9.3 - Monitoring, compliance, enforcement and assurance activities are significantly under-resourced
The available resources for monitoring, compliance, enforcement and assurance constrain the ability of the Department to deliver credible functions.
These functions of the EPBC Act are not supported by cost recovery arrangements. Compliance and enforcement staff also undertake compliance and enforcement of other Commonwealth environment laws, constraining the pool of resources dedicated to delivering EPBC Act compliance and enforcement. The resources available for monitoring, compliance, enforcement and assurance are insufficient and the caseload continues to increase, as more projects are approved.
A move toward risk-based regulation is far from complete and the full investment needed to deliver efficiency by the use of modern risk-based systems and analytics has not yet been made.
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Contents
- Foreword
- The Review and how to have your say
- Summary points
- Executive Summary
- Chapter 1 - National level protection and conservation of the environment and iconic places
- Chapter 2 - Indigenous culture and heritage
- Chapter 3 - Legislative complexity
- Chapter 4 - Efficiency
- Chapter 5 - Trust in the EPBC Act
- Chapter 6 - Data, information and systems
- Chapter 7 - Monitoring, evaluation and reporting
- Chapter 8 - Restoration
- Chapter 9 - Compliance, enforcement and assurance
- Chapter 10 - Proposed reform pathway
- Appendix 1 - Prototype National Environmental Standard for Matters of National Environmental Significance