Murray-Darling Basin Plan: Implementation review 2023

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Submissions received for the Murray-Darling Basin Plan: Implementation Review 2023 inquiry.

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Submissions received before the release of the interim report are listed here.
No.	Name	Pages	Received
1	Stephen Henty (PDF - 56.5 KB)	1	23/05/2023
	Stephen Henty (Word - 13.2 KB)
2	Speak Up (PDF - 192.4 KB)	5	12/06/2023
3	Ben Blackburn Racing (PDF - 271.2 KB)	5	30/05/2023
4	Tuesday Browell (PDF - 109.6 KB)	5	15/06/2023
	Tuesday Browell (Word - 23.7 KB)
5	Ted Hatty (PDF - 26.5 KB)	1	09/06/2023
6	Central Murray Environmental Floodplains Group (PDF - 81.6 KB)	1	07/06/2023
7	Northern Victorian Irrigators (NVIC) (PDF - 167.0 KB)	2	07/06/2023
8	Friends of the Merbein Common (PDF - 110.1 KB)	1	24/06/2023
	Friends of the Merbein Common (Word - 25.0 KB)
9	Lower Murray Water (LMW) Strategic Advisory Committee (SAC) (PDF - 158.0 KB)	4	26/06/2023
10	Ron McWhae (PDF - 108.7 KB)	2	27/06/2023
	Ron McWhae (Word - 15.0 KB)
11	Val McWhae (PDF - 80.4 KB)	3	27/06/2023
	Val McWhae (Word - 17.5 KB)
12	Barry Croke (PDF - 217.5 KB)	12	11/07/2023
	Barry Croke (Word - 45.9 KB)
13	Australian River Restoration Centre (ARRC) (PDF - 107.2 KB)	3	11/07/2023
14	Fleur Thompson (PDF - 77.6 KB)	1	12/07/2023
	Fleur Thompson (Word - 15.6 KB)
15	River Lakes and Coorong Action Group (PDF - 203.8 KB)	7	20/07/2023
	River Lakes and Coorong Action Group (Word - 241.3 KB)
16	NSW South-West Water Users Association (SWWU) (PDF - 143.3 KB)	4	21/07/2023
17	Bureau of Meteorology (PDF - 938.2 KB)	16	24/07/2023
18	Griffith City Council (PDF - 153.2 KB)	3	25/07/2023
19	Mervyn John Gordon (PDF - 526.8 KB)	3	26/07/2023
20	Jeremy Cass (PDF - 148.8 KB)	2	26/07/2023
21	Coleambally Irrigation Cooperative (PDF - 243.0 KB)	10	27/07/2023
22	Murray River Group of Councils (MRGC) (PDF - 527.3 KB)	13	27/07/2023
23	Newly formed Gingham Lower Gwydir landholders (PDF - 248.9 KB)	9	23/07/2023
	Newly formed Gingham Lower Gwydir landholders (Word - 40.0 KB)
24	Renmark Irrigation Trust (PDF - 315.4 KB)	8	28/07/2023
25	Moira Shire Council (PDF - 265.1 KB)	4	28/07/2023
26	Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) (PDF - 298.1 KB)	14	28/07/2023
27	Murray Regional Strategy Group (MRSG) (PDF - 185.6 KB)	5	30/07/2023
	Attachment: Why should food producers pay the price for departmental failings? (PDF - 616.7 KB)	8	29/09/2023
28	Goulburn Valley Environment Group (GVEG) (PDF - 128.5 KB)	2	31/07/2023
	Goulburn Valley Environment Group (GVEG) (Word - 42.8 KB)
29	Robert Campbell (PDF - 40.0 KB)	2	31/07/2023
30	Summerfruit SA (PDF - 65.4 KB)	2	31/07/2023
	Summerfruit SA (Word - 17.6 KB)
31	Central NSW Joint Organisation (CNSWJO) (PDF - 479.1 KB)	11	31/07/2023
32	Jason Modica (PDF - 162.2 KB)	8	31/07/2023
	Jason Modica (Word - 27.8 KB)
33	Central Irrigation Trust (CIT) (PDF - 168.1 KB)	3	31/07/2023
34	Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF) (PDF - 419.9 KB)	11	31/07/2023
35	Institute for Water Futures and Institute for Climate, Energy and Disaster Solutions Australian National University (PDF - 565.2 KB)	10	31/07/2023
36	NRM Regions Australia (PDF - 692.9 KB)	3	31/07/2023
37	Healthy Rivers Lower Murray (PDF - 205.7 KB)	4	27/07/2023
38	Jan Beer (PDF - 622.1 KB)	23	30/07/2023
