Sussan Ley (Farrer, Liberal Party, Minister for the Environment) Share this | Hansard source

additional investments in this year's budget. We are continuing the coalition's strong track record on the environment through practical and meaningful action. I mentioned $1.8 billion over five years. We've announced the biggest single investment in Commonwealth national parks, including Booderee at Jervis Bay. The safe haven for the eastern quoll and the long-footed potoroo is well known to the local Indigenous managers of Booderee National Park. They'll receive $23 million for upgrades as part of that package. Budj Bim Cultural Landscape in south-western Victoria is the first Australian site to be awarded World Heritage Status solely for its Aboriginal cultural heritage values. This budget upgrades Budj Bim and other heritage listed sites across the country, including on the Ningaloo Coast and the Wet Tropics of Queensland.

We are committed to recovery after the black summer bushfires. We've just completed workshops to spend $110 million from our bushfire support package across the seven fire-scarred regions across Australia, bringing together wildlife habitat recovery with community action on the ground and asking those communities how best we can help them recover their incredible unique natural environment. Our investment in climate adaptation activities is backed by the National Environmental Science Program, with $149 million for phase 2 committed in the budget. This is a budget that backs the outstanding contributions of our land managers, our farmers, our landcare movement and the commitment of those who live in and are supported by Australia's wonderful natural environment.

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