Inquiry into
the extent and economic impact of salinity
Terms of Reference
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The Senate referred the matters below to the Committee for
inquiry and report by 28 March 2006.
An assessment of the long-term success of federal programs that seek to
reduce the extent of and economic impact of salinity in the Australian
environment, including:
- whether goals of national programs to address salinity have been
attained, including those stated in the National Action Plan for Salinity
and Water Quality, National Heritage Trust and National Landcare programs;
- the role that regional catchment management authorities are
required to play in management of salinity-affected areas, and the
legislative and financial support available to assist them in achieving
national goals; and
- what action has been taken as a result of recommendations made by
the House of Representatives' Science and Innovation Committee's inquiry
'Science overcoming salinity: Coordinating and extending the science to
address the nation's salinity problem', and how those recommendations may
be furthered to assist land-holders, regional managers and affected
communities to address and reduce the problems presented by salinity.
The Committee invites written submissions from interested individuals and organisations preferably in electronic form sent by email to ecita.sen@aph.gov.au. The email must include full postal address and contact details.
Alternatively, submissions may be sent to The Secretary, Senate Environment, Communications Information Technology and the Arts
References Committee Parliament House, CANBERRA ACT 2600, or faxed to 02 6277 5818.
The Committee called for submissions by Friday, 13 May 2005.
However, late submissions are being accepted. Please contact the
Secretariat if you wish to make a late submission.
Submissions become committee documents and are made public only after a decision by the Committee. Persons making submissions must not release them without the approval of the Committee. Submissions are covered by parliamentary privilege but the unauthorised release of them is not.
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For further information, contact:
Committee Secretary
Senate Standing Committees on Environment, Communications and the Arts
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia
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