Inquiry into Additional Water Supplies for South East Queensland -
Traveston Crossing Dam
Information about the Inquiry
On 26 February 2007, the Senate referred the following matter to the
Rural and Regional Services and Transport Committee for inquiry:
the examination of all reasonable options, including increased dam
capacity, for additional water supplies for South East Queensland,
including:
(a) the merits of all options, including the Queensland
Government's proposed Traveston Crossing Dam as well as raising the
Borumba Dam: and
(b) the social, environmental, economic and engineering impacts
of the various proposals
Written submissions are invited and should be addressed to:
The Secretary
Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
The Committee prefers to receive submissions electronically as
an attached document - email: rrat.sen@aph.gov.au
The closing date for receipt of submissions is 4 April 2007.
The Inquiry into Water Supplies for South East Queensland has
been readvertised
The Committee is inquiring into options for
additional water supplies for South East Queensland. The Committee will
consider the merits of all supply options including those relating to the
Clarence River outlined in the recent report commissioned by the National
Water Commission - Integrated Water Supply Options for North East New
South Wales and South East Queensland.
The Committee invites written submissions by 8 June
2007 but requests if at all possible, submissions be lodged by 1 June 2007
as the Committee is holding a public hearing in Canberra on 4 June 2007.
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.
Following consideration of submissions, the Committee will
hold public hearings. The Committee will consider all submissions and may
invite individuals and organisations to give evidence at the public
hearings.
Inquiries from hearing and speech impaired people should be directed to the Parliament House TTY number (02) 6277 7799. Adobe also provides tools for the blind and visually impaired to access PDF documents. These tools are available at: http://access.adobe.com/. If you require any special arrangements in order to enable you to participate in a committee inquiry, please contact the committee secretary.
For further information, contact:
Committee Secretary
Senate Standing Committees on Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia
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