National Water Reform

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Submissions received for National Water Reform (2020) inquiry.

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Initial submissions (99)

Submissions received before the release of the draft report are listed here.
No.	Name	Pages	Received
1	Prof Lin Crase (PDF - 319.8 KB)	26	16/06/2020
2	OneWater Advocates (OWA) (PDF - 133.6 KB)	7	28/07/2020
3	Irrigation Australia (PDF - 665.2 KB)	2	05/08/2020
	Irrigation Australia (Word - 135.1 KB)
4	Flow Systems (PDF - 197.2 KB)	4	06/08/2020
5	Dale Chapman (PDF - 392.6 KB)	6	06/08/2020
6	Zero Mass Water Australia (PDF - 1.5 MB)	10	07/08/2020
7	Coleambally Irrigation Co-operative Limited (CICL) (PDF - 227.5 KB)	11	10/08/2020
8	Jan Beer (PDF - 829.1 KB)	6	27/07/2020
	Jan Beer (Word - 32.9 KB)
9	Jim Grayson (PDF - 486.5 KB)	6	13/08/2020
	Jim Grayson (Word - 22.9 KB)
10	Cooks River Alliance (PDF - 216.5 KB)	3	13/08/2020
11	TasWater (PDF - 806.9 KB)	11	18/08/2020
12	Gladwin Legal (PDF - 72.2 KB)	1	18/08/2020
	Gladwin Legal (Word - 941.9 KB)
13	National Irrigators’ Council (NIC) (PDF - 479.1 KB)	18	19/08/2020
14	eWater (PDF - 227.1 KB)	4	19/08/2020
15	International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH) (PDF - 76.6 KB)	5	19/08/2020
16	Professor Jim Pratley (PDF - 468.3 KB)	3	20/08/2020
17	Northern Basin Aboriginal Nations (NBAN) (PDF - 488.8 KB)	3	21/08/2020
18	South Australian Chamber of Mines and Energy (SACOME) (PDF - 147.4 KB)	7	24/08/2020
19	Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) (PDF - 260.6 KB)	4	20/08/2020
20	Victorian Planning Authority (VPA) (PDF - 218.1 KB)	4	18/08/2020
21	Sydney Coastal Councils Group (SCCG) (PDF - 362.1 KB)	2	20/08/2020
	Sydney Coastal Councils Group (SCCG) (Word - 58.9 KB)
22	Eliza Venville (PDF - 185.2 KB)	14	21/08/2020
23	Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) (PDF - 685.8 KB)	19	21/08/2020
24	AgForce (PDF - 348.0 KB)	10	21/08/2020
25	Goldenfields Water County Council (GWCC) (PDF - 230.9 KB)	11	21/08/2020
26	BHP (PDF - 278.5 KB)	5	21/08/2020
27	NSW Irrigators’ Council (NSWIC) (PDF - 464.7 KB)	27	21/08/2020
28	Riverina and Murray Joint Organisation (RAMJO) (PDF - 718.3 KB)	4	21/08/2020
	Attachment: RAMJO Water Position Paper Executive Summary (PDF - 652.0 KB)	2	21/08/2020
29	Leeton Shire Council (PDF - 1.4 MB)	3	21/08/2020
30	Institute for Water Futures (IWF) – Australian National University (PDF - 552.9 KB)	29	21/08/2019
31	Michael Smit; Adam Jones; Simon Fane; Chris Philpot and Reid Butler (PDF - 383.0 KB)	3	21/08/2020
	Michael Smit; Adam Jones; Simon Fane; Chris Philpot and Reid Butler (Word - 311.0 KB)
32	Local Government Association of Queensland (LGAQ) (PDF - 1.2 MB)	11	21/08/2020
33	Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) (PDF - 544.3 KB)	5	21/08/2020
	Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) (Word - 58.1 KB)
34	Greater Shepparton City Council (GSCC) (PDF - 224.7 KB)	12	21/08/2020
35	Central Land Council (CLC) (PDF - 887.8 KB)	36	21/08/2020
36	Business NSW (PDF - 414.5 KB)	6	21/08/2020
37	NSW Water Directorate (PDF - 149.0 KB)	17	21/08/2020
38	Stormwater Australia (PDF - 761.3 KB)	6	21/07/2020
	Stormwater Australia (Word - 33.9 KB)
39	Dr Anne Jensen (PDF - 481.0 KB)	11	23/08/2020
40	Lachlan Valley Water (LVW) (PDF - 173.7 KB)	5	24/08/2020
41	NSW Government (PDF - 344.2 KB)	7	24/08/2020
	NSW Government (Word - 132.9 KB)
42	National Farmers' Federation (NFF) (PDF - 599.2 KB)	30	21/08/2020
