Malcolm Thompson
Malcolm Thompson is the deputy secretary responsible for the Sustainable Population and Communities Group and for the Corporate Outcome. Mr Thompson has over 20 years experience as a policy adviser to the Australian Government. He studied economics at the University of Queensland before beginning his career in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. He has also worked in the Treasury, the Assistant Treasurer’s office and the Department of Transport and Regional Services. From 2003 to 2007 Mr Thompson concentrated on water policy, helping to develop the National Water Initiative and to establish the National Water Commission. Mr Thompson joined the department in 2007 as head of the Policy Coordination Division. He was appointed deputy secretary in September 2009.
Kimberley Dripps
Kimberley Dripps joined the department as deputy secretary, Environment Protection and Heritage Conservation on 10 January 2011. Ms Dripps is responsible for the Environmental Assessment and Compliance, Heritage and Wildlife, and Supervising Scientist Divisions. Ms Dripps was previously the Executive Director Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Victoria’s Department of Sustainability. During this time she undertook an industry-based secondment with the Regional Rail Link Authority where she was responsible for land acquisition and planning approvals for this $4.3 billion Nation Building Project. Between 1999–07 Ms Dripps had various roles within Victorian Government departments including sustainable agriculture policy and investment, drought response and recovery, the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality and a stint in the Premier’s Department. Ms Dripps has a Bachelor of Veterinary Science (Hons) and an MBA.
David Parker
David Parker joined the department as the deputy secretary of the Water Group on 21 February 2011. Mr Parker has qualifications in economics and law and is the former deputy secretary of the Treasury where he led the Revenue Group and was Chair of the Treasury Audit Committee. With a career spanning over 25 years with the Treasury, Mr Parker has worked on financial sector liberalisation, tax reform, macroeconomic forecasting and policy, competition policy, energy policy and international economic issues. From 1997–2002 Mr Parker worked at the OECD in Paris.
Senior Executive team
The diagram below shows the organisation structure as at July 2010—prior to Machinery of Government changes that resulted in new responsibilities in relation to sustainability, population and communities and the transfer of the Arts and Culture component of the Portfolio to the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.
Organisation structure as at July 2010
Secretary Ms Robyn Kruk
Change Management Team
Assistant Secretary Dr Greg Terrill
Biodiversity Group Deputy Secretary
Mr Gerard Early
(left Department on
4 October 2010)
Approvals and Wildlife
First Assistant Secretary
Mr Peter Burnett
Land and Coasts
First Assistant Secretary
Mr Mark Flanigan
Parks Australia
Director of National
Parks
Mr Peter Cochrane
Marine
First Assistant Secretary
Mr Stephen Oxley
Supervising Scientist
Mr Alan Hughes
Whale Conseration
First Assistant Secretary
Ms Donna Petrachenko
Water Group
Deputy Secretary
Dr James Horne
(left Department on
21 Dec 2010)
Water Efficiency
First Assistant Secretary
Ms Mary Harwood
Water Governance
First Assistant Secretary
Mr Ian Robinson
Water Reform
First Assistant Secretary
Mr Tony Slatyer
Arts, Culture and Heritage Group
Deputy Secretary
Mr Mark Tucker
Arts
First Assistant Secretary
Ms Lynn Bean
National Portrait Gallery
Director
Ms Louise Doyle (A/g)
Culture
First Assistant Secretary
Ms Sally Basser
Heritage
First Assistant Secretary
Mr James Shevlin
Corporate, Environment Quality and
Antarctic Group
Deputy Secretary
Mr Mark Tucker
Co-Ordinator General
First Assistant Secretary
Business
Improvement Division
Mr Malcolm Forbes/
Ms Cathy Skippington
Chief Operating Officer
Corporate Strategies
Division
First Assistant Secretary
Mr Arthur Diakos
Policy & Communication
First Assistant Secretary
Mr Sean Sullivan
Australian Antarctic
Group
Director
Ms Lyn Maddock
Environment Quality
Division First Assistant
Secretary
Dr Diana Wright
Deputy Secretary
Mr Malcolm Thompson
(returned from DCCEE
in July 2010)
Organisation structure as at July 2010
