This report makes 33 recommendations aimed at improving governance, organisational capacity, regulatory performance, and cultural shortcomings of the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA), which is the independent statutory authority responsible for the regulation of agricultural chemicals and veterinary medicines in Australia.

Through its decisions following my Interim Report on NSW water management and compliance, the NSW Government has embarked on an historic program of reforms to the way water compliance and enforcement is managed in the state. This second, and final, report provides advice on progress in implementing those reforms.

The allegations of water theft and maladministration that are the subject of this investigation were raised on the ABC TV ‘Four Corners’ program “Pumped: Who is benefitting from the billions spent on the Murray-Darling?’’