43	Australian Dairy Farmers (ADF) (PDF - 105.1 KB)	1	21/08/2020
44	Unitywater (PDF - 95.1 KB)	5	21/08/2020
45	Australian Floodplain Association (AFA) (PDF - 284.3 KB)	10	25/08/2020
46	Prof Cameron Holley; Assoc Prof Bryce Kelly; Assoc Prof Martin Andersen; Prof Andy Baker; Dr Hamid Roshan; Assoc Prof John Triantafilis and Georgia Regan (PDF - 625.4 KB)	13	21/08/2020
	Prof Cameron Holley; Assoc Prof Bryce Kelly; Assoc Prof Martin Andersen; Prof Andy Baker; Dr Hamid Roshan; Assoc Prof John Triantafilis and Georgia Regan (Word - 143.0 KB)
47	Queensland Water Directorate (qldwater) (PDF - 1.2 MB)	24	21/08/2020
	Queensland Water Directorate (qldwater) (Word - 1007.5 KB)
48	Mark Zanker (PDF - 30.8 KB)	4	24/08/2020
49	Dr Richard Koerner (PDF - 438.9 KB)	1	18/08/2020
	Dr Richard Koerner (Word - 13.3 KB)
	Attachment A: Letter from Unitywater (PDF - 645.4 KB)	1	18/08/2020
	Attachment B: Letter from Office of the Minister for Energy and Water Supply (PDF - 755.3 KB)	2	18/08/2020
	Attachment C: Letter from Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (PDF - 2.9 MB)	1	18/08/2020
50	WWF Australia (PDF - 268.7 KB)	10	21/08/2020
51	Far North Queensland Regional Organisation of Councils (FNQROC) (PDF - 617.3 KB)	6	25/08/2020
	Far North Queensland Regional Organisation of Councils (FNQROC) (Word - 521.9 KB)
52	Eleanor Smith (PDF - 195.0 KB)	3	21/08/2020
53	Water Industry Operators Association of Australia (WIOA) (PDF - 991.3 KB)	6	24/08/2020
	Water Industry Operators Association of Australia (WIOA) (Word - 548.6 KB)
54	Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) (PDF - 499.7 KB)	23	21/08/2020
55	Central NSW Joint Organisation (CNSWJO) (PDF - 752.3 KB)	25	21/08/2020
	Attachment: Central NSW Councils (Centroc) Drought Issues Paper (PDF - 998.6 KB)	55	21/08/2020
56	Ross Knee and David Butt (PDF - 375.5 KB)	3	19/08/2020
	Ross Knee and David Butt (Word - 20.0 KB)
57	Georges Riverkeeper (PDF - 269.0 KB)	5	21/08/2020
58	Ag Institute of Australia (AIA) (PDF - 225.5 KB)	4	21/08/2020
	Attachment A: Modernising the Research and Development Corporation (RDC) (PDF - 5.1 MB)	61	21/08/2020
	Attachment B: Sustainable Use of Water in the MDB Policy (PDF - 193.5 KB)	3	21/08/2020
	Attachment C: AIA’s Chartered Agriculturalist Scheme (PDF - 3.2 MB)	50	21/08/2020
59	Urban Water Cycle Solutions; Kingspan Water and Energy (PDF - 555.7 KB)	16	24/08/2020
60	Grahame Campbell (PDF - 128.0 KB) * in confidence content omitted; # offline attachments	2	19/08/2020
	Grahame Campbell (Word - 31.5 KB)
61	Prof Sue Jackson (PDF - 574.0 KB)	10	25/08/2020
	Attachment A: Trends in Aboriginal water ownership in New South Wales Australia: The continuities between colonial and neoliberal forms of dispossession (PDF - 3.3 MB)	13	25/08/2020
	Attachment B: Public Attitudes to Inequality in Water Distribution: Insights From Preferences for Water Reallocation (PDF - 1.1 MB)	16	25/08/2020
62	Western Australian Government (PDF - 7.1 MB)	9	26/08/2020
63	Engineers Australia (PDF - 648.1 KB)	22	27/08/2020
64	National Water Grid Authority (NWGA) (PDF - 473.4 KB)	2	28/08/2020
65	Healthy Land and Water (HLW) (PDF - 206.3 KB)	5	24/08/2020
66	VicWater (PDF - 365.6 KB)	11	27/08/2020
67	Phil Duncan - Traditional Owner - Gomeroi Nation (PDF - 529.0 KB)	5	26/08/2020
	Phil Duncan - Traditional Owner - Gomeroi Nation (Word - 27.3 KB)
68	Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists (PDF - 573.4 KB)	6	28/08/2020
