The general public looks to its governments as the expression of their collective will as to what they want the governments to do. They don't have a lot of patience for “not my department” or “not my level of jurisdiction” answers. They would really want their collective representatives at all levels to get together and work together. That's the whole-of-society comment we make in our report; we need everyone working together.
The federal government, though, with these global crises of climate change and biodiversity, definitely needs to take the lead. There is no doubt about that.