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DEW Annual Report 2019-20 2019-20 ANNUAL REPORT for the Department for Environment and Water Contents Contents .................................................................................................................... 4 Overview: about the agency .................................................................................... 5 Our strategic focus ............................................................................................................ 5 Our organisational structure .............................................................................................. 5 Changes to the agency ....................................................................................... 7 Our Minister ....................................................................................................................... 7 Our Executive team 2019-20 ............................................................................................. 8 Legislation administered by the agency ............................................................................. 9 Other related agencies (within the Minister’s area/s of responsibility) ................................ 9 The agency’s performance .................................................................................... 10 Performance at a glance.................................................................................................. 10 Agency contribution to whole of Government objectives .................................................. 11 Agency specific objectives and performance ................................................................... 12 Corporate performance summary .................................................................................... 31 Employment opportunity programs .................................................................................. 32 Agency performance management and development systems ........................................ 32 Work health, safety and return to work programs ............................................................ 33 Executive employment in the agency............................................................................... 34 Financial performance ........................................................................................... 35 Financial performance at a glance ................................................................................... 35 *Revised budget .............................................................................................................. 35 Consultants disclosure .................................................................................................... 36 Contractors disclosure ..................................................................................................... 37 Other financial information ............................................................................................... 38 Other information ............................................................................................................. 38 Risk management................................................................................................... 39 Risk and audit at a glance ............................................................................................... 39 Fraud detected in the agency .......................................................................................... 39 Strategies implemented to control and prevent fraud ....................................................... 39 Public interest disclosure ................................................................................................. 40 Reporting required under any other act or regulation ........................................ 41 Reporting required under the Carers’ Recognition Act 2005 ............................................ 69 Public complaints................................................................................................... 70 Number of public complaints reported ............................................................................. 70 Appendix: Audited financial statements 2019-20 ................................................ 72 4 | P a g e 2019-20 ANNUAL REPORT for the Department for Environment and Water Overview: about the agency Our strategic focus Our Purpose To help South Australians conserve, sustain and prosper. Our Vision A thriving state built on sound stewardship of our environment and water. DEW’s work is critical to South Australia’s future social, environmental and economic prosperity. The way we manage, conserve, and sustain our environment and cultural resources is vital for the wellbeing of all South Australians. Our Values DEW behaviours and practices are guided by the Public Sector Code of Ethics and the Public Sector Values shared across government, encompassing: Service, Professionalism, Trust, Respect, Collaboration and Engagement, Honesty and Integrity, Courage and Tenacity, Sustainability. Our functions, DEW: objectives Manages the state’s national parks, botanic gardens and heritage and places for their intrinsic value and for people’s benefit now and into deliverables the future. Is an authority on the state’s natural resources, helping community, industry, and government make good long-term decisions. Drives the sustainable development of South Australia’s natural resources and heritage, to deliver economic prosperity and a vibrant and healthy society. Our organisational structure As at 30 June 2020, the agency comprised of the following divisions: Environment, Heritage and Sustainability National Parks and Wildlife Service Strategy, Science and Corporate Services Water and River Murray. The DEW organisational chart is available on the following page. 5 | P a g e Minister for Environment and Water DEW Hon David Speirs MP structure Director, Office of the DEW Chief Executive Chief Executive John Schutz Kerrie Burmeister June 2020 Executive Director, Executive Director, Executive Director, Executive Director, Alinytjara Wilurara Environment, Heritage Strategy, Science and National Parks Water and River Murray NRM Board* and Sustainability Corporate Services and Wildlife Service Ben Bruce A/Regional Manager Cate Hart Sandy Carruthers Mike Williams James Thiessen SA Arid Lands Director, Director, NRM Board* Director, Director, Landscape Services National Parks and Water Security, Regional Manager Corporate Services Policy and Planning Matthew Ward Crown Land Programs Jodie Gregg-Smith Danielle Elston Grant Pelton Dan Jordan Eyre Peninsula NRM Board* Director, Director, Stormwater Management Director, Green Adelaide Fire and Flood Authority Regional Manager Finance/CFO Jonathan Clark Brenton Grear Management Shaun O’Brien Fiona Gill Director, Adelaide and Mt Lofy Water Infrastructure Ranges NRM Board* Green Adelaide and Operations Board* Director, Regional Manager Director, Communications Sue Hutchings Kim Krebs Conservation and Wildlife and Engagement Director, Michael Garrod Lisien Loan Kangaroo Island Botanic Gardens South Eastern Water NRM Board* and State Herbarium Conservation and Drainage Board Regional Manager Lucy Sutherland Dog and Cat Damian Miley Director, Management Board Strategy Botanic Gardens Mary-Anne Healy General Manager, Northern and Yorke and State Herbarium Water Licensing NRM Board* Board Director, Mike Fuller Regional Manager Regional Operations Tony Fox Director, Director, Stuart Paul Climate Change, Science, Information and Technology South East Coast and Marine NRM Board* Neil McFarlane Janice Goodwins Regional Manager Director, Tourism and Tim Collins Economic Development Premier’s Climate Director, Jo Podoliak Change Council Water Science and SA Murray-Darling Basin Monitoring NRM Board* Neil Power Regional Manager Coast Protection Amy Goodman Board Director, Heritage and * Establishment of Landscape Boards and Native Vegetation the Green Adelaide Board is subject to Merridie Martin Landscapes SA Legislation. All boards, councils and authorities Native Vegetation Council shown have a direct relationship with Executive Director, Environment, Heritage and Sustainability and have a Ministerial Vacant position reporting line. Heritage Council FIS 95744 2019-20 ANNUAL REPORT for the Department for Environment and Water Changes to the agency Following extensive planning and staff consultation, a whole-of-agency restructure came into effect on 1 July 2019. The restructure was informed by the key areas of focus for the department and an internal DEW functional review from which opportunities were identified to reduce duplication and achieve efficiencies. A four-division structure was implemented to establish a leaner, more focussed and efficient agency aligned to the state government’s priorities. The following divisions were dissolved on 30 June 2019 and responsibilities within each transferred into the divisions detailed in ‘Our organisational structure’: Climate Change Economic and Sustainable Development Parks and Regions People and Performance Science and Information Water During 2019-20, the department also continued work towards implementing the new Landscape South Australia Act 2019 (Landscapes Act) which enables the dissolution of Natural Resource Management (NRM) Boards and the establishment of eight new regional Landscapes Boards and a new metropolitan landscape board, Green Adelaide. Our Minister The Department for Environment and Water is a portfolio agency of the Minister for Environment and Water, the Hon David Speirs MP. 7 | P a g
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