1. A NEW REGIONAL DELIVERY MODEL LOCAL LAND SERVICES How you can advise the process

2. Local Land Services will be
Regionally-based, semi-autonomous statutory organisations
Governed by locally elected and skills-based Board members.
Local Land Services will:
Deliver integrated agricultural industry advice, biosecurity and natural resource management functions
Local Land Services brings together:
Livestock Health and Pest Authorities
Catchment Management Authorities
Agriculture NSW advisory services.

3. Local Land Services Regions
Boundaries are being recommended by a Reference Committee led by Dr John Keniry, in his role as Commissioner of the Natural Resources Commission
A consultation process is underway to get feedback on rates, composition of the Boards, governance and variations to the draft boundaries

4. Map of current proposed boundaries

5. CRITERIA USED BY REFERENCE GROUP TO RECOMMEND REGIONS.
LLS regions should:
Support effective service delivery,
Support localism and devolution of decision making,
Contain similar landforms and land use where possible,
Recognise community engagement and interaction at a local government scale.

6. Supporting effective service delivery
ISSUES TO CONSIDER
Supporting effective service delivery
Integrating service delivery at the most appropriate landscape scale
Supporting the most efficient management of key resources such as water supply
Supporting efficient management of critical natural assets such as the World Heritage Area
Providing accessibility for landholders to services such as advice, funding and management support
Minimising transaction costs by aligning boundaries of LLS with key service providers eg SCA, local government, GBMWHA managers
Maintaining investor confidence to attract funding such as Caring for Our Country

7. Support localism and devolution of decision making
ISSUES TO CONSIDER
Support localism and devolution of decision making
Maintaining well established mechanisms that allow input to decision making, such as Local Government Advisory Group, Landscape Community Reference Groups , Peak Industry Groups and Landcare networks
Providing consistent support at appropriate scale for existing landuses such as primary production in an evolving planning context eg Sydney-Canberra Corridor

8. Contain similar landforms and land use where possible
ISSUES TO CONSIDER
Contain similar landforms and land use where possible
Supporting decisions at a local scale that are appropriate at a landscape or regional level
Regional approach for program delivery based on experience, corporate knowledge and long term partnerships
Boundaries that support efficient management of critical assets
eg water supply allowing integration of water catchment management and water use planning;
eg reducing impacts to major biodiversity assets covered by national and international obligations such as the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area

9. Water supply catchments

10. Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area

11. Sydney-Canberra Corridor

12. Local government areas and proposed LLS boundary

13. HNCMA preferred LLS boundary

14. OTHER ISSUES TO CONSIDER
Maximising effectiveness of biosecurity and emergency response
LLS boundaries should support timely and efficient responses to biosecurity issues, such as
potential disease outbreaks in the poultry industry, now widespread across the Southern Highlands and Tablelands
emergency response to the Pacific Oyster Mortality Syndrome in the Hawkesbury estuary, which includes Pittwater and Brisbane Waters
Strategic management of pest plants and animals

15. OTHER ISSUES TO CONSIDER Maintaining community engagement and interaction at a local government scale The need to maintain community confidence based on existing long term relationships and support of community and Landcare networks across the region The value of well established collaboration between regional management and local government to support community engagement and on-ground actions

16. Have your say by going to the website
What you can do!
Have your say by going to the website
Use the handouts to frame your response
Attend the consultation meetings
Give feedback to the HNCMA to help us form our response to government
Need to provide:
The proforma from website allowing input to the boundary discussion
A map of the local government boundaries superimposed on the current proposed regions.