National Water Reform 2024

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Submissions received for National Water Reform 2024.

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Submissions received before the release of the interim paper are listed here.
No.	Name	Pages	Received
1	Hughenden Irrigation Project Corporation (HIPCo) (PDF - 232.8 KB)	7	25/01/2024
2	Berrigan Shire Council (PDF - 200.0 KB)	9	29/01/2024
3	Office of the Commissioner for Sustainability and the Environment - Dr Sophie Lewis (PDF - 225.3 KB)	3	30/01/2024
	Office of the Commissioner for Sustainability and the Environment - Dr Sophie Lewis (Word - 92.2 KB)
4	WIM Alliance (PDF - 1.2 MB)	18	30/01/2024
	WIM Alliance (Word - 1.7 MB)
5	Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) (PDF - 161.7 KB)	6	30/01/2024
6	National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) (PDF - 180.5 KB)	2	30/01/2024
	National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) (Word - 110.0 KB)
	Attachment: National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) (PDF - 231.4 KB)	15	30/01/2024
	Attachment: National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) (Word - 131.8 KB)
7	Business Council for Sustainable Development Australia (BCSDAustralia) (PDF - 289.0 KB)	11	30/01/2024
8	TasFarmers (PDF - 263.3 KB)	4	02/02/2024
9	Irrigation Australia Ltd (PDF - 115.8 KB)	2	02/02/2024
	Irrigation Australia Ltd (Word - 84.1 KB)
10	David Shearman (PDF - 149.7 KB)	8	02/02/2024
	David Shearman (Word - 67.8 KB)
11	Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) (PDF - 217.5 KB)	8	02/02/2024
12	Local Government Association of Queensland (LGAQ) (PDF - 192.3 KB)	2	02/02/2024
13	Melissa Ball (PDF - 76.7 KB)	2	02/02/2024
	Melissa Ball (Word - 23.1 KB)
14	Mark Leland Ames and Merielle Maureen Cooper (PDF - 115.3 KB)	1	02/02/2024
	Mark Leland Ames and Merielle Maureen Cooper (Word - 27.2 KB)
15	Water Services Association of Australia (WSAA) (PDF - 1.6 MB)	18	02/02/2024
16	NSW Irrigators’ Council (NSWIC) (PDF - 788.2 KB)	28	02/02/2024
17	Alistair Watson (PDF - 157.9 KB)	2	02/02/2024
	Alistair Watson (Word - 25.7 KB)
	Attachment 1: Market mechanisms for recovering water in the Murray-Darling Basin (PDF - 21.1 KB)	4	02/02/2024
	Attachment 2: Murray-Darling Basin Plan: Five-year assessment (PDF - 116.1 KB)	2	02/02/2024
18	Terri Janke and Company Pty Ltd (PDF - 356.9 KB)	11	02/02/2024
	Attachment: Aboriginal organisations demand action: Walgett drinking water health threat (PDF - 138.2 KB)	2	02/02/2024
19	Heather Ferguson and Carl Stephens (PDF - 51.5 KB)	2	02/02/2024
	Heather Ferguson and Carl Stephens (Word - 28.5 KB)
20	Cobram Estate Olives Limited (PDF - 155.8 KB)	3	02/02/2024
	Cobram Estate Olives Limited (Word - 317.7 KB)
	Attachment: Analysis of investor involvement in the southern Murray Darling Basin (PDF - 430.0 KB)	20	02/02/2024
21	Lachlan Valley Water Inc (PDF - 493.7 KB)	12	02/02/2024
22	Unitywater (PDF - 114.4 KB)	3	02/02/2024
23	South Australian Council of Social Service (SACOSS) (PDF - 371.3 KB)	8	02/02/2024
24	Desert Knowledge Australia and the Goyder Institute (PDF - 128.4 KB)	2	02/02/2024
25	Acid Sulfate Soils Centre (ASSC) (PDF - 1.1 MB)	21	02/02/2024
26	Colin Boyce MP (PDF - 266.7 KB)	7	02/02/2024
	Colin Boyce MP (Word - 7.2 MB)
