter	Sell protected fauna	Convicted – nil fine	Liverpool LC	
Green, Kelwin Peter	Carry on business of fauna dealing without a licence	$250	Liverpool LC	
Green, Kelwin Peter	Sell protected fauna	$250	Liverpool LC	
Hockey, Brian George	Pick plant that is part of an endangered ecological community	Acquitted	LEC	
Ianna, Ross Anthony	Pick plant that is part of an endangered ecological community	Convicted – nil fine	LEC	
Lormine Pty Ltd	Approach marine mammal closer than prescribed distance	Acquitted	Forster LC	
Lormine Pty Ltd	Approach marine mammal closer than prescribed distance	Acquitted	Forster LC	
Lormine Pty Ltd	Approach marine mammal closer than prescribed distance	Acquitted	Forster LC	
Rawson, Lance	Pick plant that is part of a threatened species	$4,000
Ordered to perform 8 hours of community service	LEC	
Rawson, Lance	Pick plant that is part of a threatened species	$66,000
Ordered to perform 130 hours of community service	LEC	
Rawson, Lance	Pick plant that is part of a threatened species	$6,000
Ordered to perform 12 hours of community service	LEC	
Rawson, Lance	Pick plant that is part of a threatened species	$5,000
Ordered to perform 10 hours of community service	LEC	
Rawson, Lance	Pick plant that is part of a threatened species	$35,000
Ordered to perform 70 hours of community service	LEC	
Rawson, Lance	Pick plant that is part of a threatened species	$17,000
Ordered to perform 35 hours of community service	LEC	
Rawson, Lance	Pick plant that is part of a threatened species	$2,000
Ordered to perform 5 hours of community service	LEC	
Somerville, Jasen Allen	Pick plant that is part of an endangered ecological community	$30,000	LEC	
Southon, Donald Esmond	Pick plant that is part of an endangered ecological community	Acquitted	LEC	
Tsiamis, Peter Tony	Damage reserved land	Ordered to pay $36,715.80 towards remediation works to the Milligans Gully Dam area	Wyong LC	
Vurlow, Glenn David	Pick plant that is part of an endangered ecological community	Acquitted	LEC	
Wellington Council	Disturb Aboriginal object	$1,500	Wellington LC	

 National Parks and Wildlife Regulation 2002
Name withheld for privacy reasons	Provide false information in licence application	Dealt with under s. 32 of the Mental Health (Forensic Provisions) Act 1990	Bega LC	
Diab, Bassima	Park vehicle without valid pass displayed	$68	Sutherland LC	
Gray, Robert Leslie	Park vehicle without valid pass displayed	s.10	Sutherland LC	
Leuthwaite, Kelvin	Possess animal in park	$200	Gosford LC	

National Parks and Wildlife Regulation 2009
Ghayasy, Zobaer	Park vehicle without valid pass displayed	$100	North Sydney LC	
Rebolledo Pardo, Williams Alejandro	Park vehicle without valid pass displayed	$100	Sutherland LC	

Total fines under parks and wildlife, threatened species, 
Aboriginal heritage and related legislation				$199,968
Prosecutions completed under native vegetation legislation
Non-tier offences
Defendant	Charge 	Result/penalty	Court	

 Native Vegetation Act 2003
Calman Australia Pty Ltd	Clear native vegetation	$22,000	LEC	
Clarence Resources Pty Ltd 	Clear native vegetation	$5,000	Grafton LC	
GD & JA Williams Pty Ltd	Clear native vegetation	$22,000	LEC	
Hewitt, Timothy	Clear native vegetation	Convicted – nil fine	Dubbo LC	
Holmes, Hugh de Jenner	Clear native vegetation	Acquitted	Moree LC	
Howard, John Maurice	Clear native vegetation	$1,500	Inverell LC	
Ian Colley Earthmoving Pty Ltd	Clear native vegetation	$5,000	LEC	
Iroch Pty Limited	Clear native vegetation	$22,500	LEC	
Jack & Bill Issa Pty Ltd	Clear native vegetation	Convicted – nil fine	LEC	
Mura, Mario	Clear native vegetation	$5,000	LEC	
Olmwood Pty Ltd	Clear native vegetation	$100,000	LEC	
Rae, John	Clear native vegetation	$160,000	LEC	

 Total fines under native vegetation legislation:	$342,500
Prosecutions completed under water legislation
No prosecutions were completed in 2009–10 under the Water Act 1912 or the Water Management Act 2000. For details of the compliance activities undertaken, including remediation notices, licence suspensions, stop work orders and penalty notices, see Chapter 5.
Total DECCW prosecutions completed
	Number of completed prosecutions	Value of fines and financial penalties	
Total prosecutions under EPA legislation (fines and other financial penalties)	53	860,250	
Total prosecutions under parks, wildlife, threatened species, Aboriginal heritage and related legislation (fines)	69	$199,968	
Total prosecutions under native vegetation legislation (fines)	12	$342,500	
Total DECCW prosecutions	134	$1,402,718	

Significant civil decisions

Parties	Court	Citation	Description of proceedings	Result	
DECCW civil cases	
Arnold & Ors v Minister Administering the Water Management Act 2000 & Ors	High Court of Australia	[2010] HCA 3	Challenge against the making of the Water Sharing Plan for the Lower Murray Groundwater Source which had the effect of converting the plaintiffs’ Water Act 1912 licences into licences issued under the Water Management Act 2000.	By majority (6:1) the High Court rejected the plaintiffs’ challenge.	
Biddle & Ors v Water Administration Ministerial Corporation & Ors	Local Land Board (Crookwell)	NA LLB 08-1	The operators of a commercial olive grove applied to the Water Administration Ministerial Corporation for a s. 10 Water Act 1912 licence to extract water from the Cooks Vale Creek. The corporation determined that the licence should be granted subject to various conditions. Various persons objected to the granting of the licence on a number of grounds including environmental concerns.	Licence granted subject to various conditions.	
Cleo’s Unitisation Pty Ltd and Brian Clifford Powell v Minister administering the Water Management Act 2000	Land and Environment Court	n.a.	Appeal against a decision to issue stop work orders under s. 327(2) of the Water Management Act 2000.	Proceedings settled out of court. No order as to costs.	
EPA v Mato Investments Pty Ltd	Land and Environment Court 	[2010] NSWLEC 56	EPA sought enforcement of the terms of an enforceable undertaking regarding the payment of money towards an environmental project.	Respondent ordered to pay money towards the environmental project in accordance with a schedule approved by the court.	
Graymarshall Pty Ltd v Director General of DECCW	Land and Environment Court	[2010] NSWLEC 54	Graymarshall sought a review of the validity of a notice issued under the Native Vegetation Act 2003 requiring it to provide information and documents for an investigation.	Application dismissed and Graymarshall ordered to pay DECCW’s costs.	
Harvey & Ors v Minister Administering the Water Management Act 2000 	High Court of Australia	[2009] HCA Trans 178 (31 July 2009)	Applicants sought special leave to appeal against the decision of the NSW Court of Appeal which dismissed their earlier appeal from a decision of the Land and Environment Court. The case considered the Minister’s duty to afford the appellants procedural fairness when making the Water Sharing Plan for the Lower Murrumbidgee Groundwater Source 2003 Amendment Order 2006.	Special leave to appeal to the High Court refused. Appellants ordered to pay the Minister’s costs.	
ICM Agriculture Pty Ltd & Ors v The Commonwealth of Australia & Ors 	High Court of Australia	[2009] HCA 51	Challenge against the making of the Water Sharing Plan for the Lower Lachlan Groundwater Source which had the effect of converting the plaintiffs’ Water Act 1912 licences into licences issued under the Water Management Act 2000. 	By majority (6:1) the High Court rejected the plaintiffs’ challenge.	
O'Keefe v Water Administration Ministerial Corporation	Land and Environment Court	[2010] NSWLEC 9	Appeal against the decision of the Local Land Board at Orange to grant a s. 10 Water Act 1912 licence to Mr and Mrs Eccleston to construct and use a pump to take water from a dam located on an adjacent property.	1. Appeal dismissed.
2. Local Land Board’s decision confirmed.	
Joly Pty Ltd v Director General of DECCW 	Land and Environment Court	[2009] NSWLEC 217 	Joly sought a review of the terms of a remedial direction issued to it under the Native Vegetation Act 2003.	Court upheld the legal basis for the remedial direction and determined the merit appeal by issuing a remediation direction on modified terms.	
Walker Corporation Pty Ltd v Director General of DECCW	Land and Environment Court	[2009] NSWLEC 177	Walker Corporation sought a review of the ability of the respondent’s officers to utilise powers under the Native Vegetation Act 2003 to enter Walker Corporation’s premises. 	Application dismissed, Walker Corporation ordered to pay DECCW’s costs.	
Walker Corporation Pty Ltd v Director General of DECCW	Court of Appeal 	[2009] NSWCA 392	Walker Corporation appealed the decision of the Land and Environment Court referred to above. 	Appeal dismissed, Walker Corporation ordered to pay DECCW’s costs.	
Warwick James Hilton v Minister administering the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974	Supreme Court of NSW	[2009] NSWSC 613	Mr Hilton sought a declaration about the construction of a licence issued on behalf of the Minister.	Application dismissed and Mr Hilton ordered to pay the Minister’s costs.	

9.	DECCW-managed lands and waters
DECCW-managed lands and waters at 30 June 2010
Terrestrial protected areas
Aboriginal areas
Appletree	4
Bandahngan	3
Clybucca	890
Dubay Nurahm	6
Finchley	4
Howe	7
Jubullum Flat Camp	7
Lennox Head	<1
Mooney Mooney	8
Mount Kuring-gai	1
Murramarang	60
Nambucca	2
Nunguu Mirral	122
Pindera Downs	11,433
Snake Rock	61
Stonewoman	2
Total area Aboriginal areas	12,609
Historic sites
Cadmans Cottage	<1
Clybucca	467
Davidson Whaling Station	27
Hartley	14
Hill End	134
Innes Ruins	406
Koonadan	22
Maroota	33
Maynggu Ganai	16
Mount Grenfell	1,357
Mutawintji	486
Throsby Park	75
Tweed Heads	8
Wisemans Ferry	21
Yuranighs Aboriginal Grave	2
Total area historic sites	3,066
National parks
Abercrombie River	19,000
Arakwal	199
Bago Bluff	4,023
Bald Rock	8,883
Bangadilly	2,143
Barakee	5,011
Barool	11,214
Barrington Tops	76,512
Basket Swamp	2,820
Belford	294
Bellinger River	2,830
Benambra	1,399
Ben Boyd	10,486
Ben Halls Gap	3,018
Biamanga	13,749
Bimberamala	4,396
Bindarri	5,595
Biriwal Bulga	6,528
Blue Mountains	268,987
Bongil Bongil	4,233
Boonoo Boonoo	4,377
Booti Booti	1,567
Border Ranges	31,729
Botany Bay	456
Bouddi	1,532
Bournda	2,655
Brindabella	18,454
Brisbane Water	11,506
Broadwater	4,270
Budawang	23,787
Budderoo	7,120
Bugong	1,022
Bundjalung	20,359
Bungawalbin	3,730
Bungonia	770
Butterleaf	3,000
Capertee	2,839
Capoompeta	4,297
Carrai	11,397
Cascade	3,620
Cataract	3,406
Cathedral Rock	10,966
Cattai	424
Chaelundi	19,175
Clyde River	1,278
Cocoparra	8,358
Columbey	868
Conimbla	8,472
Conjola	11,597
Coolah Tops 	15,336
Coorabakh 	1,840
Cottan–Bimbang 	30,679
Crowdy Bay 	10,425
Culgoa 	35,240
Cunnawarra 	16,315
Curracabundi 	14,494
Deua 	122,033
Dharug 	14,852
Dooragan 	1,042
Dorrigo 	11,902
Dunggir 	2,651
Eurobodalla 	2,913
Fortis Creek 	7,960
Gaagal Wanggaan (South Beach)	635
Gardens of Stone 	15,080
Garigal 	2,203
Georges River 	514
Ghin-Doo-Ee 	4,819
Gibraltar Range 	25,407
Gir-um-bit 	580
Goobang 	42,080
Goolawah	534
Goonengerry 	440
Goulburn River 	72,695
Gourock 	7,873
Gulaga 	4,673
Gumbaynggirr 	4,938
Gundabooka 	63,903
Guy Fawkes River 	109,582
Hat Head 	7,459
Heathcote 	2,679
Hunter Wetlands 	3,888
Indwarra 	940
Jerrawangala 	4,009
Jervis Bay 	4,858
Junuy Juluum 	945
Kalyarr 	8,173
Kanangra-Boyd 	72,561
Karuah 	3,534
Keverstone 	1,000
Kinchega 	44,260
Kings Plains 	6,919
Kooraban 	11,644
Koreelah 	5,270
Kosciuszko 	673,492
Kumbatine 	15,100
Ku-ring-gai Chase 	14,978
Kwiambal 	7,157
Lane Cove 	640
Livingstone 	1,919
Macquarie Pass 	1,064
Mallanganee 	1,144
Mallee Cliffs 	57,969
Maria 	2,335
Marramarra 	11,786
Marrangaroo 	1,670
Maryland 	2,283
Mebbin 	3,800
Meroo 	3,663
Middle Brother 	1,830
Mimosa Rocks 	5,804
Minjary 	1,462
Monga 	27,077
Mooball 	1,160
Morton 	194,459
Mount Clunie 	1,426
Mount Imlay 	4,822
Mount Jerusalem 	5,149
Mount Kaputar 	50,225
Mount Nothofagus 	2,180
Mount Pikapene 	2,630
Mount Royal 	6,920
Mummel Gulf 	14,127
Mungo 	110,967
Murramarang 	12,387
Mutawintji 	68,912
Myall Lakes 	47,599
Nangar 	9,196
Nattai 	50,123
New England 	68,722
Nightcap 	8,080
Nowendoc 	17,374
Nymboi–Binderay 	17,585
Nymboida 	40,492
Oolambeyan 	21,851
Oxley Wild Rivers 	145,145
Paroo–Darling 	178,053
Popran 	3,970
Ramornie 	3,307
Richmond Range 	15,712
Royal 	15,092
Saltwater 	33
Scheyville 	920
Scone Mountain 	78
Seven Mile Beach 	964
Single 	2,559
South East Forest 	116,348
Sturt 	325,329
Sydney Harbour 	393
Tallaganda 	16,729
Tapin Tops 	10,976
Tarlo River 	8,074
Thirlmere Lakes 	666
Tilligerry 	141
Timbarra 	1,772
Tomaree 	2,402
Tooloom 	4,380
Toonumbar 	14,991
Towarri 	6,074
Turon 	3,104
Ulidarra 	680
Wadbilliga 	98,530
Wallarah 	178
Wallaroo 	2,780
Wallingat 	6,557
Warra 	2,031
Warrabah 	4,390
Warrumbungle 	23,312
Washpool 	68,819
Watagans 	7,798
Weddin Mountains 	8,377
Werakata 	3,337
Werrikimbe 	33,309
Willandra 	19,386
Willi Willi 	29,870
Woko 	8,730
Wollemi 	493,770
Wollumbin 	4,117
Woolooma 	495
Woomargama 	24,185
Worimi 	1,827
Wyrrabalong 	620
Yabbra 	8,890
Yanga 	31,190
Yanununbeyan 	3,521
Yarrahapinni Wetlands 	1,245
Yarriabini 	2,183
Yengo 	154,877
Yuraygir 	35,521
Total area national parks	5,045,422
Nature reserves
Aberbaldie 	284
Agnes Banks 	123
Andrew Johnston Big Scrub	21
Arakoola 	3,180
Araluen 	656
Avisford 	2,437
Awabakal 	228
Baalijin 	2,701
Back River 	735
Badja Swamps 	561
Bagul Waajaarr 	520
Ballina 	721
Bamarang 	370
Bandicoot Island 	30
Banyabba 	15,210
Barrengarry 	21
Barren Grounds 	2,041
Barton 	529
Bees Nest 	1,616
Bell Bird Creek 	53
Belowla Island 	4
Berkeley 	8
Bermaguee 	818
Berrico 	910
Big Bush 	640
Billinudgel 	781
Bimberi 	10,868
Binjura 	707
Binnaway 	3,699
Bird Island 	7
Black Andrew 	1,559
Bluff River 	1,793
Boatharbour 	24
Bobundara 	204
Bogandyera 	9,528
Boginderra Hills 	799
Bolivia Hill 	1,782
Bollanolla	650
Bondi Gulf 	1,800
Boomi 	156
Boomi West 	149
Boonanghi 	4,470
Boondelbah 	12
Boorganna 	390
Booroolong 	968
Boronga 	195
Bournda 	5,862
Bowraville 	81
Bretti 	2,902
Bridal Veil Falls 	151
Brigalow 	202
Brimbin 	52
Broken Head 	107
Broulee Island 	42
Brundee Swamp 	230
Brunswick Heads 	222
Brush Island 	47
Brushy Hill 	80
Buddigower 	327
Budelah 	4,045
Bugan 	1,530
Bull Island 	1
Bungabbee 	169
Bungawalbin 	467
Burning Mountain 	15
Burnt-Down Scrub 	364
Burnt School 	285
Burra Creek 	270
Burral Yurrul	1,341
Burrinjuck 	5,250
Bushy Island 	<1
Byrnes Scrub 	737
Cambewarra Range 	1,883
Camels Hump 	545
Camerons Gorge 	1,318
Captains Creek 	2,834
Careunga 	469
Castlereagh 	490
Cecil Hoskins 	47
Cedar Brush 	190
Chambigne 	798
Chapmans Peak 	72
Clarence Estuary 	130
Clarkes Hill 	2,201
Cockle Bay 	68
Cocopara 	4,647
Colongra Swamp 	112
Comboyne 	23
Comerong Island 	660
Coocumbac Island 	5
Cook Island 	5
Coolbaggie 	1,793
Coolongolook 	198
Coolumbooka 	1,529
Cooperabung Creek 	325
Coornartha 	1,184
Copperhannia 	3,497
Coramba 	8
Corrie Island 	164
Couchy Creek 	218
Courabyra 	239
Coxcomb 	73
Cudgen 	897
Cudgera Creek 	60
Cullendulla Creek 	126
Cumbebin Swamp 	92
Cuumbeun 	709
Dalrymple-Hay 	11
Dananbilla 	3,416
Dangelong 	4,974
Dapper 	999
Darawank 	575
Davis Scrub 	14
Deer Vale 	181
Demon 	900
Dharawal 	347
Doctors Nose Mountain 	66
Donnybrook 	276
Downfall 	496
Dthinna Dthinnawan 	1,870
Dural 	36
Durands Island 	7
Duroby 	31
Duval 	240
Eagles Claw 	1
Egan Peaks 	2,145
Ellerslie 	1,877
Eugowra 	120
Eusdale 	1,238
Evans Crown 	425
Fifes Knob 	553
Fishermans Bend 	160
Five Islands 	27
Flaggy Creek 	72
Flagstaff Memorial 	18
Flat Island 	9
Freemantle 	361
Gads Sugarloaf 	477
Gamilaroi 	114
Ganay 	693
Garby 	117
Georges Creek 	1,190
Gibraltar 	161
Girralang 	640
Good Good 	20
Goonawarra 	437
Goonook 	1,016
Goorooyarroo 	266
Gubbata 	162
Gulguer 	359
Gungewalla 	142
Guy Fawkes River 	1,534
Hattons Bluff 	18
Hattons Corner	4
Hayters Hill 	8
Hogarth Range 	853
Hortons Creek 	330
Illawong 	51
Illunie 	721
Iluka 	136
Imbota 	218
Ingalba 	4,012
Inner Pocket 	236
Ironbark 	1,604
Ironmungy 	713
Jaaningga 	975
Jagun 	100
Jasper 	355
Jerilderie 	37
Jerralong 	341
Jingellic 	2,137
Joadja 	830
Jobs Mountain 	702
John Gould 	26
Julian Rocks 	<1
Juugawaarri 	2,396
Kajuligah 	13,660
Kangaroo River 	126
Karuah 	823
Kattang 	58
Kemendok 	1,043
Kemps Creek 	129
Khappinghat 	3,514
Khatambuhl 	801
Killabakh 	2,644
Killarney 	435
Kirramingly 	1,306
Koorawatha 	1,105
Koorebang 	465
Kororo 	11
Koukandowie 	1,283
Kuma 	184
Kybeyan 	432
Lake Innes 	3,523
Lake Urana 	302
Langtree 	235
Lansdowne 	14
Ledknapper 	47,864
Limeburners Creek 	9,224
Limpinwood 	2,647
Linton 	640
Lion Island 	8
Little Broughton Island 	36
Little Llangothlin 	258
Little Pimlico Island 	16
Long Island 	73
Loughnan 	385
Macquarie 	12
Macquarie Marshes 	19,825
Mann River 	7,137
Manobalai 	3,758
Marshalls Creek 	152
Medowie 	238
Melville Range 	843
Meringo 	49
Mernot 	320
Merriangaah 	5,669
Midkin 	359
Mills Island 	61
Minimbah 	130
Moffats Swamp 	151
Monkerai 	865
Monkeycot 	1,612
Montague Island 	82
Moonee Beach 	336
Moon Island 	1
Moore Park 	15
Mororo Creek 	80
Morrisons Lake 	312
Mother of Ducks Lagoon 	181
Mount Clifford 	306
Mount Dowling 	513
Mount Hyland 	2,519
Mount Mackenzie 	141
Mount Neville 	6,575
Mount Nullum 	99
Mount Seaview 	1,704
Mount Yarrowyck 	587
Muckleewee Mountain 	355
Mudjarn 	591
Muldiva 	10
Mulgoa 	213
Mullengandra 	150
Mundoonen 	1,471
Munghorn Gap 	5,934
Munro Island 	14
Muogamarra 	2,274
Mutawintji 	6,688
Muttonbird Island	9
Myalla 	143
Nadgee 	20,671
Nadgigomar 	5,596
Narrandera 	71
Narran Lake 	26,480
Narrawallee Creek 	874
Nearie Lake 	4,347
Nest Hill 	759
Newington 	48
Ngadang 	160
Ngambaa 	10,560
Ngulin 	1,250
Nimmo 	721
Nocoleche 	74,000
Nombinnie 	70,000
North Obelisk 	36
North Rock 	4
North Solitary Island 	20
North-West Solitary Island 	4
Numeralla 	439
Numinbah 	858
Oak Creek 	404
One Tree Island 	1
Palm Grove 	240
Pambalong 	35
Parma Creek 	3,565
Paupong 	1,838
Pee Dee 	441
Pelican Island 	40
Pilliga 	80,579
Pitt Town 	46
Planchonella 	717
Prospect 	325
Pucawan 	274
Pulbah Island 	69
Pulletop 	145
Quanda 	4,784
Queanbeyan 	68
Queens Lake 	1,424
Quidong 	750
Rawdon Creek 	560
Razorback 	2,595
Regatta Island 	102
Richmond River 	256
Rileys Island 	46
Robertson 	5
Rodway 	83
Round Hill 	13,630
Saltwater Swamp 	215
Saratoga Island 	2
Scabby Range 	4,982
Scott 	151
Sea Acres 	76
Seaham Swamp 	11
Seal Rocks 	<1
Serpentine 	723
Severn River 	5,750
Shark Island 	2
Sherwood 	5,904
Skillion 	691
Smiths Lake 	24
Snapper Island 	13
Snows Gully 	34
South-West Solitary Island 	3
Spectacle Island 	36
Split Solitary Island 	4
Stony Batter Creek 	564
Stony Creek 	80
Stormpetrel 	8
Stotts Island 	142
Strike-a-Light 	407
Susan Island 	23
Tabbimoble Swamp 	1,070
Tabletop 	104
Talawahl 	3,150
Tallawudjah	1,247
Tapitallee 	95
Tarawi 	33,573
Taringa 	1,342
The Basin 	2,318
The Castles 	2,720
The Charcoal Tank 	86
The Glen 	2,750
The Rock 	347
Tilligerry 	513
Tinderry 	14,711
Tingira Heights 	18
Tollgate Islands 	12
Tollingo 	3,232
Tomalla 	605
Towibakh 	62
Towra Point 	604
Triplarina 	157
Tuckean 	919
Tucki Tucki 	4
Tuggerah 	132
Tuggolo Creek 	645
Turallo 	25
Tweed Estuary 	59
Tyagarah 	800
Ukerebagh 	150
Ulandra 	3,931
Undoo 	19
Uralba 	288
Valla 	47
Victoria Park 	18
Wadjan 	92
Wallabadah 	1,132
Wallamba 	1,160
Wallis Island 	584
Wallumatta 	6
Wamberal Lagoon 	139
Wambina 	59
Wambool 	194
Wanna Wanna 	33
Warragai Creek 	186
Watchimbark	744
Watsons Creek 	1,260
Wee Jasper 	632
Weelah 	37
Weetalibah 	2,146
Wiaborough	2,024
Wiesners Swamp 	103
Willi Willi Caves 	8
Wilson 	27
Winburndale 	10,719
Windsor Downs 	363
Wingen Maid 	1,077
Wingham Brush 	8
Wogamia	277
Woggoon 	6,373
Wollondilly River 	862
Wongarbon 	99
Woodford Island 	374
Woollamia 	452
Wooyung 	87
Woregore 	84
Worrigee 	232
Wullwye 	155
Yaegl 	313
Yahoo Island 	47
Yanga 	1,773
Yanununbeyan 	40
Yaouk 	2,924
Yarravel 	318
Yarringully 	285
Yathong 	107,241
Yatteyattah 	35
Yessabah 	17
Yina 	100
Total area nature reserves	908,989
State conservation areas
Abercrombie River	965
Arakoon 	114
Avondale 	313
Banyabba 	3,566
Bargo 	4,619
Bargo River 	1,970
Barnunj 	164
Barrakee 	174
Barrington Tops 	6,502
Bents Basin 	48
Berlang 	2,319
Bindarri 	434
Black Bulga 	1,554
Boonanghi 	1,242
Bridal Veil Falls 	65
Brindabella 	2,880
Bulahdelah 	138
Bundjalung 	4,870
Bungawalbin 	1,834
Bungonia 	3,237
Burragorang 	17,643
Butterleaf 	712
Camerons Gorge 	429
Cape Byron 	99
Carrai 	6,853
Cascade 	412
Cataract 	572
Chaelundi 	1,624
Chatsworth Hill 	510
Colymea 	1,674
Coneac 	804
Copeland Tops 	2,202
Corramy 	291
Corymbia 	495
Cottan–Bimbang 	105
Curracabundi 	729
Currys Gap 	227
Dharawal 	6,276
Everlasting Swamp 	460
Fishermans Bend 	39
Fladbury 	114
Frogs Hole 	77
Garawarra 	949
Georges River 	1
Gir-um-bit 	184
Glenrock 	534
Gumbaynggirr 	2,561
Gundabooka 	25,430
Gurranang 	111
Guy Fawkes River 	4,850
Illawarra Escarpment 	2,494
Jackywalbin 	661
Jilliby 	12,159
Karuah 	74
Kalyarr 	10,846
Kooyong 	753
Kumbatine 	783
Kybeyan 	4,173
Lake Innes 	321
Lake Macquarie 	761
Lawrence Road 	440
Livingstone 	541
Macanally 	2,290
Macquarie Pass 	166
Majors Creek 	706
Maroomba 	1,895
Maroota Ridge 	260
Medowie 	2,851
Monga 	1,006
Morton 	1,050
Mount Canobolas 	1,673
Mount Hyland 	293
Mount Pikapene 	17
Mullengandra 	258
Mullion Range 	1,025
Mummel Gulf 	1,162
Munmorah 	1,530
Nattai 	3,383
Nombinnie 	46,000
Nymboi-Binderay 	585
Nymboida 	528
Oxley Wild Rivers 	1,439
Paroo-Darling 	41,521
Parr 	38,121
Queens Lake 	1,026
Sugarloaf 	3,926
Talawahl 	136
Tallaganda 	5,285
The Cells 	4,708
Tilligerry 	4,570
Toonumbar 	128
Torrington 	30,192
Tuggerah 	126
Tumblong 	746
Upper Nepean 	25,869
Washpool 	2,491
Watsons Creek 	520
Werakata 	2,300
Wereboldera 	2,263
Werrikimbe 	204
Whian Whian 	2,439
Wollumbin 	368
Wombat Creek 	1,077
Woomargama 	7,120
Worimi 	1,043
Yanga 	33,890
Yanununbeyan 	3,823
Yarriabini 	9
Yarringully 	355
Yerranderie 	12,192
Yurrammie 	221
Yuraygir 	3,150
Total area state 
conservation areas	445,915
Regional parks
Berowra Valley 	3,885
Blue Gum Hills 	129
Bomaderry Creek 	82
Coffs Coast 	379
Goolawah	57
Leacock 	34
Parramatta River 	5
Penrith Lakes 	1
Rouse Hill 	43
Wianamatta 	64
William Howe 	43
Wolli Creek 	14
Worimi 	1,568
Yellomundee 	485
Total area regional parks 	6,789
Karst conservation reserves
Abercrombie 	1,434
Borenore 	140
Jenolan 	3,029
Wombeyan 	569
Total area karst 
conservation reserves	5,172
Community conservation areas 
Zone 1 national parks
Barayamal 	179
Breelong 	6,851
Bullala 	2,625
Burral Yurrul 	1,037
Couradda 	362
Crawney Pass 	250
Dowe 	381
Drillwarrina 	1,077
Dthinna Dthinnawan 	27,803
Garrawilla 	937
Goonoo 	9,090
Gunyerwarildi 	316
Gwydir River 	4,369
Horton Falls 	260
Kwiambal 	796
Moema 	2,028
Mogriguy 	399
Murrurundi Pass 	215
Nullamanna 	296
Pilliga 	11,120
Pilliga West 	8,040
Somerton 	759
Timallallie 	39,395
Tinkrameanah 	969
Warialda 	1,603
Yarragin 	3,201
Yarrobil 	1,846
Total area community 
conservation areas 
Zone 1 national parks	126,204
Community conservation areas 
Zone 2 Aboriginal areas
Dandry Gorge 	382
Deriah 	2,240
Kelvin 	2,267
Pilliga East 	1,347
Terry Hie Hie 	15,382
Total area community 
conservation areas 
Zone 2 Aboriginal areas	21,618
Community conservation areas 
Zone 3 state conservation areas
Beni 	1,849
Biddon 	3,352
Bingara 	1,979
Bobbiwaa 	2,688
Bullawa Creek 	99
Durridgere 	6,138
Goodiman 	569
Goonoo 	53,752
Goonoowigal 	1,055
Gwydir River 	2,607
Killarney 	1,858
Leard 	1,176
Merriwindi 	1,730
Pilliga 	33,386
Pilliga East 	24,711
Pilliga West 	36,070
Trinkey 	10,229
Warialda 	2,913
Wondoba 	1,663
Total area community 
conservation areas 
Zone 3 state conservation areas	187,843

