Our recommendations are: * better definition of all terms used (e.g. ghost camping) particularly in relation to key policy settings (e.g. high and low seasons) * more context to the proposed policy changes, with data on national park visitation clearly linked to camping use specific to each of the State’s regions, so it is directly relevant to the topic of the consultation paper and the locality of each campground * a guarantee that camping fees are directly used to benefit the environment of the local parks and increase the presence of NPWS staff in those parks * removal of additional day use fees for campers * ceasing the practice of contracting campground management in national parks to private companies more used to managing hotels or caravan parks, with management returned to NPWS control * stopping the use of market-based competitive neutrality to set camping fees in national parks