Budget and reporting

The Conservation Regulator is accountable for a significant budget and we have a number of measures which we are required to report against to reflect our impact.

Budget details

Detailed financial reporting was included in the DELWP Annual Report 2019–2020.

In summary, the Conservation Regulator had an annual budget of $20.9 million for 2019–2020 of which:

  • $7.8 million was for operational expenses
  • $13.1 million was for staffing.

There was no money expended on capital expenses as we utilise shared facilities as part of DELWP.

Performance reporting

The Conservation Regulator reports against four mandatory performance measures from Budget Paper 3. The outcomes of each are summarised in the table below.

Table 3: Budget Paper 3 measures

Measure

Target

Actual

Comment

Investigations of alleged non-compliance with the
Code of Practice for Timber Production, undertaken in accordance with the Environment Compliance Policy and associated procedure

100%

100%

Wildlife Licence renewals processed by target dates

96%

95%

1% below target was due to COVID-19 impacting service delivery

Pre-harvest surveys of areas planned for timber harvesting completed

80%

86%

Updated