27	Paul Wyrwoll (PDF - 258.4 KB)	5	02/02/2024
	Paul Wyrwoll (Word - 1.4 MB)
28	Aurecon (PDF - 658.2 KB)	5	02/02/2024
29	qldwater (PDF - 520.2 KB)	12	02/02/2024
30	Central NSW Joint Organisation (PDF - 297.7 KB)	8	02/02/2024
	Central NSW Joint Organisation (Word - 473.7 KB)
31	Tabitha and Celia Karp (PDF - 97.7 KB)	1	02/02/2024
31	Attachment: Tabitha and Celia Karp - Wysall Park Farm (PDF - 165.3 KB)	5	02/02/2024
32	National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) (PDF - 165.6 KB)	4	02/02/2024
	Attachment: Submission to the Productivity Commission National Water Reform 2020 Inquiry Draft Report (PDF - 636.9 KB)	46	02/02/2024
33	National Parks Association of NSW (NPA) (PDF - 153.5 KB)	4	02/02/2024
34	Engineers Australia (PDF - 177.4 KB)	10	02/02/2024
35	Watertrust Australia Ltd (PDF - 61.4 KB)	4	08/02/2024
36	Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) (PDF - 366.1 KB)	12	09/02/2024
37	Ricegrowers Association (RGA) (PDF - 293.9 KB)	5	07/02/2024
38	Northern Land Council (NLC) (PDF - 262.5 KB)	6	12/02/2024
	Attachment: Comments on the National Water Reform 2020 report (PDF - 462.7 KB)	32	12/02/2024
39	Gwydir Valley Irrigators Association Inc. (GVIA) (PDF - 334.6 KB)	18	13/02/2024
40	R Quentin Grafton and John Williams (PDF - 180.6 KB)	7	14/02/2024
	Attachment 1: Robust estimates of the true (population) infection rate for COVID-19 (PDF - 827.3 KB)	12	14/02/2024
	Attachment 2: The three-infrastructures framework and water risks in the Murray-Darling Basin (PDF - 1.2 MB)	21	14/02/2024
	Attachment 3: Missing in action: possible effexts of water recovery on stream and river flows in the Murray-Darling Basin (PDF - 1.5 MB)	11	14/02/2024
41	Sydney Water (PDF - 273.3 KB)	24	14/02/2024
	Sydney Water (Word - 230.0 KB)
42	CSIRO (PDF - 404.1 KB)	27	14/02/2024
43	Australian Water Association (AWA) (PDF - 475.1 KB)	21	14/02/2024
44	Central Land Council (CLC) (PDF - 1.1 MB)	33	15/02/2024
	Attachment 1: Submission to National Water Reform 2020 inquiry (PDF - 890.5 KB)	36	15/02/2024
	Attachment 2: Submission to NT Government on various Draft Western Davenport Water documents (PDF - 1.3 MB)	41	15/02/2024
45	Water Sensitive Cities Australia (PDF - 170.4 KB)	3	15/02/2024
46	Prof Alex Gardner (PDF - 288.4 KB)	5	15/02/2024
47	Dharriwaa Elders Group (PDF - 917.2 KB)	9	19/02/2024
48	Interim First Nations Water Working Group (PDF - 304.1 KB)	8	20/02/2024
49	Water Research Australia (WaterRA) (PDF - 338.8 KB)	5	21/02/2024
50	Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) (PDF - 1.2 MB)	87	21/02/2024
51	National Irrigators’ Council (NIC) (PDF - 345.7 KB)	10	22/02/2024
52	Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation (ILSC) (PDF - 149.1 KB)	5	23/02/2024
53	Arid Lands Environment Centre (ALEC) (PDF - 871.3 KB)	50	24/02/2024
	Attachment 1: What are you doing? An assault on semi-arid lands (PDF - 558.7 KB)	34	24/02/2024
	Attachment 2: Draft Georgina Wiso Water Allocation Plan submission (PDF - 532.6 KB)	23	24/02/2024
54	Environment Centre NT (ECNT) (PDF - 459.4 KB)	19	25/02/2024
	Attachment 1: Evaluation of the Badu Advisory Report (PDF - 709.9 KB)	41	25/02/2024
	Attachment 2: Review of the Northern Territory Cambrian Limestone Aquifer (PDF - 2.5 MB)	57	25/02/2024
55	WaterNSW (PDF - 237.1 KB)	10	26/02/2024

