Panel calls for feedback on draft Local Land Services boundaries

Chair of the Local Land Services Stakeholder Reference Panel, Natural Resources Commissioner, Dr John Keniry AM, said public input and feedback is key to getting the regional boundaries right.

"After careful consideration, the Stakeholder Reference Panel has proposed a set of draft regional boundaries that create 11 individual Local Land Services," Dr Keniry said.

"These boundaries are an important building block for the establishment of the new model and it is important that farmers, landowners, our key partners and the wider community have the opportunity to provide feedback on what we’ve proposed.

"The Stakeholder Reference Panel is confident that we have proposed a logical set of draft boundaries, but there’s nothing like feedback from people on the ground, who know their own backyards better than anyone.

"Draft maps and some principles on how the boundaries were chosen are now available for comment on our Have Your Say website."

Dr Keniry said the Stakeholder Reference Panel, an independent body guiding the development of Local Land Services, will continue to work with community and stakeholder groups to identify how the new organisation can best deliver valuable services to the people of rural and regional NSW.

"These draft regional boundaries are the first of several proposals the Stakeholder Reference Panel will be making on various key features of the new Local Land Services, which include governance structures, rating framework and core functions.

"Early next year, the Stakeholder Reference Panel will run broad-scale community consultation to hear your views on these features of Local Land Services, Session dates will be published on the Have Your Say website next month.

"For now, the Have Your Say website is the right place to express your thoughts, ideas and opinions and I encourage people to take the opportunity to share what is important to them."

Local Land Services will be an integrated service delivery model that replaces Catchment Management Authorities, Livestock Health & Pest Authorities and incorporates agricultural advisory services currently provided by Agriculture NSW.

This new approach to delivering services across rural and regional NSW links natural resource management to productive primary industries and will modernise service delivery at a local level through greater interaction and enhanced accountability to customers.

The proposed regional boundaries for Local Land Services will remain open for public comment until Friday 7 December.

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