National Water Reform (2018)

Submissions

Submissions received for the National Water Reform public inquiry.

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Submissions received before the release of the draft report are listed here.
No.	Name	Pages	Received
1	Energy and Water Ombudsman (SA) (EWOSA) (PDF - 3.1 MB)	2	07/04/2017
2	Strategic Environmental Solutions (PDF - 348.8 KB)	13	11/04/2017
	Strategic Environmental Solutions (Word - 62.6 KB)
3	Environment Victoria (PDF - 260.7 KB)	8	18/04/2017
	Environment Victoria (Word - 206.5 KB)
	Attachment: Aquaprint - A community vision for water reform in Victoria (PDF - 5.8 MB)	44	18/04/2017
4	Sarah Moles (PDF - 52.6 KB)	2	18/04/2017
	Attachment 1: Submission continued (PDF - 102.4 KB)	5	18/04/2017
	Attachment 2: Submission continued (PDF - 129.8 KB)	5	18/04/2017
5	Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) (PDF - 114.3 KB)	2	18/04/2017
6	Dr Emma Carmody et al (PDF - 186.4 KB)	10	18/04/2017
	Dr Emma Carmody et al (Word - 83.0 KB)
7	UNSW School of Civil and Environment Engineering (PDF - 274.1 KB)	13	18/04/2017
8	CSIRO (PDF - 202.0 KB)	15	18/04/2017
9	Institute for Land Water and Society Charles Sturt University (PDF - 147.2 KB)	9	18/04/2017
10	Bruce Walker and Robyn Grey-Gardner (PDF - 153.0 KB)	5	18/04/2017
	Bruce Walker and Robyn Grey-Gardner (Word - 42.4 KB)
11	Irrigation Australia Limited (IAL) (PDF - 293.3 KB)	3	18/04/2017
12	Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) (PDF - 336.1 KB)	2	18/04/2017
13	National Irrigators' Council (NIC) (PDF - 1006.9 KB)	29	18/04/2017
14	Madjulla Association (PDF - 822.2 KB)	4	18/04/2017
15	WWF-Australia (PDF - 180.1 KB)	6	18/04/2017
16	Murray Irrigation (PDF - 245.5 KB)	12	18/04/2017
17	Inland Rivers Network (PDF - 167.7 KB)	3	18/04/2017
	Inland Rivers Network (Word - 111.5 KB)
18	IPART (PDF - 835.3 KB)	35	18/04/2017
19	Infrastructure Partnerships Australia (PDF - 308.3 KB)	2	18/04/2017
	Attachment: Doing the important as well as the urgent: Reforming the urban water sector. (PDF - 1.6 MB)	64	18/04/2017
20	Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (PDF - 262.3 KB)	8	18/04/2017
21	Triple BL Legal (PDF - 174.1 KB)	3	18/04/2017
	Attachment 1: Deconstructing Aqua Nullius: Reclaiming Aboriginal water rights and communal identity in Australia (PDF - 149.5 KB)	7	18/04/2017
	Attachment 2: Australian Environment Review 2015. Vol 30 No 6&7 (PDF - 670.9 KB)	52	18/04/2017
22	Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council (PDF - 227.6 KB)	11	18/04/2017
23	University of Melbourne, School of Engineering (PDF - 277.9 KB)	12	18/04/2017
24	NRM Regions Australia (PDF - 720.5 KB)	10	18/04/2017
25	Southern Riverina Irrigators (PDF - 540.3 KB)	8	18/04/2017
26	Dr Katie O'Bryan (PDF - 187.0 KB)	4	18/04/2017
	Dr Katie O'Bryan (Word - 41.9 KB)
27	Soils for Life (PDF - 226.2 KB)	8	18/04/2017
	Soils for Life (Word - 74.4 KB)
28	Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) (PDF - 740.4 KB)	40	18/04/2017
29	Stormwater Australia (PDF - 1.3 MB)	2	18/04/2017
30	Brian Bycroft (PDF - 291.8 KB)	4	03/04/2017
	Brian Bycroft (Word - 165.4 KB)
