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Submissions received before the release of the interim report are listed here.
No. Name Pages Received
1 Stephen Henty (PDF - 56.5 KB) 1 23/05/2023
  Stephen Henty (Word - 13.2 KB)    
2 Speak Up (PDF - 192.4 KB) 5 12/06/2023
3 Ben Blackburn Racing (PDF - 271.2 KB) 5 30/05/2023
4 Tuesday Browell (PDF - 109.6 KB) 5 15/06/2023
  Tuesday Browell (Word - 23.7 KB)    
5 Ted Hatty (PDF - 26.5 KB) 1 09/06/2023
6 Central Murray Environmental Floodplains Group (PDF - 81.6 KB) 1 07/06/2023
7 Northern Victorian Irrigators (NVIC) (PDF - 167.0 KB) 2 07/06/2023
8 Friends of the Merbein Common (PDF - 110.1 KB) 1 24/06/2023
  Friends of the Merbein Common (Word - 25.0 KB)    
9 Lower Murray Water (LMW) Strategic Advisory Committee (SAC) (PDF - 158.0 KB) 4 26/06/2023
10 Ron McWhae (PDF - 108.7 KB) 2 27/06/2023
  Ron McWhae (Word - 15.0 KB)    
11 Val McWhae (PDF - 80.4 KB) 3 27/06/2023
  Val McWhae (Word - 17.5 KB)    
12 Barry Croke (PDF - 217.5 KB) 12 11/07/2023
  Barry Croke (Word - 45.9 KB)    
13 Australian River Restoration Centre (ARRC) (PDF - 107.2 KB) 3 11/07/2023
14 Fleur Thompson (PDF - 77.6 KB) 1 12/07/2023
  Fleur Thompson (Word - 15.6 KB)    
15 River Lakes and Coorong Action Group (PDF - 203.8 KB) 7 20/07/2023
  River Lakes and Coorong Action Group (Word - 241.3 KB)    
16 NSW South-West Water Users Association (SWWU) (PDF - 143.3 KB) 4 21/07/2023
17 Bureau of Meteorology (PDF - 938.2 KB) 16 24/07/2023
18 Griffith City Council (PDF - 153.2 KB) 3 25/07/2023
19 Mervyn John Gordon (PDF - 526.8 KB) 3 26/07/2023
20 Jeremy Cass (PDF - 148.8 KB) 2 26/07/2023
21 Coleambally Irrigation Cooperative (PDF - 243.0 KB) 10 27/07/2023
22 Murray River Group of Councils (MRGC) (PDF - 527.3 KB) 13 27/07/2023
23 Newly formed Gingham Lower Gwydir landholders (PDF - 248.9 KB) 9 23/07/2023
  Newly formed Gingham Lower Gwydir landholders (Word - 40.0 KB)    
24 Renmark Irrigation Trust (PDF - 315.4 KB) 8 28/07/2023
25 Moira Shire Council (PDF - 265.1 KB) 4 28/07/2023
26 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) (PDF - 298.1 KB) 14 28/07/2023
27 Murray Regional Strategy Group (MRSG) (PDF - 185.6 KB) 5 30/07/2023
Attachment: Why should food producers pay the price for departmental failings? (PDF - 616.7 KB) 8 29/09/2023
28 Goulburn Valley Environment Group (GVEG) (PDF - 128.5 KB) 2 31/07/2023
  Goulburn Valley Environment Group (GVEG) (Word - 42.8 KB)    
29 Robert Campbell (PDF - 40.0 KB) 2 31/07/2023
30 Summerfruit SA (PDF - 65.4 KB) 2 31/07/2023
  Summerfruit SA (Word - 17.6 KB)    
31 Central NSW Joint Organisation (CNSWJO) (PDF - 479.1 KB) 11 31/07/2023
32 Jason Modica (PDF - 162.2 KB) 8 31/07/2023
  Jason Modica (Word - 27.8 KB)    
33 Central Irrigation Trust (CIT) (PDF - 168.1 KB) 3 31/07/2023
34 Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF) (PDF - 419.9 KB) 11 31/07/2023
35 Institute for Water Futures and Institute for Climate, Energy and Disaster Solutions Australian National University (PDF - 565.2 KB) 10 31/07/2023
36 NRM Regions Australia (PDF - 692.9 KB) 3 31/07/2023
37 Healthy Rivers Lower Murray (PDF - 205.7 KB) 4 27/07/2023
38 Jan Beer (PDF - 622.1 KB) 23 30/07/2023
39 Anne Jensen (PDF - 391.1 KB) 7 27/07/2023
40 Trangie Local Aboriginal Land Council (PDF - 123.6 KB) 2 28/07/2023