TOTAL TERRESTRIAL PROTECTED AREAS 30-Jun-10		6,763,629

Summary of terrestrial protected areas at 30 June 2010 
Type	No.	Area (ha)	
Aboriginal areas	16	12,610	
Historic sites	15	3,066	
National parks	189	5,045,422	
Nature reserves	399	908,990	
State conservation areas	112	445,915	
Regional parks	14	6,789	
Karst conservation reserves	4	5,172	
Community conservation areas 
Zone 1 national parks Zone 2 Aboriginal areas Zone 3 state conservation areas	

27 
5 
19	

 126,204 
21,618 
187, 843	
Total	800	6,763,629*	
*	Represents 8.44% of land area of NSW
Declared wilderness in NSW
CCA: community conservation area
HS: historic site
KCR: karst conservation reserve
NP: national park
NR: nature reserve
RP: regional park
SCA: state conservation area
VCA: voluntary conservation area

Wilderness area	Reserve name(s)	Size (ha)*	
Banyabba	Banyabba NR, Fortis Creek NP	17,949	
Barrington	Barrington Tops NP, Mount Royal NP	58,385	
Bimberi**	Bimberi NR, Kosciuszko NP, Scabby Range NR	32,457	
Bindery-Mann	Barool NP, Gibraltar Range NP, Nymboida NP	56,316	
Bogong Peaks	Kosciuszko NP	28,771	
Bramina	Kosciuszko NP	10,902	
Brogo	South East Forest NP, Wadbilliga NP	39,913	
Buckenbowra	Deua NP, Monga NP	9,184	
Budawang	Budawang NP, Morton NP	75,877	
Bundjalung	Bundjalung NP	10,693	
Burra Oulla	Deua NP	17,783	
Byadbo	Kosciuszko NP	80,929	
Carrai	Carrai NP	3,507	
Cathedral Rock	Cathedral Rock NP	8,598	
Chaelundi	Chaelundi NP	10,863	
Ettrema	Morton NP	67,042	
Genoa	South East Forest NP	6,163	
Goobarragandra	Kosciuszko NP	33,548	
Grattai	Mount Kaputar NP	4,185	
Grose	Blue Mountains NP	37,817	
Guy Fawkes	Cathedral Rock NP, Guy Fawkes River NP, Guy Fawkes River NR	84,168	
Indi	Kosciuszko NP	11,655	
Jagungal	Kosciuszko NP	67,317	
Kanangra-Boyd	Blue Mountains NP, Kanangra-Boyd NP, Yerranderie SCA	122,702	
Kunderang	Oxley Wild Rivers NP	21,427	
Levers	Border Ranges NP	15,289	
Limeburners Creek	Limeburners Creek NR	8,360	
Lost World	Border Ranges NP, Limpinwood NR	9,029	
Macleay Gorges	Cunnawarra NP, Georges Creek NR, Oxley Wild Rivers NP	77,831	
Mootwingee	Mutawintji NP	47,949	
Mount Seaview	Cotton-Bimbang NP, Mount Seaview NR	12,127	
Mummel Gulf	Mummel Gulf NP	10,651	
Nadgee	Nadgee NR	19,437	
Nandewar	Mount Kaputar NP	13,199	
Nattai	Nattai NP	29,059	
New England	Cunnawarra NP, New England NP	55,529	
North Ettrema***	Morton NP	8,425	
Pilot	Kosciuszko NP	80,335	
Rusden	Mount Kaputar NP	12,653	
Tuross	Wadbilliga NP	20,599	
Warrazambil	Border Ranges NP	7,239	
Washpool	Gibraltar Range NP, Nymboida NP, Oxley Wild Rivers NP	53,165	
Werrikimbe	Werrikimbe NP	27,081	
West Ettrema	Morton NP	12,777	
Western Fall	Kosciuszko NP	15,222	
Willi Willi	Boonanghi NR, Willi Willi NP	23,315	
Woila Deua	Deua NP	27,007	
Wollemi	Blue Mountains NP, Wollemi NP	360,408	
Yengo	Yengo NP	117,414	
Yowrie	Wadbilliga NP	15,793	
Total (50 areas)		1,998,045****	
* Areas are calculated from the agency’s digital mapping system using Lambert’s projection and rounded to the nearest hectare.
Refinements to the digital mapping system mean there will be minor differences from previous years’ reporting.
**  Around 26,600 ha of the Bimberi Wilderness located in the Australian Capital Territory had previously been counted as part of the NSW area due to a database error. This area has now been excluded from the NSW figures.
***  North Ettrema has previously been reported as part of Ettrema.
**** Total represents 2.5% of the total land area of NSW (80,064,200 ha) and 30% of total DECCW-managed parks and reserves.
Other lands managed by DECCW
Lands acquired under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974, pending reservation/dedication at 30 June 2010
Park/Location	Area (ha)
Bagul Waajaar NR	259
Barton NR	16
Barwon	5,499
Billinudgel NR	16
Blue Mountains NP	129
Bongil Bongil NP	32
Booligal SCA	5,936
Boonoo Boonoo NP	1,088
Brigalow Park NR	51
Bullala CCA (NP)	3,276
Bundjalung NP	80
Burrinjuck NR	132
Captains Creek NR	1,189
Carrai NP	141
Cataract NP	469
Chaelundi NP	1,878
Chambigne NR	746
Claremont NR	202
Cobaki Broadwater	70
Coffs Coast RP	2
Columbey NP	244
Coolah Tops NP	1,148
Coolangatta Mountain	68
Copeland Tops SCA	219
Culgoa NP	894
Curracabundi NP	1,472
Dananbilla NR	9
Darawank NR	334
Dharawal SCA	315
Dthinna Dthinnawan NR	140
Eurobodalla NP	1
Eusdale SCA	642
Gandangara NR	7
Garawarra SCA	34
Ginghet	6,239
Glenrock SCA	5
Goonengerry NP	70
Goonoo CCA (SCA)	2,589
Goorooyarroo NR	24
Gundabooka SCA	91,383
Guy Fawkes River NP	3,282
Gwydir River CCA (SCA)	1,439
Hayters Hill NR	<1
Hill End HS	4
Hunter Wetlands NP	821
Illawarra Escarpment SCA	103
Jervis Bay NP	360
Kalyarr SCA	870
Kanangra Boyd NP	79
Karuah NR	<1
Kemps Creek NR	68
Keverstone	2,024
Kings Plains NP	1,290
Kosciuszko NP	161
Ku-ring-gai Chase NP	<1
Kwiambal NP	1,721
Lake Innes NR	16
Lake Macquarie SCA	173
Lane Cove NP	40
Livingstone SCA	61
Lower Gwydir SCA	4,292
Macquarie Marshes NR	2,387
Marra Marra NP	<1
Marshalls Creek NR	49
Minimbah NR	209
Morton NP	16
Mount Grenfell AA	18,187
Mount Werong Creek NR	204
Munmorah SCA	130
Murramarang NP	28
Myall Lakes NP	4
Narran Lake NR	1,509
Nombinnie SCA	7,063
Nymboida NP	3,218
Oxley Wild Rivers NP	6,994
Paroo-Darling NP	521
Pilliga NR	1,907
Pilliga West CCA (SCA)	415
Queens Gap NR	1,949
South East Forest NP	21
South Solitary Island NR	11
Sturt NP	12,355
Sydney Harbour NP	<1
Tamboroora	10
Ti Tree Lake AA	11
Towarri NP	443
Tuggerah NR	3
Upper Barwon NR	4,048
Upper Nepean SCA	120
Warrabah NP	749
Washpool NP	636
Watchimbark NR 	520
Werakata SCA	16
Wianamatta NP	181
Wollemi NP	78
Wolli Creek RP	11
Yanga NP	8,201
Yellomundee RP	122
Yuraygir NP	30
Total	216,047

Lands vested in the Minister administering the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 by virtue of Act 1996 No. 131 (Forestry Revocation and National Park Reservation Act)
Total area: approximately 452 hectares, mainly in south-east NSW

Crown land occupied by DECCW under reserves or lease for various management purposes at 30 June 2010
Location	Reserve*	Area (m2) 	Purpose	
Armidale	R89685	1,256	Workshop	
Armidale	Sp.L.1989/4	2,753	Depot	
Bingara	R87087	2,023	Depot	
Broken Hill	R230017	1,125	Residence	
Cobar	R 92637	749	Staff accommodation	
Eden	R 91136	1,145	Workshop	
Gol Gol	R 91509	2,023	Workshop	
Narooma	R95616	1,992	Workshop	
Rylstone	R190042	2,491	Depot	
Tibooburra	R96931	1,012	Workshop	
Tibooburra	R95882	1,799	Workshop/depot	
Tibooburra	R91376	2,023	Workshop	
Ulladulla	R180018	3,661	Workshop/office	
Walcha	R 98162	3,862	Workshop/depot	
*	R = Crown Reserve No. 95 gazetted 	Sp.L = Special lease with Department of Lands

Other land owned by DECCW
Location	Area (m2)	Purpose	
Lidcombe, 480 Weeroona Road	20,820	Scientific facilities and laboratories	
Lands acquired under the provisions of the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 and held for management purposes (not reserved) at 30 June 2010
Location	Area (m2) 	Purpose	
Armidale: 145 Miller Street	2,815	Depot	
Baradine	5,615	Visitor centre	
Boambee	4,725	Workshop/depot	
Bombala	4,900	Workshop/depot	
Bourke: Short, Anson and Tudor streets	3,036	Staff accommodation	
Broken Hill	475	Regional office	
Broken Hill: 167–173 Argent Street	1,881	Parking area	
Bucketty	6,731	Workshop	
Bulga	35,800	Office/depot	
Cobar: 61 Bradley Street	563	Staff accommodation	
Cobar: lots 36 and 37 Wrightville Street and lots 42 and 43 Brickworks Road	7,498	Workshop	
Dorrigo	5,210	Workshop/depot	
Dubbo	4,007	Area office/workshop	
Dungog	2,104	Depot	
Ebor	1,700	Workshop/depot	
Eden	4,196	Workshop/depot	
Gloucester	7,245	Depot	
Griffith	1,808	Workshop/depot	
Hay: 2 Meakes Street	865	Staff accommodation	
Hay	2,803	Area office	
Jindabyne: Munyang and Cobbon streets and Snowy River Avenue	1.0825 ha	Staff accommodation/visitor centre	
Khancoban: 1, 5 and 13 Douglas Street, 1 and 3 Blackburn Street, 8 Whitehead Street, Scammel Street, 19 Read Street and 24 Sheather Street	10,460	Staff accommodation	
Khancoban: 5 and 6 Gray Street	2,049	Depot	
Khancoban: corner McIlree and Gray streets	1,031	Depot	
Menindee	2,023	Staff accommodation	
Narooma	2,665	Workshop/depot	
Nowra	7,954	Workshop/depot	
Oakdale	4,274	Depot	
Oberon	1,701	Office	
Oberon	6,000	Workshop	
Peak Hill	4,023	Workshop/depot	
Rylstone	2,188	Depot	
Scone: Hayes Street	4,529	Workshop/depot	
Tenterfield	6,327	Depot	
Tibooburra	506	Office accommodation	
Tibooburra	506	Visitor centre	
Tibooburra: Sturt Street	1,012	Staff accommodation	
White Cliffs: corner Johnston Street and Karara Road	3,590	Visitor centre	
Wilcannia: Woore Street	8,090	Workshop	
Yetman	4,312	Depot/staff accommodation	
Yetman: 63 Simpson Street	2,023	Staff accommodation	

Aquatic protected areas
Marine Parks
The NSW Government has declared and zoned six marine parks:
	Area (ha)	
Batemans	85,100	
Cape Byron	22,200	
Jervis Bay	21,500	
Lord Howe Island	45,500	
Port Stephens–Great Lakes	98,400	
Solitary Islands	71,500	
Total	345,100	

As at 30 June 2010, 34% (345,100 ha) of NSW waters are in the marine parks system, including approximately 6.7% (64,900 ha) in sanctuary zones.
 Aquatic reserves
	Area (ha)	
Barrenjoey Head	20	
Boat Harbour	72	
Bronte–Coogee	43	
Bushrangers Bay	4	
Cabbage Tree Bay	20	
Cape Banks	22	
Cook Island	78	
Long Reef	60	
Narrabeen Head	5	
North (Sydney) Harbour	260	
Shiprock	2	
Towra Point	1,401	
Total	1,987	

Summary of aquatic protected areas as at 30 June 2010
Type	No.	Area (ha)	
Marine parks	6	345,100	
Aquatic reserves	12	1,987	
Total	18	347,087	
10. 	Statement of affairs
This statement of affairs describes DECCW’s structure and functions; ways in which the functions affect members of the public; how the public can participate in policy development; documents held by DECCW; and how people can access those documents or seek amendment to documents concerning their personal affairs.
Structure and functions
DECCW consists of the following divisions:
•	Climate Change, Policy and Programs Group
•	Environment Protection and Regulation Group
•	Parks and Wildlife Group
•	NSW Office of Water
•	Corporate Services Division
•	Country, Culture and Heritage Division
•	Scientific Services Division
•	Botanic Gardens Trust
The Botanic Gardens Trust is part of DECCW but reports separately as a statutory trust. 
For a more detailed description of DECCW’s executive and organisational structure and functions, see Chapter 1: Overview.
Effect of functions on members of the public
DECCW is the NSW Government agency primarily responsible for working with the community to protect and care for the environment, including natural and cultural heritage, and manage water resources. DECCW leads the state’s response to climate change and natural resource management and delivers water, energy, waste management and sustainability programs. Strategic policies and programs set corporate-wide direction and priorities for biodiversity and landscape conservation, environment protection, and surface water and groundwater resources.
DECCW is committed to preventing pollution before it occurs, avoiding the creation of waste and managing cultural heritage, wildlife and the protected area system. DECCW also recognises that strong and credible regulatory programs and innovative regulatory tools are needed to help address environmental problems and achieve sustainable water use. These functions, programs and tools have a broad effect on members of the public, and include: 
•	licensing regimes for a range of issues, including regulating pollution from industrial premises and licences to keep native wildlife
•	regulating water extraction and the local utilities that deliver water and sewage services
•	specifying what recreational and other activities can take place on DECCW-managed land and waters, while maintaining important conservation values
•	receiving reports of pollution incidents and responding appropriately
•	monitoring and reporting on air quality and water quality
•	encouraging waste reduction, recycling and the sustainable use of resources, such as energy and water.
Public participation in policy formulation
The health of the environment depends on community commitment and community involvement at all levels from policy development to everyday business, recreational or domestic activities. Involvement includes all sectors: business, industry, environment groups, Aboriginal communities, individuals, landholders, catchment management authorities, and federal, state and local government bodies. DECCW works with all these sectors and individuals to implement an integrated environment protection framework for NSW, and to protect natural resources and cultural heritage. 
The community participates in policy formulation through the various consultative bodies described elsewhere in this annual report. DECCW also seeks public submissions when developing and reviewing policies, plans and programs. DECCW’s website regularly features calls for public comment and describes how to make submissions on its proposals (see www.environment.nsw.gov.au/consult/). DECCW is also making greater use of social networking tools to increase public engagement, for example, using online community consultation software to facilitate public comment on management of particular national parks.
Documents held by DECCW and how to obtain them
DECCW holds documents in its metropolitan, regional and area offices. While many documents are available for inspection or purchase, access to some documents may require an application under the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009, the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 or the Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002.
Government information applications
As of 1 July 2010, the Freedom of Information Act 1989 was replaced by the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009. People can apply under the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 for access to documents held by DECCW that are not publicly available. The documents can relate to personal or non-personal information. Individuals can also apply under the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 to correct any information about their personal affairs that may be incomplete, incorrect, misleading or out-of-date. 
Contact the Right to Information/Privacy Officer at PO Box A290, Sydney South 1232, phone (02) 9995 6080 or (02) 9995 6497, or visit www.environment.nsw.gov.au/whoweare/information.htm for an application form and information about the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009, the process, fees and charges. Freedom of information statistics for 2009–10 are detailed in Appendix 11.
Privacy applications
The Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 and the Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002 regulate the way DECCW deals with personal and health information and gives people a legally enforceable right of access to their information. 
Applications can be made for personal information that may be held by DECCW. Applications may also be made to amend personal information that may be incomplete, incorrect, misleading or out-of-date. If a person believes that DECCW has breached their privacy, they can ask DECCW to investigate what occurred.
Contact the Right to Information/Privacy Officer at PO Box A290, Sydney South 1232, phone (02) 9995 6080 or (02) 9995 6497, or visit www.environment.nsw.gov.au/whoweare/privacy.htm for more information.
Policy documents
A list of policy documents called the Summary of Affairs is published each June and December in the Government Gazette and on www.environment.nsw.gov.au/whoweare/summary.htm.
These documents include corporate policy documents, scientific policies and manuals, environmental guidelines, and field policies and procedures. Many of these documents are also available on the DECCW website, while others may be purchased. DECCW will publish a publication guide under the requirements of the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 by December 2010.
Publications
DECCW produces a range of books, guides, teachers’ kits, information pamphlets and posters. Publications may be obtained over the counter at DECCW’s office at 59 Goulburn Street, Sydney, and from many regional and area offices, and visitor centres. The DECCW website features a list of publications for sale and download (see www.environment.nsw.gov.au/publications/, www.environment.nsw.gov.au/threatenedspecies/threatenedspeciespublications.htm and www.environment.nsw.gov.au/chpublications/).
Photographs
A photographic library is available to the public and other agencies under certain conditions. Fees and charges may apply. For further information, phone (02) 9995 5000 (switchboard).
Public registers
DECCW is required to maintain a number of public registers under legislation (see www.environment.nsw.gov.au/publicregister/index.htm). These are listed below.
Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 (POEO) Public Register
The POEO Public Register is a register of environment protection licences and notices, any exemptions from the provisions of the Act or Regulations, details of convictions for offences under the Act and the results of civil proceedings. Visit the Public Register on www.environment.nsw.gov.au/publicregister/index.htm.
Contaminated land 
Copies of declarations, orders and notices issued under the Contaminated Land Management Act 1997 are available from a register of contaminated sites on www.environment.nsw.gov.au/prclmapp/aboutregister.aspx.
Chemicals and dangerous goods
DECCW holds a number of public registers for chemicals and dangerous goods:
•	approvals, exemptions and determinations under the Dangerous Goods (Road and Rail Transport) Act 2008
•	dangerous goods licences
•	licences under the Environmentally Hazardous Chemicals Act 1985
•	declared chemical wastes and chemical control orders under the Environmentally Hazardous Chemicals Act 1985. 
The dangerous goods register is accessible on the DECCW website (see www.environment.nsw.gov.au/prdg/index.htm), as is the Hazmat register (see www.environment.nsw.gov.au/hazmat/register.htm).
Threatened species and biobanking
DECCW holds three public registers under the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995. The register for section 91 licences contains the applications for licences (section 96) and the licences issued (section 104). 
A register of critical habitat declared under section 55 of the Act is available on www.environment.nsw.gov.au/threatenedspecies/S91TscaRegisterBydate.htm and www.environment.nsw.gov.au/criticalhabitat/CriticalHabitatProtectionByDoctype.htm.
The Biodiversity Banking and Offsets Scheme (BioBanking) public register covers:
•	biobanking agreements
•	biobank site expressions of interest
•	biobanking statements
•	biodiversity credits
•	biodiversity credit transactions.
It is available on www.environment.nsw.gov.au/bimspr/.
Native vegetation
DECCW maintains a public register on issues relating to managing native vegetation in NSW (see www.environment.nsw.gov.au/vegetation/publicregister.htm). The register includes information on:
•	the approval of broadscale clearing of native vegetation
•	property vegetation plans (PVPs) and development consents that allow broadscale clearing where a catchment management authority has exercised its discretion
•	dates specified in PVPs to meet relevant regrowth definitions
•	clearing native vegetation for essential local government infrastructure.
Leases, easements and rights of way on national parks and reserves
Section 151D of the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 requires DECCW to keep a register of information on every lease, easement or right of way granted in national parks and reserves. This register is available on www.environment.nsw.gov.au/protectedareas/RegisterOfLeases.htm.
Filming approvals
Section 12 of the Filming Approval Act 2004 requires DECCW to keep a public register of information relating to filming approvals. Section 12(2) of this Act requires that the register provide the name of the each person to whom approval to film has been granted, the area and purpose of each filming approval and the associated terms and conditions.
The filming register is available on www.environment.nsw.gov.au.
Aboriginal and historic heritage 
Section 170 of the Heritage Act 1977 requires all NSW Government departments to have a heritage and conservation register. DECCW’s register contains details of the Aboriginal, historic, natural, archaeological, moveable, multicultural and maritime heritage it manages that have local, state, national or World Heritage significance. The register is recorded as a subset of data within DECCW’s Historic Heritage Information Management System (HHIMS).
HHIMS holds details on the type and location of historic places and sites managed by DECCW, including reports, permits and other archival material. Access to HHIMS is available to researchers and interested members of the public through the HHIMS Registrar. For more information, contact the HHIMS Registrar by emailing hhims@environment.nsw.gov.au.
The Aboriginal Heritage Information Management System (AHIMS) includes a database and recording cards for all Aboriginal objects, declared Aboriginal Places and other Aboriginal heritage values in NSW that have been reported to DECCW. Access to AHIMS is available to Aboriginal groups, researchers and interested members of the public. Access may be restricted in some cases due to the sensitivity of some matters. DECCW undertakes searches of AHIMS for a fee. Information is available on www.environment.nsw.gov.au/conservation/AboriginalPlacesNSW.htm and www.environment.nsw.gov.au/licences/HowToObtainAHIMSData.htm.
For more information, phone DECCW’s Aboriginal Heritage Information Unit at Hurstville on (02) 9585 6471, (02) 9585 6345 or (02) 9585 6157 or email ahims@environment.nsw.gov.au.
Conservation agreements
DECCW holds registers of interim protection orders, conservation agreements and wilderness protection agreements. For more information, email conservation.partners@environment.nsw.gov.au.
NSW Office of Water
The NSW Office of Water maintains a number of public registers relating to various consents and activities under the Water Management Act 2000:
•	water approvals
•	available water determinations
•	water access licence conditions
•	water access licence statistics
•	water allocation assignments
•	transfer and share assignment statistics.
Further information is available on www.water.nsw.gov.au/Water-licensing/Registers/default.aspx.
Other information services
The DECCW Information Centre (details at www.environment.nsw.gov.au/contact/InformationCentreSydneyCBD.htm) can be contacted for information on national parks, biodiversity, climate change and sustainable living and a wide variety of conservation and environmental topics, including air quality, noise, pesticides, water, soils, native vegetation, hazardous materials and waste disposal. The Environment Line can be contacted to report pollution, smoky and noisy vehicles, and littering from vehicles.
Phone:
•	1300 361 967 (national parks information, annual passes, residential rebates and publication requests) for the cost of a local call within Australia (mobiles excluded), or (02) 9995 5550
•	131 555 (pollution reporting, environment information and publication requests) for the cost of a local call within NSW (mobiles excluded), or (02) 9995 5555
or email info@environment.nsw.gov.au.
DECCW’s air quality monitoring network informs the public about air quality by updating the regional air quality index (RAQI) hourly, providing 24-hour summaries, reporting monthly RAQI values and annual exceedances, and providing a search function for public access to the air quality database. For further details, see www.environment.nsw.gov.au/AQMS/aqi.htm.
The Beachwatch and Harbourwatch information line (phone 1800 036 677) provides a daily summary of water quality conditions at ocean and harbour beaches in Sydney, and beaches in the Hunter and Illawarra regions. It advises the public on whether there is any risk of bacterial contamination. Information is also available on www.environment.nsw.gov.au/beachApp/default.aspx. Further information is available by phoning (02) 9995 5344 or emailing beachwatch@environment.nsw.gov.au.
11. 	Freedom of information applications
The Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water (DECCW) was created effective from 1 July 2009, when the former Department of Environment and Climate Change (DECC) and its responsibilities were combined with the water management responsibilities of the former Department of Water and Energy. Accordingly, the FOI statistics for 2009–10 are reported in two separate tables for the former DECC and for the NSW Office of Water. 
Freedom of information applications (excluding NSW Office of Water)
New freedom of information (FOI) applications
FOI applications received, discontinued or completed	Number of FOI applications	
	Personal	Other	Total	
	2008–09	2009–10	2008–09	2009–10	2008–09	2009–10	
New	4	3	87	144	91	147	
Brought forward	0	0	12	7	12	7	
Total to be processed	4	3	99	151	103	154	
Completed	3	3	84	135	87	138	
Discontinued	1	0	8	10	9	10	
Total processed	4	3	92	145	96	148	
Unfinished (carried forward)	0	0	7	6	7	6	
Discontinued applications
Reasons why FOI applications were discontinued	Number of discontinued FOI applications	
	Personal	Other	Total	
	2008–09	2009–10	2008–09	2009–10	2008–09	2009–10	
Request transferred out to another agency (s. 20)	0	0	0	2	0	2	
Applicant withdrew request	0	0	6	5	6	5	
Applicant failed to pay advance deposit (s. 22)	0	0	2	2	2	2	
Applicant failed to amend a request that would have been an unreasonable diversion of resources to complete (s. 25(1)(a1))	0	0	1	1	1	1	
Total discontinued	0	0	9	10	9	10	
Completed applications
Completed FOI applications 	Number of completed FOI applications	
	Personal	Other	Total	
	2008–09	2009–10	2008–09	2009–10	2008–09	2009–10	
Granted or otherwise available in full	2	3	40	89	42	91	
Granted or otherwise available in part	0	0	22	27	22	27	
Refused	1	1	10	6	11	7	
No documents held	1	0	12	13	12	13	
Total completed	4	3	84	135	87	138	
Applications granted or otherwise available in full
How documents were made available to the applicant 	Number of FOI applications (granted or otherwise available in full)	
	Personal	Other	Total	
All documents requested were:	2008–09	2009–10	2008–09	2009–10	2008–09	2009–10	
Provided to the applicant	2	2	40	87	42	89	
Other	0	0	0	2	0	2	
Applications granted or otherwise available in part
How documents were made available to the applicant 	Number of FOI applications (granted or otherwise available in part)	
	Personal	Other	Total	
Documents made available were:	2008–09	2009–10	2008–09	2009–10	2008–09	2009–10	
Provided to the applicant	0	0	22	24	22	24	
Other	0	0	0	3	0	3	
Refused FOI applications
Reasons why access to the documents was refused	Number of refused FOI applications	
	Personal	Other	Total	
	2008–09	2009–10	2008–09	2009–10	2008–09	2009–10	
Exempt	1	1	10	5	11	6	
Deemed refused	0	0	0	1	0	1	
Total refused	1	1	10	6	11	7	

