Footnotes

[1] Sourced from the Australian Dryland Salinity Assessment 2000, www.audit.ea.gov.au/ANRA/land/docs/national/Salinity_Glossary.html, accessed 4 January 2006.

[2] House of Representatives Standing Committee on Science and Innovation, Science Overcoming Salinity: Coordinating and extending the science to address the nation's salinity problem, May 2004.

[3] K. Wallace, Case Study – Toolibin Lake and Catchment, nd., p. 2.

[4] Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and the Department of the Environment and Heritage, Submission 24, p.1.

[5] Council of Australian Governments, Our Vital Resources: A National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality, November 2000, p. 1 in ANAO Report ANAO Audit Report No.17 2004‑05 The Administration of the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality, December 2004, p.13.

[6] Australian Dryland Salinity Assessment 2000, http://audit.deh.gov.au?ANRA/land/sal)context/AUS.cfm?region_code=Aus& (accessed 4 January 2006).

[7] These definitions are directly taken from the NSW Department of Natural Resource Management website – formerly DIPNR ‑ http://www.dlwc.nsw.gov.au/salinity/basics/types.htm (accessed 24 October 2005).

[8] NSW Department of Natural Resource Management website – formerly DIPNR http://www.dlwc.nsw.gov.au/salinity/basics/types.htm (accessed 24 October 2005).

[9] Material in this section draws heavily on the report of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Science and Innovation, Science Overcoming Salinity: Coordinating and extending the science to address the nation's salinity problem, May 2004, pp 63-68.

[10] CSIRO, cited in the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Science and Innovation, Science Overcoming Salinity: Coordinating and extending the science to address the nation's salinity problem, 2004, p. 65.

[11] House of Representatives Standing Committee on Science and Innovation, Science Overcoming Salinity: Coordinating and extending the science to address the nation's salinity problem, 2004, p. 66.

[12] National Land and Water Resources Audit Advisory Council, Australian Dryland Salinity Assessment 2000, 2001, Table 1, p. 3 of 10, http://audit.ea.gov.au/ANRA/land/docs/national/Salinity_AUS.html, (accessed 6 January 2006).

[13] National Land and Water Resources Audit Advisory Council, Australian Dryland Salinity Assessment 2000, 2001, pp 2-3 of 10, http://audit.ea.gov.au/ANRA/land/docs/national/Salinity_AUS.html, (accessed 6 January 2006).

[14] National Land and Water Resources Audit Advisory Council, Australian Dryland Salinity Assessment 2000, 2001, p. 3 of 10, http://audit.ea.gov.au/ANRA/land/docs/national/Salinity_AUS.html, (accessed 6 January 2006).

[15] National Land and Water Resources Audit Advisory Council, Australian Dryland Salinity Assessment 2000, 2001, p. 3 of 10, http://audit.ea.gov.au/ANRA/land/docs/national/Salinity_AUS.html, (accessed 6 January 2006).

[16] National Land and Water Resources Audit Advisory Council, Australian Dryland Salinity Assessment 2000, 2001, p. 4 of 10, http://audit.ea.gov.au/ANRA/land/docs/national/Salinity_AUS.html, (accessed 6 January 2006).

[17] National Land and Water Resources Audit Advisory Council, Australian Dryland Salinity Assessment 2000, 2001, p. 5 of 10, http://audit.ea.gov.au/ANRA/land/docs/national/Salinity_AUS.html, (accessed 6 January 2006).

[18] National Land and Water Resources Audit Advisory Council, Australian Dryland Salinity Assessment 2000, Table 2, p. 5 of 10, http://audit.ea.gov.au/ANRA/land/docs/national/Salinity_AUS.html, (accessed 6 January 2006).

[19] Australian Bureau of Statistics, Salinity on Australian Farms, 4615.0, 2002.

[20] Australian Bureau of Statistics, Salinity on Australian Farms, 4615.0, 2002, p. 3.

[21] Australian Bureau of Statistics, Salinity on Australian Farms, 4615.0, 2002, p. 3.

[22] Australian Bureau of Statistics, Salinity on Australian Farms, 4615.0, 2002, Table 5.1, p. 5.

[23] Professor Les Copeland, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 14 October 2005, pp 35-36.

[24] M. Keogh, 'The national Dryland Salinity Audit 5 Years on: Is the 17 Million Hectare Estimate Still Valid or Useful?', Farm Policy Journal, Vol. 2, No. 4, November Quarter 2005.

[25] Mr Tom Aldred, Executive Manager, Natural Resource Management, Committee Hansard, 28 February 2006, p. 37.

[26] Mr Peter Baker, Committee Hansard, 6 September 2005, p. 3.

[27] Mr Peter Baker, Committee Hansard, 6 September 2005, p. 4.

[28] Mr Mike Lee, General Manager, Australian Government Natural Resource Management Team, Natural Resource Management Division, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Committee Hansard, 6 September 2005, p. 7.

[29] Mr Mike Lee, Committee Hansard, 6 September 2005, p. 7.

[30] Mr Mike Lee, Committee Hansard, 6 September 2005, p. 8.

[31] Mr Mike Lee, Committee Hansard, 6 September 2005, p. 8.

[32] Dr Bruce Munday, Committee Hansard, 16 November 2005, p. 58.

[33] Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry and Department of Environment and Heritage, Submission 24, p. 2.

[34] Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry and Department of Environment and Heritage, Submission 24, pp 2-3.

[35] Natural Resource Management Ministerial Council, http://www.mincos.gov.au/about_nrmmc.htm, (accessed 22 August 2005).

[36] Natural Resource Management Ministerial Council, Terms of Reference, http://www.mincos.gov.au/about_nrmmc.htm, (accessed 22 August 2005).

[37] Natural Resource Management Standing Committee, http://www.mincos.gov.au/about_nrm_sc.htm (accessed 22 August 2005).

[38] Information in this section is from the Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry and Department of the Environment and Heritage, Submission 24, Attachment B and the National Action Plan website, http://www.napswq.gov.au/, (accessed 20 January 2006).

[39] Australian National Audit Office, The Administration of the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality, Audit Report No. 17 2004-2005.

[40] Information in this section is from the Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry and Department of the Environment and Heritage, Submission 24, Attachment B and the Natural Heritage Trust website, http://www.nht.gov.au/about-nht.html, (accessed 20 January 2006).

[41] Natural Heritage Trust website, http://www.nht.gov.au/orgcom/nhmb.html (accessed 20 March 2006).

[42] Information in this section is from the Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry and Department of the Environment and Heritage, Submission 24, Attachment B, and the National Landcare Program, http://www.daff.gov.au/content/output.cfm?ObjectID=D2C48F86-BA1A-11A1-A2200060B0A04273, (accessed 20 January 2006).

[43] Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Department of Environment and Heritage, Submission 24, Attachment I, p. 33.

[44] Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Department of the Environment and Heritage, Submission 24, p. 4.

[45] Dr Ian Prosser, Committee Hansard, 6 September 2005, p. 29.

[46] The CRC Program is administered by the Department of Education, Science and Training. The program links researchers with industry encouraging a practical and commercial focus in R&D endeavours.

[47] Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Department of the Environment and Heritage, Submission 24, Attachment A, p. 1.

[48] Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Department of the Environment and Heritage, Submission 24, Attachment A, p. 1.

[49] Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Department of the Environment and Heritage, Submission 24, Attachment A, p. 2.