  Trangie Local Aboriginal Land Council (Word - 18.0 KB)    
41 National Parks Association of NSW (NPA) (PDF - 268.2 KB) 8 30/07/2023
42 Pastoralists Association of West Darling (PAWD) (PDF - 281.1 KB) 8 30/07/2023
  Pastoralists Association of West Darling (PAWD) (Word - 113.5 KB)    
43 NSW Government (PDF - 664.3 KB) 21 31/07/2023
Attachment: Information request (PDF - 350.8 KB) 24 03/08/2023
44 Fruit Growers Victoria (FGV) (PDF - 319.5 KB) 5 31/07/2023
45 Barrie MacMillan (PDF - 185.2 KB) 2 31/07/2023
46 National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) (PDF - 650.7 KB) 23 31/07/2023
Attachment: Submission (PDF - 6.0 MB) 96 31/07/2023
47 Commissioner for Murray River (SA) (PDF - 241.3 KB) 15 31/07/2023
  Commissioner for Murray River (SA) (Word - 54.2 KB)    
48 Murraylands and Riverland Landscape Board (PDF - 379.1 KB) 5 31/07/2023
49 Campaspe Shire (PDF - 199.1 KB) 4 31/07/2023
50 Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales (NCC) (PDF - 436.9 KB) 12 31/07/2023
51 Cobram Estate Olives (PDF - 1.1 MB) 13 31/07/2023
52 Lifeblood Alliance (PDF - 307.1 KB) 14 31/07/2023
  Lifeblood Alliance (Word - 71.9 KB)    
53 Robert Watson (PDF - 63.6 KB) 1 31/07/2023
  Robert Watson (Word - 19.2 KB)    
54 Lachlan Valley Water (PDF - 440.6 KB) 9 31/07/2023
55 Russell Crichton (PDF - 298.8 KB) 10 27/07/2023
  Russell Crichton (Word - 69.5 KB)    
56 Kate Chipperfield (PDF - 954.8 KB) 4 31/07/2023
Attachment: Letter from Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (PDF - 94.4 KB) 1 31/07/2023
57 Central Murray Environmental Floodplains Group (PDF - 6.2 MB) 153 24/07/2023
58 Riverina and Murray Joint Organisation (RAMJO) (PDF - 1.6 MB) 36 30/07/2023
59 Dr Melinda Hinkson (PDF - 163.9 KB) 12 30/07/2023
60 Ricegrowers’ Association of Australia (RGA) (PDF - 260.7 KB) 6 31/07/2023
Attachment A: RGA Commentary on the Recommendations from tthe PC's last review (PDF - 221.3 KB) 3 31/07/2023
Attachment B: RGA's Project List (PDF - 325.1 KB) 7 31/07/2023
61 Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) (PDF - 741.7 KB) 52 31/07/2023
Attachment: Information request (PDF - 626.0 KB) 37 10/08/2023
62 National Irrigators’ Council (NIC) (PDF - 403.8 KB) 30 31/07/2023
63 Jodie Hay (PDF - 154.5 KB) 9 31/07/2023
  Jodie Hay (Word - 25.1 KB)    
64 Australian Dairy Industry Council (ADIC) (PDF - 644.8 KB) 13 31/07/2023
65 Murray Irrigation Limited (MIL) (PDF - 1.2 MB) 40 31/07/2023
Attachment: Ideas to deliver the Murray-Darling Basin Plan (PDF - 1.2 MB) 17 31/07/2023
66 Dugald and Justine Bucknell (PDF - 33.2 KB) 4 31/07/2023
67 Victorian Automotive Chamber of Commerce (VACC) (PDF - 262.0 KB) 2 28/07/2023
  Victorian Automotive Chamber of Commerce (VACC) (Word - 471.8 KB)    
68 Cotton Australia Ltd (PDF - 256.9 KB) 19 28/07/2023
69 Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder (CEWH) (PDF - 777.8 KB) 35 31/07/2023
70 Balonne Shire Council (PDF - 299.0 KB) 7 07/08/2023
71 Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) (PDF - 200.4 KB) 5 31/07/2023
72 Leeton Shire Council (PDF - 194.1 KB) 4 31/07/2023
73 Murrumbidgee Irrigation (MI) (PDF - 167.2 KB) 4 31/07/2023
74 Victorian Government (PDF - 2.3 MB) 33 04/08/2023
Attachment: Information request (PDF - 1.3 MB) 37 04/08/2023