Portfolio Agencies /
Authorities / Positions
Screen Australia
Chief Executive
Dr Ruth Harley
Supervising Scientist
Mr Alan Hughes
Director of National
Parks
Mr Peter Cochrane
Australia Business
Arts Foundation
Chief Executive Officer
Ms Jane Haley
Australian National
Maritime Museum
Director
Ms Mary-Louise Williams
National Water
Commission
Mr Ken Matthews
Australia Council
General Manager
Ms Kathy Keele
Sydney Harbour
Federation Trust
Executive Director
Mr Geoff Bailey
National Film and
Sound Archives
Chief Executive Officer
Mr Darryl McIntyre
Great Barrier Reef
Marine Park Authority
Chairman
Dr Russell Reichelt
National Museum
of Australia
Director
Mr Andrew Sayers
Bundanon Trust
Chief Executive Officer
Ms Deborah Ely
National Gallery
of Australia
Director
Mr Ron Radford
Bureau of Meteorology
Director
Dr Greg Ayers
National Library
of Australia
Director General
Ms Jan Fullerton
National Environment
Protection Council
(NEPC) Service
Corporation
Executive Officer
Dr Bruce Kennedy
Australian Film,
Television and Radio
School
Director
Ms Sandra Levy
Murray-Darling Basin
Authority
Chief Executive
Mr Rob Freeman
Commonwealth
Environmental
Water Holder
Mr Ian Robinson
Senior Executive team
The diagram below shows the organisation structure at February 2011 following Machinery of Government changes that resulted in new responsibilities in relation to sustainability, population and communities and the transfer of the Arts and Culture programs of the portfolio to the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.
Organisation structure as at February 2011
Secretary
Dr Paul Grimes (A/g)
(vice Ms Robyn Kruk)
Deputy Secretary
Ms Kimberley Dripps
(commenced
10 January 2011)
Approvals and Wildlife
First Assistant Secretary
Mr Peter Burnett
Supervising Scientist
Mr Alan Hughes
Heritage Division
First Assistant Secretary
Dr Greg Terrill (A/g)
Deputy Secretary
Mr David Parker
(commenced
21 February 2011)
Water Efficiency
First Assistant Secretary
Ms Mary Harwood
Water Governance
First Assistant Secretary
Mr Ian Robinson
Water Reform
First Assistant Secretary
Mr Tony Slatyer
Deputy Secretary
Mr Mark Tucker
Land and Coasts
First Assistant secretary
Mr Mark Flanigan
Australian Antarctic
Director
Ms Lyn Maddock
Marine
First Assistant Secretary
Mr Stephen Oxley
Whale Conservation
First Assistant Secretary
Ms Donna Petrachenko
Information Management
Division
First Assistant Secretary
Ms Alex Rankin
Business Improvement
First Assistant Secretary
Ms Cathy Skippington
Parks Australia
Director of National
Parks
Mr Peter Cochrane
Deputy Secretary
Mr Malcolm Thompson
Environment Quality
Division
First Assistant Secretary
Dr Diana Wright
Housing Supply
& Affordability
First Assistant Secretary
Mr James Shevlin
Sustainable Population
Taskforce
First Assistant Secretary
Mr Sean Sullivan
Policy & Communication
First Assistant Secretary
Mr Andrew McNee (A/g)
Chief Operating Officer
Corporate Strategies
Division
First Assistant Secretary
Mr Arthur Diakos
Organisation structure as at February 2011
Portfolio Agencies /
Authorities / Positions
Supervising Scientist
Mr Alan Hughes
Director of National
Parks
Mr Peter Cochrane
National Water
Commission
Acting CEO
Mr James Cameron
Sydney Harbour
Federation Trust
Executive Director
Mr Geoff Bailey
Great Barrier Reef
Marine Park Authority
Chairman
Dr Russell Reichelt
Bureau of Meteorology
Director
Dr Greg Ayers
National Environment
Protection Council
(NEPC) Service
Corporation
Executive Officer Ms
Anne-Marie Delahunt A/g
Murray-Darling Basin
Authority
Chief Executive
Mr Rob Freeman
Commonwealth
Environmental
Water Holder
Mr Ian Robinson
Outcome and program structure
The table below outlines the transition of the department’s Outcome Statements for the 2010–11 Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements (PAES) following the Administrative Arrangement Order announced on 14 September and 14 October 2010.
2010–11 PBS
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2010–11 PAES
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Outcome 1: The conservation and protection of Australia’s terrestrial and marine biodiversity and ecosystems through supporting research, developing information, supporting natural resource management, regulating matters of national environmental significance and managing Commonwealth protected areas.
