A Balancing Act: provisions of the Water Act 2007

10 June 2011

© Commonwealth of Australia 2011
ISBN 978-1-74229-455-1

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MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE	(PDF 10KB)
ABBREVIATIONS	(PDF 7KB)
RECOMMENDATIONS	(PDF 21KB)
CHAPTER 1 - Introduction	(PDF 17KB)
Scope of this report Conduct of the inquiry Acknowledgement Note on references
CHAPTER 2 - Background to the inquiry	(PDF 187KB)
Murray-Darling Basin Historical regulation of the Murray-Darling Basin Other Commonwealth laws Provisions of the Water Act 2007 Recent events
CHAPTER 3 - Key issues	(PDF 139KB)
Introduction Environmental, social and economic factors in Basin Plan Different legal interpretations Constitutional issues and international agreements Amendment of the Water Act Other related matters
CHAPTER 4 - Committee view and recommendations	(PDF 34KB)
Amendment of the Water Act Constitutional validity Legal advice
DISSENTING REPORT BY GOVERNMENT SENATORS	(PDF 33KB)
Constitutional basis of the Water Act Legal advice Possible amendment of the Water Act
DISSENTING REPORT BY THE AUSTRALIAN GREENS	(PDF 12KB)
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS BY SENATOR NICK XENOPHON	(PDF 58KB)
APPENDIX 1 - SUBMISSIONS RECEIVED	(PDF 12KB)
APPENDIX 2 - WITNESSES WHO APPEARED BEFORE THE COMMITTEE	(PDF 7KB)

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Canberra ACT 2600
Australia

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