75 Inspector-General of Water Compliance (PDF - 1.2 MB) 25 07/08/2023
76 NSW Farmers Association (PDF - 338.4 KB) 13 07/08/2023
Attachment: Contribution to 'Delivering the Murray-Darling Basin Plan' consultation (PDF - 178.9 KB) 5 07/08/2023
77 Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (PDF - 594.6 KB) 31 09/08/2023
Attachment 1: Information request (PDF - 493.9 KB) 35 24/08/2023
Attachment 2: Commonwealth water recovery and expenditure in the Murray-Darling Basin (PDF - 179.0 KB) 1 24/08/2023
78 Latji Latji Mumthelang First Peoples (PDF - 122.1 KB) 2 24/07/2023
  Latji Latji Mumthelang First Peoples (Word - 28.0 KB)    
79 Bourke Shire Council (PDF - 191.7 KB) 3 09/08/2023
80 Committee for Greater Shepparton (C4GS) (PDF - 535.6 KB) 15 01/08/2023
81 Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists (PDF - 346.6 KB) 9 03/08/2023
82 Inland Rivers Network (IRN) (PDF - 190.7 KB) 8 31/07/2023
83 Upper Murrumbidgee Demonstration Reach (UMDR) (PDF - 160.2 KB) 4 04/08/2023
84 Upper Murrumbidgee Catchment Network (UMCN) (PDF - 226.5 KB) 4 04/08/2023
85 ACT Government Environment Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate (EPSDD) (PDF - 317.9 KB) 10 11/08/2023
Attachment: Information request (PDF - 301.7 KB) 13 11/08/2023
86 Dharriwaa Elders Group (PDF - 766.4 KB) 12 11/08/2023
87 Temba Orchards (PDF - 160.5 KB) 4 11/08/2023
  Temba Orchards (Word - 55.1 KB)    
88 Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) (PDF - 109.4 KB) 2 11/08/2023
  Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) (Word - 34.5 KB)    
89 Gwydir Valley Irrigators Association (GVIA) (PDF - 357.7 KB) 17 15/08/2023
90 Slattery and Johnson (PDF - 395.9 KB) 24 15/08/2023
91 Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) (PDF - 575.4 KB) 32 11/08/2023
Attachment 1: Submission to DCCEEW (PDF - 392.1 KB) 11 11/08/2023
Attachment 2: Submission to Inquiry into management and use of Commonwealth environmental water (PDF - 222.3 KB) 11 11/08/2023
Attachment 3: Submission to 2018 MDBP review (PDF - 250.9 KB) 13 11/08/2023
Attachment 4: NSW EDO submission in relation to Barwon-Darling Watercourse Water Resources Plan (PDF - 680.4 KB) 33 11/08/2023
92 Murray Lower Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations (MLDRIN) (PDF - 475.2 KB) 27 14/08/2023
93 Macquarie Marshes Environmental Landholders Association (MMELA) (PDF - 213.3 KB) 2 10/08/2023
  Macquarie Marshes Environmental Landholders Association (MMELA) (Word - 367.4 KB)    
94 Namoi Water (PDF - 222.0 KB) 16 11/08/2023
95 Murray Valley Private Diverters (MVPD) (PDF - 616.6 KB) 21 11/08/2023
  Murray Valley Private Diverters (MVPD) (Word - 2.9 MB)    
96 South Australian Murray Irrigators (SAMI) (PDF - 190.3 KB) 16 11/08/2023
97 Southern Riverina Irrigators (SRI) (PDF - 691.9 KB) 13 31/07/2023
  Southern Riverina Irrigators (SRI) (Word - 2.5 MB)    
98 Louise Burge (PDF - 997.5 KB) 27 18/08/2023
99 Environment Victoria (PDF - 184.4 KB) 18 14/08/2023
100 Ken Jury (PDF - 425.2 KB) 16 27/08/2023
101 NSW Aboriginal Land Council (NSWALC) (PDF - 454.6 KB) 12 05/09/2023
102 SmartRivers (PDF - 291.7 KB) 10 06/10/2023
103 NSW Irrigators Council (NSWIC) (PDF - 3.3 MB) 68 28/07/2023

Final submissions (42)

Submissions received after the release of the interim report are listed here.
