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Advisory Report Water Amendment (Water for the Environment Special Account) Bill 2012

November 2012

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Preliminary pages	(PDF 226KB)

Chapter 1 Water Amendment (Water for the Environment Special Account) Bill 2012	(PDF 249KB)
Intent of the bill Special accounts Specified purpose of the Special Account Infrastructure and constraints-removal projects Purchasing water access rights Community concerns Commonwealth purchase of water access rights Bridging the water recovery ‘gap’ Socio-economic impacts Timing of the Bill Flooding Mandatory water recovery targets Committee Comment

Appendix A – Submissions	(PDF 45KB)

Appendix B – Witnesses and hearings	(PDF 92KB)

Minority report – The Hon Sharman Stone MP and Mr Michael McCormack MP	(PDF 98KB)