2016 SoE Heritage Parks agencies financial and staff resourcing data 2011-12 to 2015-16

Financial and staff resourcing data supplied by Commonwealth, State and Territory park agencies 2012-16.

Agencies contacted for inclusion included:

• Director of National Parks (Commonwealth),

• Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA - Commonwealth),

• ACT Environment and Planning / Parks and Conservation,

• NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (Office of Environment and Heritage),

• Parks and Wildlife Commission of Northern Territory,

• Department of National Parks, Sport and Racing (Queensland),

• Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (SA),

• Parks and Wildlife Service (Tasmania),

• Parks Victoria,

• Department of Parks and Wildlife (WA).

Notes and caveats of Parks agency data:

Note that some agencies represented here underwent significant structural change during the period and data was either unavailable or year to year data are not readily comparable between years.

• Commonwealth - Director of National Parks

The staffing figure for 2013-14 and 2014-15 includes all Commonwealth Marine Reserve Branch who were transferred to the DNP in 2013-14. Prior to this a smaller number was reported.

The figures (in millions) for all years are the total operating expenditure. The figures exclude governance, corporate services and executive costs. The figures exclude governance, corporate services and executive costs.

Data was not provided for the details of external funding, research funding or conservation project funding.

• Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority

Budget data provided as ‘Total cash received’ from and cross-checked to annual reports.

• Australian Capital Territory - ACT Territory and Municipal Services / Parks and Territory Services / Parks and Conservation

Data was not provided for the details of research funding or conservation project funding.

• New South Wales - National Parks and Wildlife Service

Staff figures provided were sourced from Budget Paper 3 reporting

Note that research for NPWS is conducted by Science Division of OEH so amount of money spent on research in or for NPWS is not included here.

• Northern Territory - Parks and Wildlife Commission of Northern Territory

Sourced from annual reports, data not provided. Due to complexities outlined below, data is not readily comparable from year to year. The Commission was re-established as a stand-alone agency in September 2012 following a government restructure. The former Department of Natural Resources, Environment, the Arts and Sport (NRETAS) has been dispersed into the following agencies: - Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory - Department of Land Resource Management - Department of Arts and Museums - Department of Sport and Recreation. - Parks and Wildlife came from the Output Group: Protected Areas and Conservation - Figures exclude the Territory Wildlife Parks Government Business Division Data was not available for 2011-12 and 2015-16

• Queensland – Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service

Staff and funding data is for FTEs employed within the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service only (does not include Wildlife officers or rangers managing wildlife off-park, and does not include staff managing Nature Refuges programs)

Data for 2015-16 is point in time only (19 Feb 2016) and will change.

QPWS does not record or report on a category of 'external staff' involved in reserve conservation and management.

To maintain consistency from year to year, Budget Figures are those provided for by the Government as documented in the State Budget (Service Delivery Statements) for the relevant financial year - actual funding and expenditure will vary from this.

The Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service underwent Machinery of Government changes in May 2012 and comparative financial data is not available for 2011-12.

• South Australia - Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources

Data for 2015-16 was not provided...

• Tasmania - Parks and Wildlife Service

Data was not provided for the details of research funding or conservation project funding.

• Victoria - Parks Victoria

Annual budget is provided for 2011-12 to 2015-16 – from ‘total expenses from transactions’ within Annual Comprehensive Operating Statements)

External funding is given as ‘funding from Non-State Government entities’

• WA - Department of Environmental Regulation and Department of Parks and Wildlife

Data was not provided for staffing and budgets, and an attempt was made to source from annual reports. Due to complexities outlined below, data is not readily comparable from year to year or retrievable from annual reports in a suitable format.

Department of Parks and Wildlife (Parks and Wildlife) was created as a new agency, following the separation of the former Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) into two departments. The continuing agency, renamed the Department of Parks and Wildlife (Parks and Wildlife), has had the responsibility of providing bureau services to the Department in the areas of information and communication technology, human resources management, financial management, and recordkeeping. The Parks and Visitor Services, Nature Conservation and Sustainable Forest Management services of DEC became part of DPaW, while the Environmental Regulation and Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change services of DEC became part of DER. Legislative responsibilities and administration have changed following amendments to the Conservation and Land Management Act 2015.

Figure HER20, HER 21 and HER30 in heritage theme. https://soe.environment.gov.au/theme/heritage/topic/2016/inputs-financial-resources#heritage-figure-HER20

https://soe.environment.gov.au/theme/heritage/topic/2016/inputs-financial-resources#heritage-figure-HER21

https://soe.environment.gov.au/theme/heritage/topic/2016/inputs-human-resources#heritage-figure-HER30