Great Barrier Reef
GBR Outlook Report and Government response
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Reef Water Quality Protection Plan
The Great Barrier Reef is under pressure from many factors, one of these factors is the poor quality of water running into it from adjacent catchments. The Reef Water Quality Protection Plan is a framework for the Australian and Queensland governments to work together, along with industry, regional natural resource bodies and others, to improve the quality of water flowing into the Reef.
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975: New Frameworks for Protection
In 2006, following a review of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975, a series of measures was proposed to strengthen legal, governance and policy frameworks relating to management and long-term protection of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.
Structural adjustment package
Review of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Structural Adjustment Package
The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Structural Adjustment Package provided $213.7M in financial support to 1782 fishers and fishery-related businesses affected by the 2004 rezoning of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.
The report, Review of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Structural Adjustment Package, critically examines the development and delivery of the package, specifically the business restructuring assistance and fishery-related business exit assistance. The fishing business exit (licence buyout) assistance component of the Package was reviewed in 2007.
The review makes recommendations to improve structural adjustment assistance package design and delivery in the future. The Department believes the review is a reasonable appraisal of the package and the circumstances surrounding its delivery. Significant investment in improving the Department's business systems and practices that will address many of the review’s findings is underway.
Business Exit (Licence Buyout) Assistance Review
The report, A Review of The Business Exit (Licence Buyout) Assistance Component of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Structural Adjustment Package, reviews the licence buyout component of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Structural Adjustment Package. This is the first component of the package to be completed. The Department bought 122 commercial fishing licences from businesses that operated in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park in order to offset the loss of area available to commercial fishing.
The review considers the Department met the targets set for the buyout and that the approaches adopted were reasonable. It goes on to make recommendations on how any future adjustment packages could be improved.
GBR publications and resources
- Great Barrier Reef Marine Park protection: legislative changes - frequently asked questions - fact sheet - 2009
- Safeguarding the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park - fact sheet - 2009
- Great Barrier Reef Outlook Report 2009
- Maintaining a healthy and
resilient Great Barrier Reef - 2009
The Commonwealth and Queensland Governments’ Interim Response to the Outlook Report - Reef Water Quality Protection Plan - 2009
- Great Barrier Reef Intergovernmental Agreement - 2009
- Great Barrier Reef Ministerial Council Communiques
- Review of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975: Review Panel Report - 2006
- Review of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Structural Adjustment Package - 2010
- A Review of The Business Exit (Licence Buyout) Assistance Component of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Structural Adjustment Package - October 2007