[50] Land & Water Australia, Submission 26, p. 1.

[51] Land & Water Australia, Submission 26.

[52] Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Department of the Environment and Heritage, Submission 24, Attachment A, p. 4.

[53] Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Department of the Environment and Heritage, Submission 24, Attachment A, p. 4.

[54] CRC for Plant-Based Management of Dryland Salinity Website, www.crcsalinity.com/aboutus/index (accessed 2 March 2006).

[55] Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Department of the Environment and Heritage, Submission 24, Attachment A, p. 4.

[56] Taken directly from the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Department of the Environment and Heritage, Submission 24, Attachment A, pp 4-5.

[57] House of Representatives Standing Committee on Science and Innovation, Science Overcoming Salinity: Coordinating and extending the science to address the nation's salinity problem, Canberra, May 2004.

[58] House of Representatives Standing Committee on Science and Innovation, Science Overcoming Salinity: Coordinating and extending the science to address the nation's salinity problem, Canberra, May 2004, p. xii.

[59] House of Representatives Standing Committee on Science and Innovation, Science Overcoming Salinity: Coordinating and extending the science to address the nation's salinity problem, Canberra, May 2004, p. xii.

[60] Taken directly from the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Science and Innovation, Science Overcoming Salinity: Coordinating and extending the science to address the nation's salinity problem, Canberra, May 2004, p. xxxvi.

[61] Taken directly from the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Science and Innovation, Science Overcoming Salinity: Coordinating and extending the science to address the nation's salinity problem, Canberra, May 2004, pp 168-170.

[62] The Australian Government, Response to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Science and Innovation May 2004 Report – Science Overcoming Salinity: Coordinating and extending the science to address the nation's salinity problem, December 2005, www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/scin/salinity/govtresponse/govtresponse.pdf, (accessed 31 January 2006).

[63] Mr Robert Cordover, Submission 3, p. 1

[64] Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and the Department of the Environment and Heritage, Submission 24, p. 1.

[65] Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and the Department of the Environment and Heritage, Submission 24, p. 1.

[66] Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and the Department of the Environment and Heritage, Submission 24, Attachment B.

[67] The findings of this report are discussed throughout the following sections of this chapter and draw directly from material published in the Australian National Audit Office Report The Administration of the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality, Audit Report No. 17, 2004-2005.

[68] Australian National Audit Office, The Administration of the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality, Audit Report No. 17 2004-2005, p. 28.

[69] Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and the Department of the Environment and Heritage, Submission 24, p. 6.

[70] Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and the Department of the Environment and Heritage, Submission 24, p. 6.

[71] Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and the Department of the Environment and Heritage, Submission 24, Attachment B.

[72] Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and the Department of the Environment and Heritage, Submission 24, p. 7.

[73] Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and the Department of the Environment and Heritage, Submission 24, Attachment B.

[74] Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and the Department of the Environment and Heritage, Submission 24, Attachment B.

[75] Centre for Salinity Assessment and Management, University of Sydney, Submission 17, p. 1.

[76] Land and Water Australia, Submission 26, p. 2.

[77] Centre for Salinity Assessment and Management, University of Sydney, Submission 17, p. 1.

[78] Local Government Association of Queensland, Submission 8, p. 1.

[79] Dr Ian Prosser, CSIRO, Committee Hansard, 6 September 2005, p. 30.

[80] Pastoralists and Graziers Association, Submission 4, p. 2.

[81] Centre for Salinity Assessment and Management, University of Sydney, Submission 17, p. 1.

[82] The Australian Conservation Foundation, Submission 19, p. 24.

[83] Pastoralists and Graziers Association, Submission 4, p. 1.

[84] CSIRO, Submission 15, p. 5.

[85] Mr Peter Baker, Integrated Water Sciences, Bureau of Rural Sciences, Committee Hansard, 6 September 2005, p. 6.

[86] River Murray Catchment Water Management Board, Submission 45, p. 1.

[87] Centre for Salinity Assessment and Management, Submission 17, p. 2.

[88] River Murray Catchment Water Management Board, Submission 45, pp 1-2.

[89] Mr Kevin Goss, Chief Executive Officer, CRC for Plant-Based Management of Dryland Salinity, Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, p. 20.

[90] Mr Gerry Smith, General Manager, Australian Government Natural Resource Management

Team, Estimates Hansard, 1 November 2005, pp 177-178.

[91] Mr Malcolm Forbes, First Assistant Secretary, Department of the Environment and Heritage, Estimates Hansard, 14 February 2006, p. 140.

[92] Australian National Audit Office Report The Administration of the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality, Audit Report No. 17, 2004-2005, p. 48.

[93] Australian National Audit Office Report The Administration of the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality, Audit Report No. 17, 2004-2005, p. 18.

[94] Pastoralists and Graziers Association, Submission 4, p. 1.

[95] Western Australian Farmers Federation, Submission 41, p. 1.

[96] NRM South, Submission 29. p. 2.

[97] Australian Conservation Foundation, Submission 19, p. 22.

[98] Mr Geoff Fishburn, NSW Department of Natural Resources, Committee Hansard, 14 October 2005, p. 11.

[99] Australian Conservation Foundation, Submission 19, p. 22.

[100] Australian National Audit Office (ANAO), The Administration of the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality, Audit Report No. 17, 2004-05, p. 63.

[101] Natural Resource Management Website, http://www.nrm.gov.au/state/index.html (accessed 21 March 2006).

[102] Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and the Department of Environment and Heritage, Submission 24, Attachment I, p. 3.

[103] Mr Robert Green, Committee Hansard, 10 February 2006, p. 10.

[104] Australian National Audit Office Report The Administration of the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality, Audit Report No. 17, 2004-2005, p. 73.

[105] Central West Catchment Management Authority, Submission 9, p. 2.

[106] Australian Conservation Foundation, Submission 19, p. 24.

[107] Mr Roger Wickes, South Australian Department of Water, Land and Biodiversity Conservation, Committee Hansard, 16 November 2005, p 8.

[108] Australian National Audit Office Report The Administration of the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality, Audit Report No. 17, 2004-2005, p. 73.

[109] Australian National Audit Office Report The Administration of the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality, Audit Report No. 17, 2004-2005, p. 103.

[110] Australian Conservation Foundation, Submission 19, pp 24-25.

[111] Mr Fred Tromp, Director, NRM and Salinity, Department of Environment, Western Australian Government, Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, p. 10.

[112] Mr Roger Wickes, South Australian Department of Water, Land and Biodiversity Conservation, Committee Hansard 16 November 2005, pp 9-10.

[113] Mr Fred Tromp, Director, NRM and Salinity, Department of Environment, Western Australian Government, Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, p. 8.

[114] North Central Catchment Management Authority, Submission 39, p. 2.

[115] Natural Resource Management South, Submission 29, p. 2.

[116] Mr Corey Watts, Acting Manager, Land and Water Program, ACF, Committee Hansard, 28 February 2006, p. 26.

[117] Mr Daniel Meldrum, Senior Project Officer, Salinity and Water Use, River Murray Catchment Water Management Board, Committee Hansard, 16 November 2005, p. 52.

[118] Mr Gregory Bugden, Murrumbidgee Catchment management Authority, Committee Hansard, 10 February 2006, p. 27.

[119] Councillor Clive Robartson, Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, p. 76.

[120] Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and the Department of Environment and Heritage, Submission 24, Attachment I, p. 5.

