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        "Further enhancements of environmental outcomes are likely possible with improved coordination of flows between Murray and Goulburn rivers, and if the constraint level in the Lower Darling River is relaxed."
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          "Supporting healthy rivers and floodplains for the social and economic future of Basin communities",
          "Working with communities to improve the timing, frequency, duration, and extent of flows that support the environment",
          "Investing in on-ground works and measures to mitigate impacts from higher environmental flows and that support benefits for affected landholders",
          "Involving First Nations peoples to maximise Cultural outcomes and realise co-benefits",
          "Recognising community and First Nations peoples’ knowledge can shape the future management of local river systems, Cultural landscapes, and environments",
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      "entity_id": "B-002140",
      "entity_name": "Advisory Committee on Social, Economic and Environmental Sciences",
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      "idea": "Create a simple register mapping each KPI to source data, owner, frequency, target, and last result.",
      "quote": "[Page 46]\nAppendix B: The Basin Plan\nrequirement\n7.08A Constraints relaxation implementation roadmap\n(1) The object of this section is to assist the Commonwealth and Basin States to identify measures\nto relax constraints, and develop and implement them in a way that:\n(a) maximises the benefits of the constraint measures to deliver environmental outcomes,\nincluding but not limited to enhanced environmental outcomes and outcomes\nidentified by the Constraints Management Strategy; and\n(b) provides, as far as practicable, a common approach across river systems and jurisdictions\nincluding, but not limited to, in relation to:\n(i) reporting, transparency and public accountability; and\n(ii) program implementation and governance including regulatory approvals; and\n(iii) supporting the acceleration of constraint measures by 31 December 2026; and\n(iv) managing impacts on third parties.",
      "impact": "High",
      "effort": "Low",
      "proof": "Evidence-backed",
      "beneficiaries": "Executives / Parliament / public",
      "source": "strategies/constraints-relaxation-implementation-roadmap_0.pdf (http://www.mdba.gov.au/sites/default/files/publications/constraints-relaxation-implementation-roadmap_0.pdf)",
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        "Pick one high-volume process or document family.",
        "Name an owner and baseline current volume, time, cost, and satisfaction.",
        "Run a 4-8 week pilot with clear before/after metrics.",
        "Publish lessons and decide whether to scale."
      ],
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        "Privacy and data quality",
        "Change fatigue",
        "Unclear accountability"
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      "entity_id": "B-002140",
      "entity_name": "Advisory Committee on Social, Economic and Environmental Sciences",
      "folder_name": "Advisory-Committee-on-Social-Economic-and-Environmental-Sciences",
      "category": "Data & Performance",
      "scale": "large",
      "title": "Outcome dashboard linking budget, delivery, and public impact",
      "idea": "Build a public-facing outcome dashboard showing spend, outputs, outcomes, and delivery confidence.",
      "quote": "[Page 46]\nAppendix B: The Basin Plan\nrequirement\n7.08A Constraints relaxation implementation roadmap\n(1) The object of this section is to assist the Commonwealth and Basin States to identify measures\nto relax constraints, and develop and implement them in a way that:\n(a) maximises the benefits of the constraint measures to deliver environmental outcomes,\nincluding but not limited to enhanced environmental outcomes and outcomes\nidentified by the Constraints Management Strategy; and\n(b) provides, as far as practicable, a common approach across river systems and jurisdictions\nincluding, but not limited to, in relation to:\n(i) reporting, transparency and public accountability; and\n(ii) program implementation and governance including regulatory approvals; and\n(iii) supporting the acceleration of constraint measures by 31 December 2026; and\n(iv) managing impacts on third parties.",
      "impact": "Very High",
      "effort": "High",
      "proof": "Evidence-backed",
      "beneficiaries": "Executives / Parliament / public",
      "source": "strategies/constraints-relaxation-implementation-roadmap_0.pdf (http://www.mdba.gov.au/sites/default/files/publications/constraints-relaxation-implementation-roadmap_0.pdf)",
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        "Create a senior responsible owner and cross-functional delivery team.",
        "Map legislation, data, privacy, procurement, cyber, and workforce constraints.",
        "Co-design with users and frontline staff before technology selection.",
        "Stage delivery through pilots, benefits tracking, and public reporting."