31	Nature Conservation Council of NSW (NCC) (PDF - 1.2 MB)	4	18/04/2017
32	SunWater Limited (PDF - 1017.5 KB)	1	18/04/2017
33	Lachlan Valley Water Inc (PDF - 130.4 KB)	2	18/04/2017
34	Engineers Australia (PDF - 458.5 KB)	11	18/04/2017
35	Water Services Association of Australia (PDF - 813.2 KB)	26	18/04/2017
	Attachment 1: Appendix A - What is competition in the urban water sector? (PDF - 582.0 KB)	7	18/04/2017
	Attachment 2: NEXT GEN URBAN WATER: The role of urban water in vibrant and prosperous communities (PDF - 4.6 MB)	64	18/04/2017
36	Sydney Water Corporation (PDF - 192.4 KB)	14	18/04/2017
37	Federation of Victorian Traditional Owner Corporation (PDF - 439.6 KB)	22	18/04/2017
38	Sustainable Business Australia (PDF - 77.0 KB)	4	19/04/2017
39	John Pettigrew (PDF - 91.8 KB)	2	19/04/2017
	John Pettigrew (Word - 37.3 KB)
40	Wentworth Group (PDF - 173.9 KB)	6	19/04/2017
	Attachment: Cover letter (PDF - 68.3 KB)	1	19/04/2017
41	qldwater (PDF - 438.6 KB)	18	19/04/2017
	qldwater (Word - 575.1 KB)
42	NSW Irrigators Council (PDF - 328.6 KB)	9	19/04/2017
43	The City of Newcastle (PDF - 78.1 KB)	2	21/04/2017
44	Flow (PDF - 152.7 KB)	12	21/04/2017
45	Queensland Government (PDF - 1.9 MB)	12	21/04/2017
46	Coleambally Irrigation Cooperative Limited (CICL) (PDF - 476.3 KB)	13	21/04/2017
47	VicWater (PDF - 191.6 KB)	8	21/04/2017
48	Alison Walpole (PDF - 2.0 MB)	14	24/04/2017
49	Alistair Watson (PDF - 99.2 KB)	3	24/04/2017
	Alistair Watson (Word - 34.0 KB)
50	Infrastructure Australia (PDF - 433.8 KB)	8	26/04/2017
	Attachment: Australian Infrastructure Plan (Feb 2016) (PDF - 6.6 MB)	204	26/04/2017
51	Monash Sustainable Development Institute (PDF - 360.8 KB)	18	26/04/2017
52	Cairns Regional Council (PDF - 121.5 KB)	4	26/04/2017
53	Ricegrowers' Association of Australia (RGA) (PDF - 647.0 KB)	14	26/04/2017
54	Urban Water Cycle Solutions (PDF - 2.0 MB)	13	21/04/2017
55	National Farmers' Federation (NFF) (PDF - 699.5 KB)	20	27/04/2017
56	Victorian Association of Forest Industries (VAFI) (PDF - 167.6 KB)	7	02/05/2017
57	Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water & Environment (PDF - 71.3 KB)	3	17/07/2017
58	Macquarie River Food and Fibre (MRFF) (PDF - 323.6 KB)	4	05/05/2017
59	ACT Government (PDF - 92.5 KB)	2	05/05/2017
60	Murray Lower Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations (MLDRIN) (PDF - 324.5 KB)	12	05/05/2017
	Murray Lower Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations (MLDRIN) (Word - 121.8 KB)
	Attachment: Ensuring equity in the development and assessment of water resource plans (PDF - 375.5 KB)	23	05/05/2017
	Attachment: Ensuring equity in the development and assessment of water resource plans (Word - 154.5 KB)
61	Queensland Farmers' Federation (QFF) (PDF - 636.4 KB)	12	05/05/2017
62	Northern Australia Environmental Resources Hub (PDF - 78.3 KB)	1	05/05/2017
63	Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder (PDF - 286.0 KB)	6	05/05/2017
64	EDOs of Australia (EDOA) (PDF - 244.6 KB)	4	05/05/2017
65	Business Council of Australia (PDF - 414.2 KB)	7	05/05/2017
66	Australian Water Association (PDF - 1.3 MB)	27	08/05/2017