[121] Mr Malcolm Forbes, First Assistant Secretary, Department of the Environment and Heritage, Committee Hansard, 28 February 2006, p. 37.

[122] Senator the Hon. Ian Campbell, Additional Estimates Committee Hansard, 14 February 2006, p. 140.

[123] Mr Andrew Campbell, Land & Water Australia, Committee Hansard, 6 September 2005, p. 24.

[124] Mr Fred Tromp, Director, NRM and Salinity, Department of Environment, Western Australian Government, Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, p. 9.

[125] The Western Australian Farmers Federation, Submission 41, p. 2.

[126] CRC for Plant-based Management of Dryland Salinity, Submission 18, p. 1.

[127] Mr Fred Tromp, Director, NRM and Salinity, Department of Environment, Western Australian Government, Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, p. 9.

[128] Ms Sharon Vernon, Program Manager, Hunter-Central Rivers Catchment Management Authority, Committee Hansard 14 October 2005, p. 51.

[129] Hunter-Central Rivers Catchment Management Authority, Submission 2, p. 1.

[130] CRC for Plant-based Management of Dryland Salinity, Submission 18, p. 1.

[131] Australian National Audit Office Report The Administration of the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality, Audit Report No. 17, 2004-2005, p. 37.

[132] Australian National Audit Office Report The Administration of the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality, Audit Report No. 17, 2004-2005, p. 38.

[133] Mr Mike Lee, Committee Hansard, 6 September 2005, p. 8.

[134] Mr Corey Watts, Acting Manager, Land and Water Program, ACF, Committee Hansard, 28 February 2006, p. 25.

[135] Hunter-Central Rivers CMA, Submission 2, pp 2-3.

[136] Australian Conservation Foundation, Submission 19, p. 51.

[137] Australian Conservation Foundation, Submission 19, p. 12.

[138] Mr Malcolm Forbes, Committee Hansard, 6 September 2005, p. 16.

[139] Mr Mike Lee, Committee Hansard, 6 September 2005, p. 16.

[140] Conservation Council of Western Australia, Submission 11, p. 2.

[141] Conservation Council of Western Australia, Submission 11, p. 2.

[142] Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Department of the Environment and Heritage, Submission 24, Attachment B, p. 1.

[143] The Regional Implementation Working Group for NRM was established by the NRM Ministerial Council to examine regional delivery. In 2004 the Regional Implementation Working Group held a Community Forum, which gave the chairs of all regional organisations an opportunity to convey their views on the progress of the regional model and areas for improvement to the NRM Ministerial Council. The findings of this Forum were presented in the report, Regional Delivery of NRM – Moving Forward, in March 2005. The report was submitted to the Inquiry as an attachment to Submission 24.

[144] Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Department of the Environment and Heritage, Submission 24, Attachment I, p. 8.

[145] Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Department of the Environment and Heritage, Submission 24, Attachment I, p. 9.

[146] Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Department of the Environment and Heritage, Submission 24, Attachment I, p. 11.

[147] Western Australian Local Government Association, Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, p. 76.

[148] ALGA, Submission 13, p. 3.

[149] ALGA, Submission 13, p. 4.

[150] Local Government Association of Qld, Submission 8, p. 3.

[151] Mr Nathan Malin, Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, p. 83.

[152] Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and the Department of Environment and Heritage, Submission 24, Attachment I, p. 6.

[153] Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and the Department of Environment and Heritage, Submission 24, Attachment I, p. 14.

[154] Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and the Department of the Environment and Heritage, Submission 24, Attachment I, pp 14-15.

[155] Australian National Audit Office Report The Administration of the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality, Audit Report No. 17, 2004-2005, p. 91.

[156] Mr Gregory Bugden, Murrumbidgee Catchment management Authority, Committee Hansard, 10 February 2006, p. 26.

[157] Australian National Audit Office Report The Administration of the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality, Audit Report No. 17, 2004-2005, p. 104.

[158] Mr John Francis, Murrumbidgee Catchment Management Authority, Committee Hansard, 10 February 2006, p. 26.

[159] Land & Water Australia, Submission 26, p. 2.

[160] Dr Ian Prosser, CSIRO, Committee Hansard, 6 September 2005, p. 31.

[161] Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and the Department of Environment and Heritage, Submission 24, Attachment I, p. 14.

[162] Land & Water Australia, Submission 26, p. 2.

[163] Australian Government, Natural Resource Management website, http://www.nrm.gov.au/about-regions/index.html#boundaries (accessed 12 January 2006).

[164] Australian National Audit Office Report The Administration of the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality, Audit Report No. 17, 2004-2005, Appendix 1.

[165] NRM South, Submission 29, pp 1-2.

[166] NRM South, Submission 29, pp 1-2.

[167] Local Govt Association of Queensland, Submission 8, p. 2.

[168] Australian National Audit Office Report The Administration of the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality, Audit Report No. 17, 2004-2005, p. 52.

[169] Australian National Audit Office Report The Administration of the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality, Audit Report No. 17, 2004-2005, p. 52.

[170] Avon Catchment Council, Submission 42, p. 2.

[171] Australian Conservation Foundation, Submission 19, p. 24.

[172] Australian Conservation Foundation, Submission 19, p. 24.

[173] Local Government Association of Queensland, Submission 8, p. 2.

[174] Avon Catchment Council, Submission 42, p. 2.

[175] Mr Leslie Roberts, Natural Resource Management, Murray-Darling Basin Commission, Committee Hansard 6 September 2005, p. 44.

[176] Murray-Darling Basin Commission, Submission 21, p. 3.

[177] Mr Mike Lee, Natural Resource Management Division, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Committee Hansard, 6 September 2005, p. 11.

[178] CRC for Plant-Based Management for Dryland Salinity, Submission 18, p. 1.

[179] Australian Conservation Foundation, Submission 19, p. 60.

[180] Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Department of the Environment and Heritage, Submission 24, Attachment I, p. 33.

[181] Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Department of the Environment and Heritage, Submission 24, Attachment I, p. 6.

[182] Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Department of the Environment and Heritage, Submission 24, Attachment I, p. 33.

[183] Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Department of the Environment and Heritage, Submission 24, p. 4.

[184] Taken directly from the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Department of the Environment and Heritage, Submission 24, p. 13.

[185] Australian Government Natural Resource Management Website, http://www.nrm.gov.au/about-regions/index.html#boundaries (accessed 5 January 2006).

[186] Taken directly from the Australian Government Natural Resource Management Website, http://www.nrm.gov.au/national/index.html (accessed 5 January 2006).

[187] North Central CMA, Submission 39, p. 2.

[188] South Coast Regional Initiative Planning Team, Submission 27, p. 2.

[189] Centre for Salinity Assessment and Management, Submission 17, p. 1.

[190] Burnett Mary Regional Group, Submission 30, p. 1.

[191] Taken directly from the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Department of the Environment and Heritage, Submission 24, Attachment I, p. 6.

[192] Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Department of the Environment and Heritage, Submission 24, p. 4.

[193] Mr Mike Lee, Committee Hansard, 6 September 2005, p. 10.

[194] Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Department of the Environment and Heritage, Submission 24, p. 12.

[195] Mr Malcolm Forbes, Committee Hansard, 6 September 2005, p. 10.

[196] Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Department of Environment and Heritage, Submission 24, Attachment F.

[197] Natural Resource Management Act 2004, Part 3, Division 3 (25).

