Co-ordinating Catchment Management - Inquiry into catchment management 
      
      
Report 
      The committee tabled its report Co-ordinating Catchment Management 
        - Inquiry into catchment management  in February 2001. A copy of the 
        full report (PDF 954KB) or individual 
        chapters  and other sections of the report are available in pdf and 
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 Recommendations (Word format 40KB) 
        
        
        List of submissions
        
       Transcripts 
        of public hearings
20/09/99 Canberra
 
13/10/99 Canberra
 
27/10/99 Liverpool
 
16/11/99 Brisbane
 
22/11/99 Canberra
 
09/02/00 Adelaide
 
16/02/00 Canberra
 
28/03/00 
Perth
 
05/04/00 Canberra
 
02/05/00 Melbourne
        
         Media releases
      
      Government Response: 4 December 2003 (PDF 8078KB)
      
 
      
 
      
  Table 
        of contents of report:  Co-ordinating Catchment Management - Inquiry 
        into catchment management 
          
       
        Foreword	.............. vii      (PDF 
        47KB) or  (Word format) 
      Membership of the Committee	.............. ix      
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        (Word format) 
      Terms of Reference	.............. xi      (PDF 
        47KB) or  (Word format) 
         
      List of abbreviations	.............. xiii      
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      Recommendations	.............. xv     (PDF 
        47KB) or (Word format) 
      REPORT
      1	Introduction	............1       
        (PDF 23KB) or  (Word format) 
      
 
        Inquiry background	..............4
        
The structure of the report	.............. 5
      
      2	 Catchment management in context	.............. 7      
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        Environmental degradation in Australia	..............10
        Types of environmental degradation in Australia	..............12 
        
        Development of catchment management in Australia	............... 
          24
        What is a catchment?	...............25
        Catchment management	.............. 25
        Catchment management by jurisdiction	.............. 26
        Support for catchment management in Australia	 .............. 37
      
      3	 Improved Administration	.............. 45      
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        Introduction	............... 45
        The current arrangements	 .............. 47
        Recent Proposals: The National Action Plan	 ..............50
        Weakness of the current arrangements	 ..............53
        Constitutionally uncertain: The constitutional powers and options 
          for the Commonwealth	 ..............53
        Vulnerable to political considerations	 ..............54
        A lack of a comprehensive understanding of the problems	..............56
        Property rights issues	..............60
        Poor access to information and skills	..............61
        Cost shifting	..............65
        Reactive, not pro-active	..............66
        No co-ordinated national approach	..............67
        Un-supportive administrative arrangements	..............70
        Failure to specify goals, targets and outcomes	..............74
        Proposals for more effective administration	..............79
        Overview	..............79
        National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality in Australia	..............82
        Proposals	..............84
        At A National Level	..............86
        Role of the Commonwealth	..............86
        A National Catchment Management Authority	..............91
        Comprehensive National Catchment Management Legislation	..............95
        National catchment management principles	..............97
        National targets for the ecologically sustainable use of Australia's 
          catchment systems	..............9
        Addressing the property rights question	..............103
        Environment auditor and national environment audits	..............105
        Leading through education	..............109
        The role of the States and Territories	..............111
        Implementing solutions in the local area	..............112
        Accredited Management Plans	..............116
        Local and Regional Government	..............116
        Partner organisations	..............118
        Access to information, expertise and skills	..............119
      
      4	 Funding and Resources	..............123      
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        Introduction	..............123
        Approaches to funding	..............124
        Levels of funding	..............125
        Sources of Funds	..............29
        The Public Sector	..............132
        The Private Sector	 .............. 140
      
      APPENDICES
       
        Appendix A - List of Submissions	..............145      
           (PDF 15KB)  or  
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        Appendix B - List of Exhibits	..............151      
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        Appendix C - List of Public Hearings and Witnesses	..............153 
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        Appendix D - Inspections and discussions	..............159      
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        Appendix E - Australia's Drainage Divisions and Surface
          Water Management Areas	..............163      
           (PDF 470KB)  or  
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        Appendix F  The US approach to Biodiversity Maintenance  The Conservation 
          Reserve Program	..............173       
          (PDF 22KB) or  (Word format) 
        Appendix G  Indicators of progress	..............179      
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        Appendix H  Tax measures and policy instruments used to promote biodiversity 
          conservation on private land	..............83   (PDF 
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