Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]        Water Bill 2007, Revised Explanatory Memorandum, p. 1.

[2]        Water Bill 2007, Revised Explanatory Memorandum, p. 1.

[3]        Water Act 2007, s. 22.

[4]        Water Amendment Bill 2008, Revised Explanatory Memorandum, p. 1.

[5]        Senate Environment and Communications Legislation Committee, Water Amendment (Long-term Average Sustainable Diversion Limit Adjustment) Bill 2012 and Water Amendment (Water for the Environment Special Account) Bill 2012, November 2012, p. 3.

[6]        Prime Minister and Minister for the Environment, 'Returning the Murray-Darling Basin to Health', Media Release, 26 October 2012, http://www.mdba.gov.au/media-pubs/mr/returning-murray-darling-basin-health.

[7]        Department of the Environment, Submission 24, p. 2.

[8]        Department of the Environment, Water Recovery Strategy for the Murray-Darling Basin, June 2014, p. 3, http://www.environment.gov.au/system/files/resources/4ccb1c76-655b-4380-8e94-419185d5c777/files/water-recovery-strategy-mdb2.pdf (accessed 29 June 2015).

[9]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 2.

[10]      Department of the Environment, Submission 24, p. 2.

[11]      Water Amendment (Water for the Environment Special Account) Bill 2012, Revised Explanatory Memorandum, p. 1.

[12]      The Hon Tony Abbott, Prime Minister, 'States agree to implement Murray-Basin water reform, Media Release, 27 February 2014, https://www.pm.gov.au/media/2014-02-27/states-agree-implement-murray-darling-basin-water-reform.

[13]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 2. See also, Water Recovery Strategy for the Murray-Darling Basin, June 2014, p. 3.

[14]      Murray-Darling Basin Authority, The SDL adjustment assessment framework for supply measures, 2015, p. 2, http://www.mdba.gov.au/sites/default/files/pubs/SDL-adjustment-assessment-framework.pdf (accessed 27 August 2015).

[15]      Murray-Darling Basin Authority, The SDL adjustment assessment framework for supply measures, 2015, p. 2, http://www.mdba.gov.au/sites/default/files/pubs/SDL-adjustment-assessment-framework.pdf (accessed 27 August 2015).

[16]      Murray-Darling Basin Authority, The SDL adjustment assessment framework for supply measures, 2015, p. 2, http://www.mdba.gov.au/sites/default/files/pubs/SDL-adjustment-assessment-framework.pdf (accessed 27 August 2015).

[17]      Murray-Darling Basin Authority, The SDL adjustment assessment framework for supply measures, 2015, p. 2, http://www.mdba.gov.au/sites/default/files/pubs/SDL-adjustment-assessment-framework.pdf (accessed 27 August 2015).

[18]      Murray-Darling Basin Authority, http://www.environment.gov.au/water/rural-water/restoring-balance-murray-darling-basin/progress-water-recovery (accessed 1 September 2015).

[19]      Murray-Darling Basin Authority, http://www.environment.gov.au/water/rural-water/restoring-balance-murray-darling-basin/progress-water-recovery (accessed 1 September 2015).

[20]      Proposed subsection 85C(2).

[21]      Proposed subsection 85(3).

[22]      Proposed subsection 85(4).

[23]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 7. See also Department of the Environment, Submission 24, p. 5.

[24]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 8. See also Department of the Environment, Submission 24, p. 4.

[25]      Department of the Environment, Submission 24, p. 3.

[26]      Department of the Environment, Submission 24, p. 6.

[27]      Department of the Environment, Submission 24, p. 6.

[28]      Department of the Environment, Submission 24, p. 6.

[29]      Department of the Environment, Submission 24, p. 6.

[30]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 9.

[31]      Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for the Environment, the Hon Bob Baldwin, House of Representatives Hansard, 28 May 2015, p. 13.

Chapter 2 - Issues raised in evidence

[1]        See NSW Irrigators' Council, Submission 10, p. 3.

[2]        Australian Conservation Foundation, Environment Victoria and Environmental Justice Australia, Submission 2, p. 2.

[3]        Dr Adam Webster, Member, Conservation Council of South Australia, Committee Hansard, 27 August 2015, p. 2.

[4]        Mr Mark McKenzie, Chief Executive Officer, New South Wales Irrigators' Council, Committee Hansard, 24 August 2015, p. 12.

[5]        Mr Mark McKenzie, Chief Executive Officer, New South Wales Irrigators' Council, Committee Hansard, 24 August 2015, p. 12.

