Media Advice: 12 November 1999
COMMITTEE TAKES EVIDENCE ON CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT IN QUEENSLAND
The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Environment and Heritage
will hold a public hearing for its inquiry into catchment management next
Tuesday, 16 November, in Brisbane.
While in Queensland the committee will also be visiting the Mary River
catchment for discussions and inspections with a local catchment coordinating
committee and landcare groups.
At the public hearing the committee will be hearing from representatives
of the Queensland Government, the Queensland Murray Darling Association,
the Fertilizer Industry Federation of Australia, the Pine Rivers Shire
Council and Brisbane City Council, and Dr Bruce Hooper, an academic from
the University of Queensland.
The public hearing will commence at 10.30 a.m. at the Commonwealth
Government Offices, Level 36 Waterfront Place, 1Eagle St, Brisbane.
More details of the hearing program.
For additional information, contact the committee
secretariat on 02 6277 4580.
For further information on the inquiry contact the Hon. Ian Causley MP,
committee chair, on 02 6277 4218 (Parliament House) or 02 6642 6356 (electorate).
Secretariat
12 November 1999
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