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Budget 2022-23
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STRENGTHENING THE FUTURE OF TASMANIA’S PARKS

Jacquie Petrusma MP, Minister for Parks

The 2022-23 State Budget is about strengthening Tasmania’s future, which is why we are continuing to invest in our world-renowned national parks and reserves.

This includes $3.27 million for the implementation of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area (TWWHA) Biosecurity Strategy 2021-2031, which has been developed to respond to significant threats to the Outstanding Universal Value of the TWWHA from invasive weeds, animals and diseases.

The 2022-23 Budget also secures $6.48 million in funding for the Reserve Activity Assessment Reforms Project, which supports our commitment to develop amendments to the National Parks and Reserves Management Act 2002 to recognise the assessment process as a statutory process, and to further improve transparency and opportunities for public comment and appeals.

The Budget also includes $8 million to maintain the National Parks Rangers and Frontline Staff initiative, as well as $1.3 million for Cultural Burning Support to support Tasmanian Aboriginal organisations to undertake cultural burning on land managed by the Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service (PWS). This funding will also support engagement activities between the PWS and Tasmanian Aboriginal organisations to identify areas suitable for cultural burning.

As part of our commitment as a signatory to the COAG Intergovernmental Agreement for an Electronic Conveyancing National Law, this Budget includes $1 million for Lands Tasmania, to enable Tasmania to actively participate in the regulation, development and implementation of a single national electronic conveyancing system.

The Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens will receive additional funding of $1.05 million to support increasing annual operational expenditure, and to fund a review of its Strategic Master Plan and the Strategic Conservation Asset Management Plan, which will assist in setting the Garden’s direction for the future.

To ensure the Wellington Park Management Trust is sustainably resourced to perform its functions as the managing authority of Wellington Park, the Budget also includes an additional $1.1 million.

This Budget also includes $144 million for our parks infrastructure, including:

  • $58.6 million to facilitate the development of the Cradle Mountain Experience and to build on the popularity of Cradle Mountain as an iconic destination;
  • $14 million towards the ongoing development of the Freycinet Visitor Gateway;
  • $7.1 million for the Freycinet Peninsula Wastewater project;
  • $18.7 million to advance Tasmania’s next iconic multi-day, hut-based walk in the Tyndall Range;
  • $9 million for the Arthur-Pieman Conservation Area; and
  • $5 million for ongoing maintenance within our National Parks.

This Budget is about making Tasmanians’ priorities our priorities, and strengthening Tasmania’s future by protecting and maintaining our iconic assets.