[6]        Queensland Government, Submission 1, p. 3.

[7]        Victorian Farmer Federation, Submission 16, p. 4.

[8]        Australian Dairy Industry Council, Submission 20, p. 6.

[9]        National Irrigators' Council, Submission 25, p. 4.

[10]      Mr Gavin McMahon, Chair, National Irrigators' Council, Committee Hansard, 24 August 2015, p. 10.

[11]      New South Wales Irrigators' Council, Submission 10, p. 3.

[12]      Coleambally Irrigation, Submission 27, p. 3.

[13]      Mr Les Gordon, Chair, Water Taskforce, National Farmers' Federation, Committee Hansard, 24 August 2015, p. 33.

[14]      Dr Christine Kershaw, Manager, Natural Resource Management, National Farmers' Federation, Committee Hansard, 24 August 2015, p. 33; see also Mr Les Gordon, Chair, Water Taskforce, National Farmers' Federation, Committee Hansard, p. 35.

[15]      Murray Irrigation, Submission 15, p. 4.

[16]      Mr Ian Thompson, First Assistant Secretary, Sustainable Agriculture and Fisheries Division, Department of Agriculture, Committee Hansard, 24 August 2015, p. 27.

[17]      Mr Ian Thompson, First Assistant Secretary, Sustainable Agriculture and Fisheries Division, Department of Agriculture, Committee Hansard, 24 August 2015, p. 25.

[18]      See Inland Rivers Network, Submission 7, pp 2–3; Environmental Farmers Network, Submission 9, p. 1; Gippsland Environmental Group, Submission 14, p. 1; Murray Lower Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations, Submission 17, p. 4; River Lakes and Coorong Action Group Inc, Submission 23, p. 2.

[19]      EDOs of Australia, Submission 22, p. 2.

[20]      Australian Conservation Foundation, Environment Victoria and Environmental Justice Australia, Submission 2, p. 1.

[21]      Department of the Environment, Submission 24 (Supplementary), p. 1.

[22]      Department of the Environment, Submission 24 (Supplementary), p. 1.

[23]      Ms Mary Colreavy, Assistant Secretary, Water Acquisition and Markets Branch, Department of the Environment, Committee Hansard, 24 August 2015, p. 2.

[24]      Ms Mary Colreavy, Assistant Secretary, Water Acquisition and Markets Branch, Department of the Environment, Committee Hansard, 24 August 2015, p. 2.

[25]      Department of the Environment, Submission 24 (Supplementary), p. 2

[26]      Mr Tony Slatyer, First Assistant Secretary, Water Division, Department of the Environment, Committee Hansard, 24 August 2015, pp 7–8.

[27]      Mr Tony Slatyer, First Assistant Secretary, Water Division, Department of the Environment, Committee Hansard, 27 August 2015, p. 17.

[28]      Murray-Darling Basin Authority, Joint ministerial statement – Stocktake Report on SDL Adjustment Mechanism released, http://www.mdba.gov.au/media-pubs/lgf-communiques/stocktake-report-on-sdl, (accessed 28 August 2015).

[29]      Department of the Environment, Submission 24 (Supplementary), p. 2.

[30]      Department of the Environment, Submission 24 (Supplementary), p. 2.

[31]      Nature Conservation Council of NSW, Submission 12, p. 1.

[32]      Dr Adam Webster, Member, Conservation Council of South Australia, Committee Hansard, 27 August 2015, p. 2.

[33]      EDOs of Australia, Submission 22, p. 5.

[34]      EDOs of Australia, Submission 22, p. 6.

[35]      Goulburn Valley Environment Group, Submission 6, p. 1.

[36]      Gippsland Environmental Group, Submission 14, p. 1.

[37]      Alexandrina Council, Submission 19, p. 2.

[38]      Cotton Australia, Submission 3, pp 1–2.

[39]      Murray Irrigation, Submission 15, p. 4.

[40]      Murray Irrigation, Submission 15, p. 7.

[41]      Australian Dairy Industry Council, Submission 20, p. 6.

[42]      National Irrigators' Council, Submission 25, p. 5.

[43]      Victorian Farmers Federation, Submission 16, p. 4.

[44]      Mr Tony Slatyer, First Assistant Secretary, Water Division, Department of the Environment, Committee Hansard, 24 August 2015, p. 3.

[45]      Mr Tony Slatyer, First Assistant Secretary, Water Division, Department of the Environment, Committee Hansard, 24 August 2015, p. 5.