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        "Privacy and data quality",
        "Change fatigue",
        "Unclear accountability"
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    {
      "entity_id": "B-002140",
      "entity_name": "Advisory Committee on Social, Economic and Environmental Sciences",
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      "category": "Procurement & Delivery",
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      "title": "Procurement lessons library for repeat purchases",
      "idea": "Capture reusable procurement clauses, market lessons, supplier performance notes, and common evaluation criteria.",
      "quote": "To secure the delivery of constraints, a longer-term program is needed to ensure:\n• Renewed commitment across governments to give effect to agreed outcomes, confirmation of\nroles and responsibilities and agreed principles for collaboration.\n• Fit for purpose, integrated program delivery over a realistic timeframe.\n• Governance that supports the resolution of issues at inter-jurisdictional as well as project levels\nwith a stewardship role for the MDBA.\n• Improved assurance and clear milestones linked to a high-level workplan for accountability and\ntransparency.\n• An ‘offramp’ or viable pathway to continue those projects already underway under the SDLAM\nand Northern Basin Toolkit programs, noting that funding for these programs ends in 2026.\n• Evaluation, focusing on firstly installing infrastructure and processes that mitigate third party",
      "impact": "High",
      "effort": "Low",
      "proof": "Evidence-backed",
      "beneficiaries": "Delivery teams / suppliers",
      "source": "strategies/constraints-relaxation-implementation-roadmap_0.pdf (http://www.mdba.gov.au/sites/default/files/publications/constraints-relaxation-implementation-roadmap_0.pdf)",
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        "Pick one high-volume process or document family.",
        "Name an owner and baseline current volume, time, cost, and satisfaction.",
        "Run a 4-8 week pilot with clear before/after metrics.",
        "Publish lessons and decide whether to scale."
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        "Change fatigue",
        "Unclear accountability"
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      "entity_id": "B-002140",
      "entity_name": "Advisory Committee on Social, Economic and Environmental Sciences",
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      "category": "Procurement & Delivery",
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      "title": "Portfolio delivery office for major investments",
      "idea": "Stand up a portfolio delivery office that tracks benefits, risks, dependencies, procurement, and delivery confidence.",
      "quote": "To secure the delivery of constraints, a longer-term program is needed to ensure:\n• Renewed commitment across governments to give effect to agreed outcomes, confirmation of\nroles and responsibilities and agreed principles for collaboration.\n• Fit for purpose, integrated program delivery over a realistic timeframe.\n• Governance that supports the resolution of issues at inter-jurisdictional as well as project levels\nwith a stewardship role for the MDBA.\n• Improved assurance and clear milestones linked to a high-level workplan for accountability and\ntransparency.\n• An ‘offramp’ or viable pathway to continue those projects already underway under the SDLAM\nand Northern Basin Toolkit programs, noting that funding for these programs ends in 2026.\n• Evaluation, focusing on firstly installing infrastructure and processes that mitigate third party",
      "impact": "Very High",
      "effort": "High",
      "proof": "Evidence-backed",
      "beneficiaries": "Delivery teams / suppliers",
      "source": "strategies/constraints-relaxation-implementation-roadmap_0.pdf (http://www.mdba.gov.au/sites/default/files/publications/constraints-relaxation-implementation-roadmap_0.pdf)",
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        "Create a senior responsible owner and cross-functional delivery team.",
        "Map legislation, data, privacy, procurement, cyber, and workforce constraints.",
        "Co-design with users and frontline staff before technology selection.",
        "Stage delivery through pilots, benefits tracking, and public reporting."
