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Terms of Reference and Background paper
Department of the Environment and Heritage, August 2005
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About this review
The Australian Government made an election commitment to review the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975 to improve the performance of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, its office holders and its accountability frameworks.
The Review is chaired by the Secretary of the Department of the Environment and Heritage, Mr David Borthwick, assisted by Ms Barbara Belcher, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and Mr Jonathan Hutson, Department of Finance and Administration, reporting to the Minister for the Environment and Heritage, Senator the Hon Ian Campbell.
Invitations for public submissions to the review closed on Friday 30 September 2005.
All submissions have been treated as public documents unless they contain clearly marked commercial-in-confidence material. Submissions can be viewed below.
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Note: The names of individuals have been removed from some submissions for legal reasons.
A submission was previously posted on this web page under the name of 'Frank Lee'. This submission was in no way connected to Mr Frank Lee of Bribie Island, a Director of the company Aboard Training Australia Pty Ltd trading as 'Aboard Training Australia' and 'Frank Lee Services'.
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- A Dunstan, Undersea Explorer (19 KB)
- A Griggs (17 KB)
- A Harvey, CEO, Hinchinbrook Shire Council (47 KB)
- A Hay (16 KB)
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- A&J Holland (23 KB)
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- Assoc Prof G Russ, James Cook University (33 KB)
- Association of Marine Park Tourism Operators, Southern Group (54 KB)
- Association of Marine Park Tourism Operators (45 KB)
- Australian Conservation Foundation (588 KB)
- Australian Coral Reef Society (108 KB)
- Australian Institute of Marine Science (146 KB)
- Australian Marine Conservation Society (63 KB)
- Australian Marine Sciences Association (174 KB)
- Australian Maritime Safety Authority (34 KB)
- Australian Underwater Federation (307 KB)
- A Welk (19 KB)
- B Barnett (162 KB)
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- B Lee (16 KB)
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- Burnett Shire Council (61 KB)
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- C Mitchell (64 KB)
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- C Stephen, Mike Ball Dive Expiditions (35 KB)
- Cape York Marine Advisory Group (104 KB)
- Cod Hole and Ribbon Reef Operators (46 KB)
- Communities for Coastal and Cassowary Conservation (295 KB)
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- D Tarte (40 KB)
- D Werner-Lutrop, Diversion Dive Travel (84 KB)
- D Wintour (43 KB)
- DA Pope - QSIA Branch 10 (50 KB)
- Department of Defence (996 KB)
- Dive Queensland (140 KB)
- Dr J Leis (26 KB)
- Dr K Kavanagh (16 KB)
- Dr M McCormick, James Cook University (43 KB)
- E Dinsdale (21 KB)
- Eastern Pelagic Fishing Group (195 KB)
- Ecofish (140 KB)
- Ecotourism Australia (25 KB)
- F Wood (15 KB)
- FNQ Natural Resource Management (123 KB)
- Futureye (181 KB)
- G Chin (15 KB)
- G Hunt, Synergy Reef Sailing (16 KB)
- G Hunt, Voyages Hotels and Resorts (17 KB)
- G Mathews (18 KB)
- G Nairn, Great Barrier Reef Cruises (31 KB)
- G Scott (30 KB)
- G Unicomb (16 KB)
- G Winsen (2040 KB)
- Gold Coast and Hinterland Environmental Council (63 KB)
- GPT Mgmt Holdings (T Jonsson) (16 KB)
- Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (296 KB)
- Great Barrier Reef Research Foundation (205 KB)
- Great Barrier Reef Tuna (518 KB)
- GWP Little, Buck's Seafood (46 KB)
- H Burgess (16 KB)
- Hassan Family Trust (43 KB)
- I McCallan (24 KB)
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- J Baker (Science Adviser, Queensland Dept of Primary Industries and Fisheries) (32 KB)
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- J Foley, Nairana Pty Ltd (77 KB)
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- J Naylor (16 KB)
