Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]        http://thelivingmurray.mdbc.gov.au/, accessed 3 March 2009

[2]        National Water Commission website, http://www.nwc.gov.au/www/html/117-national-water-initiative.asp, accessed 2 March 2009

[3]        National Water Act 2007, subsection 19(2)

[4]        Senate Standing Committee on Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport, Water Amendment Bill 2008, November 2008

[5]        Explanatory Memorandum, Water Amendment Bill 2008, pp. 3-4; Daniel Connell and R Q Grafton, 'Planning for Water Security in the Murray-Darling Basin', Public Policy, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp 70-71.

[6]        http://www.waterforrivers.org.au/, accessed 2 March 2009.

[7]        Victorian Government, Our Water Our Future: The next stage of the government's water plan, http://www.ourwater.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0015/366/The-Next-Stage-of-the-Governments-Water-Plan-2007.pdf, p. 4, (accessed 3 March 2009).

[8]        Victorian Government, Northern Victoria Irrigation Renewal Project: Frequently Asked Questions', http://www.ourwater.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/13611/NVIRP_FAQ.pdf (accessed 30 March 2009).

[9]        Victorian Government, 'Northern Victoria Irrigation Renewal Project: Frequently Asked Questions', http://www.ourwater.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/13611/NVIRP_FAQ.pdf , p. 3, (accessed 3 March 2009).

[10]      Dr James Horne, Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, 13 November 2008, cited in the Senate Standing Committee on Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport inquiry into the Water Amendment Bill [Provisions], November 2008, p. 12.

[11]      Senator Simon Birmingham, Senate Hansard, 3 December 2008, p. 8050. 

Chapter 2 - Issues raised during the inquiry

[1]        Murray-Darling Basin Authority, Murray River System Drought Update, No. 17, February 2009.

[2]        Cr Judi Harris, Mildura Rural City Council, Submission 22, p. 1.

[3]        Warby Ranges Landcare and Rabbit Control Group, Submission 17, p. 1.

[4]        Alexandrina Council, Submission 21.

[5]        Intergovernmental Agreement on a National Water Initiative, paragraph 23 (iv), 25 June 2004.

[6]        Hon Karlene Maywald MP, Minister for the River Murray, Government of South Australia, Submission  32, p. 1.

[7]        Hon Karlene Maywald MP, Minister for the River Murray, Government of South Australia, Submission  32, p. 2.

[8]        Northern Victorian Irrigators Inc, Submission 26, p. 4.

[9]        Reasons of the House of Representatives for disagreeing to the amendments of the Senate, Senate Amendments 6, 7 and 13, Debate on Water Amendment Bill 2008 – Senate's Amendments, House of Representatives Votes and Proceedings, No. 66 – 1 December 2008, p. 759.

[10]      Acheron Valley Watch, Submission 5, p. 6.

[11]      Cr Judi Harris, Submission 22, p. 2.

[12]      IGA, 3 July 2008.

[13]      See Senate Standing Committee on Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Reports, Water Management in the Coorong and Lower Lakes (including consideration of the Emergency Water (Murray-Darling Basin Rescue) Bill 2008), October 2008, pp 47-48;  and Water Amendment Bill 2008 [Provisions], November 2008, pp 11–12.

[14]      Victorian Government, Our Water Our Future, http://www.ourwater.vic.gov.au/programs/owof, (accessed 13 March 2009).

[15]      Victorian Government, The Next Stage of the Government's Plan, http://www.ourwater.vic.gov.au/programs/next-stage (accessed 13 March 2009).

[16]      http://www.ourwater.vic.gov.au/programs/irrigation-renewal/nvirp (accessed 11 March 2009).

[17]      NVIRP, 'Frequently asked questions', available: http://www.ourwater.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/13611/NVIRP_FAQ.pdf (accessed 17 April 2009).

[18]      NVIRP, 'Fact sheet', available: http://www.ourwater.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0013/13711/5-NVIRP-fact-sheet-Aug-08.pdf (accessed 17 April 2009). 

[19]      NVIRP, 'Fact sheet', available: http://www.ourwater.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0013/13711/5-NVIRP-fact-sheet-Aug-08.pdf (accessed 17 April 2009). 

[20]      Victorian Government, 'Our Water Our Future: The Next Stage of the Government's Water Plan', available: http://www.ourwater.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0015/366/The-Next-Stage-of-the-Governments-Water-Plan-2007.pdf (accessed 17 April 2009), p. 4. 

[21]      NVIRP, 'Frequently Asked Questions', available; http://www.ourwater.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/13611/NVIRP_FAQ.pdf (accessed 17 April 2009).

[22]      NVIRP, 'Frequently Asked Questions', available; http://www.ourwater.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/13611/NVIRP_FAQ.pdf (accessed 17 April 2009).

