National Water Reform (2018)

Submissions

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.NamePagesReceived
1 PDF documentEnergy and Water Ombudsman (SA) (EWOSA) (PDF - 3.1 MB) 207/04/2017
2 PDF documentStrategic Environmental Solutions (PDF - 348.8 KB) 1311/04/2017
 Word documentStrategic Environmental Solutions (Word - 62.6 KB)  
3 PDF documentEnvironment Victoria (PDF - 260.7 KB) 818/04/2017
 Word documentEnvironment Victoria (Word - 206.5 KB)  
PDF documentAttachment: Aquaprint - A community vision for water reform in Victoria (PDF - 5.8 MB) 4418/04/2017
4 PDF documentSarah Moles (PDF - 52.6 KB) 218/04/2017
PDF documentAttachment 1: Submission continued (PDF - 102.4 KB) 518/04/2017
PDF documentAttachment 2: Submission continued (PDF - 129.8 KB) 518/04/2017
5 PDF documentBureau of Meteorology (BoM) (PDF - 114.3 KB) 218/04/2017
6 PDF documentDr Emma Carmody et al (PDF - 186.4 KB) 1018/04/2017
 Word documentDr Emma Carmody et al (Word - 83.0 KB)  
7 PDF documentUNSW School of Civil and Environment Engineering (PDF - 274.1 KB) 1318/04/2017
8 PDF documentCSIRO (PDF - 202.0 KB) 1518/04/2017
9 PDF documentInstitute for Land Water and Society Charles Sturt University (PDF - 147.2 KB) 918/04/2017
10 PDF documentBruce Walker and Robyn Grey-Gardner (PDF - 153.0 KB) 518/04/2017
 Word documentBruce Walker and Robyn Grey-Gardner (Word - 42.4 KB)  
11 PDF documentIrrigation Australia Limited (IAL) (PDF - 293.3 KB) 318/04/2017
12 PDF documentSustainable Population Australia (SPA) (PDF - 336.1 KB) 218/04/2017
13 PDF documentNational Irrigators' Council (NIC) (PDF - 1006.9 KB) 2918/04/2017
14 PDF documentMadjulla Association (PDF - 822.2 KB) 418/04/2017
15 PDF documentWWF-Australia (PDF - 180.1 KB) 618/04/2017
16 PDF documentMurray Irrigation (PDF - 245.5 KB) 1218/04/2017
17 PDF documentInland Rivers Network (PDF - 167.7 KB) 318/04/2017
 Word documentInland Rivers Network (Word - 111.5 KB)  
18 PDF documentIPART (PDF - 835.3 KB) 3518/04/2017
19 PDF documentInfrastructure Partnerships Australia (PDF - 308.3 KB) 218/04/2017
PDF documentAttachment: Doing the important as well as the urgent: Reforming the urban water sector. (PDF - 1.6 MB) 6418/04/2017
20 PDF documentAustralian Academy of Technology and Engineering (PDF - 262.3 KB) 818/04/2017
21 PDF documentTriple BL Legal (PDF - 174.1 KB) 318/04/2017
PDF documentAttachment 1: Deconstructing Aqua Nullius: Reclaiming Aboriginal water rights and communal identity in Australia (PDF - 149.5 KB) 718/04/2017
PDF documentAttachment 2: Australian Environment Review 2015. Vol 30 No 6&7 (PDF - 670.9 KB) 5218/04/2017
22 PDF documentEastern Metropolitan Regional Council (PDF - 227.6 KB) 1118/04/2017
23 PDF documentUniversity of Melbourne, School of Engineering (PDF - 277.9 KB) 1218/04/2017
24 PDF documentNRM Regions Australia (PDF - 720.5 KB) 1018/04/2017
25 PDF documentSouthern Riverina Irrigators (PDF - 540.3 KB) 818/04/2017
26 PDF documentDr Katie O'Bryan (PDF - 187.0 KB) 418/04/2017
 Word documentDr Katie O'Bryan (Word - 41.9 KB)  
27 PDF documentSoils for Life (PDF - 226.2 KB) 818/04/2017
 Word documentSoils for Life (Word - 74.4 KB)  
28 PDF documentAustralian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) (PDF - 740.4 KB) 4018/04/2017
29 PDF documentStormwater Australia (PDF - 1.3 MB) 218/04/2017
30 PDF documentBrian Bycroft (PDF - 291.8 KB) 403/04/2017
 Word documentBrian Bycroft (Word - 165.4 KB)  
31 PDF documentNature Conservation Council of NSW (NCC) (PDF - 1.2 MB) 418/04/2017
