Part 2: Payments for Specific Purposes (Continued)
Environment
In 2011‑12, the Commonwealth will provide funding of $881.1 million to support state environment services.
Table 2.9 provides information on payments to support state environment services.
Table 2.9: Payments to support state environment services
National Partnership payments for the environment
National Partnership on bioremediation and revegetation
The Commonwealth is providing funding for the National Partnership on bioremediation and revegetation for trials in suitable sites in and around South Australia's lower lakes. The trials will continue to engage and involve local communities.
National Partnership on Caring for our Country
The Commonwealth is providing funding for the National Partnership on Caring for our Country. Caring for our Country is the Commonwealth's natural resource management initiative, and aims to integrate delivery of the Commonwealth's natural resource management activities.
National Partnership on the environmental management of the former Rum
Jungle mine site
The Commonwealth is providing funding for the National Partnership on the environmental management of the former Rum Jungle mine site. This National Partnership was established to improve the daily management of the site. It is also supporting studies and environmental monitoring to inform ongoing site management and rehabilitation strategies. These strategies are being developed in partnership with stakeholders, including the site's traditional owners.
National Partnership on the Exotic Disease Preparedness Program
The Commonwealth is providing funding for the National Partnership on the Exotic Disease Preparedness Program. The Exotic Disease Preparedness Program was established to improve Australia's preparedness for emergency and emerging diseases through funding to support the development of technologies and strategies to prevent, control or eradicate emergency and emerging disease specifically in wildlife and feral animals, focusing on those that could threaten Australia's livestock industries.
A new spending measure associated with the Exotic Disease Preparedness Program is discussed in Budget Paper No. 2: Budget Measures 2011‑12.
National Partnership on the Great Artesian Basin Sustainability Initiative
The Commonwealth is providing funding for the National Partnership on the Great Artesian Basin Sustainability Initiative to continue work on the repair of uncontrolled artesian bores and the replacement of wasteful open earth bore drains with piped water reticulation systems through the Great Artesian Basin.
The Great Artesian Basin Sustainability Initiative is being delivered through state agencies, with the Commonwealth contributing jointly with State governments and private bore owners.
National Partnership on natural disaster recovery and rebuilding relief appeals
— Commonwealth contributions
The Commonwealth is providing funding to natural disaster recovery and rebuilding relief appeals to help people affected by natural disasters in Victoria, Queensland and Western Australia.
These relief appeal payments are separate from Commonwealth assistance to the States under the Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements outlined in the Contingent Payments section of this Part.
New spending measures associated with natural disaster recovery and rebuilding relief appeals — Commonwealth contributions are discussed in further detail in Budget Paper No. 2: Budget Measures 2011‑12.
National Partnership on natural disaster resilience
The Commonwealth is providing funding for the National Partnership on natural disaster resilience. This National Partnership provides funding to the States to strengthen community resilience to natural disasters through the Natural Disaster Resilience Program (NDRP).
The NDRP replaces a number of programs, combining funds to allow the flexibility to address state‑specific priorities. This National Partnership recognises that the Commonwealth and State governments have a mutual interest in reducing the impact of, and increasing resilience to, natural disasters. It formalises their commitment to work together with other parties, such as volunteers, the private and non‑government sectors and local government to achieve this outcome.
National Partnership on plant disease and eradication
The Commonwealth is providing funding for the National Partnership on plant disease and eradication. Commonwealth funding contributes to ongoing programs to eradicate exotic plant pests and diseases, which if allowed to establish and spread, would have serious economic and environmental impacts.
The Commonwealth is involved due to the potential implications for interstate biodiversity, market access issues for agricultural products and the need to protect nationally significant environmental assets.
A new measure associated with plant disease and eradication is discussed in Budget Paper No. 2: Budget Measures 2011‑12.
National Partnership on renewable remote power generation
The Commonwealth is providing funding for the National Partnership on renewable remote power generation. This program provides financial support to increase the use of renewable power generation and water pumping systems in remote parts of Australia to reduce reliance on fossil fuels for electricity supply.
National Partnership on Water for the Future
National Urban Water and Desalination Plan component
The Commonwealth is providing funding for the National Urban Water and Desalination Plan under the National Partnership on Water for the Future for four specific urban water management projects in large urban centres. These projects will help secure water supplies and reduce reliance on traditional rainfall‑dependent water sources without adding to greenhouse gas emissions.
National Water Security Plan for Cities and Towns component
The Commonwealth is providing funding for the National Water Security Plan for Cities and Towns under the National Partnership on Water for the Future. Six specific urban water management projects and 18 projects, across 17 remote communities, will assist implementation of the COAG Strategy for Water and Wastewater in Remote (including Indigenous) Communities.
Sustainable Rural Water Use and Infrastructure component
The Commonwealth is providing funding for the Sustainable Rural Water Use and Infrastructure program under the National Partnership on Water for the Future. The program is improving the efficiency and productivity of rural water management and usage; delivering substantial and lasting water returns to the environment; and helping secure a long‑term sustainable future for irrigated agriculture. The program is delivering projects such as the Supporting More Efficient Irrigation in Tasmania project, the Orange City Pipeline project and the Gascoyne Irrigation Pipeline project.
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