Senate committee inquiry into National Landcare Program

Terms of reference

The history, effectiveness, performance and future of the National Landcare Program, including:

1. the establishment and performance of the Natural Heritage Trust;
2. the establishment and performance of the Caring for Our Country program;
3. the outcomes to date and for the forward estimates period of Caring for Our Country;
4. the implications of the 2014-15 Budget for land care programs, in particular, on contracts, scope, structure, outcomes of programs and long-term impact on natural resource management;
5. the Government's policy rationale in relation to changes to land care programs;
6. analysis of national, state and regional funding priorities for land care programs;
7. how the Department of the Environment and the Department of Agriculture have, and can, work together to deliver a seamless land care program;
8. the role of natural resource management bodies in past and future planning, delivery, reporting and outcomes; and
9. any other related matters.