[23]      NVIRP, 'Frequently Asked Questions', available; http://www.ourwater.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/13611/NVIRP_FAQ.pdf (accessed 17 April 2009).

[24]      Victorian Government, Northern Victoria Irrigation Renewal Project: Frequently Asked Questions', http://www.ourwater.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/13611/NVIRP_FAQ.pdf, p. 5.

[25]      DEWHA, 'Approval Decision: Sugarloaf Pipeline Project, Goulburn River to Sugarloaf Reservoir, Victoria (EPBC/3960)', conditions attached to the approval, 12 September 2008, http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/epbc/epbc_ap.pl?name=referral_detail&proposal_id=3960, viewed 13 March 2009.

[26]      Dr Horne, DEWHA, Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Committee Hansard (Inquiry into Water Amendment Bill 2008), 13 November 2008, pp 26–27.

[27]      Environment, Communications and the Arts Committee Proof Hansard (Estimates), 24 February 2009, pp 107–108.

[28]      Proof Committee Hansard, 15 April 2009, p. 4.

[29]      Ms Catherine Skippington, Assistant Secretary, DEWHA, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 April 2009, pp 7–14.

[30]      Proof Committee Hansard, 14 April 2009.

Minority Report by Liberal, National, Greens and Independent Senators

[1]        Majority Report, paragraph 2.3.

[2]        Dr Arlene Buchan, Australian Conservation Foundation, Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Committee Hansard (Inquiry into Water Amendment Bill 2008), 13 November 2008, p. 12.

[3]        Professor Diane Bell, Submission 19, p. 1.

[4]        Hon Karlene Maywald MP, Minister for the River Murray, Government of South Australia, Submission 32, p. 1.

[5]        Senate Standing Committee on Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport, Water Management in the Coorong and Lower Lakes, October 2008 and Water Amendment Bill 2008, November 2008.

[6]        Dr David T. Bath, submission 2, p. 3.

[7]        Ms Lyn Barnes, submission 3, p. 1.

[8]        Acheron Valley Watch Inc., submission 5, pp 5-6.

[9]        Ms Mary J. Chandler, submission 6, p. 4.

[10]       Mrs Jan Beer, submission 7, p. 1.

[11]       Dr Malcolm Calder, submission 8, p. 1.

[12]       Mr Martin Southwood, submission 9, p. 1.

[13]       Mr Tom Reynolds, submission 10, p. 1.

[14]       Mr Thomas Goode, submission 11, p. 1.

[15]       Mr John V. Whyte, submission 12, p. 1.

[16]       Ms Maria I.E. Riedl, submission 13, p. 2.

[17]       Mr Edwin V C Adamson, submission 14, p. 5.

[18]       Mr Peter Murray, submission 15, p. 5.

[19]       Warby Range Landcare & Rabbit Control Group, submission 17, p. 2.

[20]       Healesville Environment Watch Inc., submission 20, p. 3.

[21]       Meningie Narrung Lakes Irrigators Association, submission 25, p. 2.

[22]       Name Withheld, Mildura, submission 34, p. 1.

[23]       Dr Malcolm Calder, Proof Committee Hansard, 14 April 2009, p. 42.

[24]       Mr Ken Pattison, Plug the Pipe, Proof Committee Hansard, 14 April 2009, p. 19.

[25]       Victorian Auditor-General, Planning for Water Infrastructure in Victoria, April 2008

[26]       Mr Ken Pattison, Plug the Pipe, Proof Committee Hansard, 14 April 2009, p. 19.

[27]       Dr Rita Seethaler, Chairperson, Acheron Valley Watch Inc., Proof Committee Hansard, 14 April 2009, p. 39.

[28]       National Plan for Water Security, The Hon John Howard MP, Prime Minister, 25 January 2007.

[29]       Victorian Government, Our Water Our Future: The next stage of the government's water plan, http://www.ourwater.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0015/366/The-Next-Stage-of-the-Governments-Water-Plan-2007.pdf, p. 4, (accessed 3 March 2009).

[30]       Majority Report, paragraph 1.36.

[31]       Ms Catherine Skippington, Assistant Secretary, DEWHA, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 April 2009, p. 7.

[32]       DEWHA, Approval Decision: Sugarloaf Pipeline Project, Goulburn River to Sugarloaf Reservoir, Victoria (EPBC/3960), conditions attached to the approval, 12 September 2008, http://www.environment.gov.au/epbc/notices/assessments/2008/3960/decision.pdf, viewed 7 May 2009.

[33]       Ms Catherine Skippington, Assistant Secretary, DEWHA, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 April 2009, pp 8-9.

[34]       Dr Bill Sykes MP, Victorian Parliament Hansard, 28 October 2008, cited by Mr Peter Murray, submission 15, p. 2.

[35]       Plug the Pipe, submission 30, p. 3.