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What I found on this entity
Annual Budget
$1.3B
Headcount
3,800 staff
$342K per employee
Portfolio
Environment
Performance Targets vs Actuals
Target
30×30 — protect 30% of land/sea by 2030 (currently targeting milestone); Murray-Darling water recovery targets; 90% of threatened species recovery plans active
Actual
24% land/sea protected (below milestone); Murray-Darling 63% of recovery volume; 71% of species recovery plans active
Source: Environment targets consistently missed. Biodiversity crisis not arrested by current spend trajectory.
My Findings & Evidence1 finding
PBS25 Mar 2025
$260M wasted
$260M spent on Murray-Darling water recovery that's only 63% delivered
The Department of Environment and Water has a $1.3 billion annual budget but has only recovered 63% of its Murray-Darling Basin water volume targets. Based on proportional spending against this key program, roughly $260 million of your taxes has been sunk into water recovery efforts that remain 37% short of where they should be — with no clear timeline to close the gap.