2015-04-28 Planning and Organisation Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                  28 APRIL 2015


The program provides opportunities for young Australians aged 17-24 years to gain training
and experience in environmental and heritage conservation fields and explore careers in
conservation management, while participating in projects that generate benefits for the
environment.

The Australian Government has allocated $525 million for the program over four years from
1 July 2014.

Green Army teams of 10 (up to nine participants and one team supervisor) are deployed to
projects lasting 20-26 weeks to help communities deliver local conservation outcomes
through activities such as:

     restoring and protecting habitat;
     weeding;
     planting:
     cleaning up creeks and rivers
     conserving cultural or national heritage places.
Service Providers are engaged by Australian Government to recruit Green Army
participants, manage work health and safety, provide training, pay allowances, oversee
project management and ensure participants are able to develop skills that will help their
transition into the workforce.

In Queensland, these Service Providers include organisations such as:

    Conservation Volunteers Australia;
    Campbell Page Ltd;
    Manpower Services (Australia); and
    Landcare Australia.

Projects may be carried out on public land, Indigenous-held lands, or private land across
urban, regional and remote Australia where there is a clear community and environmental
and heritage benefit.

Project Sponsors are applicants who are successful in being awarded the services of a
Green Army team and include local governments, environment groups and community
organisations that enter into a Project Agreement with the Service Provider.

As specified in the Project Agreement, the Green Army team arrive fully equipped on a
scheduled date, ready to commence activities outlined in the Agreement.

Project Sponsors do not receive any cash funding for their Project, but do receive project
specific materials such as herbicide, plants, mulch, tree stakes, tree guards, small tools and
equipment.

For details regarding the project specific items allocated to Noosa Council’s Green Army
Project see Section 6.2 of the Project Agreement (Attachment 1, provided separately).

Previous Council Consideration

Nil

Finance & Risk

Nil


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