Submissions received after the release of the interim report are listed here.
No.	Name	Pages	Received
56	Dental Health Services Victoria (DHSV) (PDF - 184.2 KB)	1	22/04/2024
	Dental Health Services Victoria (DHSV) (Word - 860.8 KB)
57	Prof Sue Jackson and Dr Erin O’Donnell (PDF - 346.1 KB)	16	23/04/2024
58	Irrigation Australia (PDF - 201.9 KB)	2	23/04/2024
	Irrigation Australia (Word - 101.4 KB)
59	Kimberley Land Council (KLC) (PDF - 224.2 KB)	4	23/04/2024
60	NSW Aboriginal Land Council (NSWALC) (PDF - 313.9 KB)	6	23/04/2024
61	Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (PDF - 301.7 KB)	1	24/04/2024
62	Western Australian Government (PDF - 159.6 KB)	3	24/04/2024
63	Susan Young, Megan Hills and Irene Perez Lopez (PDF - 231.5 KB)	6	24/04/2024
	Susan Young, Megan Hills and Irene Perez Lopez (Word - 55.3 KB)
	Attachment: Maps: Coquun-Hunter River (PDF - 932.9 KB)	2	24/04/2024
	Attachment: Maps: Coquun-Hunter River (Word - 7.9 MB)
64	Inland Rivers Network (IRN) (PDF - 160.0 KB)	4	24/04/2024
65	Urban Utilities (PDF - 107.4 KB)	2	24/04/2024
66	Local Government Association of Queensland (LGAQ) (PDF - 492.8 KB)	24	24/04/2024
67	Lifeblood Alliance (PDF - 218.4 KB)	4	24/04/2024
	Lifeblood Alliance (Word - 67.3 KB)
	Attachment: Lifeblood Alliance (PDF - 525.7 KB)	30	24/04/2024
	Attachment: Lifeblood Alliance (Word - 127.5 KB)
68	Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) (PDF - 388.7 KB)	6	24/04/2024
69	Colin Boyce MP (PDF - 402.5 KB)	7	24/04/2024
	Colin Boyce MP (Word - 7.5 MB)
70	National Farmers' Federation (NFF) (PDF - 455.6 KB)	11	24/04/2024
71	Sydney Water (PDF - 239.0 KB)	2	24/04/2024
72	NT Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security (NT DEPWS) (PDF - 438.7 KB)	3	24/04/2024
	Attachment A: Errors in National Water Reform 2024 Interim Report (PDF - 205.5 KB)	12	24/04/2024
	Attachment B: Water management in the Northern Territory (PDF - 80.4 KB)	2	24/04/2024
73	Environmental Defenders Office (PDF - 213.1 KB)	10	24/04/2024
74	Prof Alex Gardner and Michael Bennett (PDF - 2.1 MB)	150	24/04/2024
75	Martuwarra Fitzroy River Council (PDF - 349.6 KB)	18	24/04/2024
76	Darryl Day (PDF - 188.6 KB)	2	26/04/2024
77	NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (NSW DCCEEW) (PDF - 152.6 KB)	2	26/04/2024
	Attachment: Submission (PDF - 1.6 MB)	12	26/04/2024
78	Interim First Nations Water Working Group (FNWWG) (PDF - 234.1 KB)	5	26/04/2024
79	Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation (ILSC) (PDF - 151.3 KB)	1	26/04/2024
80	Inspector-General of Water Compliance (PDF - 698.2 KB)	11	29/04/2024
81	Water Services Association of Australia (WSAA) (PDF - 740.2 KB)	12	30/04/2024
82	Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) (PDF - 142.5 KB)	7	01/05/2024
83	Karen Oborn (PDF - 97.0 KB)	1	01/05/2024
84	National Irrigators’ Council (NIC) (PDF - 189.1 KB)	9	02/05/2024
85	WaterNSW (PDF - 329.9 KB)	6	02/05/2024
86	Ricegrowers Association (RGA) (PDF - 248.5 KB)	6	02/05/2024
87	Southern Riverina Irrigators (PDF - 209.9 KB)	5	03/05/2024
88	NSW Irrigators’ Council (NSWIC) (PDF - 537.0 KB)	33	03/05/2024
89	Victorian Farmers’ Federation (VFF) (PDF - 327.0 KB)	9	03/05/2024
90	Murray Irrigation Limited (MIL) (PDF - 601.6 KB)	13	03/05/2024
91	Cotton Australia (PDF - 154.9 KB)	3	03/05/2024
92	Association of Mining and Exploration Companies (AMEC) (PDF - 280.7 KB)	13	03/05/2024
93	Turf Australia (PDF - 232.5 KB)	7	10/05/2024
	Turf Australia (Word - 226.1 KB)
94	Australian Dairy Industry Council (ADIC) (PDF - 408.7 KB)	11	10/05/2024
95	Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Water Interests (CAWI) (PDF - 481.5 KB)	21	24/04/2024
96	Queensland Farmers’ Federation (QFF) (PDF - 563.8 KB)	9	21/05/2024

C1	Comments made to the National Water Reform 2024 inquiry (PDF - 84 Kb)	-	15/02/2024
	Comments made to the National Water Reform 2024 inquiry (Word - 49 Kb)	-	15/02/2024	-

National Water Reform 2024

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