[198] NSW Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources, Submission 22, p. 2.

[199] NSW Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources, Submission 22, p. 2.

[200] Catchment Management Authorities Act 2003, s. 8 (4).

[201] Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment, Tasmanian Natural Resource Management Framework, 2002, p. 22.

[202] Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment, Tasmanian Natural Resource Management Framework, 2002, p. 24.

[203] Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment, Tasmanian Natural Resource Management Framework, 2002, p. 25.

[204] WA Department of Environment, answer to question on notice, 18 November 2005 (received 8 March 2006).

[205] Dr Maxine Cooper, Executive Director, Arts, Heritage and Environment, ACT Chief Minister's Department, Committee Hansard, 28 February 2006, p. 11.

[206] Avon Catchment Council, Submission 42, p. 3.

[207] Mr Peter Sullivan, Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, p. 34.

[208] Mr Mike Lee, Committee Hansard, 6 September 2005, p. 10.

[209] Councillor Clive Robartson, Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, p. 76.

[210] Mr Roger Wickes, Committee Hansard, 16 November 2005, p. 15.

[211] Australian Conservation Foundation, Submission 19, p. 12.

[212] ALGA, Submission 13, p. 3.

[213] House of Representatives Standing Committee on Science and Innovation, Science Overcoming Salinity, May 2004, p. xxxiii.

[214] Councillor Clive Robartson, Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, pp 80-81.

[215] Greening Australia, Submission 16, p. 3.

[216] Local Government Association of Queensland, Submission 8, p. 2.

[217] CRC for Plant-Based Management of Dryland Salinity, Submission 18, p. 2.

[218] Mr Corey Watts, Acting Manager, Land and Water Program, ACF, Committee Hansard, 28 February 2006, p. 27.

[219] Dr Ian Prosser, Committee Hansard, 6 September 2005, p. 30.

[220] Dr Ian Prosser, Committee Hansard, 6 September 2005, p. 33.

[221] Mr Leslie Roberts, Committee Hansard, 6 September 2005, p. 39.

[222] Mr Matthew Kendall, Committee Hansard, 6 September 2005, p. 40.

[223] Greening Australia, Submission 16, p. 3.

[224] Local Government Association of Queensland, Submission 8, p. 2.

[225] Australian National Audit Office (ANAO), The Administration of the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality, Audit Report No. 17, 2004-05, p. 55.

[226] Centre for Salinity Assessment and Management, Submission 17, p. 1.

[227] CRC for Plant-Based Management of Dryland Salinity, Submission 18, p. 1.

[228] Mr Kevin Goss, Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, p. 19.

[229] Australian National Audit Office (ANAO), The Administration of the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality, Audit Report No. 17, 2004-05, p. 64.

[230] Central West CMA, Submission 9, p. 3.

[231] Avon Catchment Council, Submission 42, p. 1.

[232] Mrs Elizabeth Eaton, Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, p. 37.

[233] Mr Trevor De Landgrafft, Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, p. 57.

[234] Mr Neville Pavan, Committee Hansard, 14 October 2005, p. 62.

[235] Dr Maxine Cooper, Executive Director, Arts, Heritage and Environment, Chief Minister's Department, ACT, Committee Hansard, 28 February 2006, p. 14.

[236] Hunter-Central Rivers CMA, Submission 2, p. 2.

[237] Mr Tom Aldred, Executive Manager NRM, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Committee Hansard, 28 February 2006, pp 40-41.

[238] Australian Local Government Association, Submission 13, p. 3.

[239] Taken directly from the Australian Conservation Foundation, Submission 19, p. 50.

[240] Australian Local Government Association, Submission 13, p. 2.

[241] Australian Local Government Association, Submission 13, p. 2.

[242] Local Government Association of Queensland, Submission 8, p. 2.

[243] Mr Nathan Malin, Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, p. 79.

[244] Councillor Clive Robartson, Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, p. 79.

[245] Mr Roger Wickes, Committee Hansard, 16 November 2005, p. 15.

[246] Namoi CMA, Submission 25a, p. 1.

[247] Mr Robert Gledhill, Chair, Lachlan CMA, Committee Hansard, 28 February 2006, p. 30.

[248] Mr Dan Meldrum, Committee Hansard, 16 November 2005, pp 48-49.

[249] Hunter-Central Rivers CMA, Submission 2, p. 2.

[250] Australian Conservation Foundation, Submission 19, p. 51.

[251] Namoi CMA, Submission 25, p. 2.

[252] Mr George Truman, Committee Hansard, 14 October 2005, p. 28.

[253] Mr Dan Meldrum, Committee Hansard, 16 November 2005, p. 49.

[254] Mr Robert Gledhill, Committee Hansard, 10 February 2006, p. 29.

[255] WA Farmers Federation, Submission 41, p. 3.

[256] Mr Carl Binning, Committee Hansard, 28 February 2006, p. 20.

[257] Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Department of Environment and Heritage, Submission 24, Attachment I, p. 18.

[258] River Murray Catchment Water Management Board, Submission 45, pp 1-2.

[259] Australian Conservation Foundation, Submission 19, p. 48.

[260] Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Department of Environment and Heritage, Submission 24, Attachment I, p. 18.

[261] Wheatbelt Drainage Alliance, Submission 44, p. 6.

[262] Pastoralists and Graziers Association, Submission 4, p. 2.

[263] Mrs Elizabeth Eaton, Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, p. 37.

[264] See for example, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Department of Environment and Heritage, Submission 24, Attachment I, pp 19-21. Good practice examples in the following areas are provided: an innovative community engagement plan, a Dairy Australia initiated program to bridge the gap between NRM plans and land manager interests, and Queensland's regional approach to Indigenous engagement. See also, Glenelg Hopkins CMA, Submission 7, p. 4, for details of consultation actions for developing their Salinity Plan.

[265] Australian National Audit Office (ANAO), The Administration of the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality, Audit Report No. 17, 2004-05, p. 97.

[266] Australian National Audit Office (ANAO), The Administration of the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality, Audit Report No. 17, 2004-05, p. 59.

[267] Mr Andrew McMillan, Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, pp 54-55.

[268] Australian National Audit Office (ANAO), The Administration of the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality, Audit Report No. 17, 2004-05, pp 82-83.

[269] Australian National Audit Office (ANAO), The Administration of the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality, Audit Report No. 17, 2004-05, p. 84.

[270] Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Department of the Environment and Heritage, Submission 24, Attachment I, p. 5.

[271] Mr Alan Bradley, Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, p. 42.

[272] Mrs Elizabeth Eaton, Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, p. 42.

[273] Avon Catchment Council, Submission 42, p. 2.

[274] Namoi CMA, Submission 25, p. 2.

[275] Mr Gregory Bugden, Business Manager (Investment), Murrumbidgee CMA, Committee Hansard, 28 February 2006, p. 25.

[276] Mr Neville Pavan, Committee Hansard, 14 October 2005, p. 59.

[277] Pastoralists and Graziers Association, Submission 4, p. 2.

[278] CSIRO, Submission 15, p. 7.

[279] Australian National Audit Office, The Administration of the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality, Audit Report No. 17, 2004-2005, p. 56.

[280] Mr Andrew Campbell, Land & Water Australia, Committee Hansard, 6 September 2005, p. 25.

[281] Hunter-Central Rivers CMA, Submission 2, p. 3.