Exempt documents
Reasons why the documents were classified as exempt 	Number of FOI applications (refused or access granted or otherwise available in part only)	
	Personal	Other	Total	
	2008–09	2009–10	2008–09	2009–10	2008–09	2009–10	
Restricted documents	
Cabinet documents (Clause 1)	0	0	1	3	1	3	
Documents affecting law enforcement and public safety (Clause 4)	0	0	0	2	0	2	
Documents requiring consultation	
Documents affecting intergovernmental relations	0	0	0	3	0	3	
Documents affecting personal affairs (Clause 6)	0	0	3	6	3	6	
Documents affecting business affairs (Clause 7)	0	0	5	7	5	7	
Documents otherwise exempt	
Documents subject to legal professional privilege (Clause 10)	0	0	2	4	2	4	
Documents subject to secrecy provisions (Clause 12)	0	0	0	1	0	1	
Documents containing confidential material (Clause 13)	1	0	9	4	10	4	
Documents affecting financial or property interests of the state or an agency (Clause 15)	0	0	0	0	0	0	
Documents concerning operations of agencies (Clause 16)	0	1	0	0	0	1	
Documents containing information relating to threatened species, Aboriginal objects and Aboriginal Places (Clause 23)	0	0	1	2	1	2	
Total applications including exempt documents	1	1	21	32	22	33	

Ministerial certificates (s. 59)
	Number of Ministerial certificates	
	2008–09	2009–10	
Ministerial certificates issued	0	0	
Formal consultations
Formal consultations conducted 	Number 	
	2008–09	2009–10	
Number of applications requiring formal consultation	46	95	
Number of persons formally consulted	236	360	
Amendment of personal records
Applications for amendment of personal records agreed to or refused 	Number of applications for amendment of personal records	
	2008–09	2009–10	
Agreed in full	0	0	
Agreed in part	0	0	
Refused	0	0	
Total	0	0	
Notation of personal records
Formal consultations conducted	Number of applications for notation	
	2008–09	2009–10	
Applications for notation	0	0	
Fees and costs
Fees assessed and received for FOI applications processed (excluding applications transferred out)	Assessed costs	Fees received	
	2008–09	2009–10	2008–09	2009–10	
All completed applications	$11,002	$13,128	$10,733	14,418.00	

Fee discounts and waivers
Fee waivers and discounts allowed and reasons	Number of FOI applications (where fees were waived or discounted)	
	Personal	Other	Total	
	2008–09	2009–10	2008–09	2009–10	2008–09	2009–10	
Processing fees waived in full	0	0	0	1	0	1	
Public interest discounts	0	0	5	10	5	10	
Financial hardship discounts – pensioner or child	1	0	0	4	1	4	
Financial hardship discounts – non profit organisation	0	0	8	6	8	6	
Total	1	0	13	21	14	21	
Fee refunds
Fee refunds granted 	Number of refunds	
	2008–09	2009–10	
Number of fee refunds granted as a result of significant correction of personal records 	0	0	
Days taken to complete request
Calendar days taken to process completed applications	Number of completed FOI applications	
	Personal	Other	Total	
	2008–09	2009–10	2008–09	2009–10	2008–09	2009–10	
0–21 days – statutory determination period	3	1	42	59	45	60	
22–35 days – extended statutory determination period	0	2	40	57	40	59	
Over 21 days – deemed refusal where no extended determination period applies	0	0	0	1	0	1	
Over 35 days – deemed refusal where extended determination period applies	0	0	2	18	2	18	
Total	3	3	84	135	87	138	
Processing time
Time taken to process completed applications	Number of completed FOI applications	
	Personal	Other	Total	
	2008–09	2009–10	2008–09	2009–10	2008–09	2009–10	
0–10 hours	3	2	71	119	74	121	
11–20 hours	0	1	7	9	7	10	
21–40 hours	0	0	5	4	5	4	
Over 40 hours	0	0	1	3	1	3	
Total	3	3	84	132	87	138	
Number of reviews finalised
	2008–09	2009–10	
Internal reviews	12	9	
Ombudsman reviews	0	0	
Administrative Decisions Tribunal reviews	2	0	
Results of internal reviews
Grounds on which the internal review was requested	Number of internal reviews	
	Personal	Other	Total	
Original agency decision:	Upheld	Varied	Upheld	Varied	Upheld	Varied	
Access refused	0	0	2	0	2	0	
Access deferred	0	0	0	0	0	0	
Exempt matter deleted from documents	0	0	2	0	2	0	
Unreasonable charges	0	0	0	0	0	0	
Failure to consult with third parties	0	0	0	0	0	0	
Third parties’ views disregarded	0	0	4	0	4	0	
Amendment of personal records refused	0	0	0	0	0	0	
Total	0	0	8	0	8	0	
Freedom of information applications – NSW Office of Water
Comparative data for 2008–09 is not available as the NSW Office of Water was part of the former Department of Water and Energy until 30 June 2009.
New freedom of information (FOI) applications
FOI applications received, discontinued or completed	Number of FOI applications	
	Personal	Other	Total	
	2008–09	2009–10	2008–09	2009–10	2008–09	2009–10	
New		1		40		41	
Brought forward		0		4		4	
Total to be processed		1		44		45	
Completed		1		34		35	
Discontinued		0		6		6	
Total processed		1		41		42	
Unfinished (carried forward)		0		6		6	
Discontinued applications
Reasons why FOI applications were discontinued	Number of discontinued FOI applications	
	Personal	Other	Total	
	2008–09	2009–10	2008–09	2009–10	2008–09	2009–10	
Request transferred out to another agency (s. 20)		0		4		4	
Applicant withdrew request		0		2		2	
Applicant failed to pay advance deposit (s. 22)		0		0		0	
Applicant failed to amend a request that would have been an unreasonable diversion of resources to complete (s. 25(1)(a1))		0		 0		0	
Total discontinued		0		0		6	

Completed applications
Completed FOI applications 	Number of completed FOI applications	
	Personal	Other	Total	
	2008–09	2009–10	2008–09	2009–10	2008–09	2009–10	
Granted or otherwise available in full		0		26		26	
Granted or otherwise available in part		0		5		5	
Refused		1		1		2	
No documents held		0		3		3	
Total completed		1		35		36	
Applications granted or otherwise available in full
How documents were made available to the applicant 	Number of FOI applications (granted or otherwise available in full)	
	Personal	Other	Total	
All documents requested were:	2008–09	2009–10	2008–09	2009–10	2008–09	2009–10	
Provided to the applicant		0		26		26	
Applications granted or otherwise available in part
How documents were made available to the applicant 	Number of FOI applications (granted or otherwise available in part)	
	Personal	Other	Total	
Documents made available were:	2008–09	2009–10	2008–09	2009–10	2008–09	2009–10	
Provided to the applicant		0		5		5	
Refused FOI applications

Reasons why access to the documents was refused	Number of refused FOI applications	
	Personal	Other	Total	
	2008–09	2009–10	2008–09	2009–10	2008–09	2009–10	
Exempt		0		0		0	
Deemed refused		1		18		19	
Total refused		1		18		19	
Exempt documents
Reasons why the documents were classified as exempt 	Number of FOI applications (refused or access granted or otherwise available in part only)	
	Personal	Other	Total	
	2008–09	2009–10	2008–09	2009–10	2008–09	2009–10	
Restricted documents	
Cabinet documents (Clause 1)		0		2		2	
Documents affecting law enforcement and public safety (Clause 4)		0		0		0	
Documents requiring consultation	
Documents affecting personal affairs (Clause 6)		0		2		2	
Documents affecting business affairs (Clause 7)		0		0		0	
Documents otherwise exempt	
Documents which are internal working documents(Clause 9)		0		1		1	
Documents subject to legal professional privilege (Clause 10)		0		0		0	
Documents subject to secrecy provisions (Clause 12)		0		0		0	
Documents containing confidential material (Clause 13)		0		0		0	
Documents affecting financial or property interests of the state or an agency (Clause 15)		0		0		0	
Documents containing information relating to threatened species, Aboriginal objects and Aboriginal Places (Clause 23)		0		0		0	
Total applications including exempt documents		0		5		5	

Ministerial certificates (s. 59)
	Number of Ministerial certificates	
	2008–09	2009–10	
Ministerial certificates issued		0	
Formal consultations
Formal consultations conducted 	Number 	
	2008–09	2009–10	
Number of applications requiring formal consultation		25	
Number of persons formally consulted		77	
Amendment of personal records
Applications for amendment of personal records agreed to or refused 	Number of applications for amendment of personal records	
	2008–09	2009–10	
Agreed in full		0	
Agreed in part		0	
Refused		1	
Total		1	
Notation of personal records
Formal consultations conducted	Number of applications for notation	
	2008–09	2009–10	
Applications for notation		0	
Fees and costs
Fees assessed and received for FOI applications processed (excluding applications transferred out)	Assessed costs	Fees received	
	2008–09	2009–10	2008–09	2009–10	
All completed applications		$3,776.25		$3,477.50	
Fee discounts and waivers
Fee waivers and discounts allowed and reasons	Number of FOI applications (where fees were waived or discounted)	
	Personal	Other	Total	
	2008–09	2009–10	2008–09	2009–10	2008–09	2009–10	
Processing fees waived in full		1		3		4	
Public interest discounts		0		1		1	
Financial hardship discounts – pensioner or child		0		0		0	
Financial hardship discounts – non profit organisation		0		4		4	
Total		1		8		9	
Fee refunds
Fee refunds granted 	Number of refunds	
	2008–09	2009–10	
Number of fee refunds granted as a result of significant correction of personal records 		0	
Days taken to complete request
Calendar days taken to process completed applications	Number of completed FOI applications	
	Personal	Other	Total	
	2008–09	2009–10	2008–09	2009–10	2008–09	2009–10	
0–21 days – statutory determination period		0		17		17	
22–35 days – extended statutory determination period		0		7		7	
Over 21 days – deemed refusal where no extended determination period applies		1		10		11	
Over 35 days – deemed refusal where extended determination period applies		0		8		8	
Total		1		42		43	

Processing time
Time taken to process completed applications	Number of completed FOI applications	
	Personal	Other	Total	
	2008–09	2009–10	2008–09	2009–10	2008–09	2009–10	
0–10 hours		0		32		32	
11–20 hours		1		3		4	
21–40 hours		0		2		2	
Over 40 hours		0		0		0	
Total		1		37		38	
Number of reviews finalised
	2008–09	2009–10	
Internal reviews		2	
Ombudsman reviews		0	
Administrative Decisions Tribunal reviews		0	
Results of internal reviews
Grounds on which the internal review was requested	Number of internal reviews	
	Personal	Other	Total	
Original agency decision:	Upheld	Varied	Upheld	Varied	Upheld	Varied	
Access refused	0	0	2	0	2	0	
Access deferred	0	0	0	0	0	0	
Exempt matter deleted from documents	0	0	0	0	0	0	
Unreasonable charges	0	0	0	0	0	0	
Failure to consult with third parties	0	0	0	0	0	0	
Third parties’ views disregarded	0	0	0	0	0	0	
Amendment of personal records refused	0	0	0	0	0	0	
Total	0	0	2	0	2	0	
12. 	Information Centre and Environment Line statistics
The following table shows a detailed breakdown of inquiries to DECCW’s Information Centre and predecessor services over the past five years. It includes calls taken by the Environment Line telephone service.
Information inquiries to DECCW’s Information Centre by subject area
Subject	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10	
	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	
Air	5	4,818	4	4,027	3	4,100	3	4,361	1.8	3,165	
Chemicals	6	4,480	3	3,200	4	4,980	3	5,172	2	3,573	
Land	2	2,418	1	1,612	3	4,101	3	4,985	1.8	3,164	
Noise	4	4,278	3	3,242	4	4,686	3	4,735	1.8	3,215	
Waste	8	8,205	13	14,496	16	20,503	15	23,927	9.8	17,507	
Water	4	4,345	3	3,624	3	3,808	2	3,552	1.6	2,809	
Flora/fauna	17	16,518	20	20,640	13	16,504	9	14,352	9.5	16,950	
National parks	30	28,713	31	33,956	16	20,630	19	30,884	17.3	30,841	
National parks passes	14	14,260	12	11,984	12	15,128	7	12,170	9.1	16,313	
Climate Change Fund	na	na	na	na	13	16,506	26	43,433	35.5	63,340	
Other	10	8,980	10	10,067	13	16,402	10	15,577	9.9	17,610	
Total information contacts	100	97,015	100	106,848	100	127,348	100	163,148	100	178,487	
Other inquiries at reception		30,355		33,635		37,330		36,782		41,809	
Switchboard inquiries		60,658		67,500		63,907		71,030		69,664	
Calls to Environment Line reporting pollution incidents by type
Incident type	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10	
	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.1	%	No.	%	No.	
Air	9.2	746	10	671	10	695	8	572	9.3	695	
Air – odour	33	2,662	36	2,478	32	2,215	32	2,262	32.4	2,422	
Chemicals – waste	4.2	338	5	339	5	360	5	341	4.3	324	
Chemicals – hazardous waste	1.3	103	2	120	2	115	1.5	105	1.6	121	
Chemicals – illegal dumping	0.8	65	1	92	1	74	2	146	3.1	229	
Chemicals – toxic spills	0.5	39	0.3	22	0.2	15	0.2	13	0.2	16	
Contaminated land	0.3	23	0.5	31	0.4	25	0.4	31	0.4	28	
Cultural heritage	0.1	6	0.1	8	0.1	7	0.2	10	0.2	16	
Noise	3.2	263	4	279	5	354	5	344	4.6	346	
Noise – scheduled premises	10.6	867	11	760	12	800	16	1,136	13.2	988	
Native vegetation					5.5	378	7	485	7.3	546	
Pesticides	3.1	255	4	279	4.5	310	4	293	3.9	293	
Radiation	0.1	6	0.4	25	0.1	7	0.1	7	<0.1	2	
Threatened species	0.9	72	2.3	157	2	120	1.0	91	2.0	151	
Water	13	1,097	8	563	8	530	7.3	517	7.9	589	
Water – algae	0.4	34	0.4	26	0.2	15	0.3	18	0.2	17	
Water – fish kills	0.9	70	1	62	0.7	50	1	62	0.9	64	
Water – oil spills	1.8	147	2	151	2.3	165	2	140	1.9	140	
Water – stormwater	16.6	1,350	12	801	9	600	7	512	6.5	488	
Total	100	8,143	100	6,864	100	6,835	100	7,085	100	7,475	
Calls to Environment Line and reports to the DECCW website on vehicle-related pollution incidents
Incident type	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10	
Smoky vehicles	3,488	3,396	2,830	2,451	3,211	
Noisy vehicles	561	896	1,063	1,411	1,226	
Littering from vehicles	4,379	5,058	4,429	5,096	5,070	
Total	8,428	9,350	8,322	8,958	9,507	