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        "Privacy and data quality",
        "Change fatigue",
        "Unclear accountability"
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      "entity_id": "B-002140",
      "entity_name": "Advisory Committee on Social, Economic and Environmental Sciences",
      "folder_name": "Advisory-Committee-on-Social-Economic-and-Environmental-Sciences",
      "category": "Citizen Participation",
      "scale": "small",
      "title": "Consultation feedback summaries with response tracking",
      "idea": "Summarise consultation submissions by theme and publish what changed in response.",
      "quote": "The MDBA suggests that consultation with the community include, but not limited to, a focus on the\nfollowing:\n• Hume to Yarrawonga: exploring what benefits can be achieved withing existing flow easements\n(25,000 ML/day) and up to 30,000 ML/day.\n• Yarrawonga to Wakool: exploring what benefits can be achieved by flows between 30,000 to\n35,000 ML/day with infrastructure built to higher rates to incorporate adequate freeboard.\n• Goulburn below Eildon: exploring what benefits can be achieved by flows up to 12,000 ML/day\nwith infrastructure built to higher rates (such as ~14,000 ML/day) to incorporate adequate\nfreeboard.\n• Goulburn River below Goulburn Weir: exploring what benefits can be achieved by flows up to\n21,000 ML/day with infrastructure built to 25,000 ML/d to incorporate adequate freeboard.",
      "impact": "High",
      "effort": "Low",
      "proof": "Evidence-backed",
      "beneficiaries": "Citizens / stakeholders / policy teams",
      "source": "strategies/constraints-relaxation-implementation-roadmap_0.pdf (http://www.mdba.gov.au/sites/default/files/publications/constraints-relaxation-implementation-roadmap_0.pdf)",
      "implementation": [
        "Pick one high-volume process or document family.",
        "Name an owner and baseline current volume, time, cost, and satisfaction.",
        "Run a 4-8 week pilot with clear before/after metrics.",
        "Publish lessons and decide whether to scale."
      ],
      "risks": [
        "Privacy and data quality",
        "Change fatigue",
        "Unclear accountability",
        "Digital exclusion",
        "Low public trust if feedback is not acted on"
      ]
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      "entity_id": "B-002140",
      "entity_name": "Advisory Committee on Social, Economic and Environmental Sciences",
      "folder_name": "Advisory-Committee-on-Social-Economic-and-Environmental-Sciences",
      "category": "Citizen Participation",
      "scale": "large",
      "title": "Always-on policy participation platform",
      "idea": "Create a standing participation platform where citizens and stakeholders can propose, vote, and track ideas.",
      "quote": "The MDBA suggests that consultation with the community include, but not limited to, a focus on the\nfollowing:\n• Hume to Yarrawonga: exploring what benefits can be achieved withing existing flow easements\n(25,000 ML/day) and up to 30,000 ML/day.\n• Yarrawonga to Wakool: exploring what benefits can be achieved by flows between 30,000 to\n35,000 ML/day with infrastructure built to higher rates to incorporate adequate freeboard.\n• Goulburn below Eildon: exploring what benefits can be achieved by flows up to 12,000 ML/day\nwith infrastructure built to higher rates (such as ~14,000 ML/day) to incorporate adequate\nfreeboard.\n• Goulburn River below Goulburn Weir: exploring what benefits can be achieved by flows up to\n21,000 ML/day with infrastructure built to 25,000 ML/d to incorporate adequate freeboard.",
      "impact": "Very High",
      "effort": "High",
      "proof": "Evidence-backed",
      "beneficiaries": "Citizens / stakeholders / policy teams",
      "source": "strategies/constraints-relaxation-implementation-roadmap_0.pdf (http://www.mdba.gov.au/sites/default/files/publications/constraints-relaxation-implementation-roadmap_0.pdf)",
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        "Create a senior responsible owner and cross-functional delivery team.",
        "Map legislation, data, privacy, procurement, cyber, and workforce constraints.",
        "Co-design with users and frontline staff before technology selection.",
        "Stage delivery through pilots, benefits tracking, and public reporting."
      ],
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        "Change fatigue",
        "Unclear accountability",
        "Digital exclusion",
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      "entity_id": "B-002140",
      "entity_name": "Advisory Committee on Social, Economic and Environmental Sciences",
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      "scale": "small",
      "title": "Recommendation tracker for audits, reviews, and inquiries",
      "idea": "Publish a single internal tracker for audit/review recommendations, owners, due dates, and implementation evidence.",
      "quote": "Although\nsome progress has been made over the past decade, efforts to resolve the flow constraints issues in\nthe northern and southern connected Basin have been hindered by challenges in funding,\ngovernance, collaboration, and communication.",
      "impact": "High",
      "effort": "Low",
      "proof": "Evidence-backed",
      "beneficiaries": "Executives / assurance teams",
      "source": "strategies/constraints-relaxation-implementation-roadmap_0.pdf (http://www.mdba.gov.au/sites/default/files/publications/constraints-relaxation-implementation-roadmap_0.pdf)",
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        "Pick one high-volume process or document family.",
        "Name an owner and baseline current volume, time, cost, and satisfaction.",
        "Run a 4-8 week pilot with clear before/after metrics.",
        "Publish lessons and decide whether to scale."
