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Stakeholder engagement strategies |
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| Posted by Administrator (admin) on Jul 24 2006 |
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Mr LAWLOR: Minister, I refer to page 1-4, dot point 7 of the Ministerial Portfolio Statement, and I ask: how does the Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries strategically engage with its stakeholders?
Mr MULHERIN: The Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries engages both internal and external stakeholders to strengthen relationships, discuss issues and identify opportunities for improving business practices. The external engagement process comprises dialogue for action forums held with industry groups to address key issues or joint issues of interest. In 2005-06 processes were held with a range of industries including fisheries, horticulture, Growcom and the thoroughbred horse and racing industry.
The strategic engagement processes have produced considerable success with gathering of information and perspectives from stakeholder feedback on departmental activity,directions strategies and emerging issues. Importantly, it strengthens the relationship with us and our stakeholders. It engages our stakeholders in an informed policy debate on the issues affecting primary industries.It facilitates working collaboratively with other agencies to deliver a coordinated strategic response that achieves the Queensland government's priorities, and it builds on a collaborative partnership to deliver innovative, practical solutions and optimises the achievement based outcomes. Dialogue based processes have been applied on high-impact policy and emergent issues. The forums create a situation where all groups, with often conflicting agendas, can come together to address issues in an open and frank environment to create solutions utilising the collective wisdom or intelligence of the group. Successes include multidiscipline collaboration with business, industry, state and local government such as the action in response to the Gladstone oil spill, Tropical Cyclone Larry and the development of policy and regulations to key issues such as fisheries and critical events related to the Shark Control Program.
In the case of the Shark Control Program, following the fatality at Amity Point on Stradbroke Island, representatives from six government agencies, environmental groups,local councils including your council, the Gold Coast council, and Redlands, CSIRO, tourism bodies and surf-lifesaving associations were involved in a highly favourable process and have agreed to address the 14 key issues in shark safety including bather safety, conservation and marine animal welfare, community education and perception and awareness, signage and instant response. It is another example of the success of the stakeholder engagement process.
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