39	Anne Jensen (PDF - 391.1 KB)	7	27/07/2023
40	Trangie Local Aboriginal Land Council (PDF - 123.6 KB)	2	28/07/2023
	Trangie Local Aboriginal Land Council (Word - 18.0 KB)
41	National Parks Association of NSW (NPA) (PDF - 268.2 KB)	8	30/07/2023
42	Pastoralists Association of West Darling (PAWD) (PDF - 281.1 KB)	8	30/07/2023
	Pastoralists Association of West Darling (PAWD) (Word - 113.5 KB)
43	NSW Government (PDF - 664.3 KB)	21	31/07/2023
	Attachment: Information request (PDF - 350.8 KB)	24	03/08/2023
44	Fruit Growers Victoria (FGV) (PDF - 319.5 KB)	5	31/07/2023
45	Barrie MacMillan (PDF - 185.2 KB)	2	31/07/2023
46	National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) (PDF - 650.7 KB)	23	31/07/2023
	Attachment: Submission (PDF - 6.0 MB)	96	31/07/2023
47	Commissioner for Murray River (SA) (PDF - 241.3 KB)	15	31/07/2023
	Commissioner for Murray River (SA) (Word - 54.2 KB)
48	Murraylands and Riverland Landscape Board (PDF - 379.1 KB)	5	31/07/2023
49	Campaspe Shire (PDF - 199.1 KB)	4	31/07/2023
50	Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales (NCC) (PDF - 436.9 KB)	12	31/07/2023
51	Cobram Estate Olives (PDF - 1.1 MB)	13	31/07/2023
52	Lifeblood Alliance (PDF - 307.1 KB)	14	31/07/2023
	Lifeblood Alliance (Word - 71.9 KB)
53	Robert Watson (PDF - 63.6 KB)	1	31/07/2023
	Robert Watson (Word - 19.2 KB)
54	Lachlan Valley Water (PDF - 440.6 KB)	9	31/07/2023
55	Russell Crichton (PDF - 298.8 KB)	10	27/07/2023
	Russell Crichton (Word - 69.5 KB)
56	Kate Chipperfield (PDF - 954.8 KB)	4	31/07/2023
	Attachment: Letter from Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (PDF - 94.4 KB)	1	31/07/2023
57	Central Murray Environmental Floodplains Group (PDF - 6.2 MB)	153	24/07/2023
58	Riverina and Murray Joint Organisation (RAMJO) (PDF - 1.6 MB)	36	30/07/2023
59	Dr Melinda Hinkson (PDF - 163.9 KB)	12	30/07/2023
60	Ricegrowers’ Association of Australia (RGA) (PDF - 260.7 KB)	6	31/07/2023
	Attachment A: RGA Commentary on the Recommendations from tthe PC's last review (PDF - 221.3 KB)	3	31/07/2023
	Attachment B: RGA's Project List (PDF - 325.1 KB)	7	31/07/2023
61	Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) (PDF - 741.7 KB)	52	31/07/2023
	Attachment: Information request (PDF - 626.0 KB)	37	10/08/2023
62	National Irrigators’ Council (NIC) (PDF - 403.8 KB)	30	31/07/2023
63	Jodie Hay (PDF - 154.5 KB)	9	31/07/2023
	Jodie Hay (Word - 25.1 KB)
64	Australian Dairy Industry Council (ADIC) (PDF - 644.8 KB)	13	31/07/2023
65	Murray Irrigation Limited (MIL) (PDF - 1.2 MB)	40	31/07/2023
	Attachment: Ideas to deliver the Murray-Darling Basin Plan (PDF - 1.2 MB)	17	31/07/2023
66	Dugald and Justine Bucknell (PDF - 33.2 KB)	4	31/07/2023
67	Victorian Automotive Chamber of Commerce (VACC) (PDF - 262.0 KB)	2	28/07/2023
	Victorian Automotive Chamber of Commerce (VACC) (Word - 471.8 KB)
68	Cotton Australia Ltd (PDF - 256.9 KB)	19	28/07/2023
69	Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder (CEWH) (PDF - 777.8 KB)	35	31/07/2023
70	Balonne Shire Council (PDF - 299.0 KB)	7	07/08/2023
71	Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) (PDF - 200.4 KB)	5	31/07/2023
72	Leeton Shire Council (PDF - 194.1 KB)	4	31/07/2023
73	Murrumbidgee Irrigation (MI) (PDF - 167.2 KB)	4	31/07/2023
74	Victorian Government (PDF - 2.3 MB)	33	04/08/2023