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- J Olsen (55 KB)
- J Ridd, Johnstone Ecological Society Inc (108 KB)
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- K Guthrie, Oaksea Pty Ltd (54 KB)
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- K Martin (12 KB)
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- K Thomas, Big Cat Green Island Tours (63 KB)
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- L Burke (58 KB)
- L Russell, Shipping Australia Limited (64 KB)
- L Teitzel, Lucinda Lures (18 KB)
- M Burns (19 KB)
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- M Fellows (19 KB)
- M Gardner (104 KB)
- M Goldie, Explorer Ventures (27 KB)
- M Mansfield (30 KB)
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- M Willis & D Turcotte (72 KB)
- M&B Buckingham, Siren Seafoods (23 KB)
- M&R Millward (37 KB)
- M&W Williams (52 KB)
- Mackay Marine Advisory Committee (44 KB)
- Magnetic Island Community Development Assoc (52 KB)
- Mayor Giandomenico, Hinchinbrook Shire Council (45 KB)
- ME Dengate (21 KB)
- Mission Beach LMAC (79 KB)
- N Dawson (112 KB)
- N Gerhardt (20 KB)
- N Green (22 KB)
- N Williams (37 KB)
- National Parks Association of NSW (41 KB)
- National Parks Association of Queensland (33 KB)
- National Parks Australia Council (37 KB)
- Nature Conservation Council of NSW (63 KB)
- O Komsic (193 KB)
- Ocean Watch (173 KB)
- P Bowman, Bunker Fisheries (13 KB)
- P Carden (15 KB)
- P Doherty (21 KB)
- P Fisher, Taka Dive Adventures (14 KB)
- P Holmes, Javelin Boats (15 KB)
- P Mather AO (52 KB)
- P Rixon (15 KB)
- P Sutton, Torres Pilots (15 KB)
- P Walters (18 KB)
- P Wright (12 KB)
- P&M Loveday, Loveday Fisheries (35 KB)
- P&P Pike (13 KB)
- Pew Fellows Program in Marine Conservation (24 KB)
- Prof B Mapstone (23 KB)
- Prof B Moulden, Vice Chancellor, James Cook University (120 KB)
- Prof FH Talbot, Macquarie University (19 KB)
- Prof H Marsh, James Cook University (48 KB)
- Prof O Hoegh-Guldberg, Centre for Marine Scienece, University of Queensland (35 KB)
- Prof T Hughes, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies (72 KB)
- Qld Conservation Councils (103 KB)
- Qld Yacht Charters (41 KB)
- Queensland Aquaculture Industries Federation (29 KB)
- Queensland Environmental Defenders' Offices (61 KB)
- Queensland Government (47 KB)
- Queensland Seafood Industry Association (132 KB)
- Queensland Seafood Marketers Association (40 KB)
- Queensland Tourism Industry Council (2,150 KB)
- R Aiello (21 KB)
- R Anderson, M & G Stevenson, QSIA Branch 14 (32 KB)
- R Babcock (23 KB)
- R Baker (14 KB)
- R Bennett (17 KB)
- R de Vries (12 KB)
- R Earle (20 KB)
- R Erskine, Erskine Tackle (19 KB)
- R Gibson (11 KB)
- R Hansen (18 KB)
- R Kelly (17 KB)
- R Kenchington (87 KB)
- R Lacco, Opal Marine (29 KB)
- R Lowden (22 KB)
- R Meaclem, Bluefin Seafoods (91 KB )
- R Moore (19 KB)
- R Pears (17 KB)
- R Reichelt (38 KB)
- RG Elmer (205 KB)
- RH Ellis (227 KB)
- S Bullock (12 KB)
- S Coolican, Cairns Seafood Marketing Agency (13 KB)
- S Hanson, ABIT Pty Ltd (104 KB)
- S Waring, Tusa Dive (64 KB)
- S Woodley (127 KB)
- St Helens Bush and Beach Association (19 KB)
- Senator R Boswell (267 KB)
- Sunfish Queensland (17 KB)
- Sunfish North Queensland (3310 KB)
- Sunfish Tablelands Branch (23 KB)
- T Baker, Great Adventures (69 KB)
- T Charters (47 KB)
- T Haworth, Captain Cook Cruises (72 KB)
- T Fontes, Whitsunday LMAC (17 KB)
- T McLean, Boat Scene (59 KB)
- T Ward (24 KB)
- The Australian Museum (60 KB)
- The Fishing Party (1,950 KB)
- The Nature Conservancy (54 KB)
- The Whitsunday Crew (19 KB)
- The Wilderness Society (34 KB)
- Tourism and Transport Australia (248 KB)
- Tourism Tropical North Qld (101 KB)
- Townsville Enterprise (67 KB)
- V Lukoschek (23 KB)
- W Bayne, Mitchell's Marine (169 KB)
- W Entsch MP (42 KB)
- W Robinson, Schulz Fisheries (20 KB)
- W Starck (52 KB)
- W Williams (17 KB)
- Whitsunday Bareboat Operators Assoc (46 KB)
- Whitsunday Charter Boat Association (33 KB)
- Wildlife Protection Association of Australia (13 KB)
- Wildlife Preservation Society of Australia (70 KB)
- Wildlife Preservation Society of Qld (39 KB)
- Williamson (13 KB)
- WWF Australia (103 KB)
