As outlined in the Authority’s corporate plan 2018–19, the Authority’s work program for the reporting period had an emphasis on protecting, managing and restoring the Great Barrier Reef’s ecosystem health and resilience, and its biodiversity and heritage values. Its restoration approach included exploring innovative ways to enhance the resilience of critical habitats.

This section of the report provides performance statements for the Authority’s activities within each program area, specifically:

• performance results of the activity against the performance criteria
• analysis of progress against purpose for each program area.