13. 	Publications
Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water
Corporate publications
About the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water
Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water Corporate Plan Update 2010
Department of Environment and Climate Change annual report 2008–09
Disability Action Plan 2009–2012
Environmental Trust annual report 2008–09
Great Eastern Ranges Initiative annual progress report 2007–08
Great Eastern Ranges Initiative annual progress report 2008–09
Growth Centres Biodiversity Offset Program annual report 2008–09
Household Chemical CleanOut Program annual report 2007–08
NSW budget highlights 2010–11
NSW Climate Change Fund annual report 2008–09
NSW State of the Environment 2009
Radiation Advisory Council annual report 2008–09
Discussion papers and draft plans
Cabbage Tree Bay Aquatic Reserve: draft Fisheries Management (Aquatic Reserve) Regulation 2009 and implementation strategy
Draft code of practice for archaeological investigation in NSW
Draft code of practice for injured, sick and orphaned protected fauna
Draft code of practice for the private keeping of reptiles
Draft Cumberland Plain recovery plan 
Draft ecological harvesting plan guideline for endangered ecological communities
Draft Far North Coast Regional Conservation Plan
Draft floodplain management plan: Edward and Wakool rivers stage 1 – Deniliquin to Moama–Moulamein Railway
Draft floodplain management plan: Edward and Niemur rivers stage 3 – Moama–Moulamein Railway to Liewah and Mallan
Draft floodplain management plan: Wakool River stage 2 – Moama–Moulamein Railway to Gee Gee Bridge
Draft Gwydir Wetlands adaptive environmental management plan
Draft Lower Hawkesbury–Nepean River Nutrient Management Strategy
Draft Macquarie Marshes adaptive environmental management plan
Draft Minister’s requirements under the Coastal Protection Act 1979
Draft report: review of the Lord Howe Island Act 1953
Draft South Coast Regional Conservation Plan
NSW Road Noise Policy: draft for consultation
Proposed biodiversity certification for the Albury Local Environmental Plan 2009
Regulatory impact statement: Catchment Management Authorities (Hunter Central Rivers) Regulation 2010
Regulatory impact statement: proposed Protection of the Environment Operations (Clean Air) Regulation 2010
Regulatory impact statement: proposed Threatened Species Conservation Regulation 2010
Guidelines and advisory documents
Alternative waste technologies assessment tool (CD) 
BioBanking: guide to establishing a biobank site
Coal washery rejects levy operational guidance note
Contaminated sites: guidelines on the duty to report contamination under the Contaminated Land Management Act 1997
Decision support tools: choosing and using the right tool
Delivering the Ramsar Convention in NSW: responsibilities and roles of stakeholders in managing Ramsar wetlands in NSW
Energy efficiency for small business program (brochure)
Energy efficiency for small business case studies:
•	Glebe Point YHA
•	Feel Amazing wellness centres
Environmentally friendly seawalls: a guide to improving the environmental value of seawalls and seawall-lined foreshores in estuaries
Guide to using research in sustainability programs
Handbook for kangaroo harvesters
House deconstruction:
•	Information booklet
•	Bricks and concrete removal
•	Costs of house deconstruction
•	Plan and conduct a house deconstruction
•	Plasterboard removal
•	Roof beams and timber removal
•	Roof surface removal
•	Stripping out
Interim construction noise guideline
Love food, hate waste style guide 
Monitoring manual for bitou bush control and native plant recovery
Native vegetation: compliance and enforcement strategy
NSW Government sustainability policy:
•	Guide note for NSW Government agencies – how to prepare a greenhouse gas emissions inventory
•	Office building strategy Q&As
Preparing for NABERS ratings 
Private Native Forestry Code of Practice:
•	Fact sheet 1 – overview of private native forestry (revision)
•	Fact sheet 2 – how to obtain a private native forestry property vegetation plan (revision)
•	Guideline 1 – guidelines for assessing regeneration and stocking (revision)
•	Guideline 2 – protocol for re-evaluating old-growth forest on private property (revision)
•	Guideline 3 – protocol for re-evaluating rainforest on private property (revision)
•	Guideline 4 – techniques for measuring stand height (revision)
Private native forestry field guide for northern NSW
Protocols for recycling redundant utility poles and bridge timbers in NSW
Protocols for recycling redundant utility poles and bridge timbers in NSW: case study
Routine agricultural management activities on private native forestry land (revised fact sheet)
Specification for supply of recycled material for pavements, earthworks and drainage
Standards and best practice guidelines for vapour recovery at petrol service stations
Sustainability Advantage energy saver (brochure)
UPSS technical note: decommissioning, abandonment and removal of UPSS
UPSS technical note: site sensitivity assessment
UPSS technical note: site validation reporting
Waste and environment levy: operational guidance notes 
Waste and sustainability improvements payments program: guidelines for councils
Environmental and technical reports
Action for Air: 2009 update
Better regulation statement: expansion of vapour recovery at petrol service stations in the NSW GMR
Connectivity conservation and the Great Eastern Ranges corridor
Disposal-based survey of the commercial and industrial waste stream in Sydney
Hawkesbury–Nepean River environmental monitoring program final technical report
Hunter River Salinity Trading Scheme 2008–09 performance
Identification guide to the Australian Odonata
Koala surveys in the coastal forests of the Bermagui–Mumbulla area 2007–09: An interim report
Montague Island Seabird Habitat Restoration Project: proceedings of shared island management workshop, Narooma, November 2008
Native vegetation interim type standard
NSW annual report on native vegetation 2008
NSW Wetlands Policy
NSW resource recovery industries survey 2008–09:
•	Glass reprocessing
•	Organics reprocessing
•	Paper reprocessing
Paroo River Wetlands Ramsar site ecological character description
Planning for catchment biodiversity targets at a local landscape scale: a proposal for the South-west Slopes Bioregion of NSW
Statement of intent 2: infection of frogs by amphibian chytrid causing the disease chytridiomycosis
Strategic environmental compliance and performance review: industry monitoring
Towra Point Nature Reserve Ramsar site ecological character description
Vertebrate fauna of the Wollangambe and Upper Wolgan area
Who cares about the environment in 2009?
Climate change-related publications
A snapshot of future sea levels: photographing the king tide, 12 January 2009
Climate change: how will it affect the natural environment in NSW? (brochure)
Derivation of the NSW Government’s sea level rise planning benchmarks: technical note
Draft coastal risk management guide: incorporating sea level rise benchmarks in coastal risk assessments
Draft flood risk management guide: incorporating sea level rise benchmarks in flood risk assessments
Draft guidelines on incorporating sea level rise benchmarks into coastal hazard assessment
NSW Climate Impact Profile: the impacts of climate change on the biophysical environment of NSW
NSW Sea Level Rise Policy Statement
Cultural heritage
Aboriginal cultural heritage consultation requirements for proponents 2010
Aboriginal cultural values of the Macquarie Marshes and Gwydir Wetlands: oral history component
Aboriginal women’s fishing in NSW: a thematic history
Challenges in the landscape: memories of conserving historic heritage in the NSW park system 1967–2000 (reprint)
Cultural heritage research prospectus
Consultation requirements for proponents:
•	Fact sheet 1 – what is Aboriginal cultural knowledge?
•	Fact sheet 2 – what is an Aboriginal cultural landscape?
•	Fact sheet 3 – cultural knowledge and its protection
•	Fact sheet 4 – local Aboriginal land councils
•	Fact sheet 5 – land use planning
•	Questions and answers 1 – the consultation requirements process
•	Questions and answers 2 – transitional arrangements
Myall Lakes National Park: a people’s history
There were always people here: a history of Yuraygir National Park
Education and community relations
Air quality in NSW (fact sheet)
Beachwatch and Harbourwatch: state of the beaches 2008–09
Beachwatch Partnership Program: state of the beaches 2008–09
BioBanking for conservationists (brochure)
BioBanking for developers (brochure)
BioBanking for landholders (brochure)
Bushfire hazard reduction and the Native Vegetation Act 2003 (brochure)
Clear the air (brochure)
Clear the air education resource kit
Clear the air posters:
•	Cycling
•	Enviro driving
•	Taking public transport
•	Walking
Clear the air social research backgrounder
Commercial and industrial waste in Sydney: overview (brochure)
Commercial licensing of protected native plants in the cut-flower industry (brochure)
Dealing with neighbourhood noise (revised brochure)
Do you plan to carry out private native forestry in NSW? (brochure)
Energy efficient heating (fact sheet)
Energy efficient lighting (fact sheet)
Flying-foxes of NSW (brochure)
Growth Centres Biodiversity Offset Program (brochure)
Guide to NSW national parks 2009–10
How to make your seawall more environmentally friendly (brochure)
Land contamination: what are my responsibilities? (brochure)
Living sustainably e-newsletters:
•	Issue 13
•	Issue 14
•	Issue 15
Love food, hate waste (brochure)
Love food, hate waste: food waste avoidance benchmark study 2009 at a glance
Managing noise from intruder alarms (revised brochure)
Managing vehicle noise (revised brochure)
Native vegetation assistance package for private native forestry (fact sheet)
NSW State of the Environment 2009 summary
Parks Eco Pass: information guide, fast facts and frequently asked questions
Reform and action: strengthening environmental protection and sustainability in NSW (brochure)
Review of the Catchment Management Authorities Act 2003
Review of the Native Vegetation Act 2003
Save power fact sheets:
•	General fact sheet
•	Appliances
•	Cooling systems
•	Heating
•	Home cooling
•	Insulation
•	Lighting
•	Refrigeration
•	Work
Sustainability Advantage case studies
•	Austral Bricks
•	Carlingford Court
•	Converga
•	De Bortoli Wines
•	Goodman Fielder
•	Inghams Enterprises Pty Ltd
•	Marquis Bathroom Products Pty Ltd
•	Ontera Modular Carpets
•	Riverina Cluster
•	Rockdale Beef
•	Rondo Building Services
•	Schindler Lifts Australia
•	Sydney Markets Limited
•	TAFE – Northern Sydney Institute
•	The Schindler Group
Towra Point internationally significant wetlands (brochure)
Training for dangerous goods driver licensing in NSW
Walks with native plants in La Perouse (brochure)
Waste tyres: know your responsibilities (brochure)
Water for the environment news: spring/summer 2010
Who cares about the environment in 2009? At a glance
Working with local government toward a sustainable future:
•	March 2010
•	May 2010
Terrestrial reserve plans of management
Draft plans
Aberbaldie Nature Reserve Draft Plan of Management
Belford National Park Draft Plan of Management
Ben Boyd National Park and Bellbird Creek Nature Reserve Draft Plan of Management
Binjura Nature Reserve Draft Plan of Management
Broadwater National Park Draft Plan of Management
Bungawalbin and Yarringully Parks and Reserves Draft Plan of Management
Cape Byron State Conservation Area (Cape Byron Headland Reserve) Plan of Management: proposed amendments
Columbey Nature Reserve Draft Plan of Management
Cook Island Nature Reserve Draft Plan of Management
Dural Nature Reserve Draft Plan of Management
Duroby Nature Reserve Draft Plan of Management
Eusdale Nature Reserve Draft Plan of Management
Julian Rocks Nature Reserve Draft Plan of Management
Kosciuszko National Park Plan of Management: proposed amendments to increase volunteer ski patrol beds
Mummel Gulf National Park and State Conservation Area Draft Plan of Management
Northern Monaro Reserves (incorporating Dangelong, Wadjan, Kybeyan, Numeralla, Undoo, Coornartha, Mount Clifford and Good Good Nature Reserves, and Kybeyan and Macanally State Conservation Areas) Draft Plan of Management
Prospect Nature Reserve Draft Plan of Management
Tallaganda National Park and State Conservation Area Draft Plan of Management
Approved plans
Amendments to Cape Byron State Conservation Area (Cape Byron Headland Reserve) Plan of Management (provision of visitor facilities at The Pass) 
Avondale State Conservation Area Plan of Management
Bangadilly National Park Plan of Management
Border Ranges Rainforest Biodiversity Management Plan (NSW and Queensland)
Brindabella National Park and State Conservation Area Plan of Management
Burra Creek Nature Reserve Plan of Management
Chaelundi National Park and State Conservation Area Plan of Management
Cockle Bay, Rileys Island, Pelican Island and Saratoga Island Nature Reserves Plan of Management
Dananbilla, Koorawatha, Illunie and Gungewalla Nature Reserves Plan of Management
Ellerslie Nature Reserve Plan of Management
Gardens of Stone National Park Plan of Management
Gibraltar Nature Reserve Plan of Management
Jerilderie Nature Reserve Plan of Management 
Jerrawangala National Park and Parma Creek Nature Reserve Plan of Management 
John Gould Nature Reserve and Boondelbah Nature Reserve Plan of Management
Jubullum Flat Camp Aboriginal Area Plan of Management
Kosciuszko National Park Plan of Management (geotechnical and water management amendments)
Mount Hyland Nature Reserve and State Conservation Area Plan of Management
Mullion Range State Conservation Area and Girralang Nature Reserve Plan of Management
Munmorah State Conservation Area and Bird Island Nature Reserve Plan of Management
Munro Island Nature Reserve Plan of Management
Muttonbird Island Nature Reserve Plan of Management
Razorback Nature Reserve Plan of Management
Scabby Range Nature Reserve Plan of Management
Scheyville National Park and Pitt Town Nature Reserve Plan of Management: amendments
Scott Nature Reserve Plan of Management
Turallo Nature Reserve Plan of Management
Tweed Estuary Nature Reserve Plan of Management
Wee Jasper Nature Reserve Plan of Management
Wereboldera State Conservation Area Plan of Management
Woomargama National Park and State Conservation Area, and Mullengandra Nature Reserve and State Conservation Area Plan of Management
Yaouk Nature Reserve Plan of Management
Yellomundee Regional Park Plan of Management
Yengo National Park, Parr State Conservation Area and Finchley Aboriginal Area Plan of Management
Fire management plans and strategies
Abercrombie Karst Conservation Reserve Fire Management Strategy 2009
Bimberi Nature Reserve Fire Management Strategy 2008
Brindabella National Park and State Conservation Area Fire Management Strategy 2008
Durridgere State Conservation Area Fire Management Strategy 2009
Evans Crown Nature Reserve Fire Management Strategy 2009
Goorooyarroo Nature Reserve Fire Management Strategy 2009
Paroo–Darling National Park (Coonavitra Section) Fire Management Strategy 2009
Paroo–Darling National Park (Tilpilly Section) Fire Management Strategy 2009
Paroo–Darling National Park (Wilga and Mount Murchison Sections) Fire Management Strategy 2009
Yarrobil National Park and Goodiman State Conservation Area Fire Management Strategy 2009
New or revised parks and reserves brochures
Accommodation, Cape Byron Lighthouse cottages
Discovering Gondwana: a guide to Dorrigo National Park
Manning coast park brochure
Myall Lakes National Park: a people’s history
Myall Lakes National Park: the guide 
New England National Park (75th anniversary edition)
New England Wilderness Walk, New England National Park
Parks of the Hunter Region
Parks and reserves of the far south coast
South coast region National Parks and Wildlife Newspaper
Tread lightly: Cape Byron State Conservation Area
Marine parks publications
Lord Howe Island Marine Park attitudinal report
Lord Howe Island Marine Park: summary of research and monitoring
Lord Howe Island Marine Park visitor and expenditure survey
Natural values of Lord Howe Island Marine Park
Recreational fishing in NSW marine parks (revision)
Review of Lord Howe Island Marine Park zoning plan
Seabed mapping in the Solitary Islands and Jervis Bay marine parks
Solitary Islands and Jervis Bay Marine Parks: research project summaries 2002–09
NSW Office of Water
Corporate
Department of Water and Energy annual report 2008–2009 
Working for the NSW Office of Water – applicant information pack
Your guide to www.water.nsw.gov.au 
Water licensing and management
Cap and pipe your bores to improve water supply
Darling River Water Saving Project – community update Number 2
Management of the 2010 flood event in the Menindee Lakes System
Management of Menindee Lakes releases to South Australia
News for licence holders (Issues 1, 2, and 3)
Lower Murrumbidgee groundwater sources: Groundwater Management Area 002 groundwater status report – 2009
Lower Murrumbidgee groundwater sources: resource condition assessment report – 2010
NSW Great Artesian Basin water auction 2009: final report
Guideline to the policy for groundwater transfers in inland NSW outside water sharing plan areas
Impact of groundwater pumping on river systems – a conceptual model of a shallow, highly connected aquifer-stream system for regulated and unregulated rivers
Introducing the Hawkesbury–Nepean Water Metering Project
Improving water balance accounting in the Hawkesbury–Nepean Catchment: Hawkesbury–Nepean Water Metering Project
Riparian vegetation extent for environmental monitoring, evaluation and reporting: project report
NSW strategic water information and monitoring plan – final report
NSW strategic water information and monitoring plan – water inventory and observation networks in New South Wales
The Murray River algal bloom evaluation and recommendations for the future management of major outbreaks
NSW Floodplain Harvesting Policy. Draft for community consultation
Review of 2010 bulk water prices – NSW Office of Water submission to IPART
Strategic compliance in the Macquarie Valley: project report
Development of catchment health. Indicators for the drinking water catchments – Sydney, the Illawarra, Blue Mountains, Southern Highlands and Shoalhaven
Snowy River recovery. Snowy flow response monitoring and modelling: assessment of matters of national environmental significance in the Snowy and Montane rivers
Returning environmental flows to the Snowy River: an overview of water recovery, management and delivery of increased flows
Environmental water monitoring in unregulated rivers: fish assemblages of Coopers Creek and the Wilsons River, with special reference to the eastern freshwater cod
Environmental water monitoring in unregulated rivers: review of the ecology and environmental water requirements of the endangered eastern freshwater cod 
Environmental water monitoring in unregulated rivers: assessment of fish passage and low flow habitat protection – Coopers Creek, NSW
Environmental flow response and socioeconomic monitoring. Macquarie Valley – progress report 2009
Final report – five-year review of the Snowy Hydro Water Licence – licence review – May 2002 to May 2007
Proposed variation of the Snowy Hydro Water Licence – in accordance with Clause 26(1)(b), and (e) of the Snowy Hydro Corporatisation Act 1997 (NSW)
Critical water planning communiqués
Lachlan (Issues 4–11)
Murrumbidgee (Issues 25–35)
Lower Murray Darling (Issues 25–35)
Flood flows in the Barwon–Darling River system (Issues 1–9)
Factsheets
Guide to water access licences and certificates
Compliance powers, offences and penalties – questions and answers
Water management charges for licensed water users 2009/2010
Transaction fees for access licences and approvals under the Water Management Act 2000
Guide to the conversion of water licences to water access licences and approvals
Extending water supply work and/or use approvals
Water sharing plans and support documents
Draft plans:
•	Murrah–Wallaga Catchment unregulated and alluvial water sources – guide, background document, 13 report cards
•	Towamba River unregulated and alluvial water sources – guide, background document, 22 report cards
•	Bega and Brogo Rivers unregulated, regulated and alluvial water sources – guide, background document, 12 report cards
•	Peel Valley regulated, unregulated, alluvial and fractured rock water sources – guide, background document, 8 report cards
•	Richmond River Area unregulated, regulated and alluvial water sources – guide, background document, 22 report cards
•	Tweed River Area unregulated and alluvial water sources – guide, background document, 31 report cards
•	Greater Metropolitan Region surface water sources – guide, background document, 49 report cards
•	Greater Metropolitan Region groundwater sources – guide, background document, 13 report cards
Final plans:
•	Coffs Harbour Area unregulated and alluvial water sources – guide, background document, 13 report cards, 13 summary rules
•	Central Coast unregulated and alluvial water sources – guide, background document, 5 report cards, 5 summary rules
•	Hunter unregulated and alluvial water sources – guide, background document, 37 report cards, 37 summary rules
•	Lower North Coast unregulated and alluvial water sources – guide, background document, 21 report cards, 21 summary rules
•	NSW Border Rivers regulated river water source – guide, background document
Guidelines for groundwater sharing plan report cards
Guidelines for surface water sharing plan report cards
Macro water sharing plans – the approach for unregulated rivers. A report to assist community consultation
Coopers Creek Water Sharing Plan: socio-economic impact assessment of changes to the flow rules
Economic assessment relating to the draft water sharing plan for the Peel Valley: Changes to the alluvial groundwater access rules for Cockburn River and Goonoo Goonoo Creek
Economic assessment of proposed Goonoo Goonoo Creek alluvial groundwater access rules
Urban water
2008–09 NSW water supply and sewerage: benchmarking report
2008–09 NSW water supply and sewerage: performance monitoring report
Aboriginal Communities Water and Sewerage Program
Aboriginal Communities Water and Sewerage Program – achievements in 2008-09
Aboriginal Communities Water and Sewerage Program – highlights and achievements
Protect our environment by managing your liquid trade waste – important information for businesses in country NSW
Draft Schedule under the Water Industry Competition (General) Amendment (Licensing Exemptions) Regulation 2008
Water for Life brand guidelines
Updating the Metropolitan Water Plan: community views – summary of findings from phase 1 of the consultation
14.	Papers published and presented
Papers published and presented by DECCW staff, except for those by Botanic Gardens Trust employees. The Botanic Gardens Trust lists its scientific publications separately in its own annual report.
Alexander B, Ling J and Saintilan N 2009, ‘Investigations to better the use of environmental water in the northern Murray Darling Basin, Australia. Subprogram II of the NSW Rivers Environmental Restoration Program’, Wetland Science and Practice, 26(4), pp. 6–11.
Armstrong J, Denham R, Danaher T, Scarth P and Moffiet T 2009, ‘Prediction and validation of foliage projective cover from Landsat-5 TM and Landsat-7 ETM+ imagery for Queensland, Australia’, Journal of Applied Remote Sensing 3.
Barmuta L, Turak E and Linke S 2009, ’Implementing systematic conservation plans: overcoming the impediments’, 12th International River Symposium, Brisbane, Australia, 21–24 September 2009.
Barnes P, Wilson B, Nadolny C and Growns I 2009, ‘The influence of individual native trees and grazing regime on soil properties and groundcover patterns in a temperate landscape of New South Wales, Australia’, The Rangeland Journal 31, pp. 405–415.
Barnes P, Wilson BR and Lockwood P 2010, ‘Integrating scattered trees into grazing landscapes to manage soil sustainably’, oral presentation to the European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2010, Vienna, Austria, 2–7 May 2010.
Bedward M, Ellis MV and Simpson C 2009, ‘Simple modelling to assess if offsets schemes can prevent biodiversity loss, using examples from Australian woodlands‘, Biological Conservation, 142, pp. 2732–2742. 
Berhane D 2009, ‘Use of multiple methods for assessing surface and groundwater connectivity – Cockburn River, New South Wales’, abstract, Cotton Catchment Communities CRC, 2009 Science Forum. 
Berhane D and Vervoort W 2010, ‘Use of multiple methods for assessing surface and groundwater connectivity – Cockburn River, New South Wales’, poster presented at the Centenary Research Symposium, The University of Sydney.
Bonaccorso F and Pennay M 2008, ‘Pipistrellus wattsi’, in IUCN red list of threatened species, version 2010.1, IUCN, 2010.
Bowen S and Simpson SL 2010, ‘What are we getting for our wetting? Measuring ecosystem responses – the role of monitoring change in extent and condition of vegetation communities in response to environmental water’, Ecosystem Response Modelling in the Murray–Darling Basin: Better Use of Environmental Water Conference, Sydney, Australia 11–12 May 2010.
Bowling L, Honeyman G, Crawford D, Holliday J, Egan S and Ryan D 2009, ‘Preliminary results of investigations into in-situ fluorometry and biovolume as management tools’, oral presentation to Cyanobacterial Bloom Management – Current and Future Options, Parramatta, Australia 12–13 August 2009.
Bowling L 2009, ‘Cyanobacterial blooms in New South Wales – causes, monitoring and management’, oral presentation to Les cyanobactéries - rencontre d’échanges d’informations, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada, 1 September 2009.
Bowling L 2009, ‘A recent case study – the Murray River cyanobacterial bloom autumn 2009 – monitoring results and implications’, oral presentation to Les cyanobactéries - rencontre d’échanges d’informations, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada, 1 September 2009.
Bowling L 2009, ‘Preliminary results of investigations into in-situ fluorometry and biovolume as management tools’, oral presentation to Les cyanobactéries - rencontre d’échanges d’informations, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada, 1 September 2009.
Bradstock R, Davies I, Price O and Cary G 2008, Effects of climate change on bushfire threats to biodiversity, ecosystem processes and people in the Sydney region, Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Research Project, final report to DECCW.
Bradstock RA, Hammill K A, Collins L and Price O 2009, ‘Effects of weather, fuel and terrain on fire severity in topographically diverse landscapes of south-eastern Australia’, Landscape Ecology, published online 25 December 2009. 
Briggs SV 2009, ‘Priorities and paradigms: directions in threatened species recovery’, Conservation Letters 2, pp. 101–108.
Brown S 2009, ‘Playing God with history? Creating ”wild nature” from living landscapes’, poster presented to Australian Archaeology Association Conference, Flinders University, Adelaide, December 2009.
Brown S 2010, ‘Pastoral landscapes and parks: a practical approach to heritage management’, presented to ICOMOS Australia: ICOMOS 2010 Outback and Beyond Conference, Broken Hill, April 2010.
Cavanagh V 2009, ‘The dilemma of ethics in cross-cultural human geography research’, presented to Institute of Australian Geographers Conference, James Cook University, Cairns, September 2009.
Cendon DI, Hankin S, Williams JP, Dimovski C, Meredith KT, Hughes CE and Hollins SE 2009,’Groundwater residence time in the Kulnura–Mangrove Mountain Plateau’, in Grice K and Trinajstic K (eds), The 10th Australasian Environmental Isotope Conference and 3rd Australasian Hydrogeological Research Conference Perth WA 1–3 December 2009, p. 6. 
Chapman J, Pablo F, Julli M, Patra R, Sunderam R, Manning T and Sargent N 2009, ‘Toxicity assessment of a lanthanum-based clay product to fish and cladoceran’, ASE conference – ’Toxicants in a Changing Environment, Adelaide, Australia, 20–23 September 2009. 
Chapman JC, Sanchez-Bayo F and Rendell P 2009, ‘International experience in incorporating bioaccumulation into water quality guidelines’, ASE conference –Toxicants in a Changing Environment, Adelaide, Australia, 20–23 September 2009.
Chejara V, Kriticos D, Kristiansen P, Sindel B, Whalley R, Nadolny C 2010, ‘The current and future potential geographical distribution of Hyparrhenia hirta’, Weed Research 50, pp. 174–184.
Chessman BC 2009, ‘Climatic changes and 13-year trends in stream macroinvertebrate assemblages in New South Wales, Australia’, Global Change Biology 15, pp. 2791–2802. 
Chessman BC, Royal MJ and Muschal M 2009, ‘The challenge of monitoring impacts of water abstraction on macroinvertebrate assemblages in unregulated streams’, River Research and Applications, December 2009, vol. 9999, pp. 1535–1467. 
Chessman BC and Townsend SA 2010, ‘Differing effects of catchment land use on water chemistry explain contrasting behaviour of a diatom index in tropical northern and temperate southern Australia’, Ecological Indicators 10, pp. 620–626.
Chessman BC, Westhorpe DP, Mitrovic SM and Hardwick L 2009, ‘Trophic linkages between periphyton and grazing macroinvertebrates in rivers with different levels of catchment development’, Hydrobiologia 625, pp. 135–150.
Choung CB, Hyne RV and Hose GC 2009, ‘The individual and joint effects of corn pesticides on the development of the endangered southern bell frog (Litoria raniformis)’, SETAC North America, New Orleans, USA, November 2009.
Chowdhury S 2009, ‘Asserting predictive uncertainty of regulated river system model’, International Congress on Modelling Simulation, MODSIM09, July 2009, Cairns, also in Anderssen RS, Braddock RD and Newham LTH (eds), 18th World IMACS Congress and MODSIM09 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, pp. 3144–3150. 
Claridge AW 2010, ‘Clear and present danger: balancing the land management issues of today with the eternal challenge of climate change’, National Parks Association of Australia Conference, 7–8 June 2010, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.
Claridge AW, Mills DJ, Hunt R, Jenkins DJ and Bean J 2009, ‘Satellite tracking of wild dogs in south-eastern mainland Australia: implications for management of a problematic top-order carnivore‘, Forest Ecology and Management 258, pp. 814–822.
Claridge AW, Trappe JM and Hansen K 2009, ‘Do fungi have a role as soil stabilisers and remediators after fire?’, Forest Ecology and Management 257, pp. 1063–1069.
Claridge AW, Trappe JM, Mills DJ and Claridge DL 2009, ‘Diversity and habitat relationships of hypogeous fungi. III. Factors influencing the occurrence of fire-adapted species‘, Mycological Research 113, pp. 792–801.
Clark S, Wen L and Bishop W 2010, ‘Rivers Environmental Restoration Program (RERP) Gwydir Wetland hydrodynamic model development‘, Ecosystem Response Modelling in the Murray–Darling Basin: Better Use of Environmental Water Conference, Sydney, Australia, 11–12 May 2010. 
Claus S 2009, ‘Monitoring, evaluation and reporting NSW wetlands’, Wetlands Australia, national wetlands update 2009, Australia Government Publication 17, pp. 59–60.
Claus S 2009, ‘Using conceptual models in national resource management,’ Staying Afloat – Rising to the Challenges, 18th NSW Coastal Conference, Ballina, Australia, 3–6 November 2009.
Cloke P and Samra S 2009, ‘Impacts of the 2001–2007 drought and climate change on security of water supplies in country NSW’, H2009 32nd Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium, Newcastle, Australia, December 2009. 
Coman F, Davies C, Dela-Cruz J, McLeod D, Pritchard T, Slotwinski A and Richardson AJ 2009, ‘Seasonal, inter-annual, and potential decadal changes in the zooplankton community off Port Hacking’, NSW Marine Connectivity AMSA 2009 International Conference, Adelaide, Australia, 5–9 July 2009.
Cook N, Ainsworth P, Othet D and Muschal M 2009, ‘Assessing river health using geomorphic condition assessments’, conference abstracts, 7th International Conference on Geomorphology, Melbourne, Australia, 6–11 July 2009.
Cook N, Outhet D, Kuginis L, Serov P and Byrne G 2009, ‘Groundwater dependent ecosystems and fluvial geomorphology in NSW’, conference abstracts, 7th International Conference on Geomorphology, Melbourne, Australia, 6–11 July 2009.
Davies N, Bradley A, McAlpine C, Seabrook L, Rhodes J, Baxter G and Lunney D 2009, ‘Physiological condition and genetic structure of western koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) populations’, abstract, 10th International Congress of Ecology, Brisbane, Australia, 16–21 August 2009.
Dean-Jones P and Brown S 2010, ‘Forest as historic artefact: understanding cumulative landscape transformation in grazed and logged forests in north east NSW’, presented to Australian Forest History Society Inc 8th National Conference, Lismore, June 2010.
Dela-Cruz J 2009, ‘Risk to eutrophication of coastal wetlands, NSW’, Wetlands Australia 17, p. 28.
Dela-Cruz J and Scanes P 2009, Estuarine decision support, State Level Activity Natural Resource Management Project. 
Driver PD, Chowdhury S, Hameed T, O’Rourke M and Shaikh M 2010, ‘Ecosystem response models for lower Calare (Lachlan River) floodplain wetlands: managing wetland biota and climate change modelling’, in Overton I and Saintilan N (eds), Ecosystem response modelling in the Murray–Darling Basin, CSIRO Publishing, pp. 183–196.
Dunkerley G and Ford H 2009, ‘Changes in bird community structure over 30 years in a eucalypt woodland remnant on the Northern Tablelands of NSW’, Australasian Ornithological Conference, Armidale, 20 November–4 December 2009.
Dunn, J 2009, ‘South Coast Shorebird Recovery Program’, presented at Birds Australia, Ocean Birds Conference, Hobart.
Eldridge DJ 2009, ‘Badger (Taxidea taxus) mounds affect soil hydrological properties in a degraded shrub-steppe’, American Midland Naturalist 161, pp. 350–358.
Eldridge DJ and James AI 2009, ‘Soil-disturbance by native animals plays a critical role in maintaining healthy Australian landscapes’, Ecological Management and Restoration 10, pp. S27–S34.
Eldridge DJ and Lunt ID 2010, ‘Resilience of soil seed banks to site degradation in intermittently flooded riverine woodlands’, Journal of Vegetation Science 21, pp. 157–166.
Eldridge DJ and Whitford WG 2009, ‘Badger (Taxidea taxus) disturbances increase soil heterogeneity in a degraded shrub-steppe ecosystem’, Journal of Arid Environments 73, pp. 66–73.
Eldridge DJ and Whitford WG 2009, ‘Soil disturbance by native animals along grazing gradients in an arid grassland‘, Journal of Arid Environments 73, pp. 1144–1148.
Eldridge DJ, Whitford WG and Duval BD 2009, ‘Animal disturbances promote shrub maintenance in a desertified grassland’, Journal of Ecology 97, pp. 1302–1310.
Ellis M and Pennay M 2008, ‘Chalinolobus picatus’, in IUCN red list of threatened species, version 2010.1, IUCN, 2010.
Ferguson AJP, Potts JD, Gay J and Scanes P 2009, Developing ecological function indicators for riverine estuaries (DEFIRE), final report to the Environmental Trust. 
Ferguson AJP, Potts JD, Scanes P and Coade G 2009, ‘The use of a hybrid estuarine response model to predict ecosystem responses to climate change in shallow sub-tropical estuaries’, Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation 20th Biennial Conference, Portland, Oregon.
Ferrier S and Drielsma M 2010, ‘Synthesis of pattern and process in biodiversity conservation assessment: a flexible whole-landscape modelling framework’ in Diversity and Distributions 16 (3), pp. 386–402.
Finn MA, Boulton AJ and Chessman BC 2009, ‘Ecological responses to artificial drought in two Australian rivers with differing water extraction’, Fundamental and Applied Limnology 175, pp. 231–248.
Flavel N, Bari M and Singh I 2010, ‘Economic impacts of NSW water sharing plan rules on irrigated agriculture: a case study of Coopers Creek’, 54th Annual Conference of Australian Agriculture and Resource Economics Society, Adelaide, South Australia, 10–12 February 2010. 
Ford C 2009, ‘ “What power what grandeur what sublimity!”: romanticism and the appeal of Sydney beaches in the nineteenth century’, in Hosking S, Hosking R, Pannell R and Bierbum N (eds), Something rich and strange: sea changes, beaches and the littoral in the Antipodes, Wakefield Press, Kent Town.
Ford C 2009, ‘A summer fling: the rise and fall of aquariums and fun parks on Sydney’s ocean coast, 1885–1920,’ Journal of Tourism History, vol 1, no 2, October 2009.
Ford C 2010, ‘The lifesaver’ in White R and Harper M (eds), National symbols, UNSW Press and NMA, Sydney. 
Ford GI, Pennay M, Young RA and Richards GC 2008, ‘Little pied bat Chalinolobus picatus’, in Van Dyck S and Strahan RS (eds), Mammals of Australia. New Holland, Sydney, pp. 539–540.
Garlapati N, Shaikh M and Dwyer M 2010, ‘Building the capacity to access spatial information about the extent of riparian vegetation in New South Wales, Australia’, Proceedings of the FIG Congress 2010, Sydney.
Ghosh S, Mandal B, Wilson BR, Ghoshal SK and Growns I 2009, ‘Changes in the soil organic carbon pool in three long-term fertility experiments with different cropping systems, inorganic and organic soil amendments in the eastern cereal belt of India’, paper to the 96th Indian Science Congress (Agriculture and Forestry Sciences Section), Shilong, India, 3–7 January 2009.
Ghosh S, Wilson BR, Kristiansen P, Barnes P and King D 2009, ‘Impact of land use variation on soil C, change in different agricultural soils in NW New South Wales, Australia’, oral presentation to the International Symposium on Soil Organic Matter Dynamics: Land Use Management and Global Change, Colorado Springs, 5–9 July 2009.
Gilfedder M, Rassam DW, Stenson MP and Littleboy M 2009, ‘Groundwater component of the WaterCAST catchment modelling framework’, 18th World IMACS Congress and MODSIM09 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Cairns, Australia, 13–17 July 2009.
Glen AS, Pennay M, Dickman CR, Wintle BA and Firestone KB 2010, ‘Diets of sympatric native and introduced carnivores in the Barrington Tops, eastern Australia’, Austral Ecology, visit http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1442-9993.2010.02149.x/abstract.