[46]      Department of the Environment, Submission 24 (Supplementary), p. 3.

[47]      Mr Tony Slatyer, First Assistant Secretary, Water Division, Department of the Environment, Committee Hansard, 24 August 2015, p.2.

[48]      Mr David Parker, Deputy Secretary, Water Division, Department of the Environment, Committee Hansard, 24 August 2015, p. 5.

[49]      New South Wales Irrigators' Council, Submission 10, p. 5; see also Riverina and Murray Organisation of Councils, Submission 30, p. 2.

[50]      Murray Darling Association, Submission 28, p. 2.

[51]      Department of the Environment, Submission 24 (Supplementary), p 4.

[52]      Department of the Environment, Submission 24 (Supplementary), pp 4–5.

[53]      See also Australian Conservation Foundation, Environment Victoria, Environmental Justice Australia, Submission 2, p. 3; Inland Rivers Network, Submission 7, p. 3; Gippsland Environmental Group, Submission 14, p. 2.

[54]      EDOs of Australia, Submission 22, p. 4.

[55]      EDOs of Australia, Submission 22, p. 4.

[56]      Department of the Environment, Submission 24 (Supplementary), p. 5; see also Ms Mary Colreavy, Assistant Secretary, Water Acquisition and Markets Branch, Department of the Environment, Committee Hansard, 24 August 2015, p. 4.

[57]      Department of the Environment, Submission 24 (Supplementary), p. 5.

[58]      EDOs of Australia, Submission 22, p. 3; see also Inland Rivers Network, Submission 7, p. 2; River Lakes and Coorong Action Group Inc, Submission 23, p. 2.

[59]      Murray Lower Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations, Submission 17, p. 4.

[60]      Mr Tony Slatyer, First Assistant Secretary, Water Division, Department of the Environment, Committee Hansard, 24 August 2015, p. 4.

[61]      Department of the Environment, Submission 24, p. 6.

[62]      Department of the Environment, Submission 24, p. 6.

[63]      Department of the Environment, Submission 24, p. 6.

[64]      Department of the Environment, Submission 24 (Supplementary), p. 7.

[65]      Department of the Environment, Submission 24, p. 7.

[66]      Mr Ian Thompson, First Assistant Secretary, Sustainable Agriculture and Fisheries Division, Department of Agriculture, Committee Hansard, 24 August 2015, p. 27.

[67]      Dr Christine Kershaw, Manager, Natural Resources Management, National Farmers' Federation, Committee Hansard, 24 August 2015, p. 32.

[68]      Riverina and Murray Regional Organisation of Councils, Submission 30, p. 2.

[69]      Cotton Australia, Submission 3, p. 2.

[70]      Mr Gavin McMahon, Chair, National Irrigators' Council, Committee Hansard, 24 August 2015, p. 10.

[71]      National Irrigators' Council, Submission 25, p. 7. See also, Cotton Australia, Submission 3, p. 2; Australian Dairy Industry Council, Submission 20, p. 6.

[72]      Department of the Environment, Submission 24 (Supplementary), p. 6

[73]      National Irrigators' Council, Submission 25, p. 5. See also Cotton Australia, Submission 3, p. 2.

[74]      Ms Stefanie Schulte, Policy Manager, New South Wales Irrigators' Council, Committee Hansard, 24 August 2015, p. 11.

[75]      Australian Dairy Industry Council, Submission 20, p. 9.

[76]      Department of the Environment, Submission 24 (Supplementary), p. 6.

[77]      Victorian Farmers Federation, Submission 16, p. 7.

[78]      Australian Conservation Foundation, Environment Victoria and Environmental Justice Australia, Submission 2, p. 3; see also, Victorian Farmers Federation, Submission 16, p. 7.

[79]      Department of the Environment, Submission 24 (Supplementary), p. 6.

[80]      Department of the Environment, Submission 24 (Supplementary), pp 6–7.

[81]      Murray Lower Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations, Submission 17, p. 5.

[82]      Mr Darren Perry, Chair, Murray Lower Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations, Committee Hansard, 24 August 2015, p. 30.

[83]      Dr Rhondda Dickson, Chief Executive, Murray-Darling Basin Authority, Committee Hansard, 24 August 2015, p. 40; see also Mr Tony Slayer, First Assistant Secretary, Water Division, Department of the Environment, Committee Hansard, 24 August 2015, p. 5.

[84]      Mr Alan Dreverman, Executive Director, River Management, Murray-Darling Basin Authority, Committee Hansard, 24 August 2015, p. 41.