No. Name Pages Received
104 Professor Sarah Wheeler; Professor Quentin Grafton; Professor Jeff Connor and Professor John Quiggin (PDF - 322.2 KB) 1 16/11/2023
105 Ricegrowers' Association of Australia (RGA) (PDF - 370.3 KB) 6 17/11/2023
106 Healthy Rivers Lower Murray (PDF - 248.7 KB) 4 20/11/2023
107 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) (PDF - 155.9 KB) 4 17/11/2023
108 Jan Beer (PDF - 324.1 KB) 3 19/11/2023
  Jan Beer (Word - 32.7 KB)    
109 Inland Rivers Network (IRN) (PDF - 136.6 KB) 6 20/11/2023
110 NSW Irrigators’ Council (NSWIC) (PDF - 395.9 KB) 20 20/11/2023
111 NSW Government (PDF - 168.7 KB) 13 20/11/2023
Attachment: NSW Government submission on the Water Amendment (Restoring Our Rivers) Bill 2023 (PDF - 182.7 KB) 5 20/11/2023
112 Queensland Department of Regional Development, Manufacturing and Water (DRDMW) (PDF - 223.6 KB) 11 17/11/2023
113 CSIRO (PDF - 186.3 KB) 8 17/11/2023
114 Bob Newman (PDF - 217.6 KB) 3 20/11/2023
  Bob Newman (Word - 32.7 KB)    
115 Campaspe Shire Council | Victoria (PDF - 622.9 KB) 9 20/11/2023
116 Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder (CEWH) (PDF - 878.2 KB) 7 20/11/2023
117 Australian Dairy Industry Council (ADIC) (PDF - 336.0 KB) 6 20/11/2023
118 Murray Irrigation Limited (MIL) (PDF - 1020.2 KB) 7 20/11/2023
119 Lifeblood Alliance (PDF - 231.8 KB) 12 19/11/2023
  Lifeblood Alliance (Word - 77.1 KB)    
120 Central Murray Environmental Floodplains Group (PDF - 188.0 KB) 5 20/11/2023
  Central Murray Environmental Floodplains Group (Word - 31.0 KB)    
121 National Parks Association of NSW (NPA) (PDF - 189.4 KB) 5 20/11/2023
122 Central Irrigation Trust (CIT) (PDF - 149.0 KB) 2 20/11/2023
123 NSW Farmers’ Association (PDF - 300.1 KB) 16 20/11/2023
124 Regional Australia Institute (RAI) (PDF - 263.1 KB) 5 20/11/2023
125 Barrie MacMillan (PDF - 238.9 KB) 4 21/11/2023
126 Murray–Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) (PDF - 369.2 KB) 12 21/11/2023
127 Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) (PDF - 512.8 KB) 21 20/11/2023
128 Murrumbidgee Irrigation (MI) (PDF - 514.7 KB) 1 20/11/2023
129 Lower Murray Water (LMW) (PDF - 524.0 KB) 2 21/11/2023
130 National Irrigators’ Council (NIC) (PDF - 665.9 KB) 30 22/11/2023
131 Victorian Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (PDF - 184.4 KB) 3 20/11/2023
132 Murraylands and Riverland Landscape Board (PDF - 212.1 KB) 5 20/11/2023
133 Inspector-General of Water Compliance (PDF - 348.8 KB) 7 21/11/2023
134 National Farmers' Federation (NFF) (PDF - 12.6 MB) 95 23/11/2023
135 Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) (PDF - 177.6 KB) 2 23/11/2023
136 Department for Environment and Water | Government of South Australia (PDF - 186.9 KB) 3 23/11/2023
137 Watertrust Australia (PDF - 53.3 KB) 3 20/11/2023
138 Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF) (PDF - 235.0 KB) 7 24/11/2023
139 Australian Water Brokers Association (AWBA) (PDF - 65.3 KB) 1 27/11/2023
  Australian Water Brokers Association (AWBA) (Word - 28.1 KB)    
140 Upper Murrumbidgee Catchment Network (UMCN) (PDF - 180.5 KB) 3 27/11/2023
Attachment: Submission continued (PDF - 223.9 KB) 4 27/11/2023
141 Aron Gingis (PDF - 11.8 KB) 1 27/11/2023
  Aron Gingis (Word - 38.9 KB)    
142 Australian River Restoration Centre (ARRC) (PDF - 153.2 KB) 3 27/11/2023
Attachment: Submission continued (PDF - 107.2 KB) 3 27/11/2023
143 Upper Murrumbidgee Demonstration Reach (UMDR) (PDF - 139.4 KB) 2 27/11/2023
144 NSW Aboriginal Land Council (NSWALC) (PDF - 303.1 KB) 4 24/11/2023
145 Ken Jury (PDF - 458.1 KB) 2 27/11/2023
C1 Comments made to the Murray-Darling Basin Plan: Implementation Review 2023 inquiry (PDF - 181 Kb) - 14/07/2022
  Comments made to the Murray-Darling Basin Plan: Implementation Review 2023 inquiry (Word - 56 Kb) - -

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