Gray JM, Humphreys GS and Deckers JA 2009, ‘Relationships in soil distribution as revealed by a global soil database‘, Geoderma 150, pp. 309–323.
Green K 2010, ‘Alpine taxa exhibit differing responses to climate warming in the Snowy Mountains of Australia‘, Journal of Mountain Science 7, pp. 167–175.
Green R, Russell G, Williams RM and Gates G 2009, ‘A revised appraisal of groundwater in the Lower Blue Mountains‘, in Australian National Chapter of the International Association of Hydrogeologists, NSW Branch, Milne-Home WA (ed), Proceedings of the Groundwater in the Sydney Basin Symposium, Sydney, NSW, 4–5 August 2009, pp. 88–95. 
Green K 2009, ‘Causes of stability in the alpine treeline in the Snowy Mountains of Australia – a natural experiment‘, Australian Journal of Botany 57, pp. 171–179.
Green K and Pickering C 2009, ‘The decline of snow patches in the Snowy Mountains of Australia: importance of climate warming, variable snow and wind‘, Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research 41, pp. 212–218.
Green K and Pickering C 2009, ‘Vegetation, microclimate and soils associated with the latest lying snow patches in Australia’, Plant Ecology and Diversity 2, pp. 289–300.
Growcock A, Sutherland E and Stathis P 2009, ‘Challenges and experiences in implementing a management effectiveness evaluation program in a protected area system’, Australasian Journal of Environmental Management, vol 16 (no.4), pp. 218–226.
Hadwen WL, Fellows CS, Westhorpe DP, Rees GN, Mitrovic SM, Taylor B, Baldwin DS, Silvester E and Croome R 2009, ‘Longitudinal trends in river functioning: patterns of nutrient and carbon processing in three Australian rivers’, River Research and Applications.
Hall L, Lumsden L, McKenzie N, Pennay M and Reardon T 2008, ‘Mormopterus planiceps’, in IUCN red list of threatened species, version 2010.1, IUCN, 2010. 
Hammill KA, Tasker EM and Reid J 2010, Monitoring fire regimes and biodiversity in the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area, final report to Department of Environment, Water and Heritage on Caring for our Country Project 5 of the World Heritage Property Management Program 2008–09, DECCW, Sydney.
Hayes J and Kuhan K 2010, ‘Water data management/dissemination for sustainable water management in New South Wales’, BALWOIS 2010 – Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia, 25–29 May 2010 
Heagney EC, Spencer JA, Fowler A and Allman R 2010, ‘The effect of flow on the growth and condition of two native fish species, Gwydir wetlands’, Ecosystem Response Modelling in the Murray–Darling Basin: Better Use of Environmental Water Conference, Sydney, Australia 11–12 May 2010.
Henderson B 2010, ‘Are market-based instruments effective tools for environmental management?’, CAB Reviews: Perspectives in Agriculture, Veterinary Science, Nutrition and Natural Resources 5(015), pp. 1–10.
Hicks W, Bowman G and Fitzpatrick R 2009, ‘Effect of season and landscape position on the aluminium geochemistry of tropical acid sulfate soil leachate‘, Australian Journal of Soil Research 47, pp. 137–153.
Hill C and Carter G 2009, ‘Determining an economic value for improved water quality in the Darling River’, National Cyanobacterial Workshop, Parramatta, 12 August 2009.
Hitchcock JN, Mitrovic SM, Kobayashi T and Westhorpe 2009, ‘Responses of estuarine bacterioplankton, phytoplankton and zooplankton to dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and inorganic nutrient additions’, Estuaries and Coasts 33, pp. 78–91.
Hoey D, Summerell G, Littleboy M and Nicholson A 2010, ’Landscape salinisation and management in New South Wales, Australia‘, international conference on management of soil and groundwater salinisation in arid regions, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, 11–14 January 2010.
Hohnen L 2010, ‘Economic evaluation of environmental research: the value of environmental research used in the Great Lakes Coastal Catchments Initiative’, 54th Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Conference, Adelaide, Australia, 10–12 February.
Howe A, Rodríguez JF, Spencer J, MacFarlane GR and Saintilan N 2010, ‘Estuarine vegetation as habitat for shorebirds: response to the reinstatement of wetland tidal flow, Marine and Freshwater Research 61, pp. 1–12.
Hunter D, Osborne W, Smith M and McDougall K 2009, ‘Breeding habitat use and the future management of the critically endangered southern corroboree frog‘, Ecological Restoration and Management 10, pp. 103–109.
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Hyne RV, Mann RM and Ascheri LME 2010, ‘Development of an artificial sediment for use in reference reproduction toxicity tests using the estuarine amphipod Melita plumulosa’, SETAC Europe 20th Annual Conference, Seville, Spain, 23–27 May 2010.
Iles J, Kobayashi T, Knowles L, Saintilan N and Mazumder D 2010, ‘Environmental flow water and aquatic consumer food web structure: temporal aspects’, Ecosystem Response Modelling in the Murray-Darling Basin: Better Use of Environmental Water Conference, Sydney, Australia, 11–12 May 2010.
Imgraben S, Turak E, Davis J 2009, ’The challenges of applying broad-scale assessment frameworks to wetlands’, Proceedings of the Congress of Australian Society for Limnology, Alice Springs, Australia, September–October 2009.
Ingleton T, Davies P, Jordan A, Mesley E, Neilson J, Bergensen D, Bergensen N and Pritchard T 2009, ‘Use of interferometric sidescan techniques for seabed mapping: tools to improve data processing and resolution’, Proceedings of the Australian Marine Science Association Annual Conference, Adelaide, Australia, July 2009.
Islam T, Imgraben S, Turak E and Melrose R 2009, ‘Development of type specific water quality criteria for wetlands’, Proceedings of the Congress of Australian Society for Limnology,Alice Springs, Australia, September–October 2009.
James AI, Eldridge DJ and Hill BM 2009, ‘Foraging animals create fertile patches in an Australian desert shrubland’, Ecography 32, pp. 723–732.
Jenkins B, Vaze J, Teng J and Tuteja N 2010, ‘Soils fieldwork, analysis and interpretation to support hydraulic and hydrodynamic modelling in the Murray flood plains‘, Australian Journal of Soil Research 48, pp. 295–308.
Ji F, Littleboy M and Summerell G 2009, ‘Grouping soil types based on soil properties – impact on water balance modelling’,18th World IMACS Congress and MODSIM09 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Cairns, Australia, 13–17 July 2009.
Ji F, Littleboy M and Summerell G 2009, ‘Water balance modelling – impact of land use, soil properties and rainfall seasonality’,18th World IMACS Congress and MODSIM09 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Cairns, Australia, 13–17 July 2009.
Johnston NAL 2009, ‘Sustainability drivers for land remediation in NSW’, Clean Up 09, 3rd International Contaminated Site Remediation Conference, Adelaide, 27–30 September 2009.
Johnston NAL 2009, ‘Changes to contaminated land legislation in NSW and implementing the underground petroleum storage system regulation‘, Australian Environmental Business Network Contaminated Land Legislation Conference, Sydney, 18 August 2009.
Johnston NAL 2009, ‘Regulator’s perspective, contaminated land the original toxic asset’, Australian Property Institute Conference, Canberra, 14–15 May 2010.
Johnston NAL and Hartley S 2009, ‘Unlocking the potential of brownfields’, Clean Up 09, 3rd International Contaminated Site Remediation Conference, Adelaide, 27–30 September 2009.
Jones HA and Byrne M 2009, ‘The impact of catastrophic channel change on freshwater mussels in the Hunter River system, Australia: a conservation assessment‘, Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 
Jones MG, Vervoort RW and Cattle JA 2010, ‘Nutrient losses under simulated rainfall from pasture plots in the Great Lakes District, NSW’, Australian Journal of Soil Research 47, pp. 555–564.
Jordan A, Davies P, Ingleton T, Mesley E, Neilson J and Pritchard T 2010, ‘Developments in mapping of seabed habitats for marine protected area planning and monitoring’, Proceedings of the International Ocean Science Conference, Sydney, Australia, May 2010.
Jordan A, Neilson J, Davies P, Ingleton T and Mesley E 2009, ‘The application of towed video to describe benthic assemblages on the inner shelf of NSW – limitations and future developments’, Proceedings of the Australian Marine Science Association Annual Conference, Adelaide, Australia July 2009.
Kelleway J, Mazumder D, Wilson GG and Kobayashi T 2010, ‘Using isotopic techniques to assess trophic structure in northern Murray–Darling Basin wetlands’, in Saintilan N and Overton I (eds), Ecosystem response modelling in the Murray–Darling Basin, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 85–101.
Kelleway J, Mazumder D, Wilson GG, Saintilan N, Knowles L, Iles J and Kobayashi T 2010, ‘Trophic structure of benthic resources and consumers varies across a regulated floodplain wetland’, Marine and Freshwater Research 61, pp. 430–440.
Kingsford RT, Watson JEM, Lundquist CJ, Venter O, Hughes L, Johnston EL, Atherton J, Gawel M, Keith DA, Mackey BG, Morley C, Possingham HP, Raynor B, Recher HF and Wilson KA 2009, ‘Major conservation policy issues for biodiversity in Oceania’, Conservation Biology 4, pp. 834–840. 
Kitchen J, Clark A, Danaher T, Armstrong J and Scarth P 2010, ‘Operational use of annual Landsat-5 TM and Landsat-7 ETM+ image time-series for mapping wooded extent and foliage projective cover in north-eastern Australia’, Indooroopilly, 31 January 2010.
Knowles L, Iles J, Kobayashi Y, Lu Y and Wen L 2010, ‘Phosphorus budget in ephemeral wetland ecosystem after receiving environmental water’, Ecosystem Response Modelling in the Murray–Darling Basin: Better Use of Environmental Water Conference, Sydney, Australia, 11–12 May 2010. 
Kobayashi T, Knowles L, Iles J, Wen L and Lu Y 2010, ‘A phosphorus budget model in an ephemeral wetland after receiving environmental water’, poster, Ecosystem Response Modelling in the Murray Darling Basin: Better Use of Environmental Water Conference, Sydney, Australia, 11–12 May 2010.
Kobayashi T, Ryder DS, Gordon G, Shannon I, Ingleton T, Carpenter M and Jacobs SJ 2009, ‘Short-term response of nutrients, carbon and planktonic microbial communities to floodplain wetland inundation’, Aquatic Ecology 43, pp. 843–858.
Kobayashi T, Ryder DS, Ralph TJ, Kelleway J, Mazumder D, Saintilan N, Thomas R and Hunter S 2010, ‘Longitudinal spatial variation in ecological conditions in an in-channel floodplain river system during flow pulses’, River Research and Applications www.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1535-1467.
Kobayashi T, Shiel RJ, King AJ and Miskiewicz AG 2009, ‘Chapter 7 Freshwater zooplankton: diversity and biology’, in Suthers IM and Rissik D (eds), Plankton: a guide to their ecology and monitoring for water quality, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, pp.157–179.
Lamontagne S, Hicks WS, Souter NJ, Walter MJ and Wen L 2009, ‘Water and salt balance of a saline water disposal basin during an experimental flooding and drying cycle (Loveday Disposal Basin, Australia)’, Hydrological Processes 23 (24), pp. 3453–3463.
Letnic M, Crowther MS and Koch F 2009, ‘Does a top predator provide an endangered rodent with refuge from an invasive mesopredator?’, Animal Conservation 12, pp. 302–312.
Letnic M, Koch F, Gordon C, Crowther, MS and Dickman CR 2009, ‘Keystone effects of an alien top predator stem extinctions of native mammals‘, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B. 276, pp. 3249–3256.
Leys J, Butler H, Yang X and Heidenreich S 2010, CEMSYS modelled wind erosion, DECCW, http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/soils/10321cemsyswind.pdf
Li Y, Low GK-C, Scott JA and Amal R 2009, ‘The role of iron in hexavalent chromium reduction by municipal landfill leachate’, Journal of Hazardous Materials 161, p. 657.
Li Y, Low GK-C, Scott JA and Amal R 2010, ‘Arsenic speciation in municipal landfill leachate’, Chemosphere 79, pp. 794–801.
Ling JE 2010, Testing macroinvertebrate and plant techniques for wetland assessment a consideration of the effects of errors and implications for sampling design, VDM Publishing Verlag, Dr Muller e.K.
Linke S, Turak E and Nel J 2010, ‘Catering for multiple outcomes: a systematic approach to environmental water allocations’, Conference proceedings: Ecosystem Response Modelling in the Murray–Darling Basin: Better Use of Environmental Water Sydney, Australia, 11–12 May 2010. 
Linke S, Turak E and Nel J 2010, ‘Freshwater conservation planning: the case for systematic approaches’, Freshwater Biology Online, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2427.2010.02456.x/abstract.
Linke S, Turak E and Possingham HP 2009, ‘Adding pieces to the Marxan Puzzle: integrating river, wetland and groundwater conservation using asymmetric connectivity rules’, Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Meeting and 2009 International Congress for Conservation Biology Beijing, China, 11–16 July 2009.
Linke S, Turak E and Possingham HP 2009, ‘Planning across the freshwater realms: integration of river, wetland and groundwater conservation planning’, The 10th International Congress of Ecology, Brisbane, Australia, 16–21 August 2009.
Littleboy M, Sayers J and Dela-Cruz J 2009, ‘Hydrological modelling of coastal catchments in New South Wales’, in Anderssen RS, Braddock RD and Newham LTH (eds), 18th World IMACS Congress and MODSIM09 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation. Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand and International Association for Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, July 2009, pp. 3400–3406. 
Losada S, Roach AC, Roosens L, Javier Santos F, Galceran MT, Vetter W, Neels H and Covaci A 2009, ‘Biomagnification of anthropogenic and naturally-produced organobrominated compounds in a marine food web from Sydney Harbour, Australia‘, Environment International 35, pp. 1142–1149.
Loveless A 2009, An ecological response model for Botany Bay, final report to Sydney Metropolitan Catchment Management Authority, Sydney, Australia.
Lovelock CE, Skilleter G and Saintilan N 2009, ‘Mangroves, tidal wetlands and climate change’, in Poloczanska ES, Hobday AJ and Richardson AJ (eds), A marine climate change impacts and adaptation report card for Australia 2009, NCCARF Publication.
Lumsden L and Pennay M 2008, ‘Vespadelus vulturnus’, in IUCN red list of threatened species, version 2010.1, IUCN, 2010.
Lumsden L, McKenzie N and Pennay M 2008, ‘Scotorepens greyii’, in IUCN red list of threatened species, version 2010.1, IUCN, 2010.
Lumsden L, Reardon T and Pennay M 2008, ‘Vespadelus regulus’, in IUCN red list of threatened species, version 2010.1, IUCN, 2010.
Lumsden L, Pennay M and Reardon T 2008, ‘South-eastern freetail bat Mormopterus sp.’, in Van Dyck S and Strahan RS, (eds), Mammals of Australia. New Holland, Sydney. pp. 497–498.
Lunney D 2009, ‘Commercial use of wildlife: the prevailing conservation viewpoint’, abstract, invited paper, Inaugural Minding Animals Conference 2009, Newcastle, Australia, July 2009.
Lunney D 2009, ‘Contemporary issues in wildlife management in Australia’, abstract, invited paper, Inaugural Minding Animals Conference 2009, Newcastle, Australia, July 2009.
Lunney D 2009, ‘Is fire a disaster for koalas?’, PAWS Summer 2009–2010, Foundation for National Parks and Wildlife.
Lunney D 2009, ‘The rapid increase in interest in monitoring biodiversity in NSW’, abstract, 10th International Congress of Ecology, Brisbane, Australia, 16–21 August 2009.
Lunney D 2010, ‘Cities, nature, justice: a zoologist’s perspective’, Transforming Cultures eJournal, 5(1), pp. 26–51. 
Lunney D, Fox A, Catling P, Recher H, O’Shea B and Lunney H 2010, ‘An ecological history of Nadgee Nature Reserve: a jewel in the crown of the contested forests of south-east NSW’, Australian Forest History Conference, Lismore, Australia, June 2010.
Lunney D, Matthews A, Eby P and Penn AM 2009, ‘The long-term effects of logging for woodchips on small mammal populations‘, Wildlife Research 36, pp. 691–701.
Lunney D and Pennay M 2008, ‘Scoteanax rueppellii’, in IUCN red list of threatened species, version 2010.1, IUCN, 2010.
Macdonald R, Hameed T, Wen L and Roberts S 2010, ‘Wetland modelling’, Ecosystem Response Modelling in the Murray-Darling Basin: Better Use of Environmental Water Conference, Sydney, Australia, May 2010. 
Maher W, Roach A, Doblin M, Fan T, Foster S, Garrett R, Möller G, Oram L and Wallschläger D 2010, ‘Chapter 4 – Ecological assessment of selenium in the aquatic environment’, in Chapman PM, Adams WJ, Brooks ML, Delos CG, Luoma SN, Maher WA, Ohlendorf HM, Presser TS and Shaw DP (eds), Environmental sources, speciation, and partitioning of selenium, SETAC Workshop, Pensacola, FL, USA, CRC Press, Boca Raton FL, USA.
Malcolm H, Smith S and Jordan A 2010, ‘Using patterns of reef fish assemblages to refine a habitat classification system for marine parks in NSW, Australia’, Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 20, pp. 83–92.
Malcolm HA, Smith SDA, Jordan A, Mesley E, Davies P, Ingleton T and Sachs P 2009, ‘Patterns of reef fish in a tropical–temperate overlap: relationship to zoning in the Solitary Islands Marine Park’, Proceedings of the Australian Society for Fish Biology Conference/9th Indo Pacific Fish Congress Perth, Australia 2009.
Manion G 2009, ‘A technique for constructing monotonic regression splines to enable non-linear transformation of GIS rasters’,18th World IMACS Congress and MODSIM09 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Cairns, Australia, 13–17 July 2009.
Manion G and Ridges M 2009, ‘An optimisation of the survey gap analysis technique to minimise computational complexity and memory resources in order to accommodate fine grain environmental and site data’,18th World IMACS Congress and MODSIM09 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Cairns, Australia, 13–17 July 2009.
Mann RM, Hyne RV, Choung CB and Wilson SP 2009, ‘Amphibians and agricultural chemicals: review of the risks in a complex environment‘, Environmental Pollution 157, pp. 2903–2927.
Mann RM, Hyne RV, Dillon CT, de Jonge MD, Paterson D and Howard DL 2010, ‘Microprobe XRF mapping of metals in hepatopancreatic and ovary tissues in an Australian estuarine amphipod following exposure to metal contaminated sediment’, SETAC Europe 20th Annual Conference, Seville, Spain, 23–27 May 2010.
Mann RM, Hyne RV, Simandjuntak DL and Simpson SL 2009, ‘A rapid amphipod reproduction test for sediment quality assessment: in situ bioassays do not replicate laboratory bioassays’, ASE conference – Toxicants in a Changing Environment, Adelaide, Australia, 20–23 September 2009.
Mann RM, Hyne RV, Simandjuntak DL and Simpson SL 2010, ‘A rapid amphipod reproduction test for sediment quality assessment: in situ bioassays do not replicate laboratory bioassays’, SETAC Europe 20th Annual Conference, Seville, Spain, 23–27 May 2010.
Manning T, Ross GA and Symons R 2008, ‘Environmental contaminants in white-bellied sea-eagles (Haliaeetus leucogaster) found in Sydney, Australia‘, Australasian Journal of Ecotoxicology 14, pp. 21–30.
Matthews A, Spooner P, Lunney D, Green K and Klomp P 2009, ‘Climate influences on the upper range limit of a common herbivore in subalpine Australia, abstract, 10th International Congress of Ecology, Brisbane, Australia, 16–21 August 2009.
Matthews A, Spooner PG, Lunney D, Green K and Klomp NI 2010, ‘The influences of snow cover, vegetation and topography on the upper range limit of common wombats Vombatus ursinus in the subalpine zone’, Australia, in Diversity and Distributions 16, pp. 277–287.
Mazumder D and Saintilan N 2010, ‘Mangrove leaves are not a significant source of carbon and nitrogen for temperate mangrove crabs in Australia‘, Wetlands 30 (2), pp. 375–380.
Mazumder D, Johansen M, Saintilan N, Iles J, Knowles L, Kobayashi Y and Wen L 2010, ‘Isotopic and modelling studies of food web structure in wet and dry conditions, Yanga wetlands NSW, Australia‘, Ecosystem Response Modelling in the Murray–Darling Basin: Better Use of Environmental Water Conference, Sydney, Australia, 11–12 May 2010. 
Mazumder D, Saintilan N and Williams RJ 2009, ‘Zooplankton dynamics in the saltmarsh and mangrove at the Kurnell Peninsula, Botany Bay, Australia’, Wetlands Ecology and Management 17, pp. 225–230.
McDougall KL 2009, ‘Four new species of Bossiaea in south-eastern Australia’, Telopea 12, pp. 347–360.
McDougall KL, Haider S, Seipel T, Kueffer C and MIREN Consortium 2009, ‘Spread of non-native plant species into mountains: now is the time to act’, Mountain Forum Bulletin 9 (2), pp. 23–25.
McHenry MT, Wilson BR, Lockwood PV, Guppy CN, Sindel BM, Tighe MK, Grown IO and Lemon JM 2009, ‘The impact of individual Callitris glaucophylla (white cypress pine) trees on agricultural soils and pastures of the north-western slopes of NSW, Australia’, The Rangeland Journal 31, pp. 321–328. 
McKenzie N and Pennay M 2008, ‘Saccolaimus flaviventris’, in. IUCN red list of threatened species, version 2010.1, IUCN, 2010.
McKenzie N, Pennay M and Richards G 2008, ‘Tadarida australis’, in IUCN red list of threatened species, version 2010.1, IUCN, 2010. 
Melrose R 2009, ‘The wetland fringing zone as an indicator of ecosystem health: GIS and remote sensing methods for delineation and assessment of condition’, Proceedings of the Congress of Australian Society for Limnology, Alice Springs, Australia, September–October 2009.
Mesley E, Jordan A, Davies P, Ingleton T, Neilson J and Frolich M 2009, ‘Mapping of seabed habitats on the NSW continental shelf at multiple scales’, Proceedings of the Australian Marine Science Association Annual Conference Adelaide, Australia, July 2009.
Morgan MJ, Hunter D, Pietsch R, Osborne W and Keogh JS 2008, Assessment of genetic diversity in the critically endangered Australian corroboree frogs, Pseudophryne corroboree and Pseudophryne pengilleyi, identifies four evolutionarily significant units for conservation‘, Molecular Ecology 17, pp. 3448–3463. 
Moss P and Burrell M 2010, ‘NSW general purpose water accounts – developed under the preliminary Australian water accounting standards’, Australian Irrigation Conference and Exhibition 2010, Darling Harbour, Sydney, Australia, 8–10 June 2010.
Moylan E, Brown S and Kelly C 2009, ‘Toward a cultural landscape atlas: representing all the landscape as cultural’, International Journal of Heritage Studies, 15:5, pp. 447–466.
Murphy B and McKenzie D 2009, ‘The application of pedotransfer functions to an existing soil map to predict soil hydraulic properties and soil depth – an example from a catchment in the Murray–Darling Basin of South Eastern Australia’, Pedometrics Conference, Biennial Meeting of Commission 1.5, Pedometrics Division 1 of the International Union of Soil Science China Agricultural University, Beijing, China, 26–28 August 2009.
Murphy B, Koen T and Grant S 2009, ‘A quantitative evaluation of the effectiveness of colours to convey information in the presentation of maps’, Pedometrics Conference, Biennial Meeting of Commission 1.5, Pedometrics Division 1 of the International Union of Soil Science China Agricultural University, Beijing, China, 26–28 August 2009.
Murray K, Retallick R, McDonald KR, Mendez D, Aplin K, Kirkpatrick P, Berger L, Hunter D, Hines HB, Campbell R, Pauza M, Driessen M, Speare R, Richards SJ, Mahony M, Freeman A, Phillott AD, Hero J-M, Kriger K, Driscoll D, Felton A, Puschendorf R and Skerratt LF 2010, ‘The distribution and host range of the pandemic disease chytridiomycosis in Australia, spanning surveys from 1956–2007‘, Ecology 91, p. 1557.
Navnith M, Finlayson GR, Crowther MS and Dickman CR 2009, ‘The diet of the re-introduced greater bilby (Macrotis lagotis) in the mallee woodlands of western New South Wales’, Australian Zoologist 35, pp. 90–95.
Neilson J, Jordan A, Gudge S and Kerr I 2010, ‘Baited remote underwater video surveys of fish assemblages on reef shelf habitats in Lord Howe Island Marine Park’, NSW Marine Parks Authority Report. 
O’Bryan K, Prober S, Lunt I and Eldridge DJ 2009, ‘Frequent fire promotes diversity and cover of biological soil crusts in a derived temperate grassland’, Oecologia 159, pp. 827–838. 
Oliver DL and Lollback GW 2010, ‘Breeding habitat selection by the endangered regent honeyeater Anthochaera phyrgia (Meliphagidae) at the local and landscape scale‘, Pacific Conservation Biology 16, pp. 27–35.
Osborne W, Patmore S, Hunter D and Pietsch R 2008, ‘Preliminary observations on a highly restricted tablelands population of green and golden bell frogs on the Upper Molonglo River, NSW’, Australian Zoologist 34, pp. 271–284.
Overton I and Saintilan N 2009, ‘Ecological response modelling to inform environmental water allocation in the Murray–Darling Basin’, International Conference on Implementing Environmental Water Allocations, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 23–26 February 2009.
Pablo F, Rose A and Chapman JC 2009, ‘Investigations into the phytotoxicity of water-accommodated fraction (WAF) of common petroleum fuels to typical garden plants’, ASE conference, Toxicants in a Changing Environment, Adelaide, Australia, 20–23 September 2009.
Parnaby H 2009, ‘A taxonomic review of Australian greater long-eared bats previously known as Nyctophilus timoriensis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) and some associated taxa’, Australian Zoologist 35, pp. 39–81. 
Parnaby H, Law BS, Pennay M and Kutt AS 2008, Eastern cave bat Vespadelus troughtoni’, in Van Dyck S and Strahan RS (eds), Mammals of Australia, New Holland, Sydney, pp. 571–572.
Patra RW, Chapman JC, Lim RP, Gehrke P and Sunderam S 2009, ‘Effects of temperature on ventilatory behavior of fish exposed to sublethal concentrations of endosulfan and chlorpyrifos‘, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, vol. 28 (10), pp. 2182–2190.
Pauchard A, Kueffer C, Dietz H, Daehler CC, Alexander J, Edwards PJ, Arévalo JR, Cavieres L, Guisan A, Haider S, Jakobs G, McDougall KL, Millar CI, Naylor BJ, Parks CG, Rew LJ, Seipel T 2009, ‘Ain’t no mountain high enough: Plant invasions reaching high elevations‘, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 7, pp. 479–486.
Peacock RJ 2009, ‘Development of a biodiversity monitoring metric for private native forests’, The Forester 52, pp. 20–21. 
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Pennay M 2009, ‘A maternity colony of large-eared pied bats Chalinolobus dwyeri (Ryan) (Microchiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in Central New South Wales Australia‘, Australian Zoologist 34:4, pp. 564–569.
Pennay M 2009, Assessment of river red gum and woodland forest health in the New South Wales Riverina Bioregion using multi-temporal Landsat TM data generated from the statewide Landcover and Trees Study (SLATS), DECCW, Queanbeyan.
Pennay M, Lumsden L, Lunney D and Parnaby H 2008, ‘Nyctophilus gouldi’, in IUCN red list of threatened species, version 2010.1, IUCN, 2010.
Phyu YL, Palmer CG, Lim R, Warne MStJ and Chapman JC 2009, ‘Assessment of the risk of atrazine, permethrin and chlorothalonil in the Hawkesbury–Nepean River’, ASE conference, Toxicants in a Changing Environment, Adelaide, 20–23 September 2009.
Pickering C and Green K 2009, ‘Vascular plant distribution in relation to topography, soils and micro-climate at five GLORIA sites in the Snowy Mountains, Australia’. Australian Journal of Botany 57, pp. 189–199.
Pritchard T, Krogh M, Davies P, Ingleton T, dela Cruz J, Holden J, Suthers I and Roughan M 2009, ‘Detecting climate change in the coastal waters off south east Australia – past, present and future’, Greenhouse 2009 Conference proceedings, Perth, 23–26 March 2009.
Pritchard T, Krogh M, dela Cruz J, Davies P and IngletonT 2009, ‘The legacy of Sydney’s long-term monitoring stations and prospects for integrated monitoring of coastal waters’, Australian Marine Sciences conference proceedings, Adelaide, 5–9 July 2009.
Pullen T 2010, ‘Creating a more intuitive site experience for users’, Effective Intranet Management Conference, Sydney, 3–4 Feb 2010.
Pulsford I, Worboys GL and Howling G 2010, ‘Australian Alps to Atherton connectivity conservation‘, in Worboys GL, Francis W and Lockwood M (eds), Connectivity conservation management: a global guide, Earthscan, London, 420 pp. 