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Outcome 1: The conservation and protection of Australia’s terrestrial and marine biodiversity and ecosystems through supporting research, developing information, supporting natural resource management, regulating matters of national environmental significance and managing Commonwealth protected areas.
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Program 1.1: Sustainable Management of Natural Resources.
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Program 1.1: Sustainable Management of Natural Resources.
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Program 1.2: Environmental Regulation, Information & Research.
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Program 1.2: Environmental Regulation, Information & Research.
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Outcome 2: Improved capacity of Australian communities and industry to protect the environment by promoting waste reduction and regulating hazardous substances, wastes, pollutants, ozone depleting substances and synthetic greenhouse gases.
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Outcome 2: Improved capacity of Australian communities and industry to protect the environment by promoting waste reduction and regulating hazardous substances, wastes, pollutants, ozone depleting substances and synthetic greenhouse gases.
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2010–11 PBS
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2010–11 PAES
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Program 2.1: Reduction and management of wastes, hazardous substances, pollutants, ozone depleting substances and synthetic greenhouse gases.
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Program 2.1: Reduction and management of wastes, hazardous substances, pollutants, ozone depleting substances and synthetic greenhouse gases.
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Outcome 3: Advancement of Australia’s strategic, scientific, environmental and economic interests in the Antarctic by protecting, administering and researching the region.
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Outcome 3: Advancement of Australia’s strategic, scientific, environmental and economic interests in the Antarctic by protecting, administering and researching the region.
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Program 3.1 Antarctic Science, Policy & Presence.
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Program 3.1 Antarctic Science, Policy & Presence.
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Outcome 4: Adaption to climate change, wise water use, secure water supplies and improved health of rivers, waterways and freshwater ecosystems by supporting research, and reforming the management and use of water resources.
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Outcome 4: Adaption to climate change, wise water use, secure water supplies and improved health of rivers, waterways and freshwater ecosystems by supporting research, and reforming the management and use of water resources.
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Program 4.1: Water Reform.
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Program 4.1: Water Reform.
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Outcome 5: Participation in, and access to, Australia’s culture and heritage through developing and supporting cultural expression, and protecting and conserving Australia’s heritage.
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Outcome 5: Participation in, and access to, Australia’s culture and heritage through developing and supporting cultural expression, and protecting and conserving Australia’s heritage.
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Program 5.1: Arts and Cultural Development.
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Program 5.1: Arts and Cultural Development.
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Program 5.2: Conservation and Protection of Australia’s Heritage.
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Program 5.2: Conservation and Protection of Australia’s Heritage.
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Outcome 6: Advance the sustainability of Australia’s population, communities and environment through coordination and development of sustainable population and communities policies and supporting affordable housing.
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Program 6.1: Affordable Housing
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Outcome 7: Increase protection, awareness and appreciation of Australia’s heritage through the identification, conservation and celebration of natural, indigenous and historic places of national and World Heritage significance.
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Program 7.1: Conservation and Protection of Australia’s Heritage.
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* The Arts and Culture Program 5.1 in Outcome 5 has been transferred to the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet as a result of the Machinery of Government changes. Due to the timing of the Machinery of Government changes and the reporting requirements, all funding appropriated in the 2010–11 Portfolio Budget Statements remains in Outcome 5 for this Additional Estimates process and is reported in these Statements. Additions or changes to Program 5.2 appropriations since the 2010–11 Budget, and estimates for the forward years, are reported in these Statements as new Outcome 7, Conservation and Protection of Australia’s Heritage.
Outcome 6 is a new outcome resulting from the Machinery of Government change, with housing programs moving from the Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and population programs from the Department of the Treasury.
Performance
Highlights from the year in review:
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Released Australia’s sustainable population strategy on 13 May 2011.
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Completed the Building Better Regional Cities draft program guidelines and undertook detailed consultation with key stakeholders.
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3 877 affordable rental properties made available under the National Rental Affordability Scheme with support for a further 19 072 dwellings, in line with the government’s target to deliver 35 000 dwellings by 30 June 2014.
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Secured 1 118 gigalitres of water entitlements which provide an average of 796 gigalitres of water for the environment each year.
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Sale of the first 749 reduced price lots/dwellings as a result of Housing Affordability Fund projects.
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Invested in a range of urban water infrastructure projects including stormwater harvesting and re-use, and recycling.
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Passing of the Product Stewardship Act 2011 by parliament on 22 June 2011.