69	Murray Irrigation (PDF - 592.0 KB)	17	28/08/2020
70	Lifeblood Alliance (LBA) (PDF - 1.2 MB)	29	23/08/2020
	Attachment: Proposal for a Basin-wide Audit of Diversions (PDF - 766.5 KB)	7	23/08/2020
71	Infrastructure Partnerships Australia (IPA) (PDF - 139.7 KB)	3	28/08/2020
72	CANEGROWERS (PDF - 143.2 KB)	2	28/08/2020
73	Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA) (PDF - 1.8 MB)	37	21/08/2020
74	South Australian Council of Social Service (SACOSS) (PDF - 691.1 KB)	19	27/08/2020
	Attachment A: Towards Equitable Access to Clean Water and Sanitation for All South Australians (PDF - 1.4 MB)	89	27/08/2020
	Attachment B: Scoping Study on Water Issues in Remote Aboriginal Communities (PDF - 714.4 KB)	61	27/08/2020
75	Local Government NSW (LGNSW) (PDF - 171.9 KB)	15	28/08/2020
76	Friends of Latrobe Water (FLoW) (PDF - 1.3 MB)	19	28/08/2020
77	Southern Riverina Irrigators (SRI) (PDF - 1.2 MB)	28	28/08/2020
78	Murray Darling Association (MDA) (PDF - 358.4 KB)	10	01/09/2020
79	Andrew Turnour (PDF - 2.1 MB)	22	12/08/2020
80	Martuwarra Fitzroy River Council and Water Justice Hub (PDF - 928.0 KB)	18	28/08/2020
	Attachment: A Conservation and Management Plan for the National Heritage Listed Fitzroy River Catchment Estate (PDF - 7.5 MB)	30	28/08/2020
81	Monash Sustainable Development Institute (PDF - 1.7 MB)	15	31/08/2020
82	SunRice and Ricegrowers’ Association of Australia (RGA) (PDF - 864.6 KB)	20	02/09/2020
83	Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC) (PDF - 1.5 MB)	18	04/09/2020
84	Dr Nina L Hall; Prof Wendy Hoy; Prof James Ward; Prof Amanda Lee and Dr Megan Ferguson (PDF - 990.9 KB)	16	04/09/2020
85	Urban Utilities (PDF - 183.4 KB)	10	04/09/2020
86	Inland Rivers Network (IRN) (PDF - 572.0 KB)	18	04/09/2020
87	Hunter H₂O (PDF - 551.3 KB)	8	04/09/2020
88	Water Services Association of Australia (WSAA) (PDF - 1.5 MB)	54	04/09/2020
	Attachment A: Digital water: Investing in regional, rural and remote Australia (PDF - 122.0 KB)	4	04/09/2020
	Attachment B: Urban water and the case for national action (PDF - 56.9 KB)	1	04/09/2020
89	Australian Water Association (AWA) (PDF - 718.5 KB)	13	04/09/2020
	Attachment: Addendum to AWA NWI Submission - Water Efficiency Position Statement (PDF - 93.0 KB)	2	04/09/2020
90	Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (ATSE) and the Australian Academy of Science (AAS) (PDF - 290.8 KB)	7	04/09/2020
91	Prof. John Langford (PDF - 185.8 KB)	9	31/08/2020
	Prof. John Langford (Word - 53.5 KB)
	Attachment A (Overview report): Farms, rivers and markets doing more with less water (PDF - 12.2 MB)	56	31/08/2020
	Attachment B: The economic value of water in storage (PDF - 4.1 MB)	83	31/08/2020
92	Queensland Law Society (QLS) and Caitlin McConnel (PDF - 528.5 KB)	34	04/09/2020
93	National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) (PDF - 420.0 KB)	17	04/09/2020
94	Sydney Water (PDF - 616.0 KB)	30	04/09/2020
95	Coming soon	-	-
96	NSW Aboriginal Land Council (NSWALC) (PDF - 283.9 KB)	4	09/09/2020
97	Aboriginal Health Council of Western Australia (AHCWA) (PDF - 370.4 KB)	10	09/09/2020
98	Water Research Australia (PDF - 245.1 KB)	5	14/09/2020
99	Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF) (PDF - 265.5 KB)	10	15/09/2020

Post-draft submissions (0)

Brief comments (2)

Comments last updated on 30 June 2020.

C1	Comments made to the National Water Reform inquiry (PDF - 13 Kb)	-	30/06/2020
	Comments made to the National Water Reform inquiry (Word - 42 Kb)	-	30/06/2020	-