In any act, there's a requirement to report to Parliament. That report usually takes the form of here's how many authorizations we issued, and here's how many prosecutions, and here's how many staff dollars. That's great, but how about a report to Parliament that actually reports on the status of fish habitat and the effectiveness of the program? The list of standard things in the report to Parliament doesn't tell you whether that taxpayer money is being spent effectively. I would like to see written in the act something a little broader than just the standard programmatic reporting to Parliament. I think that would be helpful.
Our overarching comment was really to drive this program to outcomes. Focus the program, the law, and what the department does on achieving outcomes; and have them report back to you in Parliament on what those outcomes are, not just the number of prosecutions last year.