[282] Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment Management Authority, Submission 12, p. 2.

[283] Central Riverina Landcare Network and Murrumbidgee Landcare Association, Submission 48, p. 3.

[284] Dr Rutger Vervoort, McCaughey Senior Lecturer, Hydrology and Catchment Management, Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, University of Sydney, Committee Hansard, 14 October 2005, p. 42.

[285] Centre for Salinity Assessment and Management, University of Sydney, Submission 17, p. 1.

[286] Dr Ian Prosser, Water Resources, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Committee Hansard, 6 September 2005, p. 34.

[287] Land & Water Australia, Submission 26, p. 4.

[288] CRC for Plant-Based Management of Dryland Salinity, Submission 18, p. 2.

[289] House of Representatives Standing Committee on Science and Innovation, May 2004, Science Overcoming Salinity: Coordinating and extending the science to address the nation's salinity problem, p. 193.

[290] House of Representatives Standing Committee on Science and Innovation, May 2004, Science Overcoming Salinity: Coordinating and extending the science to address the nation's salinity problem, p. 188.

[291] The Australian Government Response to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Science and Innovation May 2004 Report Science Overcoming Salinity: Coordinating and extending the science to address the nation's salinity problem, December 2005, p. 9, www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/scin/salinity/govtresponse/govtresponse.pdf (accessed 31 January 2006).

[292] The Australian Government Response to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Science and Innovation May 2004 Report Science Overcoming Salinity: Coordinating and extending the science to address the nation's salinity problem, December 2005, p. 11, www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/scin/salinity/govtresponse/govtresponse.pdf, (accessed 31 January 2006).

[293] Dr Rutger Vervoort, McCaughey Senior Lecturer, Hydrology and Catchment Management, Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, University of Sydney, Committee Hansard, 14 October 2005, p. 39.

[294] Dr Rutger Vervoort, McCaughey Senior Lecturer, Hydrology and Catchment Management, Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, University of Sydney, Committee Hansard, 14 October 2005, p. 39.

[295] Professor Les Copeland, Dean of Faculty, Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, and Director, Centre for Salinity Assessment and Management, University of Sydney, Committee Hansard, 14 October 2005, p. 38.

[296] Dr Rutger Vervoort, McCaughey Senior Lecturer, Hydrology and Catchment Management, Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, University of Sydney, Committee Hansard, 14 October 2005, p. 39.

[297] House of Representatives Standing Committee on Science and Innovation, Science Overcoming Salinity: Coordinating and extending the science to address the nation's salinity problem, Canberra, May 2004, p. 216.

[298] House of Representatives Standing Committee on Science and Innovation, Science Overcoming Salinity: Coordinating and extending the science to address the nation's salinity problem, Canberra, May 2004, p. 217.

[299] The Australian Government Response to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Science and Innovation May 2004 Report Science Overcoming Salinity: Coordinating and extending the science to address the nation's salinity problem, December 2005, p. 15, www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/scin/salinity/govtresponse/govtresponse.pdf, (accessed 31 January 2006).

[300] The Australian Government Response to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Science and Innovation May 2004 Report Science Overcoming Salinity: Coordinating and extending the science to address the nation's salinity problem, December 2005, p. 14, www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/scin/salinity/govtresponse/govtresponse.pdf, (accessed 31 January 2006).

[301] House of Representatives Standing Committee on Science and Innovation, Science Overcoming Salinity: Coordinating and extending the science to address the nation's salinity problem, Canberra, May 2004, Chapter 4.

[302] Land & Water Australia, Submission 26, p. 3.

[303] Dr Bruce Munday, Committee Hansard, 16 November 2005, p. 55.

[304] Australian National Audit Office, The Administration of the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality, Audit Report No. 17, 2004-2005, p. 61.

[305] Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and the Department of the Environment and Heritage, Submission 24, Attachment I, p. 13.

[306] CSIRO, Submission 15, p. 5.

[307] CSIRO, Submission 15, p. 5.

[308] Professor Les Copeland, Dean of Faculty, Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, and Director, Centre for Salinity Assessment and Management, University of Sydney, Committee Hansard, 14 October 2005, p. 38.

[309] Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and the Department of the Environment and Heritage, Submission 24, Attachment I, p. 13.

[310] Australian Local Government Association, Submission 13, p. 5.

[311] Mrs Sharon Fingland, Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils, Committee Hansard, 14 October 2005, p. 16.

[312] Hunter-Central Rivers Catchment Management Authority, Submission 2, p. 3.

[313] Mr Simon Veitch, Manager, Landcare and Invasive Species, Natural Resource Management Division, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Committee Hansard, 6 September 2005, p. 12.

[314] CSIRO, Submission 15, p. 7.

[315] Mr Andrew Campbell, Land & Water Australia, Committee Hansard, 6 September 2005, p. 25.

[316] Land & Water Australia, Submission 26, p. 5.

[317] Land & Water Australia, Submission 26, p. 5.

[318] Land & Water Australia, Submission 26, p. 6.

[319] Land & Water Australia, Submission 26, p. 6.

[320] Northern Agricultural Catchment Council, Submission 6a, p. 2.

[321] Land & Water Australia, Submission 26b, p. 12.

[322] Mr James Phillips, Committee Hansard, 10 February 2006, p. 16.

[323] Sister Carmel Wallis, Committee Hansard, 10 February 2006, p. 16.

[324] Pastoralists and Graziers Association, Submission 4, p. 2.

[325] Mr Tom Aldred, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Committee Hansard, 28 February 2006, p. 47.

[326] Land & Water Australia, Submission 26, p. 6.

[327] Mr Geoff Fishburn, NSW Department of Natural Resources, Committee Hansard, 14 October 2005, p. 9.

[328] The Western Australian Farmers Federation, Submission 41, p. 2.

[329] Land & Water Australia, Submission 26b, p. 2.

[330] Central Riverina Landcare Network and Murrumbidgee Landcare Association, Submission 48, p. 3.

[331] Mr George Truman, Catchment Officer, Projects (Salinity), Namoi Catchment Management Authority, Committee Hansard, 14 October 2005, p. 25.

[332] Hunter-Central Rivers Catchment Management Authority, Submission 2, p. 3.

[333] Mr George Truman, Catchment Officer, Projects (Salinity), Namoi Catchment Management Authority, Committee Hansard, 14 October 2005, p. 29.

[334] House of Representatives Standing Committee on Science and Innovation, Science Overcoming Salinity: Coordinating and extending the science to address the nation's salinity problem, Canberra, May 2004, p. 249.

[335] The Australian Government Response to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Science and Innovation May 2004 Report Science Overcoming Salinity: Coordinating and extending the science to address the nation's salinity problem, p. 18, accessed on 9 February 2006 at: www.daff.gov.au/salinity.

[336] Land & Water Australia, Submission 26, p. 6.

[337] The Australian Government Response to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Science and Innovation May 2004 Report Science Overcoming Salinity: Coordinating and extending the science to address the nation's salinity problem, December 2005, p. 17, www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/scin/salinity/govtresponse/govtresponse.pdf, (accessed 31 January 2006).

[338] Mr Kevin Goss, Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, p. 18.

[339] Mr Trevor De Landgrafft, Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, p. 53.

[340] Central Riverina Landcare Network and Murrumbidgee Landcare Association, Submission 48, p. 2.

[341] Australian Local Government Association, Submission 13, p. 4.