32 PDF documentSunWater Limited (PDF - 1017.5 KB) 118/04/2017
33 PDF documentLachlan Valley Water Inc (PDF - 130.4 KB) 218/04/2017
34 PDF documentEngineers Australia (PDF - 458.5 KB) 1118/04/2017
35 PDF documentWater Services Association of Australia (PDF - 813.2 KB) 2618/04/2017
PDF documentAttachment 1: Appendix A - What is competition in the urban water sector? (PDF - 582.0 KB) 718/04/2017
PDF documentAttachment 2: NEXT GEN URBAN WATER: The role of urban water in vibrant and prosperous communities (PDF - 4.6 MB) 6418/04/2017
36 PDF documentSydney Water Corporation (PDF - 192.4 KB) 1418/04/2017
37 PDF documentFederation of Victorian Traditional Owner Corporation (PDF - 439.6 KB) 2218/04/2017
38 PDF documentSustainable Business Australia (PDF - 77.0 KB) 419/04/2017
39 PDF documentJohn Pettigrew (PDF - 91.8 KB) 219/04/2017
 Word documentJohn Pettigrew (Word - 37.3 KB)  
40 PDF documentWentworth Group (PDF - 173.9 KB) 619/04/2017
PDF documentAttachment: Cover letter (PDF - 68.3 KB) 119/04/2017
41 PDF documentqldwater (PDF - 438.6 KB) 1819/04/2017
 Word documentqldwater (Word - 575.1 KB)  
42 PDF documentNSW Irrigators Council (PDF - 328.6 KB) 919/04/2017
43 PDF documentThe City of Newcastle (PDF - 78.1 KB) 221/04/2017
44 PDF documentFlow (PDF - 152.7 KB) 1221/04/2017
45 PDF documentQueensland Government (PDF - 1.9 MB) 1221/04/2017
46 PDF documentColeambally Irrigation Cooperative Limited (CICL) (PDF - 476.3 KB) 1321/04/2017
47 PDF documentVicWater (PDF - 191.6 KB) 821/04/2017
48 PDF documentAlison Walpole (PDF - 2.0 MB) 1424/04/2017
49 PDF documentAlistair Watson (PDF - 99.2 KB) 324/04/2017
 Word documentAlistair Watson (Word - 34.0 KB)  
50 PDF documentInfrastructure Australia (PDF - 433.8 KB) 826/04/2017
PDF documentAttachment: Australian Infrastructure Plan (Feb 2016) (PDF - 6.6 MB) 20426/04/2017
51 PDF documentMonash Sustainable Development Institute (PDF - 360.8 KB) 1826/04/2017
52 PDF documentCairns Regional Council (PDF - 121.5 KB) 426/04/2017
53 PDF documentRicegrowers' Association of Australia (RGA) (PDF - 647.0 KB) 1426/04/2017
54 PDF documentUrban Water Cycle Solutions (PDF - 2.0 MB) 1321/04/2017
55 PDF documentNational Farmers' Federation (NFF) (PDF - 699.5 KB) 2027/04/2017
56 PDF documentVictorian Association of Forest Industries (VAFI) (PDF - 167.6 KB) 702/05/2017
57 PDF documentDepartment of Primary Industries, Parks, Water & Environment (PDF - 71.3 KB) 317/07/2017
58 PDF documentMacquarie River Food and Fibre (MRFF) (PDF - 323.6 KB) 405/05/2017
59 PDF documentACT Government (PDF - 92.5 KB) 205/05/2017
60 PDF documentMurray Lower Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations (MLDRIN) (PDF - 324.5 KB) 1205/05/2017
 Word documentMurray Lower Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations (MLDRIN) (Word - 121.8 KB)  
PDF documentAttachment: Ensuring equity in the development and assessment of water resource plans (PDF - 375.5 KB) 2305/05/2017
 Word documentAttachment: Ensuring equity in the development and assessment of water resource plans (Word - 154.5 KB)  
61 PDF documentQueensland Farmers' Federation (QFF) (PDF - 636.4 KB) 1205/05/2017
62 PDF documentNorthern Australia Environmental Resources Hub (PDF - 78.3 KB) 105/05/2017
63 PDF documentCommonwealth Environmental Water Holder (PDF - 286.0 KB) 605/05/2017
64 PDF documentEDOs of Australia (EDOA) (PDF - 244.6 KB) 405/05/2017
65 PDF documentBusiness Council of Australia (PDF - 414.2 KB) 705/05/2017