	Attachment: Information request (PDF - 1.3 MB)	37	04/08/2023
75	Inspector-General of Water Compliance (PDF - 1.2 MB)	25	07/08/2023
76	NSW Farmers Association (PDF - 338.4 KB)	13	07/08/2023
	Attachment: Contribution to 'Delivering the Murray-Darling Basin Plan' consultation (PDF - 178.9 KB)	5	07/08/2023
77	Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (PDF - 594.6 KB)	31	09/08/2023
	Attachment 1: Information request (PDF - 493.9 KB)	35	24/08/2023
	Attachment 2: Commonwealth water recovery and expenditure in the Murray-Darling Basin (PDF - 179.0 KB)	1	24/08/2023
78	Latji Latji Mumthelang First Peoples (PDF - 122.1 KB)	2	24/07/2023
	Latji Latji Mumthelang First Peoples (Word - 28.0 KB)
79	Bourke Shire Council (PDF - 191.7 KB)	3	09/08/2023
80	Committee for Greater Shepparton (C4GS) (PDF - 535.6 KB)	15	01/08/2023
81	Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists (PDF - 346.6 KB)	9	03/08/2023
82	Inland Rivers Network (IRN) (PDF - 190.7 KB)	8	31/07/2023
83	Upper Murrumbidgee Demonstration Reach (UMDR) (PDF - 160.2 KB)	4	04/08/2023
84	Upper Murrumbidgee Catchment Network (UMCN) (PDF - 226.5 KB)	4	04/08/2023
85	ACT Government Environment Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate (EPSDD) (PDF - 317.9 KB)	10	11/08/2023
	Attachment: Information request (PDF - 301.7 KB)	13	11/08/2023
86	Dharriwaa Elders Group (PDF - 766.4 KB)	12	11/08/2023
87	Temba Orchards (PDF - 160.5 KB)	4	11/08/2023
	Temba Orchards (Word - 55.1 KB)
88	Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) (PDF - 109.4 KB)	2	11/08/2023
	Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) (Word - 34.5 KB)
89	Gwydir Valley Irrigators Association (GVIA) (PDF - 357.7 KB)	17	15/08/2023
90	Slattery and Johnson (PDF - 395.9 KB)	24	15/08/2023
91	Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) (PDF - 575.4 KB)	32	11/08/2023
	Attachment 1: Submission to DCCEEW (PDF - 392.1 KB)	11	11/08/2023
	Attachment 2: Submission to Inquiry into management and use of Commonwealth environmental water (PDF - 222.3 KB)	11	11/08/2023
	Attachment 3: Submission to 2018 MDBP review (PDF - 250.9 KB)	13	11/08/2023
	Attachment 4: NSW EDO submission in relation to Barwon-Darling Watercourse Water Resources Plan (PDF - 680.4 KB)	33	11/08/2023
92	Murray Lower Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations (MLDRIN) (PDF - 475.2 KB)	27	14/08/2023
93	Macquarie Marshes Environmental Landholders Association (MMELA) (PDF - 213.3 KB)	2	10/08/2023
	Macquarie Marshes Environmental Landholders Association (MMELA) (Word - 367.4 KB)
94	Namoi Water (PDF - 222.0 KB)	16	11/08/2023
95	Murray Valley Private Diverters (MVPD) (PDF - 616.6 KB)	21	11/08/2023
	Murray Valley Private Diverters (MVPD) (Word - 2.9 MB)
96	South Australian Murray Irrigators (SAMI) (PDF - 190.3 KB)	16	11/08/2023
97	Southern Riverina Irrigators (SRI) (PDF - 691.9 KB)	13	31/07/2023
	Southern Riverina Irrigators (SRI) (Word - 2.5 MB)
98	Louise Burge (PDF - 997.5 KB)	27	18/08/2023
99	Environment Victoria (PDF - 184.4 KB)	18	14/08/2023
100	Ken Jury (PDF - 425.2 KB)	16	27/08/2023
101	NSW Aboriginal Land Council (NSWALC) (PDF - 454.6 KB)	12	05/09/2023
102	SmartRivers (PDF - 291.7 KB)	10	06/10/2023
103	NSW Irrigators Council (NSWIC) (PDF - 3.3 MB)	68	28/07/2023

Submissions received after the release of the interim report are listed here.
