Rural water resource usage
12 August 2004
© Commonwealth of Australia 2004
ISBN 0 642 71437 1
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| Membership of the committee |
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| Recommendations |
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| CHAPTER 1 |
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Introduction.
Conduct of the inquiry.
Summary background.
Structure of the report
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| CHAPTER 2 |
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Water Policy in Australia.
COAGs Water Reform Framework, 1994.
The Murray-Darling Basin Agreement and the cap.
Related initiatives during the 1990s.
The Living Murray Initiative and the First Step water recovery project
The National Water Initiative, 2003
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| CHAPTER 3 |
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Issues to do with water access entitlements.
Whether secure title will impede environmental management needs.
Concerns about giving public property to farmers.
Conditions under which entitlements may be cancelled.
Effects of separate water title on land values and council rates.
Effects of review of water plans
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| CHAPTER 4 |
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Issues to do with water trading.
Who should be allowed to buy water?.
Need for structural adjustment assistance.
Problem of stranded assets.
Unintended effects of trade: activating sleepers.
Need for nationally consistent regulation of trade
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| CHAPTER 5 |
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Other issues.
Encouraging more efficient water use.
Recovering overallocated water.
Allowing for water interception by landuse changes.
Example of overallocation: the Lower Balonne.
Example of groundwater management problems: the Latrobe aquifer.
Coordination of research on water
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| DISSENTING REPORT by Senator McGauran |
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| APPENDIX 1 |
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| List of Submissions |
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| APPENDIX 2 |
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| Witnesses at Public Hearings |
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| APPENDIX 3 |
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Documents Tabled at Public Hearings. |
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| APPENDIX 4 |
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| Additional Information |
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| APPENDIX 5 |
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Sources and statistics on water use.
Sources.
National Land and Water Resources Audit (NLWRA).
Australian Water Data Infrastructure Project
Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Statistical overview.
Water Availability.
Water Use.
Uses of water.
Financial return.
International comparisons
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