Future Drought Fund

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Submissions received for the Future Drought Fund inquiry.

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Submissions received before the release of the interim report are listed here.
No.NamePagesReceived
1 PDF documentDonald Yates (PDF - 86.4 KB) 121/01/2023
 Word documentDonald Yates (Word - 28.0 KB)  
2 PDF documentAgRee Commodities Pty Ltd (PDF - 599.7 KB) 222/01/2023
PDF documentAttachment 1: Letter re Lack of commercial knowhow and efficacy (PDF - 574.0 KB) 322/01/2023
PDF documentAttachment 2: Ministerial response to letter (PDF - 119.5 KB) 122/01/2023
PDF documentAttachment 3: Letter of support - Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub proposal (PDF - 441.9 KB) 322/01/2023
3 PDF documentFuture Drought Fund Consultative Committee (PDF - 265.9 KB) 630/11/2022
4 PDF documentShire of Dumbleyung (PDF - 411.9 KB) 317/02/2023
5 PDF documentLu Hogan and Professor Lewis Kahn (PDF - 143.8 KB) 421/02/2023
 Word documentLu Hogan and Professor Lewis Kahn (Word - 27.1 KB)  
6 PDF documentThe Mulloon Institute (TMI) (PDF - 233.0 KB) 401/03/2023
7 PDF documentAustralian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) (PDF - 186.8 KB) 601/03/2023
8 PDF documentCSIRO (PDF - 181.3 KB) 702/03/2023
9 PDF documentMallee Sustainable Farming (MSF) (PDF - 47.6 KB) 102/03/2023
10 PDF documentStanthorpe and Granite Belt Chamber of Commerce (PDF - 195.5 KB) 302/03/2023
11 PDF documentNorthern Hub (PDF - 228.6 KB) 702/03/2023
12 PDF documentGrainGrowers (PDF - 160.4 KB) 302/03/2023
 Word documentGrainGrowers (Word - 427.4 KB)  
13 PDF documentNatural Resource Management WA (NRMWA) (PDF - 228.9 KB) 603/03/2023
14 PDF documentRegional Development Australia Central West (PDF - 134.9 KB) 303/03/2023
15 PDF documentFarming Systems Group Alliance (FSGA) (PDF - 312.0 KB) 503/03/2023
 Word documentFarming Systems Group Alliance (FSGA) (Word - 1.3 MB)  
16 PDF documentAustralian Land Conservation Alliance (ALCA) (PDF - 552.1 KB) 303/03/2023
PDF documentAttachment 1: ALCA submission regarding Future Drought Fund Annual Report 2020-21 and progress of the Fund (PDF - 837.4 KB) 303/03/2023
PDF documentAttachment 2: ALCA submission to the Review of the National Drought Agreement (NDA) (PDF - 225.7 KB) 203/03/2023
PDF documentAttachment 3: ALCA submission to the consultation on 'A new Australian Government drought plan' (PDF - 300.8 KB) 303/03/2023
17 PDF documentNational Farmers’ Federation (NFF) (PDF - 415.9 KB) 1303/03/2023
18 PDF documentNational Landcare Network (NLN) (PDF - 732.2 KB) 503/03/2023
19 PDF documentAg Excellence Alliance (PDF - 117.6 KB) 203/03/2023
 Word documentAg Excellence Alliance (Word - 62.7 KB)  
20 PDF documentVic Catchments (PDF - 154.3 KB) 103/03/2023
21 PDF documentNACC NRM (PDF - 292.8 KB) 603/03/2023
22 PDF documentLocal Government Association of Queensland (LGAQ) (PDF - 449.3 KB) 1303/03/2023
23 PDF documentNRM Regions Queensland (NRMRQ) (PDF - 195.1 KB) 803/03/2023
24 PDF documentSouthern Queensland Northern New South Wales Drought Innovation and Adoption Hub (SQNNSW Hub) (PDF - 1.0 MB) 803/03/2023
25 PDF documentInstitute for Water Futures (ANU) (PDF - 1.0 MB) 2003/03/2023
26 PDF documentLivestock SA (PDF - 257.6 KB) 403/03/2023
27 PDF documentNational Rural Health Alliance (NRHA) (PDF - 395.5 KB) 803/03/2023
28 PDF documentVictoria Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub (PDF - 438.8 KB) 603/03/2023
29 PDF documentRiverine Plains (PDF - 799.8 KB) 1203/03/2023