No.	Name	Pages	Received
104	Professor Sarah Wheeler; Professor Quentin Grafton; Professor Jeff Connor and Professor John Quiggin (PDF - 322.2 KB)	1	16/11/2023
105	Ricegrowers' Association of Australia (RGA) (PDF - 370.3 KB)	6	17/11/2023
106	Healthy Rivers Lower Murray (PDF - 248.7 KB)	4	20/11/2023
107	Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) (PDF - 155.9 KB)	4	17/11/2023
108	Jan Beer (PDF - 324.1 KB)	3	19/11/2023
	Jan Beer (Word - 32.7 KB)
109	Inland Rivers Network (IRN) (PDF - 136.6 KB)	6	20/11/2023
110	NSW Irrigators’ Council (NSWIC) (PDF - 395.9 KB)	20	20/11/2023
111	NSW Government (PDF - 168.7 KB)	13	20/11/2023
	Attachment: NSW Government submission on the Water Amendment (Restoring Our Rivers) Bill 2023 (PDF - 182.7 KB)	5	20/11/2023
112	Queensland Department of Regional Development, Manufacturing and Water (DRDMW) (PDF - 223.6 KB)	11	17/11/2023
113	CSIRO (PDF - 186.3 KB)	8	17/11/2023
114	Bob Newman (PDF - 217.6 KB)	3	20/11/2023
	Bob Newman (Word - 32.7 KB)
115	Campaspe Shire Council \| Victoria (PDF - 622.9 KB)	9	20/11/2023
116	Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder (CEWH) (PDF - 878.2 KB)	7	20/11/2023
117	Australian Dairy Industry Council (ADIC) (PDF - 336.0 KB)	6	20/11/2023
118	Murray Irrigation Limited (MIL) (PDF - 1020.2 KB)	7	20/11/2023
119	Lifeblood Alliance (PDF - 231.8 KB)	12	19/11/2023
	Lifeblood Alliance (Word - 77.1 KB)
120	Central Murray Environmental Floodplains Group (PDF - 188.0 KB)	5	20/11/2023
	Central Murray Environmental Floodplains Group (Word - 31.0 KB)
121	National Parks Association of NSW (NPA) (PDF - 189.4 KB)	5	20/11/2023
122	Central Irrigation Trust (CIT) (PDF - 149.0 KB)	2	20/11/2023
123	NSW Farmers’ Association (PDF - 300.1 KB)	16	20/11/2023
124	Regional Australia Institute (RAI) (PDF - 263.1 KB)	5	20/11/2023
125	Barrie MacMillan (PDF - 238.9 KB)	4	21/11/2023
126	Murray–Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) (PDF - 369.2 KB)	12	21/11/2023
127	Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) (PDF - 512.8 KB)	21	20/11/2023
128	Murrumbidgee Irrigation (MI) (PDF - 514.7 KB)	1	20/11/2023
129	Lower Murray Water (LMW) (PDF - 524.0 KB)	2	21/11/2023
130	National Irrigators’ Council (NIC) (PDF - 665.9 KB)	30	22/11/2023
131	Victorian Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (PDF - 184.4 KB)	3	20/11/2023
132	Murraylands and Riverland Landscape Board (PDF - 212.1 KB)	5	20/11/2023
133	Inspector-General of Water Compliance (PDF - 348.8 KB)	7	21/11/2023
134	National Farmers' Federation (NFF) (PDF - 12.6 MB)	95	23/11/2023
135	Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) (PDF - 177.6 KB)	2	23/11/2023
136	Department for Environment and Water \| Government of South Australia (PDF - 186.9 KB)	3	23/11/2023
137	Watertrust Australia (PDF - 53.3 KB)	3	20/11/2023
138	Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF) (PDF - 235.0 KB)	7	24/11/2023
139	Australian Water Brokers Association (AWBA) (PDF - 65.3 KB)	1	27/11/2023
	Australian Water Brokers Association (AWBA) (Word - 28.1 KB)
140	Upper Murrumbidgee Catchment Network (UMCN) (PDF - 180.5 KB)	3	27/11/2023
	Attachment: Submission continued (PDF - 223.9 KB)	4	27/11/2023
141	Aron Gingis (PDF - 11.8 KB)	1	27/11/2023
	Aron Gingis (Word - 38.9 KB)
142	Australian River Restoration Centre (ARRC) (PDF - 153.2 KB)	3	27/11/2023
	Attachment: Submission continued (PDF - 107.2 KB)	3	27/11/2023
143	Upper Murrumbidgee Demonstration Reach (UMDR) (PDF - 139.4 KB)	2	27/11/2023
144	NSW Aboriginal Land Council (NSWALC) (PDF - 303.1 KB)	4	24/11/2023
145	Ken Jury (PDF - 458.1 KB)	2	27/11/2023

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Murray-Darling Basin Plan: Implementation review 2023

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