1. Greater Sydney Regional Weed Committee

2. Review process Issues Paper Consultation Draft report Final report
Released October 2013
Consultation
September 2013 – February 2014
Draft report
Released 24 February 2014
February 2014 – April 2014
Final report
End of May 2014
Government Response

3. Government Response

4. Role for Local Land Services
All Local Land Services regions to establish a Regional Weed Committee
RWC to develop regional plans and priorities for widespread weeds and surveillance
Community advisory group under s33 Local Land Services Act 2015
Board is accountable for:
RWC formation
Appropriate representation
Terms of Reference
Endorsing draft Regional Strategic Weed Management Plan and supporting programs

5. Challenges/opportunities in Greater Sydney
40 Local Control Authorities (undergoing structural change: now 30, may be 22)
Existing structures and organisations:
Sydney Weeds Committee
4 Regional Weeds Committees
Hawkesbury River County Council
Major public land managers
National parks
Sydney Trains
RMS
DoI Lands (crown land)
etc

6. What is an RSWMP?
Sets out Biosecurity Act 2015 and Regulation requirements for state priority weeds:
Prohibited Matter – national target species not currently in NSW
Biosecurity Zones – strategic management by containment
Mandatory Measures – specific action to mitigate risk of a species or activity – WoNS, Parthenium weed
Control Orders – for eradication of a species

7. What is an RSWMP?
Sets out regional priority weeds for control, and what measures are required to discharge a landholders GBD for these species
s22   General Biosecurity Duty—dealings with biosecurity matter and carriers
Any person who deals with biosecurity matter or a carrier and who knows, or ought reasonably to know, the biosecurity risk posed or likely to be posed by the biosecurity matter, carrier or dealing has a biosecurity duty to ensure that, so far as is reasonably practicable, the biosecurity risk is prevented, eliminated or minimised.

8. in other words…….
Priority weeds for regional level control in Greater Sydney and how they should be controlled by land managers
Prevention
Eradication
Containment
Asset Protection

9. LLS - Current Status State Level - Cross Regional Team established
Project Plan developed and adopted
- RWC’s established by Dec 15
- Public consultation February 2017
- Draft Strategies to Minister by 30 April 2016
- Regional Weed Strategies in place by 30 June 16

10. GS LLS current situation
Meeting 1:
Establish committee, tasks, responsibilities of members, weed planning process
Meeting 2:
Review membership, Terms of Reference, resourcing of regional weed planning, sub committees:
technical working group

11. Meeting 3:
Early draft RSWMP discussed and reviewed
Meeting 4:
Review draft Schedule 4, App 1
Input for text, consultation plan

12. TSC workshop session 2 Nov 2016 to regionalise WRA’s, determine draft Management Actions for Schedule 4 species
Ie. Regional priority weeds to have a transparent and defendable basis for listing in Appendix – WRA outcome

13. Meeting 5
Review draft Schedule 4 – species and control obligations, App 1
Review region specific text
Meeting 6 (14 Dec)
Review & endorse complete text and Apps1&2

14. Next steps:
RWC recommends to Board RSWMP is ready for exhibition 16 Dec 2016
GS LLS board approves RSWMP for public exhibition by 27 January 2017

15. Public exhibition 3 to 24 Feb 2017
Internal state level review of RSWMP to 27 Jan 2017
Public exhibition 3 to 24 Feb 2017
RSWMP refined following public consultation 31 March 2017
RWC endorses RSWMP 14 April 2017
GS LLS Board endorses RSWMP and submits to Minister 28 April 2017

16. Public exhibition for consultation
4 – 5 public forums across the region by LLS in conjunction with sub Regional Weeds Committees:
Chatswood
Penrith
City or Randwick
Bankstown
Central Coast – Ourimbah
On line platform
Written submission

17. Ongoing consultation RWC members GS LLS Board
Community Advisory Groups
Stakeholders – VCN, SWC AGM