Ralph T and Hesse P 2009, ‘Geomorphology and sedimentary products of avulsion and floodout in a lowland-dryland floodplain wetland, south-eastern Australia’, Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Geomorphology, Melbourne, Victoria, 6–11 July 2009.
Ralph T, Outhet D, Hesse P, Cook N and Porter A 2009, ‘Geomorphic and ecologic impacts of artificial in-channel and floodplain structures in inland Australian floodplain wetlands’, Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Geomorphology, Melbourne, Victoria, 6–11 July 2009, p. 79.
Rawson CA, Tremblay LA, Warne MStJ, Ying G-G, Kookana R, Laginestra E, Chapman JC and Lim RP 2009, ‘Bioactivity of POPs and their effects in mosquitofish in Sydney Olympic Park, Australia’, Science of the Total Environment 407, pp. 3721–3730.
Reardon TB and Pennay M 2008, ‘Bristle-nosed freetail bat Mormopterus sp.’, in Van Dyck S and Strahan RS (eds), Mammals of Australia, New Holland, Sydney, pp. 499–501.
Reardon TB, Pennay M and Richards GC 2008, ‘Little broad-nosed bat Scotorepens greyii’, in Van Dyck S, Strahan RS (eds), Mammals of Australia, New Holland, Sydney, pp. 534–535.
Redden AM, Kobayashi T, Suthers I, Bowling L, Rissik D and Newton G 2009, ‘Chapter 2 Plankton processes and the environment’, in Suthers IM and Rissik D (eds), Plankton: a guide to their ecology and monitoring for water quality, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, pp. 15–38.
Reinfelds I, Lincoln-Smith M, Haeusler T, Ryan D and Growns I 2009, ‘Hydraulic assessment of environmental flow regimes to facilitate fish passage through natural riffles: Shoalhaven River below Tallowa Dam, New South Wales, Australia’, River Research and Applications 2009, vol. 26, pp.589–604.
Ren S, Kingsford RT and Thomas RF 2009, ‘Modelling flow to and inundation of the Macquarie Marshes in arid Australia’, Environmetrics, published online n/a. doi: 10.1002/env.1002.
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Richards GC, Ford GI and Pennay M 2008, ‘Inland free-tailed bat Mormopterus sp.’, in Van Dyck S and Strahan RS (eds), Mammals of Australia, New Holland, Sydney, pp. 494–495.
Rissik D, Baird M, Kobayashi T, Sanderson B, Wallace S, Root M, Large D, Newham LTH, Jakeman AJ, Letcher RA, Ticehurst J and Merritt W 2009, ‘Chapter 8 Models and management’ in Suthers IM and Rissik D (eds), Plankton: a guide to their ecology and monitoring for water quality, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, pp. 223–243.
Rissik D, van Senden D, Doherty M, Ingleton T, Ajani P, Bowling L, Gibbs M, Gladstone M, Kobayashi T, Suthers I and Froneman W 2009, ‘Chapter 3: Plankton-related environmental and water-quality issues, Plankton: a guide to their ecology and monitoring for water quality, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, pp. 39–72. 
Roach AC and Wilson SP 2009, ‘Ecological impacts of tributyltin on estuarine communities in the Hastings River, NSW Australia‘, Marine Pollution Bulletin 58, pp. 1780–1786. 
Roach AC, Symons R and Stevenson G 2009, ‘Contrasting patterns of spatial autocorrelation of PCDD/Fs, dioxin-like PCBs and PBDEs in sediments in Sydney Harbour, Australia‘, Organohalogen Compounds 71, pp. 366–371.
Rogers K and Saintilan N 2009, ‘Predicting the response of coastal wetlands of south-eastern Australia to sea-level rise’, Staying Afloat – Rising to the Challenges, NSW Coastal Conference, Ballina, Australia, 3–6 November 2009.
Rogers K, Ralph TJ and Imgraben S 2010, ‘Water requirements of biota, geomorphology and climate change in the Macquarie Marshes’, in Overton I and Saintilan N (eds), Ecosystem response modelling in the Murray–Darling Basin, CSIRO Publishing, pp. 151–170.
Rosell-Ambal G, Tabaranza B, Pennay M, Thomson B, Reardon T, Kingston T and Sinaga U 2008, ‘Miniopterus australis’, in IUCN red list of threatened species, version 2010.1, IUCN, 2010.
Roughan M, Suthers I, Harcourt R, Williams S and Pritchard T 2009, ‘Highlights from NSW IMOS’, Australian Marine Sciences conference proceedings, Adelaide, Australia, 5–9 July 2009.
Ruibal M, Peakall R, Claridge AW, Murray A and Firestone K 2010, ‘Advancement to hair-sampling surveys of a medium-sized mammal: DNA-based individual identification and population estimation of a rare Australian marsupial, the spotted-tailed quoll (Dasyurus maculatus)’, Wildlife Research 37, pp. 27–38.
Ruibal M, Peakall R, Claridge AW and Firestone K 2009, ‘Field-based evaluation of scat DNA methods to estimate population abundance of the rare Australian marsupial carnivore the spotted-tailed quoll (Dasyurus maculatus)’, Wildlife Research 36, pp. 721–736.
Rumpf CS, Williams JP, Berhane D , Mitchell M , Kolstad K ,Green RT , Williams RM 2009, ‘Towards an improved prediction of the groundwater component of stream flow for gaining streams in New South Wales, Australia’, in Grice K and Trinajstic K (eds), The 10th Australasian Environmental Isotope Conference and 3rd Australasian Hydrogeological Research Conference: abstract volume, Perth, WA, 1–3 December 2009, p. 37.
Russell G, McKibbin D, Williams J and Gates G 2009, ‘A groundwater resource assessment of the triassic rocks of the Sydney Basin‘, in Milne-Home WA (ed), Proceedings of the Groundwater in the Sydney Basin Symposium, Sydney, NSW, 4–5 August 2009, pp. 312–328. 
Saintilan N (ed.) 2009, Australian saltmarsh ecology, CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Melbourne, 225pp.
Saintilan N 2009, ‘Biogeography of Australian saltmarsh plants’, Austral Ecology 34, pp. 929–937. 
Saintilan N and Hillan J 2010, ‘Enabling better use of environmental water, actions, outcomes and future directions, Rivers Environmental Restoration Program in review’, keynote address, Ecosystem Response Modelling in the Murray–Darling Basin, Sydney, 10 May 2010.
Saintilan N and Mazumder D 2010, ‘Fine scale variability in the dietary sources of grazing invertebrates in a temperate Australian saltmarsh’, Marine and Freshwater Research 61, pp. 615–620.
Saintilan N and Overton I 2010, Ecosystem response modelling in the Murray–Darling Basin, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, 448 pp.
Saintilan N and Rogers K 2009, ‘Coastal saltmarsh vulnerability to climate change in SE Australia’, Staying Afloat – Rising to the Challenges. NSW Coastal Conference, Ballina, Australia, 3–6 November 2009.
Saintilan N and Rogers K 2009, ‘Geomorphology, Chapter 3’, in Saintilan N (ed), Australian saltmarsh ecology, CSIRO Publishing. 
Saintilan N, Ling J and Wen L 2009, ‘The development of interdisciplinary flow-ecology models for the wetlands of the northern Murray–Darling Basin’, in Thoms M, Heal K, Bogh E, Chambel A and Smakhtin V (eds), Ecohydrology of surface and groundwater dependent systems: concepts, methods and recent developments, IAHS Publishing, pp 86–93. 
Saintilan N, Ling JE and Maher M 2010, ‘Management and science challenges for the wetlands of the Murray–Darling Basin’, in Saintilan N and Overton I (eds), Ecosystem response modelling in the Murray–Darling Basin, CSIRO Publishing. 
Saintilan N, Rogers K and McKee K 2009, ‘Saltmarsh–mangrove interactions in Australasia and the Americas, Chapter 31’, in Perillo GME, Wolanski E, Cahoon DR and Brinson MM (eds), Coastal wetlands; an integrated ecosystems approach, Elsevier, pp. 855–883.
Salbe I and Wen L 2010, ‘Incorporating water resource management rules into floodplain hydrological modelling with River Manager’, Ecosystem Response Modelling in the Murray–Darling Basin: Better Use of Environmental Water Conference, Sydney, Australia, May 2010.
Samra S and Cloke P 2010, NSW strategy for addressing the impact of climate change on non metropolitan water supplies’, Ozwater ’10 Conference, Australian Water Association, Brisbane, March 2010.
Sánchez-Bayo F 2009, ‘Moving forward in toxicity testing – TTE bioassays and reproduction endpoints‘, ASE conference, Toxicants in a Changing Environment, Adelaide, Australia, 20–23 September 2009.
Sánchez-Bayo F, Hyne RV and Desseille KL 2010, ‘Development of a passive sampler for monitoring of ionic herbicide residues in water‘, SETAC Europe Conference, Seville, Spain, 23–27 May 2010.
Sanchez-Bayo F, Rendell P and Chapman JC 2009, ‘Review of international practices for marine water quality objectives’, in The review and development of marine water quality objectives for Hong Kong waters, Working paper no. 1, Agreement No.CE 2/2008 (EP), prepared for the Centre for Coastal Pollution and Conservation, City University of Hong Kong, pp. 112–192.
Sanderson BG and Coade G 2010, ‘Scaling the potential for eutrophication and ecosystem state in lagoons’, Environmental Modelling and Software 25, pp. 724–736.
Schalk T, Hill C and Flavel N 2010, ‘NSW Great Artesian Basin water market assessment pre and post auction’, 54th Annual Conference Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, Adelaide, 10–12 February 2010.
Schalk T and Sofo F 2010, ‘Emotional intelligence paradigm for the operation of natural resource management’, oral presentation at the Asian Conference on the Social Sciences, Osaka, Japan, 18–21 June 2010.
Seddon J, Doyle S, Bourne M, Maccallum R and Briggs S 2009, ‘Biodiversity benefits of alley farming with old man saltbush in central western New South Wales’, Animal Production Science 49, pp. 860–868.
Shaikh M and Tuteja N 2010, ‘Remote sensing approach to flood inundation: case studies of wetlands in New South Wales, Australia’, Proceedings AWRA 2010 Spring Specialty Conference, American Water Resources Association. 
Shaughnessy PD and Briggs SV 2009, ‘Tourists and little penguins Eudyptula minor at Montague Island, NSW’, Corella 33, pp. 25–29.
Sheldon AL and Theischinger G 2009, ‘Stoneflies (Plecoptera) in as tropical Australian stream: diversity, distribution and seasonality’, Illiesia 5(6), pp. 40–50.
Smith A, McAlpine C, Rhodes J, Seabrook L, Baxter G, Lunney D and Bradley A 2009, ‘The impact of landscape change and drought on widely distributed species: koalas in the semi-arid Mulgalands Bioregion’, poster, 10th International Congress of Ecology, Brisbane, Australia, 16–21 August 2009.
Soderquist T 2009, ‘How extensive is southern Australia’s largest barking owl population?’, Wingspan 19(2), pp. 31–33. 
Soppe R, Christen E, Macdonald F, Saintilan N, Finlayson M, Hornbuckle J and Quayle W 2009, ‘Indicators for wetland vegetation vigour in the lower Lachlan catchment through remote sensing‘, paper presented at the Irrigation and Drainage Conference Irrigation Today: Meeting the Challenge, Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia, 18–21 October 2009.
Spencer JA, Monamy V and Breitfuss M 2009, ‘Saltmarsh as habitat for birds and other vertebrates Chapter 7’, in Saintilan N (ed), Australian saltmarsh ecology, CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, pp. 149–165 
Spencer JA and Wassens S 2010, ‘Monitoring the responses of waterbirds, fish and frogs to environmental flows in the Lowbidgee wetlands in 2008–10’, Ecosystem Response Modelling in the Murray-Darling Basin: Better Use of Environmental Water Conference, Sydney, Australia, 11–12 May 2010.
Spencer JA, Porter JL and Saintilan N 2009, ‘Better use of environmental water for waterbirds in inland New South Wales’, Wetlands and Waterbirds Conference: Managing for Resilience, Leeton, Australia, 9–13 November 2009.
Spolyarich N, Hyne R, Wilson S, Palmer C and Byrne M 2010, ‘Growth, development and sex ratios of spotted marsh frog (Limnodynastes tasmaniensis) larvae exposed to atrazine and a herbicide mixture’, Chemosphere 78, pp. 807–813.
Stamation KA, Croft DB, Shaughnessy PD, Waples KA and Briggs SV 2010, ‘Behavioural responses of humpback whales to whale-watching vessels during their southern migration along the south-east coast of Australia’, Marine Mammal Science. 26, pp. 98–112.
Stewart Y and Stewart W 2010, ‘Caring for Country in partnership – Arakwal co-management’, Healthy Parks Healthy People Congress 2010.
Stojanovic D, Maguire G, Weston MA, Dickman CR and Crowther MS 2009, ‘Attempted incubation and nest-maintenance behaviour of artificially deployed quail egg clutches by hooded plovers Thinornis rubricollis’, Wader Study Group Bulletin 116, pp. 41–43.
Summerell GK, Gallant JC and Dowling TI 2009, ‘Summary paper for session F13: terrain analysis and geomorphometry with high resolution terrain data’,18th World IMACS Congress and MODSIM09 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Cairns, Australia, 13–17 July 2009.
Summerell GK, Wilford J, Shoemark V, Grant S and Walker JP 2009, ‘High resolution passive microwave response to landscape controls influencing soil moisture patterns: a case study for the Livingstone Creek Catchment‘, 18th World IMACS Congress and MODSIM09 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Cairns, Australia, 13–17 July 2009.
Suthers I, Bowling L, Kobayashi T and Rissik D 2009, ‘Chapter 4 Sampling methods for plankton’ in Suthers IM and Rissik D (eds), Plankton: a guide to their ecology and monitoring for water quality, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, pp. 73–114. 
Szabo J, Briggs S, Lonie R, Bell L, Maloney R, Joseph L, Hunter I and Possingham H 2010, ‘The feasibility of applying a cost-effective approach for assigning priorities for threatened species recovery in NSW, Australia’, Pacific Conservation Biology 15, pp. 238–245.
Tasker EM 2009, ‘Sound fire management’, PAWS, Foundation for National Parks and Wildlife Newsletter, Summer 2009/2010, p. 9 
Tasker EM 2009, ‘Fire management “Down Under”: incorporating ecology into fire management in NSW, Australia’, in Masters RE, Galley KEM and Despain DG (eds), The ‘88 fires: Yellowstone and beyond, conference proceedings, Tallahassee, USA 16,104 
Theischinger G 2009, ‘Dragonfly genera new in Australia and Queensland (Odonata: Isostictidae, Austrocorduliidae)’, Victorian Entomologist 39(6), pp. 115–120.
Theischinger G 2009, ‘Tipula (Lunatipula) bernhardi, a new tipulid species from Turkey (Diptera: Tipulidae)’, Zoosymposia 3, pp. 305–308.
Theischinger G 2010, ‘Der GSI-Clade (Odonata, Libelluloidea) in Australian – Systematik im Fluss’, Entomologica Austriaca 17, pp. 49–66.
Theischinger G and Endersby I 2009, Identification guide to the Australian Odonata, Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW, Sydney, 283 pp. 
Theischinger G, Miller J, Miller R and Krogh M 2009, ’Rediscovery of Austrocordulia leonardi (Sydney hawk) in the suburbia of Sydney’, Agrion 13(2), pp 50–53.
Thomas RF, Bowen S, Simpson SL, Cox SJ, Sims NC, Hunter SJ and Lu Y 2010, ‘Inundation response of vegetation communities of the Macquarie Marshes in semi-arid Australia’, in Saintilan N and Overton I (eds), Ecosystem response modelling in the Murray–Darling Basin, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, pp 137–150.
Thomas RF, Lu Y, Cox SJ and Hunter SJ 2010, ‘Spatial inundation patterns in floodplain wetlands of semi-arid regions in the Murray–Darling Basin’, Ecosystem Response Modelling in the Murray–Darling Basin: Better Use of Environmental Water Conference, Sydney, Australia, 11–12 May 2010.
Thompson J, Eaglesham G, Roach AC, Bartkow ME and Mueller JF2009, ‘Perfluorinated carboxylates and sulfonates in sediments from Homebush Bay, Sydney, Australia’, Organohalogen Compounds 71, pp 2418–2423.
Thompson PA, Baird ME, Ingleton T and Doblin MA 2009, ‘Long-term changes in temperate Australian coastal waters: implications for phytoplankton’, Marine Ecology Progress Series 394, pp 1–19. 
Tiddeman CR, Pennay M, Ford GI and Law BS 2008, ‘Little forest bat Vespadelus vulturnus’, in Van Dyck S and Strahan RS, (eds), Mammals of Australia, New Holland, Sydney, pp. 572–573.
Tighe M, Reid R, Wilson B and Briggs SV 2009, ‘Invasive native scrub and soil condition in semi-arid south-eastern Australia’, Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 132 (3–4), pp. 212–222. 
Trappe JM and Claridge AW 2010, ‘The hidden life of truffles‘, Scientific American 302(4), pp. 78–84.
Trappe JM, Kovacs G and Claridge AW 2010, ‘Comparative taxonomy of desert truffles of the Australian Outback and African Kalahari‘, Mycological Progress 9, pp. 131–143.
Trappe JM, Kovacs G and Claridge AW 2010, ‘Validation of the new combination of Mattirolomyces austroafricanus‘, Mycological Progress 9, p. 145.
Turak E, Harrison I, Dudgeon D, Abell R, Revenga C, Tubbs N, Miazza S, McIntyre P, Nel J, Cai L, Kasangaki A, Nakano S, Tockner K and Higgins J 2010, Freshwater ecosystem change, in Group on Earth Observation Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON) detailed implementation plan, version 1.0, pp. 80–97. 
Turak E, Imgraben S, Hose G 2009, ‚Evaluation of biodiversity condition and inter-relatedness of surrogate classes for integrated freshwater conservation planning’, Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Meeting and 2009 International Congress for Conservation Biology, Beijing, China, 11–16 July 2009.
Turak E, Melrose R and Manion G 2009, ‘Spatial priorities for protecting and restoring river biodiversity in Eastern NSW’, Proceedings of the Congress of Australian Society for Limnology, Alice Springs, Australia, September–October 2009.
Turak E, Summerell G, Manion G, and Drielsma M 2010, ‘Spatial prioritisation for freshwater conservation in the Murrumbidgee Catchment’, Conference proceedings” Ecosystem Response Modelling in the Murray-Darling Basin: Better Use of Environmental Water Sydney, Australia, 11–12 May 2010. 
Turbill A 2009, ‘Climate change’, keynote address, NSW Environmental Education Conference, Coffs Harbour.
Tuteja NK and Shaikh M 2009, ‘Hydraulic modelling of the spatio-temporal flood inundation patterns of the Koondrook Perricoota Forest Wetlands: The Living Murray’, 18th World IMACS/MODSIM Congress, Cairns, Australia, 13–17 July 2009. 
Vaze J, Jenkins BR, Teng J and Tuteja NK 2010, ‘Soils fieldwork, analysis and interpretation to support hydraulic and hydrodynamic modelling in the Murray floodplains’, Australian Journal of Soil Research 48, pp. 295–308. 
Venn SE and Morgan JW 2009, ‘Germination characteristics of mountain celery Aciphylla glacialis (F. Muell.) Benth. (Apiaceae), The Victorian Naturalist 126 (1), pp. 4–12.
Venn SE and Morgan JW 2009, ‘Patterns in alpine seedling emergence and establishment across a stress gradient of mountain summits in south-eastern Australia‘, Plant Ecology and Diversity 1, pp. 1–12.
Venn SE, Morgan JW and Green PT 2009, ‘Do facilitative interactions with neighboring plants assist the growth of seedlings at high altitudes in alpine Australia?’, Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research 41(3), pp. 381–387.
Vine SJ, Crowther MS, Lapidge S, Dickman CR, Mooney N, Piggott MP and English AE 2009, ‘Comparison of methods to detect rare and cryptic species: a case study using the red fox (Vulpes vulpes)’, Wildlife Research 26, pp. 436–446.
Walela C, Daniel H, Wilson BR, Lockwood P and Cowie A 2010, ‘Profile stratification of carbon and nitrogen in a native perennial pasture in northern NSW, Australia’, oral presentation to the European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2010, Vienna, Austria, 2–7 May 2010.
Walpole SC, Enders GR, Roe ML 2010, ‘The Living Murray NSW Market Purchase Measure: a survey of participants in permanent water trading for the environment’, contributed paper presented at the 54th Annual Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, Adelaide, Australia, 10–12 February 2010.
Wang ZS, Yan CZ and Hyne RV 2010, ‘Effects of dietary cadmium exposure on reproduction of saltwater Cladoceran Moina monogolica Daday: implications in water quality criteria’, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 29, pp. 365–372.
Wassens S, Hall A and Spencer J 2009, ‘Frogs under attack from double drought: a case study of the impact of climate change and water management induced extreme drought on floodplain amphibian communities’, Presentation at the 10th International Congress of Ecology, Ecology in a Changing Climate, Brisbane, Australia, 16–21 August 2009. 
Wen L, Ling J, Saintilan N and Rogers K 2009, ‘An investigation of the hydrological requirements of river red gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) forest, using classification and regression tree (CART) modelling’, Ecohydrology 2, pp. 143–155.
Wen L, Rogers K, Ling J and Saintilan N 2009, ‘Drought characteristics in Murrumbidgee Catchment and implications for the management of Lowbidgee Floodplain’, Proceedings of the 50th Congress of the Australian Society for Limnology Alice Springs, Australia, September–October 2009.
Wen L, Rogers K, Saintilan N and Ling J 2010, ‘Modelling the impacts of climate and hydrology on waterbird population trends in Lowbidgee Floodplain’, Ecosystem Response Modelling in the Murray-Darling Basin: Better Use of Environmental Water Conference, Sydney, Australia, May 2010.
Wen L, Saintilan N, Rogers K and Ling J 2010, ‘Link river red gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) condition to hydrological change at Yanga National Park’, in Saintilan N and Overton I (eds), Ecosystem response modelling in the Murray–Darling Basin, CSIRO Publishing, pp. 229–242.
Wen L 2009, ‘Reconstruction natural flow in a regulated system, the Murrumbidgee River, Australia, using time series analysis’, Journal of Hydrology 364(3-4), pp. 216–226.
West EJ, Pitt KA, Welsh DT, Koop K and Rissik D 2009, ‘Top-down and bottom-up influences of jellyfish on primary productivity and planktonic assemblages’, Limnology and Oceanography 54(6), pp. 2058–2071.
Westhorpe DP, Mitrovic SM and Kobayashi T 2010, ‘Limitation of lowland riverine bacterioplankton by dissolved organic carbon and inorganic nutrients’, Hydrobiologia, June 2010.
Wilford J, Nicholson A and Summerell G 2010, ‘Hydrogeological landscapes system: a framework for managing water resources’, AusGeo News 97, pp. 1–3. 
Wilkie EM, Roach AC, Micevska,T, Kelaher BP and Bishop MJ 2010, ‘Effects of a chelating resin on metal bioavailability and toxicity to estuarine invertebrates: divergent results of field and laboratory tests’, Environmental Pollution 158, pp. 1261–1268.
Williams RM, Bailey A and Gill J 2009, ‘Assessment of sustainable limits for the Greater Metropolitan Region groundwater sources‘, in Milne-Holme WA (ed), Proceedings of the groundwater in the Sydney Basin Symposium, Sydney, NSW, 4–5 August 2009, pp. 400–408..
Wilson B, Ghosh S, Barnes P and Kristiansen P 2009, ‘The effects of drying temperature on soil bulk density determination for soil condition monitoring and carbon density determination in northern New South Wales’, Australian Journal of Soil Research 47, pp. 781–787.
Wilson BR and Walela 2010, ‘Predicting profile carbon distribution in contrasting land-uses and soil types in NW NSW, Australia’, oral presentation to the European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2010, Vienna, Austria, 2–7 May 2010.
Wilson BR, Ghosh S, Kristiansen P, Barnes P and King D 2009, ‘Opportunities and barriers for the estimation and prediction of soil carbon at state and catchment scales in New South Wales, Australia’, oral presentation to the International Symposium on Soil Organic Matter Dynamics: Land Use Management and Global Change Colorado Springs, USA, 5–9 July 2009.
Wilson GG, Spencer JA and Heagney E 2010, ‘Responses of fish and waterbirds to flow variability in the Gwydir wetlands’, in Saintilan N and Overton I (eds), Ecosystem response modelling in the Murray–Darling Basin, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 103–118.
Winning G and Saintilan N 2010, ‘Vegetation changes in Hexham Swamp, New South Wales, subsequent to construction of floodgates’, Cunninghamia 11(2), pp. 185–194.
Wong VNL, Greene RSB, Dalal RC and Murphy BW 2009, Soil carbon dynamics in saline and sodic soils: a review, British Society of Soil Science, Soil Use and Management. 
Ying G-G, Rawson CA, Kookana RS, Warne MStJ, Peng P-A, Li X-M, Laginestra E, Tremblay LA, Chapman JC and Lim RP 2009, ‘Distribution of inorganic and organic contaminants in sediments from Sydney Olympic Park and the surrounding Sydney metropolitan area’, Journal of Environmental Monitoring 11, pp. 1687–1696.
Ying G-G, Rawson CA, Kookana RS, Warne MStJ, Tremblay LA, Laginestra E, Chapman JC and Lim RP 2009, ‘Contamination and screening level toxicity of sediments from remediated and unremediated wetlands near Sydney, Australia’, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 28, pp. 2052–2060.
You ZJ 2009, ‘A close approximation of wave dispersion relation for direct calculation of wavelength in any coastal water depth’, Applied Ocean Research 30, pp. 133–139.
You ZJ 2009, ‘Statistical distribution of nearbed wave orbital velocity in intermediate coastal water depth’, Coastal Engineering 56, pp. 844–852.
You ZJ, Lord D and Watson P 2009, ‘Estimation of relative sea level rise from Fort Denison tide gauge data’, Australasian Coasts and Ports Conference Wellington, New Zealand, 15–18 September 2009.
Young RR, Wilson B, Harden S, Bernardi A 2009, ‘Accumulation of soil carbon under zero tillage cropping and perennial vegetation on the Liverpool Plains, eastern Australia’, Australian Journal of Soil Research 47(3), pp. 273–285. 
Zerger A, Gibbons P, Seddon J, Briggs S and Freudenberger DA 2009, ‘A method for predicting native vegetation condition at regional scales’, Landscape and Urban Planning 91, pp. 65–77.
15. 	Overseas visits by staff
The following table shows details of all overseas travel by DECCW staff for work purposes. Staff of the Botanic Gardens Trust are not included in this list, as the trust provides this information in a separate annual report.

Name	Purpose of visit 	Destination	Dates	Cost to DECCW	Notes	
Bowling, Dr Lee	Study developments into research and management of blue-green algal blooms	Quebec and Nova Scotia, Canada, and Vermont, USA.	31 August– 9 October 2009	Nil	Funded by an Australian Academy of Science grant, and the Quebec provincial government	
Bowman, Greg	Australia–China International Science Linkages Project	Lake Taihu, (Shanghai region) and Nanjing, China	19–28 July 2008	$1,170	The trip was undertaken in 2008–09 but paid for in 2009–10	
Brown, Steve	Undertake a technical evaluation of a World Heritage nomination	Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands	7–17 September 2009	Nil 	Funded by the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS)	
Byrne, Denis	Participate in a workshop on conserving objects of cultural heritage and the use of air-conditioning, in the context of climate change	Malacca, Malaysia	27–31 August 2009	Nil	Funded by the University of Singapore	
Choi, Patrick 	Participate in the joint Australian/Cambodian project for the destruction of precursor chemicals for illicit drug manufacturing, to advise on environment protection measures and safe disposal of hazardous chemicals.	Battambang, Cambodia	25 January– 5 February 2010	Nil	Funded by the Australian Federal Police	
Chau, Phung TK Lewis, Brad	Scientific instrument training at factory	Tokyo, Japan	13–22 August 2009	$4,531		
Davies, Peter	Indian Ocean Colour Remote Sensing Workshop	Singapore	15–20 March 2010	$2,243		
Davies, Richard 	Participate in an International Year of Biodiversity visitor experience planning project 	Lord Howe Island	30 March– 1 April 2010	$1,188		
Burton, Tegan
Croft, Greg
Harnadi, Victor
Hellmann, Kathleen
Henderson, Alan
Keyzer, Chris
North, Holly
O’Donovan, Vera
Pavich, Chris
Scott-Lawson, Duncan
Urquhart, Fluer
Woodhall, Steve	6th World Ranger Congress	Santa Cruz, Bolivia	2–7 November 2009	$10,000	All DECCW participants were self-funded, but DECCW contributed $10,000 to sponsoring delegates from developing countries	
Downey, Paul 	Attend the Ecology and Management of Alien Plant Invasions Conference	Stellenbosch, South Africa	21–29 August 2009	Nil	Self-funded 	
Ferguson, Angus	Present a paper to the 20th Biennial Conference of the Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation	Portland, USA	31 October– 6 November 2009	$4,442		
Hayes, John Isaac, Vicky
	Undertake factory acceptance testing for the water quality database at the Kisters Pty Ltd head office	Aachen, Germany	21–28 May 2010	$1,890	Other costs paid by hosts	
Hayes, John	Present a paper to the 9th Kisters International User Group Conference, hosted by the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute	Norrköping, Sweden	7–11 June 2010	$525 	Other travel costs paid by hosts	
Hoey, Dave	Present a paper to the International Conference on Management of Soil and Groundwater Salinisation in Arid Regions	Muscat, Oman	11–14 January 2010	Nil 	Self-funded	
Hyne, Dr Ross	Attend the annual meeting of the Society for Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology	Seville, Spain	23–27 May 2010	$1,793	Airfare self-funded	
Keith, David	International Scientific Symposium	Mexico and USA	17 April–7 May 2009	$5,375	The trip was undertaken in 2008–09 but paid for in 2009–10	
Lawrance, Caroline	Attend an International Building Conservation Masterclass	Chichester, United Kingdom	1–4 June 2010	Nil	Self-funded	
Lord, Doug You, Dr Bob
	Attend the International Coastal and Port Conference	Wellington, New Zealand	16–18 September 2009	$4,923		
Manning, Therese	Attend the Mid-America Toxicology Course 	Kansas City, USA	25–30 April 2010 	$5,900		
McAllister, Jenny 	Attend the World Expo and participate in various meetings with Australian and Chinese officials 	Shanghai, China	10–15 June 2010	$9,568		
Mitrovic, Dr Simon	Present a paper to the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Conference	New Orleans, USA	19–23 November 2009	$1,437	Other travel costs self-funded and paid by the University of Technology, Sydney	
Neilson, Joseph	Conduct field survey on fish	Lord Howe Island	12 June–2 July 2009	$1,260	Part of the trip was undertaken in 2009–10	
Pemberton, Dave	Attend Executive Masters of Public Administration Program conducted by the Australia and New Zealand School of Government 	Wellington, New Zealand	1–6 December 2009	$2,455		
Priddel, Dr David	Attend a workshop on rabbit eradication and present a paper to the Island Invasives: Eradication and Management Conference	Christchurch and Auckland, New Zealand	3–13 February 2010	$1,734	Airfares and some other costs funded by the Invasive Animals Cooperative Research Centre	
Roach, Dr Anthony 	Attend the 29th International Symposium on Halogenated Persistent Organic Pollutants (‘Dioxin 2010’)	Beijing, China	21–29 August 2009	$2,205	Accommodation costs funded externally. Airfare self-funded.	
Saintilin, Dr Neil	Annual Conference of the Society of Wetland Scientists	Salt Lake City, USA	27 June–2 July 2010	$4,421	Part of the trip was undertaken in 2009–10	
Saintilan, Dr Neil	Present a paper to the 6th China-Australia Symposium towards Sustainable Coastal and Deltaic Systems under Climate Change	Guangzhou and Xiamen, China	11–16 October 2009	$506	Other costs funded by the Australian and Chinese Academies of Science	
Schalk, Tara	Present a paper to the Asian Conference of Social Sciences	Osaka, Japan	18–21 June 2010	Nil 	Funded by the University of Canberra 	
Shaikh, Mustak	Present a paper to the American Water Resources Association 2010 Conference	Orlando, USA	27 March– 15 April 2010	Nil	All costs met by an externally funded project (Integrated Monitoring of Environmental Flows)	
Smith, Ian Henderson, Alan Clark, Peter Leathers, Sean	Four DECCW staff were part of 30 Australian and New Zealand professionals deployed to Canada to provide fire management expertise to the British Columbia Forest Service 	British Columbia, Canada 	5 August– 8 September 2009	Nil	Funded by the provincial government of British Columbia	
Turak, Dr Eren	Present a paper to the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology	Beijing, China	10–17 July 2009	$3,671		
Wen, Dr Li	Attend a joint International Convention of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences and International Association of Hydrogeologists	Hyderabad, India	6–12 September 2009	$3,461		
Wilkinson, Dr Ian	Present a paper to the Island Invasives: Eradication and Management Conference	Auckland, New Zealand	7–13 February 2010	$1,374	Other costs met by the Lord Howe Island Board	
Yang, Dr Xihua	Present a paper to the 6th International Symposium on Digital Earth (ISDE6) and undertake work on Australia–China collaborative projects	Beijing, China	7 Sept–6 Oct 2009	$2,500		
Zylstra, Phillip	Attend a FireGlobe Steering Committee meeting	Alcala, Spain	30 November– 4 December 2009	Nil	Self-funded	
16. 	Consultancies		
A consultant is an organisation or individual engaged for a defined period of time solely to provide an expert opinion or recommendation to DECCW on a specific issue.	