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Inscription of Ningaloo Reef in Western Australia in the World Heritage List on 24 June 2011, bringing Australia’s places in the list to 19.
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Koongarra area added to the Kakadu World Heritage Area on 27 June 2011.
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Celebrated the inaugural Australian Heritage Week in April 2011, with some 321 events held across the nation.
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Signing of the Second Joint Understanding (2010–2015) on the Owen Stanley Ranges, Brown River Catchment and Kokoda Track Region by Australian and Papua New Guinea governments.
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Launch of the Biodiversity Conservation Strategy in partnership with states and territories during the International Year of Biodiversity.
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Declaration of five new Indigenous Protected Areas, covering 2.36 million hectares.
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Contributed 387 gigalitres of Commonwealth environmental water to rivers, wetlands and flood plains to deliver ecological benefits in the Murray-Darling Basin.
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Launched the draft Marine Bioregional Plan and Commonwealth marine reserve network proposal for the South-west Marine Region for public consultation on 5 May 2011.
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Added more than 4 200 species names and 370 families to the Australian Faunal Directory.
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Listed 28 species and two ecological communities for protection under the EPBC Act, with a further 12 species and 17 ecological communities undergoing assessment for possible listing at 30 June 2011.
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Completed the strategic assessment of the Midlands Water Scheme, a major new irrigation project in Tasmania.
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Participated in the meetings of all elements of the Antarctic Treaty system. Implemented Antarctic Treaty measures, proclaiming five new Antarctic Specially Protected Areas, three Antarctic Specially Managed Areas and three Historic Sites and Monuments, and declaring one Specially Protected Species.
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Invested in a wide range of irrigation modernisation projects, both on- and off-farm, across the Murray-Darling basin and beyond.
Summary of financial performance
During the 2010–11 financial year the department reported a break-even departmental operating result after excluding depreciation/amortisation and unfunded finance costs.
The department’s financial performance for the year reflected the result of a restructuring following administrative arrangements orders of 14 September 2010 which resulted in the transfer of responsibility for the following functions:
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transfer of the Arts and Culture function from the department to the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
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transfer of the Housing Affordability function from the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs to the department
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transfer of the Sustainable Population function from the Department of The Treasury to the department.
During this period, the department managed administered expenses on behalf of government of $1.28 billion which primarily related to grant payments and payment to CAC bodies, including a non-cash accounting adjustment for the write down and impairment of assets.
The department manages administered assets on behalf of government of $2.4 billion which largely comprised of water entitlement assets of $1.4 billion, investments in two other portfolio entities of $584 million and the department’s share of other property, plant and equipment in the River Murray Operations joint venture of $423 million.
The Australian National Audit Office audited the department’s 2010–11 financial statements and issued an unmodified audit opinion for these statements on 29 August 2011.
Outcome 1: biodiversity and ecosystems
‘Delivering a healthy, better protected, well-managed, and more resilient environment in a changing climate.’
At a glance
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Booderee National Park in NSW took out the ‘best conservation of cultural heritage’ category at the global Virgin Holidays Responsible Tourism Awards 2010. Booderee is owned by the Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community. It contains the only Aboriginal-owned botanic gardens in Australia along with over 200 species of birds, 30 species of land mammals and 180 species of fish.
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The draft marine bioregional plan and the Commonwealth marine reserve network proposal for the South-west Marine Region were released.
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Australia submitted its written pleading to the International Court of justice – a key milestone for Australia’s legal action against Japan’s ‘scientific’ whaling.
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The iconic Uluru national park and its Aboriginal traditional owners featured large on Oprah Winfrey’s TV special on Australia which was broadcast in 145 countries. Staff from the national park and Canberra worked closely with Tourism Australia and Oprah’s production crew for months on logistics and scripts.
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At more than 500 000 hectares, Henbury Station in the Red Centre is the largest property purchased with support from the Australian Government for inclusion in the National Reserve System with ongoing management for conservation purposes.
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In 2010–11, 103 proposals were approved after environmental assessment, a substantial increase (56 per cent) from 2009–10, when 66 proposals were approved.
Outcome 1: Biodiversity and Ecosystems
OUTCOME 1
The conservation and protection of Australia’s terrestrial and marine biodiversity and ecosystems through supporting research, developing information, supporting natural resource management, regulating matters of national environmental significance and managing Commonwealth protected areas
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