 Word documentRiverine Plains (Word - 253.5 KB)  
PDF documentAttachment 1: Northeast node consultation summary (PDF - 748.1 KB) 6403/03/2023
 Word documentAttachment 1: Northeast node consultation summary (Word - 1.1 MB)  
PDF documentAttachment 2: Community Engagement Interview Summary Prepared for the NSW Drought Hub (PDF - 171.4 KB) 403/03/2023
 Word documentAttachment 2: Community Engagement Interview Summary Prepared for the NSW Drought Hub (Word - 56.8 KB)  
PDF documentAttachment 3: Business case for investment in the adoption of stock containment feeding areas (PDF - 1.1 MB) 4203/03/2023
 Word documentAttachment 3: Business case for investment in the adoption of stock containment feeding areas (Word - 445.9 KB)  
30 PDF documentGrower Group Alliance (GGA) and the South-West WA Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub (SW WA Hub) (PDF - 233.7 KB) 903/03/2023
31 PDF documentAustralian Pork Limited (APL) (PDF - 213.7 KB) 803/03/2023
PDF documentAttachment: Executive summary (PDF - 528.7 KB) 603/03/2023
32 PDF documentUniversity of Adelaide (PDF - 108.8 KB) 303/03/2023
33 PDF documentTropical North Queensland Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub (TNQ Drought Hub) (PDF - 191.5 KB) 403/03/2023
34 PDF documentName Withheld (PDF - 139.8 KB) 303/03/2023
 Word documentName Withheld (Word - 17.5 KB)  
35 PDF documentLa Trobe University (PDF - 180.7 KB) 706/03/2023
36 PDF documentMeat and Livestock Australia (MLA) (PDF - 151.2 KB) 206/03/2023
37 PDF documentFoundation for Rural and Regional Renewal (FRRR) (PDF - 407.4 KB) 1309/03/2023
38 PDF documentRural Economies Centre of Excellence (RECoE) (PDF - 248.4 KB) 1303/03/2023
39 PDF documentTAS Farm Innovation Hub (PDF - 114.7 KB) 310/03/2023
40 PDF documentHydro Tasmania (PDF - 214.0 KB) 310/03/2023
41 PDF documentAdrian and Gayle (PDF - 94.7 KB) 110/03/2023
 Word documentAdrian and Gayle (Word - 14.4 KB)  
42 PDF documentDepartment of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (PDF - 744.5 KB) 1603/03/2023
43 PDF documentSouthern Farming Systems (PDF - 169.3 KB) 703/03/2023
44 PDF documentDavid Blackett (PDF - 243.4 KB) 403/03/2023
PDF documentAttachment: Climate Risk Financing - An alternative approach to drought risk transfe (PDF - 1.1 MB) 3603/03/2023
45 PDF documentAgForce Queensland (PDF - 271.0 KB) 703/03/2023
46 PDF documentDepartment of Primary Industries and Regional Development WA (PDF - 1.3 MB) 817/03/2023
47 PDF documentRegional Investment Corporation (RIC) (PDF - 998.1 KB) 1016/03/2023
48 PDF documentUniversity of Melbourne (PDF - 139.3 KB) 220/03/2023
49 PDF documentWendy Schelbach (PDF - 65.7 KB) 123/03/2023
50 PDF documentRangelands NRM Coordinating Group (PDF - 236.4 KB) 903/03/2023
51 PDF documentNRM Regions Australia (PDF - 176.1 KB) 303/03/2023
52 PDF documentTasmanian Government (PDF - 307.6 KB) 1227/03/2023
 Word documentTasmanian Government (Word - 551.3 KB)  
53 PDF documentDepartment of Primary Industries and Regions (PIRSA) (PDF - 177.4 KB) 504/04/2023
54 PDF documentQueensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF) (PDF - 445.3 KB) 1005/04/2023
 Word documentQueensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF) (Word - 231.4 KB)  
55 PDF documentVictorian Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA) (PDF - 185.4 KB) 618/04/2023
56 PDF documentSouthern NSW Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub (PDF - 1.6 MB) 1211/04/2023
PDF documentAttachment: Impact Report (PDF - 448.1 KB) 1211/04/2023

Submissions received after the release of the interim report are listed here.