66 PDF documentAustralian Water Association (PDF - 1.3 MB) 2708/05/2017
67 PDF documentNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) (PDF - 1008.5 KB) 208/05/2017
68 PDF documentLiving Utilities (PDF - 352.5 KB) 721/04/2017
69 PDF documentNational Environmental Law Association (PDF - 165.6 KB) 510/05/2017
70 PDF documentCentral NSW Councils (PDF - 822.3 KB) 3911/05/2017
 Word documentCentral NSW Councils (Word - 1.8 MB)  
PDF documentAttachment 1: Managed Aquifer Recharge: Feasibility study and Business case (PDF - 1.6 MB) 6311/05/2017
PDF documentAttachment 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) 3311/05/2017
PDF documentAttachment 4: Paper: Water in Public Hands - Councils Collaborating to Deliver Local Water (PDF - 230.6 KB) 811/05/2017
71 PDF documentLocal Government Association of Queensland (PDF - 1.5 MB) 3712/05/2017
72 PDF documentLocal Government NSW (LGNSW) and the Water Directorate (PDF - 457.6 KB) 2712/05/2017
73 PDF documentDepartment of Agriculture and Water Resources (PDF - 226.5 KB) 823/05/2017
 Word documentDepartment of Agriculture and Water Resources (Word - 49.8 KB)  
74 PDF documentInstitute for Sustainable Futures (PDF - 152.6 KB) 723/05/2017
75 PDF documentRainwater Harvesting Association of Australia (PDF - 367.2 KB) 918/04/2017
 Word documentRainwater Harvesting Association of Australia (Word - 4.7 MB)  
76 PDF documentAustralian Forest Products Association (PDF - 165.4 KB) 606/06/2017
77 PDF documentJim Galletly (PDF - 103.3 KB) 213/06/2017
 Word documentJim Galletly (Word - 21.4 KB)  
78 PDF documentJim Galletly (PDF - 113.0 KB) 313/06/2017
 Word documentJim Galletly (Word - 23.1 KB)  
PDF documentAttachment: An Introduction to the Water Laws of Israel (PDF - 199.3 KB) 1213/06/2017
 Word documentAttachment: An Introduction to the Water Laws of Israel (Word - 42.9 KB)  
79 PDF documentJim Galletly (PDF - 79.7 KB) 213/06/2017
 Word documentJim Galletly (Word - 21.1 KB)  
PDF documentAttachment 1: Replenishing alluvial groundwater in the Lockyer Valley (PDF - 134.7 KB) 613/06/2017
 Word documentAttachment 1: Replenishing alluvial groundwater in the Lockyer Valley (Word - 51.3 KB)  
PDF documentAttachment 2: Causes and effects of fluctuating groundwater levels (PDF - 115.7 KB) 413/06/2017
 Word documentAttachment 2: Causes and effects of fluctuating groundwater levels (Word - 24.5 KB)  
80 PDF documentWestern Australia Government (PDF - 270.6 KB) 1521/06/2017
 Word documentWestern Australia Government (Word - 99.4 KB)  
81 PDF documentMurray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) (PDF - 1.3 MB) 925/07/2017
82 PDF documentAlison Joseph (PDF - 841.5 KB) 524/07/2017
 Word documentAlison Joseph (Word - 1.5 MB)  
PDF documentAttachment 1: Melbourne Water's ways (or how Victoria avoided water price regulation and no one noticed) (PDF - 2.0 MB) 2524/07/2017
PDF documentAttachment 2: Melbourne Water Drainage and Waterways Boundary map (PDF - 2.4 MB) 124/07/2017
PDF documentAttachment 3: Floodplain Management Services Agreement 1995 between Victorian Government and Melbourne Water Corporation (PDF - 2.3 MB) 824/07/2017
PDF documentAttachment 4: Melbourne Water Drainage and Waterways Boundary Order in Council 2005 (PDF - 1009.2 KB) 124/07/2017
83 PDF documentUniversity of Melbourne (PDF - 237.1 KB) 1117/08/2017
 Word documentUniversity of Melbourne (Word - 146.3 KB)  

Submissions received after the release of the draft report are listed here.
