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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

Final submissions (41)

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) - -