67	National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) (PDF - 1008.5 KB)	2	08/05/2017
68	Living Utilities (PDF - 352.5 KB)	7	21/04/2017
69	National Environmental Law Association (PDF - 165.6 KB)	5	10/05/2017
70	Central NSW Councils (PDF - 822.3 KB)	39	11/05/2017
	Central NSW Councils (Word - 1.8 MB)
	Attachment 1: Managed Aquifer Recharge: Feasibility study and Business case (PDF - 1.6 MB)	63	11/05/2017
	Attachment 2: Centroc’s response to the Lachlan Water Resource Plan (Surface Water) - Status and Issues Paper. Attachment 3: Centroc’s Submission to the National Health and Medical Research Council’s Australian Drinking Water Guidelines: Draft frame (PDF - 2.8 MB)	33	11/05/2017
	Attachment 4: Paper: Water in Public Hands - Councils Collaborating to Deliver Local Water (PDF - 230.6 KB)	8	11/05/2017
71	Local Government Association of Queensland (PDF - 1.5 MB)	37	12/05/2017
72	Local Government NSW (LGNSW) and the Water Directorate (PDF - 457.6 KB)	27	12/05/2017
73	Department of Agriculture and Water Resources (PDF - 226.5 KB)	8	23/05/2017
	Department of Agriculture and Water Resources (Word - 49.8 KB)
74	Institute for Sustainable Futures (PDF - 152.6 KB)	7	23/05/2017
75	Rainwater Harvesting Association of Australia (PDF - 367.2 KB)	9	18/04/2017
	Rainwater Harvesting Association of Australia (Word - 4.7 MB)
76	Australian Forest Products Association (PDF - 165.4 KB)	6	06/06/2017
77	Jim Galletly (PDF - 103.3 KB)	2	13/06/2017
	Jim Galletly (Word - 21.4 KB)
78	Jim Galletly (PDF - 113.0 KB)	3	13/06/2017
	Jim Galletly (Word - 23.1 KB)
	Attachment: An Introduction to the Water Laws of Israel (PDF - 199.3 KB)	12	13/06/2017
	Attachment: An Introduction to the Water Laws of Israel (Word - 42.9 KB)
79	Jim Galletly (PDF - 79.7 KB)	2	13/06/2017
	Jim Galletly (Word - 21.1 KB)
	Attachment 1: Replenishing alluvial groundwater in the Lockyer Valley (PDF - 134.7 KB)	6	13/06/2017
	Attachment 1: Replenishing alluvial groundwater in the Lockyer Valley (Word - 51.3 KB)
	Attachment 2: Causes and effects of fluctuating groundwater levels (PDF - 115.7 KB)	4	13/06/2017
	Attachment 2: Causes and effects of fluctuating groundwater levels (Word - 24.5 KB)
80	Western Australia Government (PDF - 270.6 KB)	15	21/06/2017
	Western Australia Government (Word - 99.4 KB)
81	Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) (PDF - 1.3 MB)	9	25/07/2017
82	Alison Joseph (PDF - 841.5 KB)	5	24/07/2017
	Alison Joseph (Word - 1.5 MB)
	Attachment 1: Melbourne Water's ways (or how Victoria avoided water price regulation and no one noticed) (PDF - 2.0 MB)	25	24/07/2017
	Attachment 2: Melbourne Water Drainage and Waterways Boundary map (PDF - 2.4 MB)	1	24/07/2017
	Attachment 3: Floodplain Management Services Agreement 1995 between Victorian Government and Melbourne Water Corporation (PDF - 2.3 MB)	8	24/07/2017
	Attachment 4: Melbourne Water Drainage and Waterways Boundary Order in Council 2005 (PDF - 1009.2 KB)	1	24/07/2017
83	University of Melbourne (PDF - 237.1 KB)	11	17/08/2017
	University of Melbourne (Word - 146.3 KB)

Submissions received after the release of the draft report are listed here.