No.NamePagesReceived
DR84 PDF documentLin Crase (PDF - 91.4 KB) 212/10/2017
 Word documentLin Crase (Word - 26.7 KB)  
DR85 PDF documentNational Irrigators’ Council (PDF - 608.2 KB) 1713/10/2017
DR86 PDF documentSydney Water (PDF - 416.3 KB) 1813/10/2017
DR87 PDF documentAlison Walpole (supplementary to initial submission 48) (PDF - 56.2 KB) 116/10/2017
 Word documentAlison Walpole (supplementary to initial submission 48) (Word - 28.3 KB)  
PDF documentAttachment: Articles (PDF - 363.7 KB) % image PDF516/10/2017
 Word documentAttachment: Articles (Word - 3.1 MB)  
DR88 PDF documentMelbourne Water (PDF - 943.4 KB) 416/10/2017
DR89 PDF documentEssential Services Commission (PDF - 2.0 MB) 217/10/2017
DR90 PDF documentJohn Langford (PDF - 73.3 KB) 217/10/2017
 Word documentJohn Langford (Word - 29.0 KB)  
PDF documentAttachment: Farms Rivers and Markets - Overview Report (PDF - 12.2 MB) 5617/10/2017
DR91 PDF documentInternational Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH) (PDF - 159.1 KB) 517/10/2017
DR92 PDF documentLana Hartwig and Associate Prof Sue Jackson (PDF - 154.2 KB) 1317/10/2017
DR93 PDF documentProfs Quentin Grafton and John Williams (PDF - 138.2 KB) 618/10/2017
PDF documentAttachment 1: Supplementary submission to Inquiry into Water Use Efficiency in Australian Agriculture (PDF - 208.7 KB) 318/10/2017
PDF documentAttachment 2: Submission to Inquiry into Water Use Efficiency in Australian Agriculture (PDF - 170.6 KB) 718/10/2017
DR94 PDF documentConsumer Action Law Centre (PDF - 296.5 KB) 617/10/2017
DR95 PDF documentKimberley Land Council (KLC) (PDF - 75.6 KB) 317/09/2017
DR96 PDF documentEngineers Australia (PDF - 299.4 KB) 619/10/2017
DR97 PDF documentCanegrowers (PDF - 193.6 KB) 619/10/2017
DR98 PDF documentIndependent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) (PDF - 654.1 KB) 519/10/2017
DR99 PDF documentAlison Joseph (PDF - 77.2 KB) 519/10/2017
DR100 PDF documentSouth Australian Council of Social Service (SACOSS) (PDF - 149.9 KB) 319/10/2017
DR101 PDF documentQueensland Farmers’ Federation (QFF) (PDF - 523.9 KB) 1319/10/2017
DR102 PDF documentE K White -T J Peterson - J Costelloe - A W Western and E Carrara (PDF - 659.1 KB) 2019/10/2017
DR103 PDF documentSarah Moles (PDF - 123.7 KB) 819/10/2017
DR104 PDF documentUnitywater (PDF - 34.3 KB) 319/10/2017
DR105 PDF documentQueensland Water Directorate (qldwater) (PDF - 364.5 KB) 1819/10/2017
 Word documentQueensland Water Directorate (qldwater) (Word - 79.2 KB)  
DR106 PDF documentWWF-Australia (PDF - 323.4 KB) 319/10/2017
DR107 PDF documentSunwater (PDF - 112.1 KB) 219/10/2017
DR108 PDF documentBusiness Council of Co-operatives and Mutuals (BCCM) (PDF - 340.9 KB) 419/10/2017
DR109 PDF documentRebecca Nelson (PDF - 322.2 KB) 919/10/2017
 Word documentRebecca Nelson (Word - 771.5 KB)  
PDF documentAttachment 1: Paying back the river - A first analysis of western groundwater offset rules and lessons for other natural resources (PDF - 3.7 MB) 6619/10/2017
PDF documentAttachment 2: Groundwater rivers and ecosystems - Comparative insights into law and policy for making the links (PDF - 122.2 KB) 919/10/2017
DR110 PDF documentCentral NSW Councils (Centroc) (PDF - 582.4 KB) 1919/10/2017
DR111 PDF documentMark Zanker (PDF - 21.6 KB) 119/10/2017
PDF documentAttachment: Submission to the References Committee's inquiry into the integrity of the water market in the Murray-Darling Basin (PDF - 34.8 KB) 419/10/2017
DR112 PDF documentMadjulla Inc (PDF - 127.1 KB) 519/10/2017
DR113 PDF documentDepartment of Agriculture and Water Resoruces (PDF - 157.2 KB) 419/10/2017
DR114 PDF documentJohn Cooke (PDF - 153.2 KB) 620/10/2017
 Word documentJohn Cooke (Word - 45.7 KB)  
