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❓ Mr Huston questions the Minister for the Environment regarding the implementation of recommendations from the Auditor General's report on the conservation of threatened ecological communities. The Minister confirms full implementation by the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.

AnsweredQoN 454Legislative Assembly

Asked

13 August 2025

Member

Mr Jonathan Huston

Portfolio

the Environment

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I refer to the Office of the Auditor General’s Report 23: Conservation of Threatened Ecological Communities, which found that the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA) has not secured additional resources to implement the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016, is not utilising all of its legislative powers, and does not have a strategic plan or comprehensive monitoring framework for threatened ecological communities (TECs), and I ask: (a) Can you confirm whether the Government will implement all of the recommendations made in the Auditor General's report; (b) If not, outline which recommendations will not be implemented and the reasons why; and (c) Advise when implementation of each accepted recommendation is expected to commence?

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Answered

16 September 2025

Responded by

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for the Environment

Response time

8 days

(a)-(b) The recommendations in the Office of the Auditor General’s Report 23: Conservation of Threatened Ecological Communities were directed at the Department of Biodiversity, Conservations and Attractions. The Department will implement all recommendations made in the Auditor General’s Report 23: Conservation of Threatened Ecological Communities.
(c) Implementation of the recommendations is anticipated to commence as follows:

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