Rural and Regional Adjustment Regulation 2011

The authority must consider approving applications for assistance for eligible projects in the following descending order of priority—

from applications relating to eligible projects the authority considers will provide the greatest benefit to an eligible rural area in reducing the predation of livestock by wild dogs;

to applications relating to eligible projects the authority considers will provide the least benefit to an eligible rural area in reducing the predation of livestock by wild dogs.

However, the authority may also consider each of the following matters for prioritising an application for assistance for an eligible project—

the actions the applicant has taken to prevent predation of livestock by wild dogs in the 3 years before the application was made;

whether, in the authority’s opinion, the project represents reasonable value for money;

the extent to which the authority considers the project—

will increase the productivity and viability of the applicant’s grazing enterprise; and

will complement the actions mentioned in paragraph (a);

the actions the applicant proposes to take to manage any risks identified by the applicant in completing the project, including the systems and practices the applicant intends to adopt to mitigate the risks;

the actions the applicant proposes to take to maintain the exclusion fencing to which the project relates.