Consultancies of $50,000 or more	2009–10	
Consultant	Product description	Cost ($)	
AECOM Australia Pty Ltd	Feasibility study for a solar power precinct(s) within NSW 	159,000 	
App Corporation Pty Ltd	Sustaining The Basin – business case	51,777	
Argus Consulting Group	Development of Parks and Wildlife Group business plan	99,856 	
Department of Services Technology and Admin	Scoping study & NOW modelled flow data study	66,265 	
Elton Consulting Group Pty Ltd	Sydney Harbour plan of management	75,657 	
Elton Consulting Group Pty Ltd	Phase 2 – 2006 Metro water plan	111,912	
Epacris Environmental Consultants Pty Ltd	3D footprint data and photo shoot design	58,000 	
Ernst & Young	Management services – NOW	133,566	
Hamstead Consulting Pty Ltd	NWC – integration of water sharing plans and Murray-Darling Basin Ministerial Council cap on diversions 	152,840	
McMillan Staff Development	Staff development ranger progression	142,891 	
Marianne Porteners	Vegetation and floristic survey	58,093 	
Sinclair Knight Merz Pty Ltd	Develop business cases for NSW Sustaining the Basin projects	922,783	
UNSW Global Pty Ltd	Seedbank study	59,790	
Subtotal – consultancies of $50,000 or more	2,092,430	
	
Consultancies less than $50,000 	 	2009–10	
Category	Number	Cost ($)	
Finance and accounting	0	–	
Economic	1	34,500	
Information technology	1	45,472 	
Legal	1	20,489 	
Management services	18	270,579 	
Environment	38	533,031	
Engineering	0	–	
Organisational review	1	48,367 	
Training	0	–	
Subtotal – consultancies less than $50,000	60	952,439	
Subtotal – consultancies of $50,000 or more	13	2,092,430	
Total consultancies 	73	3,044,869	
17. 	Grants to community organisations
For the period 1 July 2009 to 30 June 2010
Key to programs
1. 	Climate Change and Policy Programs
2. 	Parks and Wildlife
3. 	Country, Culture and Heritage
4. 	Environment Protection and Regulation
5. 	Scientific Services
6. 	Urban Water Utilities
7. 	Water Management
Recipient 	Amount ($)	Program	Nature and purpose of grant	
Aboriginal Housing Company Ltd 	29,999.99 	2	Dharug co-management project	
Access Community Group 	5,940.00 	1	Water efficiency project	
Addison Road Centre 	16,985.00 	1	Addison Road Centre water efficiency improvement project	
Albert Golf Club Ltd 	40,000.00 	1	Albert Golf Club and community water reduction drive	
Albion Park RSL Memorial Club Ltd	30,823.00 	1	Energy efficiency improvement project	
Alcheringa Pre-school Association Inc 	7,199.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
All Saints Anglican Church 	33,100.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
All Saints Pre-school Albion Park Inc	35,061.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
Amy Hurd Child Care Centre 	21,556.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
Anglican Diocese of Sydney 	160,000.00 	1	Energy saving laundries at Chesalon Living in Jannali, South Nowra and Woonona	
Anglican Parish of Charlestown 	17,710.00 	1	St Alban’s energy saving and reduced ecological footprint initiative	
Anglican Parish of Springwood 	12,645.00 	1	Rainwater harvesting and use for toilet flushing at mountain churches	
Armidale Greyhound Racing Club 	30,709.00 	1	Water efficiency project	
Ashmont Pre-school Inc 	27,809.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
Australian Hindu Multicultural Association Inc 	17,250.00 	1	Water efficiency project at the Sanatan Cultural Centre	
Australian Seabird Rescue Inc 	3,240.00 	2	Support for wildlife care organisation	
Ballina Tennis Club 	16,015.00 	1	Water efficiency project	
Ballina Touch Association Inc 	8,299.75 	1	Water efficiency project	
Bangalow Anglican Church Op Shop 	7,800.00 	1	Ceiling insulation, and rainwater storage and re-use on-site	
Bangalow Bowling & Sports Club Ltd 	8,500.00 	1	Solar hot water and energy-efficient lighting upgrade	
Bangalow Community Children’s Centre 	22,805.00 	1	Global Conscience Project – water and energy efficiency 	
Bangalow Masonic Lodge 	6,600.00 	1	Water efficiency project	
Baptist Community Services 	305,230.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
Barnardos Australia 	44,001.00 	1	Barnardos at Auburn and Penrith Children’s Family Centre Green Solution	
Batemans Bay Soldiers Club Ltd 	37,500.00 	1	Business Treading Lightly – energy-use reduction	
Bathurst Baptist Church 	18,058.00 	1	Caring for the Community – “ energy efficiency project	
Bellambi Neighbourhood Centre 	9,127.00 	1	Solar hot water installation	
Bellinger Valley–North Beach Surf Life Saving Club	8,730.00 	1	Energy efficiency project	
Ben Lomond War Memorial Hall Trust 	14,087.00 	1	Clean Water and Energy Max Caver Program at the community hall: stage 2	
Benelong’s Haven Ltd 	38,000.00 	1	Sustainable and efficient residential rehabilitation accommodation	
Berry Community Pre-school Inc 	35,074.00 	1	Water and energy saving upgrades	
Bexley RSL & Community Club 	38,000.00 	1	Water and energy reduction	
Big Scrub Rainforest Landcare 	15,000.00 	1	Strategic weed control	
Blacktown Tennis Inc 	33,200.00 	1	Rooty Hill Tennis & Squash Centre – Water Wise Project	
Blaxland Pre-school Kindergarten 	19,000.00 	1	Water efficiency project	
Blue Mountains Aboriginal Culture & Resource Centre 	26,363.63 	2	Dharug co-management project	
Bodalla Bowling & Recreation Club 	15,303.00 	1	Business Treading Lightly – energy efficiency project	
Bolton Point Child Care Centre 	40,000.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
Brahma Kumaris Raja Yoga Centre 	38,000.00 	1	Water efficiency project	
Brayside Community Pre-school 	12,134.00 	1	Brayside water-saving project	
Bundanoon District Pre-school 	3,379.00 	1	Bundanoon pre-school water-sustainability project	
Bundeena Christian Training School & Fellowship Ltd 	37,500.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
Bungendore Pre-school 	9,732.00 	1	Water and energy saving plan	
Burdon Torzillo and Associates 	4,125.00 	2	Dharug co-management project	
Cabarita Beach Bowls & Sports Club Ltd 	15,475.00 	1	Cabarita’s Green Revolution – water and energy efficiency project	
Camden Pre-school Kindergarten Co-operative Ltd	39,752.00 	1	Camden Pre-school water works	
Campsie Baptist Church 	10,154.00 	1	Environment conservation project	
Catalina Country Club Ltd 	37,500.00 	1	Environmental sustainability project	
Catherine Pre-school East Maitland Inc 	9,500.00 	1	Water-saving strategy – rainwater harvesting	
Catholic Care of the Aged 	296,137.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
Catholic Parish of St Patricks West Tamworth	9,000.00 	1	St Patricks Hall – energy efficiency project	
Catholic Parish of St Patrick Lithgow 	40,000.00 	1	Fatima Hall – water efficiency project	
Central Coast Campus Union Ltd 	35,500.00 	1	Campus Central – energy efficient lighting upgrade	
Central Coast Community College 	19,518.00 	1	Shed Some Light Project	
Central Coast Community Environment Network Inc 	31,170.00 	1	Land for Wildlife – coordination and energy efficiency project	
Chatswood RSL Club Ltd 	26,834.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
Chillingham Community Association Ltd 	11,303.00 	1	Community sustainability showcase	
Coal & Candle Volunteer Rural Fire Brigade 	18,303.00 	1	Coal and Candle rainwater harvesting facility	
Coldstream Community Pre-school 	19,359.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
Comboyne Community Association 	10,953.00 	1	Mid-north coast – to establish a Centre for Sustainability 	
Commercial Club (Albury) Ltd 	37,499.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
Como Pre-school Kindergarten 	33,882.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
Concord West Rhodes Pre-school 	7,150.00 	1	Water efficiency project	
Condobolin Gospel Trust 	34,500.00 	1	Condobolin Water Savers and Greening Project	
Coonabarabran Bowling Club 	2,500.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
Coonabarabran Bowling Club Co-operative Ltd 	37,258.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
Corowa Pre-school 	35,891.00 	1	Water efficiency project	
Cowra Rugby Club Inc 	26,065.00 	1	Community savers project	
Crescent Head Country Club Ltd 	38,000.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
Cuddlepie Early Childhood Learning Centre 	4,470.00 	1	Water efficiency project solar hot water system	
Culburra & Districts Pre-school 	26,866.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
Dalwood Auxillary Inc 	38,000.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
Denison Partnership 	15,794.54 	4	Wetland management agreement	
Djalaringi Child Centre Inc 	7,790.00 	1	Energy efficiency project	
Dubbo District Pre-school Kindergarten 	35,906.00 	1	Energy optimisation project	
Dungog Menshed Inc 	26,560.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
Eastern Suburbs Leagues Club Ltd 	37,483.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
Elizabeth Street Extended Hours Pre-school	18,540.00 	1	Water savings project	
Empire Bay Progress Association Inc 	10,370.00 	1	Empire Bay Community Creating Environmental Future 	
Environmental Training & Employment Inc 	20,000.00 	1	Connectivity conservation incentives – Wompoo Gorge, Huonbrook	
Ethnic Communities Council of NSW Inc 	39,700.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
Ethnic Communities Council of NSW Inc	66,000.00	7	Water education in CALD communities	
Federation of Parents & Citizens 	5,909.09 	1	Sponsorship of environment award for parents at the annual state conference	
Forster Croquet Club Inc 	18,738.00 	1	Water savings project	
Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife 	12,500.00 	1	Private land conservation grants program 	
Friends of the Koala Inc 	3,240.00 	2	Support for wildlife care organisation	
Garry RB & Leanne M Hall 	4,521.24 	4	Wetland management agreement	
Girrinbai Community Pre-school 	19,679.00 	1	Water efficiency project	
Glenbrook Pre-school Kindergarten 	24,366.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
Gloucester Pre-school Inc 	20,115.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
Goonellabah & District Soccer Club Inc 	28,230.00 	1	Water efficiency project	
Goonellabah Pre-school Inc 	31,590.00 	1	Water efficiency project	
Graeme Lewis Sims Black 	27,869.40 	4	Wetland management agreement	
Grafton Greyhound Racing Club 	18,508.00 	1	Water efficiency project – irrigation system upgrade	
Grantham Heights Uniting Church 	19,962.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
Great Lakes Children’s Centre Inc 	39,802.00 	1	Installation of water and energy saving technologies	
Green Team Development Unit 	200,000.00 	3	Three-year commitment to the regional partnership agreement in the Many Rivers region	
Grenfell Country Club 	18,782.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
Grenfell Pre-school & Long Day Care Centre	23,489.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
Gundungurra Aboriginal Heritage Association Inc	100,000.00 	2	Gundungurra co-management project	
Gundungurra Tribal Council 	103,500.00 	2	Gundungurra co-management project	
Gunedoo Child Protection Service Inc	16,000.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
Hope Healthcare Ltd 	79,982.00 	1	Braeside and Greenwich Hospital Lighting Efficiency Scheme	
Illawarra Area Child Care Ltd 	66,696.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
Illawarra Children’s Services 	18,300.00 	1	Water efficiency project	
Illawarra Montessori Pre-school 	22,000.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
Illawarra Retirement Trust 	293,801.09 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
Interaction Disability Services Ltd 	98,745.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
Jarjum Centre Inc 	16,896.00 	1	Jarjum Aboriginal Centre Enhancement Program	
Jo Pender Memorial Scholarship 	500.00 	2	Jo Pender Memorial Scholarship	
John Balcomb Oval Community Operating Committee 	34,945.00 	1	Upgrading irrigation system at John Balcomb Field	
Johns River Community Hall 	24,985.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
Jumping Jacks Community Pre-school Inc 	3,251.00 	1	Energy efficiency project	
Keiraville Community Pre-school 	22,513.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
Kempsey Children’s Services Co-Op Ltd 	64,455.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
Kiama Surf Life Saving Club 	15,988.00 	1	Energy efficiency project	
Kingscliff Mini School Inc 	7,717.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
Kooloora Community Centre 	26,021.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
Lambton Bowling Club Co-Operative Ltd 	36,381.00 	1	Water efficiency project	
Lansvale United Sports Club 	37,268.00 	1	Stormwater irrigation project	
Larool Pre-school Inc 	1,161.55 	1	Water saving project	
Lawson Bowling Club Ltd 	22,245.00 	1	Energy efficiency project	
Leeton & District Bowling Club 	15,400.00 	1	Automatic sprinkler irrigation system	
Lifeline Broken Hill Inc 	14,000.00 	1	Water saving project	
Lions Club of Jindabyne 	250.00 	2	Donation for Koori art prize	
Lismore Pre-school Kindergarten Inc	28,161.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
Lismore Thistles Soccer Club Inc 	28,800.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
Little Yuin Aboriginal Pre-school 	7,855.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
Lockhart Golf Club Ltd 	39,200.00 	1	Water efficient irrigation system	
Looking After Our Kosciuszko Orphans (LAOKO) 	3,000.00 	2	Support for wildlife care organisation	
Macquarie Hills Community Pre-school 	7,774.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
Macquarie Pre-Schools Co-Operative Ltd 	25,895.00 	1	Energy management and efficiency project	
Macquarie Scorpions Inc 	38,000.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
Malua Bay Bowling & Recreation Club 	15,784.00 	1	Energy efficiency project	
Mangrove Mountain & Districts Community Group Inc 	7,200.00 	1	Climate control for Mangrove Mountain Hall	
Manildra Bowling Club Ltd 	38,000.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
Marine Discovery Centre 	2,000.00 	1	Energy efficiency project	
Maroubra Neighbourhood Children’s Centre 	3,440.00 	1	Energy efficiency project	
Medowie Community Pre-school Inc 	29,898.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
Merana Aboriginal Community Association for the Hawkesbury	22,727.27 	2	Dharug co-management project	
Merimbula RSL Club Ltd 	7,896.00 	1	Energy efficiency project	
Merimbula–Imlay Bowling Club Ltd	8,724.00 	1	Energy efficiency project	
Metro Screen Ltd 	37,722.00 	1	Energy efficiency project – studio lighting upgrade	
Mikayla Children’s Centre Inc 	19,917.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
Miranda Kindergarten Association Inc 	1,500.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
Miranda Kindergarten Association Inc	20,948.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
Mission Australia 	4,075.00 	1	Energy efficiency project	
Missionaries of the Sacred Heart 	1,025,200.00 	4	Biodiversity credits	
Mittagong Pre-school Kindergarten 	33,747.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
Mollymook Beach Bowling & Recreation Club Ltd 	37,500.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
Moorebank Sports Club Ltd 	21,340.00 	1	Energy efficiency project	
Morton PJ & SE 	12,600.00 	4	Dundomallee Station bank construction	
Moruya Bowling & Recreation Club 	16,672.00 	1	Energy efficiency project – lighting upgrade	
Moruya Golf Club Ltd 	12,390.00 	1	Energy efficiency project	
Mount Pritchard & District Community Club Ltd 	35,679.99 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
Mulong Pty Ltd 	4,363.64 	2	Dharug co-management project	
Murwillumbah Services Memorial Club 	35,830.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
Muswellbrook Pre-school Kindergarten 	11,407.00 	1	Energy efficiency project	
Nambucca Heads Local Aboriginal Land Council	17,373.00 	1	Energy efficiency project – the Mish Shed	
Nambucca Heads Pre-school Playcentre Ltd 	20,987.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
Nambucca Heads Surf Life Saving Club Inc	29,065.00 	1	Energy efficiency project	
Narooma Golf Club Ltd & Surfbeach Resort 	38,705.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
Narooma Pre-school Kindergarten 	14,884.00 	1	Energy efficiency project	
Narooma Sporting and Services Club 	38,000.00 	1	Water efficiency project	
Narromine Pre-school Kindergarten 	572.00 	1	Water efficiency project – water saving taps	
Newcastle Family Support Services 	20,375.00 	1	Energy efficiency project	
Newcastle Macedonia Sports Club 	38,000.00 	1	Water efficiency project	
Nigyanni Indigenous Corporation 	15,000.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
North Coast Sikh Association Inc 	5,200.00 	1	Energy efficiency project	
North Shore Temple Emanuel 	26,000.00 	1	Energy efficiency project	
North West Livestock Health & Pest Authority	8,356.80 	4	Gwydir Wetlands – NSW Rivers Environmental Restoration Program	
Northcott Disability Services 	2,500.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
Northern Rivers Wildlife Carers 	3,240.00 	2	Support for wildlife care organisation	
Nowra Bowling & Recreation Club 	33,629.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
Oaks Flats Bowling & Recreation Club 	20,995.00 	1	Water efficiency project	
Ocean Shores Pre-school Inc 	11,000.00 	1	Ocean Shores Sustainable Education Project – energy and water savings	
Orange City Bowling Club Ltd 	35,000.00 	1	Sustainable Solar Solutions Energy efficiency project	
Pacific Palms Bowling Club Ltd 	40,000.00 	1	Water efficiency project	
Pambula Aquatic Centre Inc 	11,350.00 	1	Water efficiency project	
Pambula–Merimbula Golf Club Ltd 	37,385.00 	1	Green Light Project – energy efficiency	
Peak Hill Uniting Community Church 	9,865.00 	1	Water efficiency project	
Peter Pan Pre-school Kindergarten 	18,441.00 	1	Water efficiency project	
Pied Piper Pre-school Association 	5,139.00 	1	Energy efficiency project	
Pioneer House 	14,738.00 	1	Energy efficiency project	
Police & Citizens Youth Clubs 	18,863.00 	1	Armidale PCYC Energy Efficiency Project	
Police & Community Youth Club 	31,097.00 	1	Lismore PCYC Energy and Water Saving Project	
Police & Community Youth Club 	17,456.00 	1	Griffith PCYC Energy and Water Saving Project	
Port Macquarie Community Pre-school 	21,587.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
Port of Yamba Historical Society 	2,000.00 	1	Energy efficiency project	
Port Stephens Veterans and Citizens Aged Care Ltd 	39,500.00 	1	Water and energy saving project for aged-care laundry	
Portland Golf Club Ltd 	13,526.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
Possums Patch Children’s Hub 	37,500.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
Price Merrett Consulting Pty L td	3,590.91 	4	Macquarie Wetland management agreement	
Quilbone Pastoral Company 	8,419.77 	4	Wetland management agreement	
Quirindi Pre-school Kindergarten 	7,200.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
Revesby Uniting Church Child Care 	19,087.27 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
Richmond Vale Railway Museum 	38,000.00 	1	Water savings project	
Riverview Bowling & Recreation Club Ltd	37,656.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
Rescue & Rehabilitation of Australian Native Animals	500.00 	2	Support for wildlife care organisation	
Santi Forest Monastery 	25,185.00 	1	Water savings project	
Saving Our Native Animals Inc 	1,500.00 	2	Support for wildlife care organisation	
Scone And District Pre-school Inc 	38,901.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
SDN Children’s Services Inc	40,000.00 	1	Water savings project	
Shoalhaven Heads Bowling & Recreation Club	38,000.00 	1	Energy efficiency project	
Shoalhaven Neighbourhood Centre 	2,704.00 	1	Water savings project	
Shortland Wetlands Centre 	36,597.00 	1	Hunter Wetlands Centre Sustainability Program	
Shortland Wetlands Centre 	20,000.00 	1	Support for the operations of the RAMSAR managers network	
Shortland Wetlands Centre 	10,000.00 	4	RAMSAR Committee – administrative assistance	
Snowy Mountains Care And Early Learning Centre	5,500.00 	1	Energy efficiency project	
Soldiers Beach Surf Life Saving Club	7,860.00 	1	Energy efficiency project	
St George Rowing Club 	34,484.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
St Michael’s Family Centre Ltd 	38,000.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
St Patrick’s Catholic Church 	15,750.00 	1	Water savings project	
St Peters Pre-school Ltd 	14,288.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
St Vincent’s Private Hospital 	33,000.00 	1	Energy efficiency project	
Sussex Inlet Bowling Club Ltd 	17,500.00 	1	Water efficiency project	
Swansea Football Club Inc. 	24,020.00 	1	Water efficiency project	
Sydney Anglican Schools Ltd 	40,000.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
TAP Art Gallery 	27,793.00 	1	Energy efficiency project	
Teen Challenge NSW Inc 	38,739.00 	1	Water efficiency project	
The Albury Sailors Soldiers & Airmens Club Ltd 	38,000.00 	1	Water efficiency project	
The Bays Community Group Inc 	18,700.00 	1	Energy efficiency project	
The Bradman Foundation Trust 	38,000.00 	1	Water efficiency project	
The Forest Pre-school 	22,625.00 	1	Water efficiency project	
The Friends of St Vincents Hospital Lismore 	25,190.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
The Hammond Care Group 	35,632.73 	1	Water efficiency project	
The Hills Community Kindergarten 	37,764.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
The Inverell Club 	14,620.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
The Italo-Australian Sports & Recreation Club Ltd 	38,000.00 	1	Water efficiency project	
The Mudgee Golf Club Ltd 	9,849.00 	1	Water efficiency project	
The Northcott Society 	37,254.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
The Northern Nursery School 	13,500.00 	1	Water conservation initiatives project	
The Olde Block Factory 	22,727.27 	2	Dharug co-management project	
The Robertson Shed Inc 	38,000.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
The Trustee For North Winnabri 	1,680.00 	4	Wetland management agreement	
Tocumwal Bowls Club Ltd	40,000.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
Tottenham Bowling Club 	35,268.00 	1	Water efficiency project	
Trunkey Creek Progress Association Inc 	6,500.00 	1	Water efficiency project	
Trustees of The Sisters of Mercy Diocese of Bathurst 	180,000.00 	1	Water efficiency project	
Tullamore Pre-school & Child Care Centre Inc 	19,335.00 	1	Solar hot water and water storage facility with irrigation system	
Tweed Heads Bowls Club 	40,000.00 	1	Energy efficiency project	
Tweed Valley Wildlife Carers 	3,240.00 	2	Support for wildlife care organisation	
Uniting Church in Australia – Glebe 	11,000.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
Uniting Church in Australia – West Epping 	22,780.00 	1	Natural lighting project	
Uniting Church in Australia – Bangalow Byron Bay 	6,600.00 	1	Water efficiency project	
Ulladulla Childrens Centre Inc 	19,504.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
Walsingham Community Pre-school 	9,322.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
Warialda Pre-school 	17,400.00 	1	Energy Smart Project	
Warilla Occasional Child Care 	9,498.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
Waste Management Association of Australia 	3,000.00 	1	Award for leadership in compost community education	
Wellington Bowling Club Ltd 	15,077.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
Wildcare Inc 	2,000.00 	2	Support for wildlife care organisation	
Wildlife ARC	3,000.00 	2	Support for wildlife care organisation	
Wilgara Partnership 	1,911.04 	4	Wetland management agreement	
Wilsons Creek Huonbrook Landcare 	5,000.00 	1	Strategic environmental weed control	
Windara Communities Ltd 	25,293.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
WIRES – Central Coast 	3,000.00 	2	Support for wildlife care organisation	
WIRES – Northern Rivers	3,240.00 	2	Support for wildlife care organisation	
WIRES – Snowy Mountains	1,500.00 	2	Support for wildlife care organisation	
Wollongong Golf Club Ltd 	10,593.00 	1	Water efficiency project	
Wollongong West St Centre Inc 	8,215.00 	1	Water and energy efficiency project	
Woodrising Neighbourhood Centre 	14,000.00 	1	Water efficiency project	
Woonona Bulli RSL Memorial Club 	38,000.00 	1	Water efficiency project	
Wyong Pre-school Kindergarten 	3,525.00 	1	Energy saving project	
Y Hotel (YWCA) 	36,922.00 	1	Water efficiency project	
Yanco Hotel Cricket Club 	12,300.00 	1	Cricket nets irrigation upgrade	
YMCA of Sydney 	5,812.00 	1	Water efficiency project	
Young Pony Club Inc 	27,455.00 	1	Water efficiency project	
Total	8,251,255.97			

18. 	Major works

2009–10 Major capital works			
Project	Cost to date 	Estimated 	
	$’000 	completion	
Major new works			
Nil			
			
