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Connecting People with Plants Annual Report 2005–06 Royal Botanic Gardens Board Victoria Connecting people with plants Annual Report 2005–06 Royal Botanic Gardens Board Victoria Contents Executive summary – Information Privacy Act 2002 Part six – Financial statements 71 and Health Records Act 2001 18 Auditor-General’s report 72 Complete Annual Report 2005–06 – Building and maintenance provisions of the Building RBG Declaration 74 Part one – Introduction 1 Act 1993 19 Operating Statement for the – Our Vision 2 – Whistleblowers Protection Act Reporting Period ended – Our Mission 2 2001, statement and procedures 19 30 June 2006 75 – Our Values 2 Financial overview 20 Balance Sheet as at – Our Charter 2 Comparison of financial results 21 30 June 2006 76 – Definitions 2 Consultancies 22 Statement of Recognised – Chairman’s foreword 3 Income and Expense for the Part three – Our employees 23 Reporting Period ended Part two – Our organisation 5 30 June 2006 77 Employee profile 24 Cashflow Statement for the Corporate governance 6 Employee support Reporting Period ended – Board committees 6 and development 26 30 June 2006 78 – Remuneration 6 Employee relations 27 – Board members 7 Notes to the financial statements Employee recognition 28 – Board attendance figures 7 for the year ended 30 June 2006 79 The organisation 8 Part four – Our achievements 29 Disclosure index 104 – RBG Cranbourne 8 Goal one 31 – RBG Melbourne 8 Goal two 41 Appendices 106 – National Herbarium of Victoria 8 Goal three 49 Appendix One – – ARCUE 9 Whistleblowers Protection – Visitor numbers 9 Part five – Our supporters 57 Act 2001 106 Royal Botanic Gardens’ Generous financial support 58 organisation chart 10 Royal Botanic Gardens Corporate Management Group 11 Foundation Victoria 59 Environmental performance 12 Director’s Circle 60 Legislation 15 Friends of the Royal Botanic Statements of compliance Gardens Cranbourne Inc. 61 with Government policy 16 Friends of the Royal Botanic – Contributingtoculturaldiversity, Gardens, Melbourne Inc. 62 youth and indigenous affairs 16 – National Competition Policy 16 Maud Gibson Trust 63 – Risk management 17 Plant Craft Cottage 64 – Victorian Industry Participation Herbarium Volunteers 65 Policy Statement 17 Volunteers 66 – Statement of availability – RBG Cranbourne 66 of other information 17 – RBG Melbourne 67 Legislative compliance 18 Honorary Associates 68 – Financial Management Act 1994 18 Organisations that have – Freedom of Information provided research grants 69 (FOI) Act 1982 18 1 Introduction 1 Our Vision 2 Our Mission 2 Our Values 2 Our Charter 2 Definitions 2 Chairman’s foreword 3 Royal Botanic Gardens Board Victoria Annual Report 2005–06 2 Our Vision Definitions Tobeoneoftheworld’soutstandingbotanicgardens. TheRoyalBotanicGardensBoard Victoria is responsible to the Minister Our Mission for Environment. The Royal Botanic Gardens Board Victoria administers To advance knowledge, enjoyment and conservation of plants through excellence the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, in biodiversity research and management, horticultural displays and educational the Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne, programs. the National Herbarium of Victoria, the State Botanical Collection and the Our Values Australian Research Centre for Urban In all our dealings with Government, our sponsors, our staff and volunteers, visitors Ecology. Throughout this document the andclients,wecommittointegrity,respect,teamwork,accountability,excellence organisation will be referred to as follows: and innovation. Australian Garden –referstothe Australian Garden at RBG Cranbourne Our Charter Royal Botanic Gardens Board Victoria Under the Royal Botanic Gardens Act 1991, the objectives of the organisation are: –referstothebodyresponsiblefor corporate governance To conserve, protect and improve the botanic gardens and managed land and their collections of living plants Royal Botanic Gardens –referstothe whole organisation, including the sites at To conserve and enhance the State Botanical Collection and National South Yarra and Cranbourne, the National Herbarium of Victoria Herbarium of Victoria, the State Botanical To provide for the use of the State Botanical Collection or plants or plant Collection and the Australian Research specimens at the botanic gardens or managed land for scientific or reference Centre for Urban Ecology purposes, consistent with accepted international practice RBG Melbourne –referstothesite To increase public knowledge and awareness of plants and plant communities at South Yarra To provide for the use of the botanic gardens for education, public enjoyment RBG Cranbourne –referstothesite and tourism at Cranbourne To provide for the carrying out of and contribution to research into biodiversity Herbarium –referstotheNational and the conservation of