Media Advice: 4 February 2000
COMMITTEE IN ADELAIDE TO HEAR ABOUT CATCHMENT PROBLEMS
The Commonwealth House of Representatives Environment and Heritage committee
will hold a public hearing for its inquiry into catchment management next
Wednesday, 9 February, in Adelaide.
The issues the committee is looking at include the value of a catchment
approach to environmental management, best practice methods of achieving
catchment health and environmental sustainability, and the role of governments,
the private sector and the community in catchment management.
While in South Australia the committee will be visiting the Torrens
and Patawalonga catchments for discussions and inspections with the catchment
management boards, the Mount Lofty Catchment Program and the SA CARE Program
at Murray Bridge.
At the public hearing the committee will be hearing from representatives
of the CRC for Water Quality and Treatment, the Murray Darling Association
and the Adelaide Hills Community Action Group. The committee is awaiting
a submission from the South Australian government.
The public hearing will commence at 2:00 p.m. at the Hilton
International, 233 Victoria Square, Adelaide. 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
4 February 2000
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