No.	Name	Pages	Received
DR84	Lin Crase (PDF - 91.4 KB)	2	12/10/2017
	Lin Crase (Word - 26.7 KB)
DR85	National Irrigators’ Council (PDF - 608.2 KB)	17	13/10/2017
DR86	Sydney Water (PDF - 416.3 KB)	18	13/10/2017
DR87	Alison Walpole (supplementary to initial submission 48) (PDF - 56.2 KB)	1	16/10/2017
	Alison Walpole (supplementary to initial submission 48) (Word - 28.3 KB)
	Attachment: Articles (PDF - 363.7 KB) % image PDF	5	16/10/2017
	Attachment: Articles (Word - 3.1 MB)
DR88	Melbourne Water (PDF - 943.4 KB)	4	16/10/2017
DR89	Essential Services Commission (PDF - 2.0 MB)	2	17/10/2017
DR90	John Langford (PDF - 73.3 KB)	2	17/10/2017
	John Langford (Word - 29.0 KB)
	Attachment: Farms Rivers and Markets - Overview Report (PDF - 12.2 MB)	56	17/10/2017
DR91	International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH) (PDF - 159.1 KB)	5	17/10/2017
DR92	Lana Hartwig and Associate Prof Sue Jackson (PDF - 154.2 KB)	13	17/10/2017
DR93	Profs Quentin Grafton and John Williams (PDF - 138.2 KB)	6	18/10/2017
	Attachment 1: Supplementary submission to Inquiry into Water Use Efficiency in Australian Agriculture (PDF - 208.7 KB)	3	18/10/2017
	Attachment 2: Submission to Inquiry into Water Use Efficiency in Australian Agriculture (PDF - 170.6 KB)	7	18/10/2017
DR94	Consumer Action Law Centre (PDF - 296.5 KB)	6	17/10/2017
DR95	Kimberley Land Council (KLC) (PDF - 75.6 KB)	3	17/09/2017
DR96	Engineers Australia (PDF - 299.4 KB)	6	19/10/2017
DR97	Canegrowers (PDF - 193.6 KB)	6	19/10/2017
DR98	Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) (PDF - 654.1 KB)	5	19/10/2017
DR99	Alison Joseph (PDF - 77.2 KB)	5	19/10/2017
DR100	South Australian Council of Social Service (SACOSS) (PDF - 149.9 KB)	3	19/10/2017
DR101	Queensland Farmers’ Federation (QFF) (PDF - 523.9 KB)	13	19/10/2017
DR102	E K White -T J Peterson - J Costelloe - A W Western and E Carrara (PDF - 659.1 KB)	20	19/10/2017
DR103	Sarah Moles (PDF - 123.7 KB)	8	19/10/2017
DR104	Unitywater (PDF - 34.3 KB)	3	19/10/2017
DR105	Queensland Water Directorate (qldwater) (PDF - 364.5 KB)	18	19/10/2017
	Queensland Water Directorate (qldwater) (Word - 79.2 KB)
DR106	WWF-Australia (PDF - 323.4 KB)	3	19/10/2017
DR107	Sunwater (PDF - 112.1 KB)	2	19/10/2017
DR108	Business Council of Co-operatives and Mutuals (BCCM) (PDF - 340.9 KB)	4	19/10/2017
DR109	Rebecca Nelson (PDF - 322.2 KB)	9	19/10/2017
	Rebecca Nelson (Word - 771.5 KB)
	Attachment 1: Paying back the river - A first analysis of western groundwater offset rules and lessons for other natural resources (PDF - 3.7 MB)	66	19/10/2017
	Attachment 2: Groundwater rivers and ecosystems - Comparative insights into law and policy for making the links (PDF - 122.2 KB)	9	19/10/2017
DR110	Central NSW Councils (Centroc) (PDF - 582.4 KB)	19	19/10/2017
DR111	Mark Zanker (PDF - 21.6 KB)	1	19/10/2017
	Attachment: Submission to the References Committee's inquiry into the integrity of the water market in the Murray-Darling Basin (PDF - 34.8 KB)	4	19/10/2017
DR112	Madjulla Inc (PDF - 127.1 KB)	5	19/10/2017
DR113	Department of Agriculture and Water Resoruces (PDF - 157.2 KB)	4	19/10/2017
DR114	John Cooke (PDF - 153.2 KB)	6	20/10/2017
	John Cooke (Word - 45.7 KB)
DR115	Commonwealth Environment Water Office (PDF - 673.7 KB)	4	20/10/2017