biodiversity. Herbarium of Victoria and the State Botanical Collection at RBG Melbourne ARCUE –referstotheAustralian Research Centre for Urban Ecology, whose office is located at The University of Melbourne. Chairman’s foreword 3 It is now just over twelve months since I took up the position of Chairman of the Royal Botanic Gardens Board Victoria at what has proved to be a very busy and exciting time in the life of the Gardens. The 2005–06 financial year saw the that are vulnerable to extinction, and I have touched on just some of the major strengthening of our relationships at a preserve and store duplicate seedlots at achievements of this financial year and local, national and international level as theHerbariumandatWakehurstPlace commend this report to you. The Royal weengagedinanumberofactivitiesthat in the United Kingdom. Botanic Gardens Board Victoria remains focussed on promoting and sharing our committed to its mission of advancing our Access to our scientific knowledge of collections,gardenlandscapesandour ‘knowledge, enjoyment and conservation Australian plants was also advanced this scientific expertise. of plants’ – a mission that I believe has yearbythecompletionoftheHerbarium been well served this year. Most recently, we celebrated the component of the national Australia’s opening of Stage One of the Australian Virtual Herbarium (AVH) project. Finally, on behalf of the Board, I would Garden at RBG Cranbourne with around Completion of this five-year project saw like to take this opportunity to thank Royal Botanic Gardens Board Victoria Annual Report 2005–06 10,000 members of the public joining almost 450,000 specimens recorded on the Director of the Royal Botanic us on Sunday 28 May for the official the AVH database, making this valuable Gardens, Dr Philip Moors, his corporate opening by the Premier of Victoria, the resource readily accessible online to management team, the staff and Hon. Steve Bracks MP. After many years of the scientific, education and general volunteers of the Royal Botanic Gardens planning and building, and many months communities. and the many generous donors and of hard work by staff and volunteers in the supporters of the Gardens for ensuring Sharing our understanding and enjoyment lead up to opening day, it was gratifying the success of the past year. of plants is at the heart of what the Royal to witness the enthusiasm with which Botanic Gardens does, and at both the Garden was received. On behalf of RBG Melbourne and RBG Cranbourne theBoard,mayItakethisopportunityto many thousands of people enjoyed thank the designers of the Garden, Taylor the opportunity to visit and learn a little Cullity Lethlean with Paul Thompson, and more about our plant collections and everybody else who has been associated natural heritage. with creating this marvellous Garden. Elaine Canty Aninnovativeproject–theVolunteer The Australian Garden will showcase Chairman Master Gardeners project – was for the future the beauty and diversity Royal Botanic Gardens Board Victoria established as part of the new suite of ofournativeplantsfromacrossthe public programs at the Australian Garden. continent,someofwhicharerareinthe This project saw 25 passionate amateur wild. Similarly, in demonstrating our focus gardeners trained to share their knowledge on plant biodiversity and conservation, and joy of gardening with members of the the National Herbarium of Victoria this public. This program is the first of its kind year signed a partnership with the Royal in Australia and is just one of many exciting Botanic Gardens, Kew to establish the programs offered by the Gardens. The Victorian Conservation Seedbank as part Ian Potter Foundation Children’s Garden of the Millennium Seed Bank Project, at RBG Melbourne remained a popular which is a global conservation effort. This destination with visitors and, in its second four and a half year project in Victoria year of operation, continued to delight aims to collect seeds from 450 endemic and capture the imagination of children. species or threatened communities 2 Our organisation 5 Corporate governance 6 The organisation 8 Royal Botanic Gardens’ Organisation Chart as at 30 June 2006 10 Corporate Management Group at 30 June 2006 11 Environmental performance 12 Legislation 15 Statements of compliance with Government policy 16 Legislative compliance 18 Financial overview 20 Comparison of financial results 21 Consultancies 22 Corporate governance 6 The Royal Botanic Gardens Board Victoria Board meetings are held at least nine Finance and Audit Committee is a statutory authority established under times every year. The Director attends Members of the Finance and the Royal Botanic Gardens Act 1991. The every Board meeting and the Divisional Audit Committee in 2005–06 were Board is responsible to the Minister for Director, Corporate Resources, is the Mr Mick
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