[342] The partners included: Grains Research & Development Corporation, National Land and Water Resources Audit, Murray-Darling Basin Commission, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation, CSIRO and the state governments of NSW, Qld, SA, Tasmania, Victoria and WA.

[343] Land & Water Australia, Submission 26, p. 4.

[344] House of Representatives Standing Committee on Science and Innovation, Science Overcoming Salinity: Coordinating and extending the science to address the nation's salinity problem, Canberra, May 2004, p. 158.

[345] Mr Andrew Campbell, Land & Water Australia, Committee Hansard, 6 September 2005, p. 24.

[346] The Australian Government Response to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Science and Innovation May 2004 Report Science Overcoming Salinity: Coordinating and extending the science to address the nation's salinity problem, December 2005, www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/scin/salinity/govtresponse/govtresponse.pdf (accessed 31 January 2006).

[347] Mr Andrew Campbell, Land & Water Australia, Committee Hansard, 6 September 2005, pp 24-25.

[348] Mr Andrew Campbell, Land & Water Australia, Committee Hansard, 6 September 2005, p. 24.

[349] CSIRO, Submission 15, p. 5.

[350] Australian Conservation Foundation, Submission 19, p. 58.

[351] The CRC for Plant-based Management of Dryland Salinity, Submission 18, p. 1.

[352] Dr Bruce Munday, Committee Hansard, 16 November 2005, p. 57.

[353] Mr Andrew Campbell, Land & Water Australia, Committee Hansard, 6 September 2005, p. 25.

[354] CSIRO, Submission 15, p. 5.

[355] Australian Conservation Foundation, Submission 19, p. 58.

[356] CSIRO, Submission 15, p. 5.

[357] CSIRO, Submission 15, p. 6.

[358] Mr Roger Wickes, Executive Director, Natural Resources Management, Department of Water, Land and Biodiversity Conservation, South Australia, Committee Hansard 16 November 2005, pp 5-6.

[359] Mr Andrew Campbell, Land & Water Australia, Committee Hansard, 6 September 2005, p. 23.

[360] Grains Research and Development Corporation, Submission 5, p. 5.

[361] Grains Research and Development Corporation, Submission 5, p. 5.

[362] The Australian Government Response to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Science and Innovation May 2004 Report Science Overcoming Salinity: Coordinating and extending the science to address the nation's salinity problem, December 2005, p. 16, www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/scin/salinity/govtresponse/govtresponse.pdf, (accessed 31 January 2006).

[363] Central Riverina Landcare Network and Murrumbidgee Landcare Association, Submission 48, p. 2.

[364] Land & Water Australia, Submission 26, p. 4.

[365] Land & Water Australia, Submission 26, p. 4.

[366] Land & Water Australia, Submission 26, p. 3.

[367] Dr Bruce Munday, Committee Hansard, 16 November 2005, p. 54.

[368] Mr Andrew Campbell, Committee Hansard, 6 September 2005, p. 23.

[369] B. Spies & P. Woodgate, Salinity Mapping Methods in the Australian Context, Natural Resource Management Ministerial Council, June 2005, p. xi.

[370] Australian Academy of Technical Science and Engineering, Submission 1, p. 1.

[371] B. Spies & P. Woodgate, Salinity Mapping Methods in the Australian Context, Natural Resource Management Ministerial Council, June 2005, p. 7.

[372] Mr Malcolm Forbes, Committee Hansard, 6 September 2005, p. 3.

[373] Mr Peter Baker, Integrated Water Sciences, Bureau of Rural Sciences, Committee Hansard, 6 September 2005, pp 4&6.

[374] Mr Daniel Meldrum, Senior Project Officer, Salinity and Water Use, River Murray Catchment Water Management Board, Committee Hansard, 16 November 2005, p. 47.

[375] Mr Daniel Meldrum, Senior Project Officer, Salinity and Water Use, River Murray Catchment Water Management Board, Committee Hansard, 16 November 2005, p. 47.

[376] Hunter-Central Rivers Catchment Management Authority, Submission 2, p. 3.

[377] Dr Rutger VerVoort, McCaughey Senior Lecturer, Hydrology and Catchment Management, Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, University of Sydney, Committee Hansard, 14 October 2005, p. 37.

[378] B. Spies & P. Woodgate, Salinity Mapping Methods in the Australian Context, Natural Resource Management Ministerial Council, June 2005, p. 24.

[379] B. Spies & P. Woodgate, Salinity Mapping Methods in the Australian Context, Natural Resource Management Ministerial Council, June 2005, p. xii.

[380] B. Spies & P. Woodgate, Salinity Mapping Methods in the Australian Context, Natural Resource Management Ministerial Council, June 2005, p. 31.

[381] Dr Rutger Vervoort, McCaughey Senior Lecturer, Hydrology and Catchment Management, Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, University of Sydney, Committee Hansard, 14 October 2005, p. 37.

[382] Saltland Pastures Association, Submission 40, p. 1.

[383] Mr Kevin Goss, Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, p. 18.

[384] Saltland Pastures Association, Submission 40, p. 5.

[385] Mr Gregory Fraser from the Grains Research and Development Corporation, Committee Hansard, 28 February 2006, p. 3.

[386] Dr Martin Blumenthal from the Grains Research and Development Corporation, Committee Hansard, 28 February 2006, p. 3.

[387] Mr Alex Campbell, Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, p. 14.

[388] Mr James Phillips, Private Capacity, Committee Hansard, 10 February 2006, p. 11.

[389] Mr Andrew Campbell, Land & Water Australia, Committee Hansard, 6 September 2005, p. 17.

[390] New South Wales Government, Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources, Introduction to Urban Salinity, 2003, p. 1.

[391] Victorian Government, Department of Primary Industries website, What is urban salinity, :http://www.dpi.vic.gov.au/dpi/vro/vrosite.nsf/pages/urban_salinity_what (accessed 21 February 2006).

[392] Central Riverina Landcare Network and Murrumbidgee Landcare Association, Submission 48, p. 2.

[393] Australian Local Government Association, Submission 13, p. 3.

[394] Mr Robert Gledhill, Lachlan Catchment Management Authority, Committee Hansard, 10 February 2006, p. 35.

[395] WA Department of Agriculture website, www.agric.wa.gov.au/pls/ (accessed 14 November 2005).

[396] Mr Bryan Short, Wagga Wagga City Council, Committee Hansard, 10 February 2006, p. 42.

[397] Councillor Clive Robartson, Western Australian Local Government Association, Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, p. 77.

[398] Mr Bryan Short, Wagga Wagga City Council, Committee Hansard, 10 February 2006, p. 42.

[399] S. Wilson, Understanding and preventing impacts of salinity on infrastructure inn rural and urban landscapes, www.southburnett.com.au/pdfs/saliitynov2003.pdf (accessed 20 November 2005).

[400] Mr Geoff Fishburn, NSW Department of Natural Resources, Committee Hansard, 14 October 2005, p. 9.

[401] Mrs Sharon Fingland, Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils, Committee Hansard, 14 October 2005, p. 22.

[402] New South Wales Government, Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources, Costs of Urban Salinity, 2003, p. 1.

[403] Mr Geoff Fishburn, NSW Department of Natural Resources, Committee Hansard, 14 October 2005, p. 3.

[404] Mr Andrew Campbell, Committee Hansard, 6 September 2005, pp 19-20.

[405] Australian Local Government Association, Submission 13, p. 2.

