The NSW Coastal Reforms What councils and practitioners need to know right now

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Hosted by: Coastal, Ocean and Port Engineering Panel (COPEP) and PIANC Australia

Photo: Cave’s Beach (OEH / Bob Clout)

The NSW Coastal Reforms

The coastline is one of NSW’s most valuable assets. It is home to much of the states’ population, and it is essential to many industries. It provides vital ecological habitat both on land and underwater, and it is central to much of our Aboriginal, historical and modern culture. As such, the NSW coast is a highly contested region, and coastal management is a major challenge to custodians. This year, the NSW Government established a new framework for coastal management which will drive new approaches to the way we meet the challenges, changes and uncertainty for our coastal communities. This event will provide councils and practitioners the information they need to embark on a new era of coastal management. It will provide a forum for key government agencies to outline processes to achieve the objects of the Coastal Management Act (2016). Speakers will detail:

• Coastal Management Act 2016 (CM Act) • State Environmental Planning Policy (Coastal Management) 2018 • NSW Coastal Management Manual • Coastal Management Areas and Mapping • Coastal Management Programs (CMPs) • NSW Coastal Council • Coastal and Estuary Grants Program • Engagement with Agencies and Communities • Transitional arrangements

We will also hear from early adopters - those councils and practitioners who are currently dealing with the on-ground challenges of meeting the new legislation and developing coastal management programs. A panel session will allow attendees to provide feedback and question key agencies on the reforms. This is an unmissable event for anyone working in coastal NSW.

DATE & TIME Monday 17 Sept 2018 9:30am start Refreshments from 9:00am VENUE The Zenith Theatre Mcintosh St & Railway Street, Chatswood NSW 2067 CPD Eligible for 8.0 CPD hours COST EA & PIANC members $120 Others $150 Students $40 (includes meals and drinks) FURTHER INFORMATION Sean Garber (COPEP Secretary) sgarber@baird.com

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The NSW Coastal Reforms What councils and practitioners need to know right now

engineersaustralia.org.au

Hosted by: Coastal, Ocean and Port Engineering Panel (COPEP) and PIANC Australia

Photo: Cave’s Beach (OEH / Bob Clout)

Program 17th September 2018

9:00 Registration and Coffee

9:30 Ben Modra COPEP Chair Welcome

The Reforms in Detail

9:40 Angus Gordon NSW Coastal Council Why the 2016 Act and where to now

10:20 Bruce Coates NSW Office of Environment and Heritage Introduction to the NSW Coastal Management framework

10:50 Morning Tea

11:10 Santina Camroux Department of Planning Coastal management and land use planning

11:40 Mladen Kovac NSW Office of Environment and Heritage Cost benefit analysis and the coastal reforms

12:00 Ron Cox NSW Coastal Council Threats to coastal assets and engineering solutions

12:30 Lunch

Consultation

13:15 Sarah Fairfull DPI Fisheries & Marine Estate

Management Authority (MEMA)

Linkages between the marine estate reforms and the coastal management reforms

13:40

Catherine Knight DI Crown Lands Kevin Cameron DI Crown Lands

Linkages between the coastal reforms and the Crown Land Management Act 2016.

Implications of the Native Title Act 1993 and the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 on coastal management.

14:05 Pam Dean-Jones Umwelt

Talking with communities about coastal change and management reform. Which messages are being heard?

14:30 Afternoon Tea

Challenges

14:55 Megan Hawley Lindsay Taylor Lawyers NSW Coastal Reforms - a Legal Analysis

15:20 Gerard Tuckerman & Debbie Delaney Mid Coast Council

The evolving experience of CMP development - for estuaries and open coasts.

15:45 Todd Dickinson Northern Beaches Council

Surfing the NSW coastal management framework – what happens when politics, paradigms and policies meet reality?

16:10 Panel session

17:00 Drinks

Meals and post-event drinks will be provided.