DR115 PDF documentCommonwealth Environment Water Office (PDF - 673.7 KB) 420/10/2017
DR116 PDF documentNSW Government (PDF - 89.6 KB) 820/10/2017
DR117 PDF documentBradley Moggridge (PDF - 263.9 KB) 423/10/2017
 Word documentBradley Moggridge (Word - 112.6 KB)  
DR118 PDF documentVicWater (PDF - 147.3 KB) 423/10/2017
DR119 PDF documentLaw Council of Australia (PDF - 339.6 KB) 1423/10/2017
DR120 PDF documentMurray Darling Basin Authority (PDF - 1.4 MB) 1524/10/2017
DR121 PDF documentAndrew Ross (PDF - 379.6 KB) 523/10/2017
PDF documentAttachment 1: Integrated groundwater and surface water management in Australia (PDF - 332.8 KB) 2823/10/2017
PDF documentAttachment 2: Speeding the transition towards integrate groundwater and surface water management in Australia (PDF - 261.6 KB) 1023/10/2017
PDF documentAttachment 3: Water connecting - People adapting: Integrated surface water and groundwater management in the Murray-Darling Basin Colorado and Idaho (PDF - 2.4 MB) 30523/10/2017
DR122 PDF documentStormwater Australia (PDF - 530.1 KB) 624/10/2017
DR123 PDF documentAlistair Watson (PDF - 100.4 KB) 325/10/2017
 Word documentAlistair Watson (Word - 31.4 KB)  
DR124 PDF documentAustralian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) (PDF - 380.9 KB) 2725/10/2017
DR125 PDF documentInstitute for Sustainable Futures (PDF - 110.6 KB) 525/10/2017
DR126 PDF documentWater Industry Alliance (WIA) (PDF - 152.1 KB) 426/10/2017
DR127 PDF documentInfrastructure Partnerships Australia (IPA) (PDF - 777.6 KB) 527/10/2017
PDF documentAttachment: Doing the important as well as the urgent (PDF - 1.6 MB) 6427/10/2017
DR128 PDF documentGoyder Institute for Water Research (PDF - 728.1 KB) 627/10/2017
DR129 PDF documentNSW Irrigators' Council (NSWIC) (PDF - 924.0 KB) 1727/10/2017
DR130 PDF documentUniversity of Melbourne (PDF - 301.7 KB) 1327/10/2017
 Word documentUniversity of Melbourne (Word - 191.8 KB)  
DR131 PDF documentNational Farmers’ Federation (NFF) (PDF - 668.0 KB) 1130/10/2017
DR132 PDF documentTasmanian Government (PDF - 5.8 MB) 831/10/2017
DR133 PDF documentEDOs of Australia (EDOA) (PDF - 1.3 MB) 2631/10/2017
DR134 PDF documentDental Health Services Victoria (DHSV) (PDF - 263.2 KB) 531/10/2017
DR135 PDF documentInternational Centre of Excellence in Water Resources Management (ICE WaRM) (PDF - 200.7 KB) 401/11/2017
PDF documentAttachment 1: International Water Association (IWA) Principles for Water Wise Cities (PDF - 344.4 KB) 601/11/2017
PDF documentAttachment 2: The Lisbon Charter (PDF - 1.0 MB) 1601/11/2017
DR136 PDF documentWater Services Association of Australia (WSAA) (PDF - 622.5 KB) 1701/11/2017
DR137 PDF documentVictorian Government (PDF - 61.8 KB) 402/11/2017
PDF documentAttachment 1: Goulburn-Murray Water submission (PDF - 173.3 KB) 102/11/2017
PDF documentAttachment 2: Victorian Environmental Water Holder submission (PDF - 44.3 KB) 502/11/2017
PDF documentAttachment 3: Melbourne Water submission (PDF - 942.8 KB) 402/11/2017
DR138 PDF documentAustralian Water Association (PDF - 1.8 MB) 1303/11/2017
DR139 PDF documentLocal Government NSW (LGNSW) (PDF - 194.7 KB) 203/11/2017
DR140 PDF documentWater Research Australia (WaterRA) (PDF - 104.8 KB) 407/11/2017
DR141 PDF documentMinerals Council of Australia (MCA) (PDF - 172.8 KB) 409/11/2017
DR142 PDF documentRaymond Carter (PDF - 73.5 KB) 116/11/2017
 Word documentRaymond Carter (Word - 23.8 KB)  
DR143 PDF documentSA Government (PDF - 388.2 KB) 2428/11/2017
DR144 PDF documentCooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC) (PDF - 312.1 KB) 1823/11/2017
 Word documentCooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC) (Word - 102.1 KB)  
DR145 PDF documentAustralian Water Association (PDF - 330.1 KB) 223/11/2017