Footnotes

Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]        MDBC website, http://www.mdbc.gov.au/about/the_mdbc_agreement, accessed 14 November 2008.

[2]        MDBC website http://www.mdbc.gov.au/about/murraydarling_basin_commission, accessed 14 November 2008.

[3]        National Plan http://www.nalwt.gov.au/files/national_plan_for_water_security.pdf, p. 13.

[4]        Murray Darling Basin Reform, Memorandum of Understanding, http://www.coag.gov.au/coag_meeting_outcomes/2008-03-26/docs/attachment_a.pdf, p. 1.

[5]        Explanatory Memorandum, p.2.

[6]        Water Amendment Bill 2008, Paragraph 86A(1)(a) & paragraph 86A(1)(b).

[7]        Water Amendment Bill 2008, Paragraph 86A(2).

 

Chapter 2 - Issues raised during the inquiry

[1]        Mr Andrew Gregson, NSW Irrigators Council, Committee Hansard, 12 November 2008, p.32.

[2]        Dr Arlene Buchan, Australian Conservation Foundation, Committee Hansard, 13 November 2008, p. 11.

[3]        Dr Buchan, ACF, Committee Hansard, 13 November 2008, p. 11.

[4]        Dr James Horne, Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Committee Hansard, 13 November 2008, p.26.

[5]        Dr Horne, DEWHA, Committee Hansard, 13 November 2008, p.26.

[6]        Mr Gregson, NSW Irrigators Council, Committee Hansard, 12 November 2008, p. 33.

[7]        Prof Mike Young, Committee Hansard, 12 November 2008, p. 3.

[8]        Dr Tony McLeod, MBDA, Committee Hansard, 12 November 2008, p.31.

[9]        Dr Horne, DEWHA, Committee Hansard, 13 November 2008, pp. 26,27.

[10]      A decision by the Ministerial Council will be reflected in regulations that amend the copy of the Murray-Darling Basin Agreement set out in proposed Schedule 1 to the Water Act 2007 (as amended by the Water Amendment Bill 2008), and the amendment to the Agreement will take effect when those regulations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments (see clause 5(3) of the Agreement, also reflected in section 18C of the Bill).

[11]      See clause 13 of the Agreement.

[12]      Ms Jenni Mattila, Bondi Group, Committee Hansard, 13 November 2008, p. 3.

[13]      Ms Mattila, Bondi Group, Committee Hansard, 13 November 2008, p.3.

[14]      Intergovernmental Agreement On A National Water Initiative, http://www.nwc.gov.au/resources/documents/Intergovernmental-Agreement-on-a-national-water-initiative.pdf, pp. 8, 9.

[15]      Ibid.

[16]      NSW Irrigators Council, Submission No. 7, p. 4.

[17]      Mr Gregson, NSW Irrigators Council, Committee Hansard, 12 November 2008, p.33.

[18]      Dr Horne, DEWHA, Committee Hansard, 13 November 2008, p. 26.

[19]      Prof. Young, Tabled Document, 12 November 2008.

[20]      Murray Lower Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations (MLDRIN), Submission No 6, p. 6.

[21]      MLDRIN, Submission No 6, p. 8.

 

Coalition Senators Additional Comments

[1]       Committee Hansard, 13 November 2008, p. 32.

[2]       Ms Jenni Mattila, Committee Hansard, 13 November 2008, p. 3

[3]       Mr Robert Freeman, Murray-Darling Basin Authority, Committee Hansard, 12 November 2008, pp. 25 and 31.

[4]       Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, answer to question on notice, 18 November 2008

[5]       Dr Arlene Buchan, Australian Conservation Foundation, Committee Hansard, 13 November 2008, p. 12.

[6]       Committee Hansard, 13 November 2008, p. 36

[7]       Mrs Deborah Kerr, Committee Hansard, 12 November 2008, p. 10

[8]       Dr Arlene Buchan, Committee Hansard, 13 November 2008, p. 11

[9]       Submission 7, page 3

[10]      Submission 7, p. 3.

 

Minority Report - Australian Greens & Senator Nick Xenophon

[1]       ACF & IRN, Wetlands for our Future report, 2008.

[2]       Professor Peter Cullen, ECITA inquiry into the Water Bill 2007, Hansard.

[3]       RRAT, Water Policy Initiatives Inquiry, https://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/rrat_ctte/completed_inquiries/2004-07/rural_water/index.htm

[4]       Murray Darling Basin Authority, Answers to questions on notice from Senator Siewert.

[5]       RRAT Hansard, Wednesday 12 November 2008, Canberra, page 30.

[6]       Victorian Auditor-General, Planning for Water Infrastructure in Victoria, 9 April 2008

http://www.audit.vic.gov.au/reports__publications/reports_by_year/2008/20080409_water_infrastructure.aspx

[7]       Murray Darling Basin Authority, Answers to questions on notice from Senator Siewert, page 2 item (i)

[8]       Bondi Group, RRAT Committee Hansard, Thursday 13th November 2008, pages 8-9.

[9]       Submission 5, ACF. Land and water reform in the Murray Darling Basin, pages 4-5.

[10]      Dr Arlene Buchan, ACF, RRAT Committee Hansard, Thursday 13th November 2008, pages 17-18.

[11]      Ben Farghar, NFF, RRAT Committee Hansard, Wednesday 12th November 2008, page 12.

[12]      Prof. Mike Young, RRAT Hansard, Wednesday 12 November 2008, Canberra, page 5.

[13]      Ms Deborah Kerr, NFF, RRAT Hansard, Wednesday 12 November 2008, Canberra, page 12.

[14]      Dr Arlene Buchan, ACF, RRAT Hansard, Thursday 13th November 2008, page 10.

[15]      Dr Don Blackmore, RRAT Hansard, MDB and Coorong and Lower Lakes inquiry, Tuesday 9th September, Canberra, Pages 92-3.

[16]      Dr Don Blackmore, RRAT Hansard, MDB and Coorong and Lower Lakes inquiry, Tuesday 9th September, Canberra, Pages 94.