      ],
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        "Privacy and data quality",
        "Change fatigue",
        "Unclear accountability",
        "Regulatory capture",
        "Over-automation of judgement"
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      "entity_id": "B-002140",
      "entity_name": "Advisory Committee on Social, Economic and Environmental Sciences",
      "folder_name": "Advisory-Committee-on-Social-Economic-and-Environmental-Sciences",
      "category": "Risk & Assurance",
      "scale": "large",
      "title": "Integrated assurance and lessons-learned system",
      "idea": "Create an assurance system that connects audit findings, risk registers, delivery reviews, and investment decisions.",
      "quote": "Although\nsome progress has been made over the past decade, efforts to resolve the flow constraints issues in\nthe northern and southern connected Basin have been hindered by challenges in funding,\ngovernance, collaboration, and communication.",
      "impact": "Very High",
      "effort": "High",
      "proof": "Evidence-backed",
      "beneficiaries": "Executives / assurance teams",
      "source": "strategies/constraints-relaxation-implementation-roadmap_0.pdf (http://www.mdba.gov.au/sites/default/files/publications/constraints-relaxation-implementation-roadmap_0.pdf)",
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        "Create a senior responsible owner and cross-functional delivery team.",
        "Map legislation, data, privacy, procurement, cyber, and workforce constraints.",
        "Co-design with users and frontline staff before technology selection.",
        "Stage delivery through pilots, benefits tracking, and public reporting."
      ],
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        "Privacy and data quality",
        "Change fatigue",
        "Unclear accountability",
        "Regulatory capture",
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      "entity_id": "B-002140",
      "entity_name": "Advisory Committee on Social, Economic and Environmental Sciences",
      "folder_name": "Advisory-Committee-on-Social-Economic-and-Environmental-Sciences",
      "category": "Regulation & Policy",
      "scale": "small",
      "title": "Regulatory burden scan for forms, guidance, and reporting",
      "idea": "Identify the top 10 highest-friction reporting obligations and simplify guidance, forms, or evidence requirements.",
      "quote": "Program implementation and governance including regulatory Findings 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, & 10\napprovals\nSupporting the acceleration of constraint measures by 31 December Findings 5 and 6\n2026\nManaging impacts on third parties Findings 1, 2, 4, 10, 11 & 12\n8",
      "impact": "High",
      "effort": "Low",
      "proof": "Evidence-backed",
      "beneficiaries": "Regulated entities / policy teams",
      "source": "strategies/constraints-relaxation-implementation-roadmap_0.pdf (http://www.mdba.gov.au/sites/default/files/publications/constraints-relaxation-implementation-roadmap_0.pdf)",
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        "Pick one high-volume process or document family.",
        "Name an owner and baseline current volume, time, cost, and satisfaction.",
        "Run a 4-8 week pilot with clear before/after metrics.",
        "Publish lessons and decide whether to scale."
      ],
      "risks": [
        "Privacy and data quality",
        "Change fatigue",
        "Unclear accountability",
        "Regulatory capture",
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      "entity_name": "Advisory Committee on Social, Economic and Environmental Sciences",
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      "scale": "large",
      "title": "Adaptive regulation program with live feedback loops",
      "idea": "Create an adaptive regulation model using sandboxes, industry data, risk scoring, and regular rule updates.",
      "quote": "Program implementation and governance including regulatory Findings 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, & 10\napprovals\nSupporting the acceleration of constraint measures by 31 December Findings 5 and 6\n2026\nManaging impacts on third parties Findings 1, 2, 4, 10, 11 & 12\n8",
      "impact": "Very High",
      "effort": "High",
      "proof": "Evidence-backed",
      "beneficiaries": "Regulated entities / policy teams",
      "source": "strategies/constraints-relaxation-implementation-roadmap_0.pdf (http://www.mdba.gov.au/sites/default/files/publications/constraints-relaxation-implementation-roadmap_0.pdf)",
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