[406] Mr Robert Green, Go-Green Services, Committee Hansard, 10 February 2006, p. 5.

[407] Mr Geoff Fishburn, NSW Department of Natural Resources, Committee Hansard, 14 October 2005, p. 2.

[408] New South Wales Government, Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources, Costs of Urban Salinity, 2003, p. 3.

[409] Mr Bryan Short, Wagga Wagga City Council, Committee Hansard, 10 February 2006, p. 42.

[410] Mrs Sharon Fingland, Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils, Committee Hansard, 14 October 2005, p. 17.

[411] Mr Robert Green, Committee Hansard, 10 February 2006, pp13 – 14.

[412] Hunter-Central Rivers Catchment Management Authority, Submission 2, p. 3.

[413] Australian Conservation Foundation, Submission 19, p. 50.

[414] Australian Conservation Foundation, Submission 19, p. 51.

[415] Mr Corey Watts, Acting Manager, Land and Water Program, ACF, Committee Hansard, 28 February 2006, p. 35.

[416] Australian Local Government Association, Submission 13, p. 3 & Local Government Association of Queensland, Submission 8, p. 3.

[417] Mrs Sharon Fingland, Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils, Committee Hansard 14 October 2005, p. 19.

[418] Mr Malcolm Forbes, First Assistant Secretary, Australian Government Natural Resource Management Division, Department of Environment and Heritage, Committee Hansard, 28 February 2006, pp 37-38.

[419] Mr Nathan Malin, Western Australian Local Government Association, Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, p. 79.

[420] Mr Neville Pavan, Catchment Coordinator, Implementation, Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment Management Authority, Committee Hansard, 14 October 2005, p. 60.

[421] Australian Building Codes Board, Submission 47, p. 1 and ABCB website, http://www.abcb.gov.au/ (accessed 8 March 2006).

[422] Information taken directly from the ABCB website, http://www.abcb.gov.au/index.cfm?fuseaction=DocumentView&DocumentID=85 (accessed 8 March 2006).

[423] Australian Building Codes Board, Submission 47, pp 2-3.

[424] Ms Sian McGhie, Urban Salinity, NSW Department of Natural Resources, Committee Hansard, 14 October 2005, p. 12.

[425] Ms Sian McGhie, Urban Salinity, NSW Department of Natural Resources, Committee Hansard, 14 October 2005, p. 12.

[426] Mr Neville Pavan, Catchment Coordinator, Implementation, Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment Management Authority, Committee Hansard, 14 October 2005, p. 65.

[427] Mrs Sharon Fingland, Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils, Committee Hansard, 14 October 2005, p. 16.

[428] Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment Management Authority, Submission 12, p. 1.

[429] Mr Gregory Bugden, Murrumbidgee Catchment Management Authority, Committee Hansard, 10 February 2006, p. 22.

[430] Mrs Sharon Fingland, Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils, Committee Hansard, 14 October 2005, p. 15.

[431] Mr Bryan Short, Wagga Wagga City Council, Committee Hansard, 10 February 2006, p. 46.

[432] Mr Robert Green, Committee Hansard, 10 February 2006, pp 15-16.

[433] Mr Gregory Bugden, Murrumbidgee Catchment Management Authority, Committee Hansard, 10 February 2006, p. 21.

[434] Mr Gregory Bugden, Murrumbidgee Catchment Management Authority, Committee Hansard, 10 February 2006, p. 21.

[435] Mr Bryan Short, Wagga Wagga City Council, Committee Hansard, 10 February 2006, p. 42.

[436] Mr Robert Green, Committee Hansard, 10 February 2006, p. 13.

[437] Dr Petrina Quinn, Committee Hansard, 10 February 2006, p. 13.

[438] Mr Bryan Short, Wagga Wagga City Council, Committee Hansard, 10 February 2006, p. 41.

[439] Mr Bryan Short, Wagga Wagga City Council, Committee Hansard, 10 February 2006, p. 48.

[440] Ms Sian McGhie, Urban Salinity, NSW Department of Natural Resources, Committee Hansard, 14 October 2005, p. 10.

[441] Mr Daniel Meldrum, Senior Project Officer, Salinity and Water Use, River Murray Catchment Water Management Board, Committee Hansard, 16 November 2005, p. 48.

[442] Mrs Sharon Fingland, Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils, Committee Hansard, 14 October 2005, p. 19.

[443] Mr Neville Pavan, Catchment Coordinator, Implementation, Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment Management Authority, Committee Hansard, 14 October 2005, p. 65.

[444] Ms Sian McGhie, Urban Salinity, NSW Department of Natural Resources, Committee Hansard, 14 October 2005, p. 4.

[445] Mrs Sharon Fingland, Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils, Committee Hansard, 14 October 2005, p. 14.

[446] Councillor George Campbell, Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils, Committee Hansard, 14 October 2005, p. 13.

[447] Mr Robert Green, Committee Hansard, 10 February 2006, p. 5.

[448] Sister Carmel Wallis, ErinEarth, Committee Hansard, 10 February 2006, p. 6.

[449] Sister Carmel Wallis, ErinEarth, Committee Hansard, 10 February 2006, p. 7.

[450] Sister Carmel Wallis, ErinEarth, Committee Hansard, 10 February 2006, p. 7.

[451] Mr Bryan Short, Wagga Wagga City Council, Committee Hansard, 10 February 2006, p. 40.

[452] Mr Bryan Short, Wagga Wagga City Council, Committee Hansard, 10 February 2006, p. 46.

[453] Mr Bryan Short, Wagga Wagga City Council, Committee Hansard, 10 February 2006, p. 41.

[454] Mr Fred Tromp, Director, NRM and Salinity, Department of Environment, Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, p. 3.

[455] WA Department of Agriculture website, www.agric.wa.gov.au/pls/ (accessed 14 November 2005).

[456] Taken directly from the Department of Agriculture, Rural Towns – Liquid Assets, p. 1.

[457] Department of Agriculture, Rural Towns – Liquid Assets, p. 2.

[458] Mrs Sharon Fingland, Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils, Committee Hansard, 14 October 2005, p. 15.

[459] Australian Local Government Association, Submission 13, p. 1.

[460] Mr Charles Willcocks, Landcare and Sustainable Industries, Natural Resource Management Division, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Committee Hansard, 6 September 2005, p. 17.

[461] Mrs Sharon Fingland, Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils, Committee Hansard, 14 October 2005, p. 16.

[462] Dr Petrina Quinn, Central Riverina Landcare Network and Murrumbidgee Landcare Association, Committee Hansard, 10 February 2006, p. 16.

[463] Mrs Sharon Fingland, Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils, Committee Hansard, 14 October 2005, p. 22.

[464] Mr Andrew Campbell, Land & Water Australia, Committee Hansard, 6 September 2005, p. 27.

[465] Australian Local Government Association, Submission 13.

[466] Mr Robert Green, Committee Hansard, 10 February 2006, p. 10.

[467] Mr Bryan Short, Wagga Wagga City Council, Committee Hansard, 10 February 2006, p. 43.

[468] Dr Petrina Quinn, Central Riverina Landcare Network and Murrumbidgee Landcare Association, Central Riverina Landcare Network and Murrumbidgee Landcare Association, Committee Hansard, 10 February 2006, p. 9.