Major works-in-progress			
NSW Rivers Environmental Restoration Program	59,460 	2009–10	
Infrastructure improvements in national parks	30,151 	2009–10	
Acquisition of spatial data	8,710 	2009–10	
Perpetual crown leases for conservation	9,727 	2010–11	
Lower Hunter conservation area	4,257 	2010–11	
Acquisition of satellite imagery	9,887 	2010–11	
Water management monitoring and information system	16,734	2010–11	
Riverbank water licences	78,114 	2011–12	
Radio network – Parks and Wildlife Group	11,751 	2011–12	
Brigalow–Nandewar National Park establishment 	20,339 	2012–13	
New park establishment costs	24,847 	2013–14	
Marine parks equipment	3,930 	2013–14	
Land purchases – funded by grants and donations	75,725 	2013–14	
Fire, feral animal and weed control equipment	1,101 	2013–14	
Bushfire management equipment	7,288 	2013–14	
Perisher Range redevelopment	19,826 	2025–26	
Kosciuszko centenary program	3,154 	2025–26	
Total	 385,001 		
There were no significant cost overruns in these projects.			
18. 	Major works

2009–10 Major capital works			
Project	Cost to date 	Estimated 	
	$’000 	completion	
Major new works			
Nil			
			
Major works-in-progress			
NSW Rivers Environmental Restoration Program	59,460 	2009–10	
Infrastructure improvements in national parks	30,151 	2009–10	
Acquisition of spatial data	8,710 	2009–10	
Perpetual crown leases for conservation	9,727 	2010–11	
Lower Hunter conservation area	4,257 	2010–11	
Acquisition of satellite imagery	9,887 	2010–11	
Water management monitoring and information system	16,734	2010–11	
Riverbank water licences	78,114 	2011–12	
Radio network – Parks and Wildlife Group	11,751 	2011–12	
Brigalow–Nandewar National Park establishment 	20,339 	2012–13	
New park establishment costs	24,847 	2013–14	
Marine parks equipment	3,930 	2013–14	
Land purchases – funded by grants and donations	75,725 	2013–14	
Fire, feral animal and weed control equipment	1,101 	2013–14	
Bushfire management equipment	7,288 	2013–14	
Perisher Range redevelopment	19,826 	2025–26	
Kosciuszko centenary program	3,154 	2025–26	
Total	 385,001 		
There were no significant cost overruns in these projects.			
19. 	Major assets
By virtue of its functions, DECCW’s asset base covers a wide range of fixed assets and other infrastructure which have been categorised as following for accounting purposes.
Land
Most of the land parcels in this category are ‘dedicated land’, including national parks, nature reserves, historic sites, Aboriginal areas, state conservation areas and regional parks. A full list of dedicated and DECCW-managed lands is in Appendix 9.
Buildings and improvements
This category includes all buildings and improvements in use and temporarily out-of-use. Buildings number 1,495 in total and those with a written down replacement value of $1 million or more are:
•	Audley Regional Office, Royal National Park
•	Baradine Visitors Centre
•	Blackheath Visitors Centre, Blue Mountains National Park
•	Bobbin Head Visitor Centre and Halvorsen’s Boat Shed, Ku-Ring-Gai Chase National Park
•	Broken Hill, Far West Regional Office Parks and Wildlife Group
•	Byron Coast area office, Byron Bay
•	Camp Blackman amenities block, Warrumbungle National Park
•	Coffs Harbour sub-district office
•	Discovery Centre, Botany Bay National Park
•	Dorrigo Rainforest Centre
•	Fitzroy Falls Visitor Centre, Morton National Park
•	Fort Denison, Sydney Harbour National Park
•	Gap Bluff officers mess, Sydney Harbour National Park
•	Garie Beach Surf Safety Centre, Royal National Park
•	Goat Island amenities and ship-repair building, Sydney Harbour National Park
•	Greycliffe House, Vaucluse, Sydney Harbour National Park
•	Hartley Church, Courthouse and Presbytery, Hartley Historic Site
•	Hill End Historic Site, Royal Hotel
•	Jenkins Centre, Lane Cove National Park
•	Kinchega Woolshed, Kinchega National Park
•	Lidcombe laboratories and environmental science facility
•	Lighthouses – Barrenjoey, Port Stephens, Greencape and Cape Byron
•	Narooma area office
•	Perisher information centre, Kosciuszko National Park
•	Quarantine Station – accommodation units, hospital and conference centre, Sydney Harbour National Park
•	Rawsons Pass amenities block, Kosciuszko National Park
•	Sawpit Creek office, Kosciuszko National Park
•	Sea Acres Visitor Centre, Port Macquarie
•	Snowy Mountains Visitor Centre, Jindabyne
•	The Lakes Area office and visitor centre, Lake Munmorah
•	Throsby Park Homestead, Throsby Park Historic Site
•	Wolli Creek laboratory
Heritage buildings are at the following locations:
•	Bare Island
•	Curracabundi NP, Karema Cottage
•	Green Cape, Davidson Whaling Station
•	Goat Island, Sydney Harbour islands
•	Hartley Historic Site
•	Hill End Historic Site
•	Quarantine Station, Manly
•	Royal National Park, Googles Cottage
•	Royal National Park, Audley Dance Hall
•	Yanga National Park
•	Yarrangobilly Caves, Caves House
Amenities such as picnic areas, campsites and lookouts with a replacement value of $750,000 or more are located in: Blue Mountains, Booti Booti, Bundjalung, Cattai, Crowdy Bay, Garigal, Georges River, Kamay Botany Bay, Ku-ring-gai, Lane Cove, Murramarang, Royal, Sydney Harbour and Warrambungle national parks; and in Arakoon State Conservation Area, Yuraygir Crown Reserve, Limeburners Creek Nature Reserve and Blue Gum Hills, Leacock and Rouse Hill regional parks.
Roads and other access
Apart from roads, this category also includes access facilities such as fire trails, walking tracks, car parks, bridges, boat ramps and wharves. Roads and other access with a replacement value of $5 million or more are 
•	Cambridge Plateau Drive, Richmond Range National Park
•	Cameron Corner Road, Sturt National Park
•	Drive Tour Road, Mungo National Park
•	Elliot Way, Kosciuszko National Park
•	Geehi Walls Track, Kosciuszko National Park
•	Guthega Road, Kosciuszko National Park
•	Jump Up Loop Road, Sturt National Park
•	Kiandra to Khancoban road, Kosciuszko National Park
•	Mutawintji Road, Mutawintji National Park
•	Mungo Brush Road, Myall Lakes National Park
•	Olsens Road, Kosciuszko National Park
•	Tantangara Road, Kosciuszko National Park
•	Tin Mine Road, Woomargama National Park
•	Tweed Range Scenic Drive, Border Ranges National Park
Utilities and other infrastructure
This category includes airstrips, electricity reticulation, sewerage systems, levees, fencing and water supply systems. Those with a replacement value of $1 million or more are:
•	Airstrips in far western NSW – Bourke, Broken Hill and Cobar regions
•	Helipad at Perisher Valley
•	Sewerage treatment plants at Bobbin Head, Goat Island, Hill End Historic Site, Kosciuszko and Lane Cove national parks and Yarrangobilly Caves
•	Water supply systems in Gundabooka, Kosciuszko and Mt Kaputar national parks and Yathong Nature Reserve.
Plant and equipment
Items valued at $5,000 or more are:
Aircraft	Quantity	
Helicopter – Eurocopter AS 350B-3	1	
Plane – Cessna U206G	1	
Motor vehicles (excluding leased)		
Dual cab and utility vehicles	18	
Trucks – 1–5 tonne, >5 tonne	151	
Motorbikes	23	
Quad bikes	133	
Off-road carriers, 6 x 6	54	
Scientific equipment		
Analysers, calibrators, data loggers, diluters, monitoring systems etc. 	821	
Field Plant		
Boats (including outboards)	72	
Graders, dozers, excavators, rollers	44	
Forklifts	64	
Generators	24	
Mowers, ride-on	84	
Quickspray, weed-spray units	121	
Slip-on fire units, chassis exchange	367	
Skidoo, snow vehicles	19	
Tractors, loaders, backhoes, bobcats	169	
Trailers, caravans	173	
Other – cameras, cranes, diggers, mulchers, power carriers, routers, slashers, weather stations etc.	244	

Indexes
Compliance index
References to regulatory requirements for annual reporting are shown below.
Aims and objectives 	5, 9
Access	 inside back cover
Annual report costs 	inside back cover
Auditor-General’s financial audit report
	Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water 	158
	Environment Protection Authority 	210
	Marine Parks Authority 	219
	Office of the Hawkesbury–Nepean 	227
Charter 	5
Clients and stakeholders 	7
Code of ethical conduct 	136
Consultants 	318
Consumer response 	141
Contact details 	inside back cover
Controlled entities – see EPA Board and Marine Parks Authority in ‘Index’ 
Corporate objectives 	9
Corporate governance 	133
Corporate structure 	11
Credit card certification 	156
Director General and senior executives’ performance 	238
Disability plan 	151
Electronic service delivery 	142–143, 296
Energy use 	137–138
EPA Board 	242
Equal employment opportunity 	149
Multicultural Policies and Services Program (formerly EAPS) 	150
Executive (principal officers) 	241
Financial statements
	Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water 	158–209
	Environment Protection Authority 	210–218
	Marine Parks Authority 	219–226
	Office of the Hawkesbury Nepean 	227–236
Financial summary 	19–20
Freedom of information 	143–144, 287–295
Funds granted to non-government community organisations	319–326
Human resources 	147–148
Industrial relations 	148
Land disposal 	274–282
Legal change 	260–261
Legislation administered by DECCW 	260–261
Letter of submission 	1
Major assets	28–329
Major capital works 	327
Management, structure and performance 	11, 238–241, 241
Occupational health and safety 	146
Organisational chart 	11
Overseas visits 	315–317
Payment of accounts 	156
Performance indicators 	24, 30, 31, 36, 38, 43, 44, 47, 49, 50, 		55, 56, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 70, 75, 83, 		 89, 93, 96, 99, 103, 107, 115, 116, 125, 		 127, 128, 129, 141, 142, 144, 147, 149, 156
Personnel policies and practices 	146–149
Privacy management plan 	136
Public registers 	284–285
Publications 	298–303
Remuneration of senior executive service officers level 5 or above 	238–241
Research and development 	51, 60, 63, 71, 74, 82–85, 		87, 90, 91, 97, 103, 110
Review of operations 	135
Risk management and insurance activities	 134–135, 155
Significant committees 	244–257
Spokeswomen program 	151
Statement of affairs 	283–286
Statement of responsibility 	238
Summary review of operations 	2–3, 4, 8, 12–18
Threatened species 	34, 53, 55–56, 78–79, 285
Vision 	5
Waste Reduction and Purchasing Policy (WRAPP) 	140
Wilderness 	81
Index
Aboriginal issues 
	Aboriginal Communities Water and Sewerage Program	130
	Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Advisory Committee	107
	Aboriginal Discovery program	104
	Aboriginal Heritage Impact Permits	101
	Aboriginal Heritage Information Management System	102
	Aboriginal Land Management Framework	105
	Aboriginal Lands Clean-Up Program	109
	Aboriginal Park Partnerships Program	108
	Aboriginal Places	101–102 
	Aboriginal Women and Natural Resource Management Program 	110
	Botany Bay initiatives 	105
	cadetship program 	148
	clean up program 	109
	consultation 	101
	cultural heritage regulation 	101
	culture and heritage 	105
	culture camps 	106
	employment strategy	110
	heritage protection	 3, 100–101
	Interim Community Consultation Requirements	101
	joint management of parks	107
	Land Alive 	109
	legislative review and amendments 	3, 101
	NAIDOC celebrations 	145
	Regional Partnership Program 	110
	repatriation and reburial 	102
	rock art training and management 	104
	site awareness training 	105
	Strengthening Community Wellbeing Framework 	145
	traineeships 	148
	Two Ways Together 	144–145
air 
	Action for Air 	43
	Air Quality Working Group 	46
	Clean Air, Healthy Communities Fund 	43
	Clean Air workshop 	2
	Diesel Retrofit Program 	44
	Dustwatch 	45
	FleetWise 	27, 43
	NSW Cleaner Vehicles and Fuels Strategy 	42
	pollution reduction programs 	47, 50
	Regional Air Quality Index 	14, 44
	Sydney Greater Metropolitan Region air quality 	43
	Upper Hunter Air Quality Monitoring Network 	44
	vapour recovery at service stations 	45
	volatile organic compound reduction 	45
	woodsmoke 	44
annual report costs 	inside back cover
aquatic reserves 	84

asset management 
	Asset Management System (AMS)	96, 134
	asset maintenance in parks and reserves	96
	audit and compliance program	134
	Audit and Risk Committee	134
Auditor-General’s financial audit report 
	Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water	158 
	Environment Protection Authority	210
	Marine Parks Authority	219
	Office of the Hawkesbury–Nepean	227

Beachwatch and Harbourwatch	62–63
biodiversity 
	biobanking agreement	76
	BioBanking Scheme	76
	biocertification	77
	bioregions	78
	Growth Centres Biodiversity Offset Program	76
	International Year of Biodiversity	2
	management plans	77
	NSW Biodiversity Strategy	77
	regional conservation plans	78
bushfire – see fire 
business 
	FleetWise 	27
	NSW Green Skills Strategy 	39
	Energy Efficiency for Small Business Program 	23
	Sustainability Advantage 	35, 137

carbon management 	137
catchment management authorities 	119, 120
charter 	5
Clean Air workshop 	2
client response 	141
complaints 	136, 142, 144
communication and partnerships 	143
climate change 
	adaptation programs 	2, 13
	biodiversity impacts 	33
	bushfire 	32
	Coastal Managment Program 	30
	coastal protection	 3, 28–29, 31–32
	Climate Change Action Plan 	22, 68, 95
	Climate Impact Profile	 2, 22, 28, 45
	Eastern Seaboard Climate Change Initiative 	32
	Greenhouse Gas Reduction Scheme 	12
	health impacts 	28–29
	invasive species 	34
	mangroves saltmarshes and sea level rise 	33
	national initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 	12, 23
	NSW Climate Change Fund 	23–24
	NSW Energy Efficiency Strategy 	23
	NSW Great Eastern Ranges Initiative 	34
	NSW Green Business Program 	12, 25
	NSW Solar Bonus Scheme 	19
	Renewable Energy Development Program 	12, 26
	research 	32, 33, 34
	Residential Rebate Program 	24–25
	sea level rise 	30–31
	Sea Level Rise Policy Statement	2, 13
coasts 
	Beachwatch and Harbourwatch	62-63
	coastal erosion reforms 	31
	Coastal Management Program 	13, 30
	Coastal Protection Bill 	2
	coastal ocean monitoring 	14, 33, 125
	Eastern Seaboard Climate Change Initiative 	32
	estuaries – see estuaries 
	sea level rise	 30-31
code of ethical conduct 	136
committees 	244–257
community 
	Discovery program 	93
	grants 	319–326
	wellbeing 	5, 9, 14, 16, 18, 21, 42, 		62, 68, 91, 103, 105, 109
conservation agreements – see private land conservation 
Conservation Partners Program	97
consultancies	318
consumer response (feedback and complaints)	142
contaminated sites 
	Contaminated Land Management Act	59
	education	59
	illegal dumping	60
	NSW Site Auditor Scheme	58
	regulatory actions	59
	remediation	58, 60
	underground petroleum storage systems	49, 58
contact details	inside back cover
corporate governance	133
corporate structure	11
credit card certification	156

dangerous goods	42, 54
Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water (DECCW) 
	Aboriginal cadetship program	148
	Aboriginal traineeships	148
	awards and public recognition	152–153
	Better Services and Value Plan	155
	Bicycle Working group	146
	Business Continuity Plan	134
	consumers (clients) and stakeholders	7
	corporate plan summary	9
	Disability Action Plan	151
	equal employment opportunity	149
	Ethnic Affairs Priorities Statement	150
	Ethnic Communities Sustainable Living Project	150-151
	executive (principal officers)	241
	financial management	19-20, 156
	graduate development program	148
	industrial relations	148
	 Information Management and Communications Technology Strategic Plan	154
	information services	inside back cover
	insurance cover 	155
	internal communications	155
	JumpStart cadetships	148
	Learning and Development Framework	147
	library services	154
	multicultural policies and services	150
	 Monitoring Evaluation and Reporting Strategy (MER Strategy)	154–155
	organisational structure	11
	Pandemic Response Plan	134
	performance summary	12–18
	public recognition	152-153
	Risk Management Policy	 133
	Savings Implementation Plan 	18
	Spokeswomen program 	151
	vision and values 	5
	workforce planning 	149
Director General 
	performance	238
	review	2–3

Eastern Seaboard Climate Change Initiative 	2
education 
	Aboriginal rock art training	104
	Aboriginal site awareness training	105
	dangerous goods	54
	Discovery program	93
	ethnic communities	150
	electronic service delivery	142–143, 296–297
	Water for Life	126–127
emergency management 
	climate change threats	32–33
	DECCW Business Continuity Plan	134
	DECCW Pandemic Response Plan	134
	Hazmat incidents	64
	Hazmat technology assessments	 64
	NSW Disaster Recovery Plan	 63
energy 
	electric vehicles	26, 139 
	Energy Efficiency Strategy (NSW)	2, 22, 23–24
	Fridge Buyback Program	12, 25
	Low-income Household Refit Program	2, 12, 13, 22
	NSW Solar Bonus Scheme	2, 12, 19, 23, 26
	Public Facilities Program	25
	Renewable Energy Development Program	25
	Environment Line	141–142, 296–297
enforceable undertakings	56
Environment Protection Authority (EPA) Board 
	chair’s report 	4
	financial statement	210–218
	members’ curricula vitae	242–243
equal employment opportunity	149
estuaries 
	Estuary Management Program	72
	management plans	30
	seawall guidelines	31–32
ethnic affairs priority statement	150
ethical behaviour	136
external reviews	135

feral animals – see pests 
financial statements 
	 Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water	158–209
	Environment Protection Authority	210–218
	Marine Parks Authority	219–226
	Office of the Hawkesbury Nepean	227–236
financial management	155
financial summary	19–20
fire 
	British Columbia – assistance to	89
	bushfire and climate change modelling in Sydney region	32
	management	89
	prescribed burning	89
	research	32, 90
	wildfire incidents	89–90
fleet – see Green Fleet 
floodplains 
	floodplain risk management plans	30–31
forests – see native vegetation 
freedom of information	143–144, 287–296
funds granted to non-government community organisations	319–326

graduate development program	148
Great Eastern Ranges Initiative	34
green fleet 
	DECCW Fleet Improvement Plan	26–27
	electric vehicle	26
green skills 
	Energy Efficiency Skills Program	23
	NSW Green Skills Strategy	13, 23, 39
greenhouse gas – see climate change 

Hawkesbury–Nepean River Recovery Program	116, 126
heritage 
	Aboriginal heritage protection	3, 100–101
	Aboriginal Heritage Information Management System	102
	Cultural Heritage Research Prospectus	97
	historic heritage maintenance	96
	historic heritage management	96–97
	landscape 	92

illegal dumping – see waste 
incident reports	2, 49
industrial awards	148
industry 
	effluent reuse in irrigation review	51
	monitoring practices review	51
	regulation	49–52
	waste industry compliance and enforcement program	51
Information Centre	141–142
International Year of Biodiversity	2

Kangaroo Management Program	84

land disposal	274–282
Land for Wildlife – see private land conservation 
legal change	260–261
legislation administered by DECCW	260–261
licence reviews	51
load based licensing scheme	47
local government 
	climate change impacts and adaptation	28–29
	local environmental plans and biodiversity	77, 98
	Sustainable Choice	37
	Waste and Sustainability Improvement Scheme	37
	Waste Service Performance Improvements	37

marine parks 
	area managed	274–282
	Marine Parks Authority	85
	Marine Parks Authority financial statement	219–226
	Marine Parks Regulation	56
	marine wildlife management 	86
	planning 	84
	research 	85
	major assets 	328–329
	major capital works 	327
	management, structure and performance	85
Metropolitan Water Plan	123
monitoring 
	Beachwatch and Harbourwatch	62–63
	Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Strategy (NSW)	68, 73
	Regional Air Quality Index	14, 44
	state of the catchment reports	120
Murray–Darling Basin Plan	2, 71, 119

NAIDOC celebrations	145
nanotechnology	64
National Built Environment Rating System (NABERS)	138
NABERS ratings in DECCW buildings	138
national parks and reserves 
	area managed	274–282
	asset maintenance	96
	Discovery program	93
	fire management strategies	89–90
	historic heritage maintenance	96
	historic heritage management	96–97
	karst reserves	82
	leasing and property management	93
	list of DECCW-managed lands	274–282
	National Landscapes program	92
	National Parks Establishment Plan	80
	National Parks and Wildlife Advisory Council	95
	new and extended reserves	80
	Park Eco Pass 	91
	Park Management Program	95
	pest and weed management	86–87, 88–89
	plans of management	96
	promotion and marketing plan	91
	protected area acquisition program	81
	restoring degraded areas	82
	Taskforce on Tourism and National Parks	65, 91
	threatened species management	58, 73
	visitation management	91
	visitor facilities upgrades	92
	volunteers	94
	wetlands	81
	wilderness	81
National Parks and Wildlife Advisory Council	95
National Water Initiative	113
native vegetation 
	compliance and enforcement strategy	53
	mapping	73
	monitoring	65, 73, 74
	Native Vegetation Report Card	73
	NSW vegetation information system	74
	private native forestry	74
	property vegetation plans	74-75
	prosecutions	56, 262–273
noise 
	community advice	49
	construction guidelines	48
	labelling	49
	neighbourhood noise	49
	rail noise	48
	road noise policy	 48
	vehicle noise testing	48
	NSW Cleaner Vehicles and Fuels Strategy	42
NSW Environmental Trust	2, 3, 6, 33, 34, 43, 4 		4, 54, 59, 81, 85, 109
NSW Remote Sensing Strategy	155
NSW State of the Environment report	2, 8

occupational health and safety 
	accidents and incidents reported	147
	Occupational Health and Safety Strategy (DECCW)	146
	workers compensation claims	147
overseas visits	315–317

papers published	304–314
parks – see national parks and reserves 
payment of accounts	156
penalty infringement notices	262
performance indicators	24, 30, 31, 36, 38, 43, 44, 47, 49, 50, 		55, 56, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 70, 75, 83, 		89, 93, 96, 99, 103, 107, 115, 116, 125, 		127, 128, 129, 141, 142, 144, 147, 149, 156
personnel policies and practices	146–153
pesticides	42, 56, 60, 64, 65, 150
pest animals 
	biosecurity	87
	climate change effects	34
	control	88–89
	licensing	64
	 feral animals (goats, pigs, wild dogs, deer, wild horses, foxes)	88–89
	fox threat abatement plan	88
	pesticide control orders	64
pollution 
	compliance and enforcement	44, 48, 51, 62, 63, 65
	industry regulation	49–50
	NSW Diffuse Source Water Pollution Strategy	46
	reduction programs	50, 52
	underground petroleum storage systems	49
privacy management plan	284
private land conservation 
	conservation agreements	97–99
	Conservation Partners Program	97–99
	Great Eastern Ranges Initiative	34, 72, 77, 98
	Nature Conservation Trust of NSW	98
	Wildlife Habitats and Corridors program	98
	wildlife refuges	98
	private native forestry	74, 75, 105
prosecutions	54–56, 262–273
Protected Area Workers Association (PAWA)	99
Public Facilities Program	25–26
public registers	284–285
publications	298–303

radiation	52–53, 66
rebates – see Residential Rebate Program 
red tape reduction – cutting unnecessary regulation	65–66
registers – see public 
remuneration of Senior Executive Services Officers level 5 or above	238–241
research and development	51, 60, 63, 71, 74, 82–85, 		87, 90, 91, 97, 103, 110
research papers	304–314
Residential Rebate Program	24
Regional Air Quality Index	62
resource recovery 
	aligning resource recovery with waste management	66
	exemptions	66
reserves – see national parks 
review of operations	12–18
risk management	134–135, 155
rivers – see water 

Save Power campaign	2, 12, 24
Sea Level Rise Policy Statement	2, 13, 28, 29, 31
Senior Executive Service Officers	238–241
Solar Flagships program	2, 12
Solaria	52
Spokeswomen program	151
staff statistics	258–259
State of the Catchment reports	73
statement of affairs	283–286
statement of responsibility	238
summary review of operations	12–18
sustainability 
	Central Coast Water Savings Fund	25
	CleanOut program	40
	community programs	28–29
	consumer information	39
	cycling initiatives	27
	DECCW energy saving	141
	 DECCW Ethnic Communities Sustainable Living Project	150, 151
	DECCW Fleet Improvement Plan	27
	DECCW Sustainability Action Plan	137
	DECCW water saving	138
	Hunter region rebate campaign	25
	Love Food Hate Waste campaign	39
	National TV/IT recycling scheme	40
	NSW Electric Vehicles Taskforce	26
	NSW Government Sustainability Policy	35
	NSW Green Skills Strategy	39
	NSW Home Power Saver Program	38
	NSW Solar Bonus scheme	19
	Public Facilities Program	25
	Renewable Energy Development Program	25
	resource recovery	39
	Save Power campaign	2, 12, 24
	Solar Flagships program	26
	sustainable buildings	138
	Sustainable Choice	37
	sustainable urban transport	29
	Sustainability Advantage	35, 137
	Sustainability Advantage Energy Saver	36–37
	sustainability clusters	35
	Sustainability Policy	137
	Waste and Sustainability Improvements Payments Program	37
threatened species 
	endangered ecological communities	80
	Koala Recovery Plan	78
	regional conservation plan	78
	NSW Threatened Species Priorities Action Statements (PAS)	78
	recovery	53, 78
	Western Woodlands Way	78
tourism 
	Discovery programs	93
	Parks Eco Pass	91
	parks promotions and marketing	91
	taskforce on tourism and national parks	91
training – see education 

video conferencing	139
volunteers	94

waste (see also resource recovery) 
	chlorinated solvents	51
	CleanOut Program for hazardous household chemicals	40
	Compliance	51
	effluent reuse	51
	environment levy	48
	illegal dumping	52, 60, 109
	landfill	51, 52
	online waste tracking system	48
	roadside litter	52
	Waste Reduction and Purchasing Policy (WRAPP)	140
water 
	Aboriginal Communities Water and Sewerage Program	130
	Beachwatch and Harbourwatch	62–63
	best-practice pricing	122
	Cape and Pipe the Bores program	118
	catchment health indicators	125
	climate and run-off projections	124–125
	compliance monitoring	117
	concession programs	127 
	conservation and drought management	129
	cost recovery	128
	Country Towns Water Supply and Sewerage Program	127, 130
	Darling River Water Savings project	119
	environmental works and measures	119
	Estuary Management Program	13, 30
	for the environment	69
	groundwater drilling	122
	guidelines	113, 129
	Hawkesbury-Nepean River Recovery Program	116, 126
	infrastructure funding	130
	infrastructure projects	114
	Integrated Monitoring of Environmental Flows program	121
	licensing	114, 115
	metering and extraction monitoring	116
	Metropolitan Water Plan	123–127
	Monitoring	116, 117, 120–121
	Murray–Darling Basin plan	112–113, 114, 119
	National Performance Framework	129
	National Water Initiative	113
	NSW Algal Management Strategy	119
	NSW Diffuse Source Water Pollution Strategy	46
	NSW RiverBank	69, 70
	NSW Rivers Environmental Restoration Program	69–71, 		82,103
	NSW Wetland Recovery Program	70
	Office of the Hawkesbury-Nepean	126, 127
	recycling	17, 123, 124, 125
	Replacement Flows Project	124
	resource information	121
	rights and trading	115, 116
	sharing plans	114
	Sydney Water initiatives	124–127
	trade waste regulation	128
	The Living Murray	69–70, 122
	utility performance	129
	Water Access Licence Register	115–116
	Water Administration Ministerial Corporation	122
	Water for Life	126–127
	Water for the Future program	113–114
weeds 
	bitou bush threat abatement plan	86
	control	86–87
wetlands 
	mapping	71
	NSW Wetland Recovery Program	70
	NSW Wetlands Policy	70
	Ramsar wetlands	70–71
	rehabilitation	69
	research	71
	reserved in national parks	80–81
wilderness	81
wildlife 
	Atlas of NSW Wildlife	82
	Licensing	83–84
	marine wildlife	86
	management	82–83
	Nature Conservation Trust of NSW	98
	Wildlife Habitats and Corridors program	98
	wildlife refuges	98