Extract from the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975 (Cth)

Section 54 Great Barrier Reef Outlook Report

1. The Authority must prepare and give to the Minister a report in relation to the Great Barrier Reef Region every 5 years. The first report must be given to the Minister by 30 June 2009.
2. The report must be prepared in accordance with the regulations (if any).

Content of report

3. The report must contain the following matters:

   (a) an assessment of the current health of the ecosystem within the Great Barrier Reef Region and of the ecosystem outside that region to the extent it affects that region;

   (b) an assessment of the current biodiversity within that region;

   (c) an assessment of the commercial and non-commercial use of that region;

   (d) an assessment of the risks to the ecosystem within that region;

   (e) an assessment of the current resilience of the ecosystem within that region;

   (f) an assessment of the existing measures to protect and manage the ecosystem within that region;

   (g) an assessment of the factors influencing the current and projected future environmental, economic and social values of that region;

   (h) an assessment of the long-term outlook for the ecosystem within that region;

   (i) any other matter prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph.

Peer-review

4. The Minister must arrange for the content of the report to be peer-reviewed by at least 3 persons who, in the Minister’s opinion, possess appropriate qualifications to undertake the peer-review. The peer-review must occur before the report is given to the Minister. 

Report to be tabled in Parliament

5. The Minister must cause a copy of each report to be tabled in each House of the Parliament within 15 sitting days of that House after the day on which the Minister receives the report.

    

Extract from the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Regulations 2019

Part 8 — Reporting requirements

175 Simplified outline of this Part

176 Great Barrier Reef Outlook Report

1. An assessment of the relevant heritage values of the Great Barrier Reef Region is prescribed as a matter that must be contained in the Great Barrier Reef Outlook Report.

2. The relevant heritage values of the Great Barrier Reef Region include the following values to the extent that they relate to the Region

   (a) the Commonwealth Heritage values;

   (b) the Indigenous heritage values;

   (c) the National Heritage values;

   (d) the world heritage values;

   (e) any other heritage values (within the ordinary meaning of the term) that the Authority considers relevant. 

3. An assessment of the relevant heritage values of the Great Barrier Reef Region, include the following: 

   (a) an assessment of the current relevant heritage values of the region; 

   (b) an assessment of the risks to the relevant heritage values of the region; 

   (c) an assessment of the current resilience of the relevant heritage values of the region; 

   (d) an assessment of the existing measures to protect and manage the relevant heritage values of the region; 

   (e) an assessment of the factors influencing the current and projected future relevant heritage values of the region

   (f) an assessment of the long term outlook for the relevant heritage values of the region.