DR116	NSW Government (PDF - 89.6 KB)	8	20/10/2017
DR117	Bradley Moggridge (PDF - 263.9 KB)	4	23/10/2017
	Bradley Moggridge (Word - 112.6 KB)
DR118	VicWater (PDF - 147.3 KB)	4	23/10/2017
DR119	Law Council of Australia (PDF - 339.6 KB)	14	23/10/2017
DR120	Murray Darling Basin Authority (PDF - 1.4 MB)	15	24/10/2017
DR121	Andrew Ross (PDF - 379.6 KB)	5	23/10/2017
	Attachment 1: Integrated groundwater and surface water management in Australia (PDF - 332.8 KB)	28	23/10/2017
	Attachment 2: Speeding the transition towards integrate groundwater and surface water management in Australia (PDF - 261.6 KB)	10	23/10/2017
	Attachment 3: Water connecting - People adapting: Integrated surface water and groundwater management in the Murray-Darling Basin Colorado and Idaho (PDF - 2.4 MB)	305	23/10/2017
DR122	Stormwater Australia (PDF - 530.1 KB)	6	24/10/2017
DR123	Alistair Watson (PDF - 100.4 KB)	3	25/10/2017
	Alistair Watson (Word - 31.4 KB)
DR124	Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) (PDF - 380.9 KB)	27	25/10/2017
DR125	Institute for Sustainable Futures (PDF - 110.6 KB)	5	25/10/2017
DR126	Water Industry Alliance (WIA) (PDF - 152.1 KB)	4	26/10/2017
DR127	Infrastructure Partnerships Australia (IPA) (PDF - 777.6 KB)	5	27/10/2017
	Attachment: Doing the important as well as the urgent (PDF - 1.6 MB)	64	27/10/2017
DR128	Goyder Institute for Water Research (PDF - 728.1 KB)	6	27/10/2017
DR129	NSW Irrigators' Council (NSWIC) (PDF - 924.0 KB)	17	27/10/2017
DR130	University of Melbourne (PDF - 301.7 KB)	13	27/10/2017
	University of Melbourne (Word - 191.8 KB)
DR131	National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) (PDF - 668.0 KB)	11	30/10/2017
DR132	Tasmanian Government (PDF - 5.8 MB)	8	31/10/2017
DR133	EDOs of Australia (EDOA) (PDF - 1.3 MB)	26	31/10/2017
DR134	Dental Health Services Victoria (DHSV) (PDF - 263.2 KB)	5	31/10/2017
DR135	International Centre of Excellence in Water Resources Management (ICE WaRM) (PDF - 200.7 KB)	4	01/11/2017
	Attachment 1: International Water Association (IWA) Principles for Water Wise Cities (PDF - 344.4 KB)	6	01/11/2017
	Attachment 2: The Lisbon Charter (PDF - 1.0 MB)	16	01/11/2017
DR136	Water Services Association of Australia (WSAA) (PDF - 622.5 KB)	17	01/11/2017
DR137	Victorian Government (PDF - 61.8 KB)	4	02/11/2017
	Attachment 1: Goulburn-Murray Water submission (PDF - 173.3 KB)	1	02/11/2017
	Attachment 2: Victorian Environmental Water Holder submission (PDF - 44.3 KB)	5	02/11/2017
	Attachment 3: Melbourne Water submission (PDF - 942.8 KB)	4	02/11/2017
DR138	Australian Water Association (PDF - 1.8 MB)	13	03/11/2017
DR139	Local Government NSW (LGNSW) (PDF - 194.7 KB)	2	03/11/2017
DR140	Water Research Australia (WaterRA) (PDF - 104.8 KB)	4	07/11/2017
DR141	Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) (PDF - 172.8 KB)	4	09/11/2017
DR142	Raymond Carter (PDF - 73.5 KB)	1	16/11/2017
	Raymond Carter (Word - 23.8 KB)
DR143	SA Government (PDF - 388.2 KB)	24	28/11/2017
DR144	Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC) (PDF - 312.1 KB)	18	23/11/2017
	Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC) (Word - 102.1 KB)
DR145	Australian Water Association (PDF - 330.1 KB)	2	23/11/2017

National Water Reform (2018)

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