Regulatory Impact Statement (RIS)—Stock Route Network Management Regulation 2009
The Department of Environment and Resource Management (DERM) sought public feedback on a stakeholder-led review into the management and use of the stock route network (SRN) in Queensland.
The review is proposing a number of fee changes, which are outlined in the RIS—Stock Route Network Management Regulation 2009 (PDF, 361K)*. A panel of stock route users and managers provided recommendations that led to the proposed changes. The public were invited to comment on the RIS.
Submissions closed on 19 October 2009.
View a map of the declared stock routes (PDF, 607K)* across Queensland
What is proposed
The proposed Regulation will include the stock route management provisions of the Land Protection (Pest and Stock Route Management) Regulation and refers to the:
- extent of declared stock routes via the Stock Route Network of Queensland map
- framework for administering the SRN, including permits for use and fees
- local governments required to produce SRN management plans
- prescribed market value of seized stock
- cost of inspecting a register of water facility agreements.
The key recommendations to be incorporated into the proposed Regulation are:
- changes to the fee and permitting structure for stock route network use, including an increase of fees
- reforming the administration of relevant land, particularly regulating static grazing—implemented via the Annual Grazing Agreement (AGA) framework.
Who will be affected
The impacts of fee increases on drovers and pastoralists moving stock on hoof will be minimal as total droving costs will increase by only six per cent.
While the AGA framework will introduce a cost for landholders currently grazing the SRN, pastoralists will benefit from greater security of access to these lands or alternatively, a new opportunity to graze certain parts of the network.
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Last updated: 03 September 2009