Inquiry into
the extent and economic impact of salinity
Media release - Public Hearing & Site Inspection, Perth, Friday 18 November 2005
Salinity is one of Australia's major environmental challenges. Mobilised salt stores cause damage to roads, buildings and vegetation, degrade the soil and diminish the quality of our water supplies.
On Thursday 17 November the Senate Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts References Committee will travel to Narrogin and surrounding areas in WA to inspect salinity-affected land and waterways, and talk to farmers and scientists about the salinity threat and ways to manage it. This will be followed by a public hearing in Perth on Friday 18 November.
Senator Judith Adams, the Committee's Deputy Chair, said:
As a WA Senator and farmer I know first-hand the impacts of salinity on agricultural production, the environment and communities.
The Committee welcomes the opportunity to travel to the Great Southern region and find out more about the different approaches that farming and research communities, industry, government and natural resource management practitioners are adopting to manage salinity.
We want to know what's happening on the ground and what more can be done to support salinity-management activities.
Details of the hearing program on 18 November are overleaf. The public and the media are welcome to observe the proceedings.
Terms of reference and copies of submissions to the inquiry are available from the Committee’s website or by telephoning the ECITA Committee Secretariat.
16 November 2005
For further information, contact:
Committee Secretary
Senate Standing Committees on Environment, Communications and the Arts
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia
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