No.NamePagesReceived
57 PDF documentThe Mulloon Institute (TMI) (PDF - 231.4 KB) 403/07/2023
58 PDF documentHurriyet Babacan and Allan Dale (PDF - 188.6 KB) 208/07/2023
59 PDF documentKate Gunn (PDF - 212.0 KB) 210/07/2023
 Word documentKate Gunn (Word - 177.2 KB)  
60 PDF documentRegional Development Australia Tropical North (PDF - 183.9 KB) 210/07/2023
61 PDF documentHayley Webster (PDF - 79.8 KB) 111/07/2023
 Word documentHayley Webster (Word - 21.1 KB)  
62 PDF documentMs Lu Hogan and Prof Lewis Kahn (PDF - 201.6 KB) 911/07/2023
63 PDF documentRural Economies Centre Excellence (RECoE) (PDF - 228.4 KB) 511/07/2023
64 PDF documentNational Farmers Federation (NFF) (PDF - 530.4 KB) 511/07/2023
65 PDF documentFarmers for Climate Action (PDF - 84.9 KB) 311/07/2023
66 PDF documentAgForce Queensland (PDF - 229.8 KB) 511/07/2023
67 PDF documentNRM Regions Australia (PDF - 76.8 KB) 311/07/2023
68 PDF documentCoutts J&R (PDF - 217.7 KB) 311/07/2023
 Word documentCoutts J&R (Word - 224.0 KB)  
69 PDF documentFuture Drought Fund (FDF) Consultative Committee (PDF - 258.6 KB) 511/07/2023
70 PDF documentFoundation for Rural and Regional Renewal (FRRR) (PDF - 535.3 KB) 3011/07/2023
71 PDF documentNFP House (PDF - 261.1 KB) 311/07/2023
PDF documentAttachment: Gladstone Region NFP Sector 2022 Report Card (PDF - 546.9 KB) 411/07/2023
72 PDF documentAustralian Fodder Industry Association (AFIA) (PDF - 351.9 KB) 911/07/2023
73 PDF documentUpper Mooki Landcare Inc (PDF - 119.0 KB) 311/07/2023
 Word documentUpper Mooki Landcare Inc (Word - 16.5 KB)  
PDF documentAttachment: Opportunity 1. FDF networks to build drought resilience (PDF - 3.4 MB) 411/07/2023
74 PDF documentSouthern NSW Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub (PDF - 295.8 KB) 611/07/2023
75 PDF documentLisa Anderson (PDF - 215.5 KB) 211/07/2023
76 PDF documentAustralian Pork Ltd (PDF - 177.2 KB) 811/07/2023
77 PDF documentRural Economies Centre of Excellence (PDF - 958.1 KB) 2611/07/2023
78 PDF documentAustralian Land Conservation Alliance (ALCA) (PDF - 379.8 KB) 411/07/2023
79 PDF documentDr Anita Peerson, Prof Lorrae van Kerkhoff, Denise Higgins and Prof Owen Atkin (PDF - 646.0 KB) 1711/07/2023
80 PDF documentCSIRO (PDF - 258.1 KB) 1312/07/2023
81 PDF documentAustralian Rural Leadership Foundation (ARLF) (PDF - 494.2 KB) 713/07/2023
 Word documentAustralian Rural Leadership Foundation (ARLF) (Word - 1.7 MB)  
PDF documentAttachment 1: Drought Resilience Leaders Development Program - Aboriginal Liaison Officer SA Health (PDF - 156.6 KB) 213/07/2023
 Word documentAttachment 1: Drought Resilience Leaders Development Program - Aboriginal Liaison Officer SA Health (Word - 287.0 KB)  
PDF documentAttachment 2: Drought Resilience Leaders Development Program - Grazier (PDF - 203.7 KB) 313/07/2023
 Word documentAttachment 2: Drought Resilience Leaders Development Program - Grazier (Word - 1.6 MB)  
82 PDF documentSA Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub (SA Hub) (PDF - 153.9 KB) 413/07/2023
83 PDF documentJames Cook University (JCU) (PDF - 223.4 KB) 313/07/2023
84 PDF documentNorthern Hub (PDF - 218.5 KB) 1014/07/2023
85 PDF documentVictoria Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation (PDF - 300.0 KB) 514/07/2023
86 PDF documentGrower Group Alliance (GGA) and the South-West WA Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub (SW WA Hub) (PDF - 419.1 KB) 1514/07/2023
 Word documentGrower Group Alliance (GGA) and the South-West WA Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub (SW WA Hub) (Word - 216.8 KB)  
87 PDF documentAustralian Red Cross (PDF - 423.3 KB) 1220/07/2023
88 PDF documentTropical North Queensland Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub (TNQ Hub) (PDF - 452.9 KB) 1214/07/2023
PDF documentAttachment 1: Looking beyond the D>U>S>T> - building resilient rangeland communitites (PDF - 867.3 KB) 4914/07/2023
PDF documentAttachment 2: Beyond the Dust - Impact of Drought on Town Businesses in Central West Queensland and some solutions (PDF - 3.3 MB) 11514/07/2023
89 PDF documentTAS Farm Innovation Hub (PDF - 141.3 KB) 621/07/2023
90 PDF documentDepartment of Agriculture and Fisheries Qld (PDF - 268.2 KB) 928/07/2023
91 PDF documentNSW Farmers Association (PDF - 258.2 KB) 1231/07/2023

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