[469] Dr Petrina Quinn, Central Riverina Landcare Network and Murrumbidgee Landcare Association, Committee Hansard, 10 February 2006, p. 9.

[470] Dr Petrina Quinn, Central Riverina Landcare Network and Murrumbidgee Landcare Association, Committee Hansard, 10 February 2006, p. 9.

[471] Local Government Association of Queensland, Submission 8, p. 1.

[472] Mr Bryan Short, Wagga Wagga City Council, Committee Hansard, 10 February 2006, p. 43.

[473] Mrs Sharon Fingland, Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils, Committee Hansard, 14 October 2005, p. 15.

[474] Mr Bryan Short, Wagga Wagga City Council, Committee Hansard, 10 February 2006, p. 42.

[475] Mrs Sharon Fingland, Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils, Committee Hansard, 14 October 2005, p. 19.

[476] Mr Mike Lee, Australian Government Natural Resource Management Team, Natural Resource Management Division, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Committee Hansard, 6 September 2005, p. 17.

[477] Mr Tom Aldred, Executive Manager, NRM, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Committee Hansard, 28 February 2006, pp 37-38.

[478] Ms Sian McGhie, Urban Salinity, NSW Department of Natural Resources, Committee Hansard, 14 October 2005, p. 10.

[479] Dr Petrina Quinn, Central Riverina Landcare Network and Murrumbidgee Landcare Association, Committee Hansard, 10 February 2006, p. 16.

[480] Mr Michael Lloyd, Submission 40, p. 6.

[481] Conservation Council of WA, Submission 11, p. 6.

[482] Department of the Environment and Heritage & Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, answer to question on notice, 6 September 2005 (received 1 November 2005).

[483] Department of the Environment and Heritage & Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, answer to question on notice, 6 September 2005 (received 1 November 2005).

[484] WA Farmers Federation, Submission 41, p. 3.

[485] Mr McMillan, Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, p. 55.

[486] Mr Trevor De Landgrafft, Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, p. 54.

[487] Avon Catchment Council, Submission 42, p. 2.

[488] CRC for Plant-Based Management of Dryland Salinity, Submission 18, p. 2.

[489] D. Pannell, 'Voluntary versus Regulatory Approaches to Protecting the Environment in Rural Areas', Farm Policy Journal, vol. 2, no. 3, August Quarter 2005, p. 2.

[490] Mr Roger Wickes, Committee Hansard, 16 November 2005, p. 7.

[491] Dr David Masters, Committee Hansard, 18 November 2004, p. 16.

[492] Mr John Dunne, Committee Hansard , 18 November 2005, p. 70.

[493] Mr Christopher Tallentire, Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, pp 60-61.

[494] Professor Les Copeland, Committee Hansard, 14 October 2005, p. 37.

[495] Dr Bruce Munday, Committee Hansard, 16 November 2005, p. 55.

[496] Mr Michael Leak, Committee Hansard, 16 November 2005, p. 7.

[497] Mr Roger Wickes, Department of Water, land and Biodiversity Conservation, Committee Hansard, 16 November 2005, p. 9.

[498] Mr Matthew Kendall, Murray-Darling Basin Commission, Committee Hansard, 6 September 2005, p. 39.

[499] The Hon John Hill, Minister Hansard (2002), Record of debate on 2^nd reading of the Upper South East Dryland Salinity and Flood Management Amendment Bill. House of Assembly, 5 December 2002.

[500] Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry & Department of the Environment and Heritage, Submission 24, p. 9.

[501] The Environment, Resources and Development Committee, Parliament of South Australia, Upper South East Dryland Salinity and Flood Management Act 2002 – Report July 2003-June 2004, 28 November 2003, p. 3.

[502] Mr Roger Wickes, Executive Director, Natural Resources Management, Committee Hansard, 16 November 2005, p. 4.

[503] Mr Frank Burden, Submission 38, pp 1, 2, 6.

[504] Mr Frank Burden, Submission 38, p. 3.

[505] Mr Bill Hayward, Submission 34, p. 2.

[506] Mr Patrick Ross & Ms Pip Rasenberg, Submission 35, p. 2.

[507] Mr Frank Burden, Submission 38, p. 3.

[508] Mr Frank Burden, Submission 38, p. 3; Ms Josie Jackson, Submission 32, p. 1.; Vogelsang & Partners, Submission 31, p. 2; Mr Rod Johnson, Submission 28, p. 1.

[509] Mr Frank Burden, Submission 38, p. 1.

[510] Mr Frank Burden, Submission 38, p. 5.

[511] Mrs Susan Prosser, Submission 33, p. 1.

[512] Coalition of Concerned Landholders, Submission 43, p. 11.

[513] Mr Donald McCarthy, Technical Consultant, Coalition of Concerned Landholders, Committee Hansard, 16 November 2005, pp 37-38.

[514] Coalition of Concerned Landholders, Submission 43, p. 21.

[515] Coalition of Concerned Landholders, Submission 43, p. 14.

[516] Coalition of Concerned Landholders, Submission 43, pp 16-18, 22-23.

[517] Coalition of Concerned Landholders, Submission 43, p. 12.

[518] Mr Roger Wickes, Executive Director, Natural Resources Management, Committee Hansard, 16 November 2005, p. 7.

[519] Mr Patrick Ross & Ms Pip Rasenberg, Submission 35, Attachment 1, p. 3; Mrs Susan Prosser et al, Submission 33, p. 3; Mr Bill Hayward, Submission 34, p. 2; Mr Frank Burden, Submission 38a, p. 14.

[520] Mr Michael Leak, Committee Hansard, 16 November 2005, p. 7.

[521] Mr David Calvert, Committee Hansard, 28 February 2006, p. 45.

[522] The Committee also notes that the SA Parliament's Environment, Resources and Development Committee is currently investigating complaints about the USE Program.

[523] Greening Australia, Submission 16, p. 3.

[524] Mr Robert Vincin, Submission 10, p. 1.

[525] Conservation Council of WA, Submission 11, p. 3.

[526] Conservation Council of WA, Submission 11, p. 3.

[527] D. Pannell, Seeking Multiple Outcomes in Environmental Programs, p. 1, from http://cyllene.uwa.edu.au/~dpannell/pd/pd0068.htm (accessed 31 January 2006).

[528] D. Pannell, Seeking Multiple Outcomes in Environmental Programs, p. 1, from http://cyllene.uwa.edu.au/~dpannell/pd/pd0068.htm (accessed 31 January 2006).

[529] Northern Agricultural Catchment Council, Submission 6, p. 1.

[530] Mr Alan Bradley, Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, p. 41.

[531] Wheatbelt Catchment Alliance, Submission 44, p. 7.

[532] WA Farmers Federation, Submission 41, p. 3.

[533] Conservation Council of Western Australia, Submission 11, p. 3.

[534] Mr Christopher Tallentire, Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, p. 66.

[535] Ms Anna-Marie Penna, Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, p. 67.

[536] Ms Anna-Marie Penna, Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, p. 67.

[537] The Saltland Pastures Association is a WA farmer-initiated and driven group, which was established in 1997 to promote the use and benefits of saltland pastures in the wheatbelt of WA. The Association has secured funds through the NLP for a project manager.

[538] Saltland Pastures Association, Submission 40, p. 1.

[539] Ms Sally Phelan, Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, pp 44-45.

[540] Saltland Pastures Association, Submission 40, p. 3.

[541] Mr Michael Lloyd, Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, p. 45.

[542] Mr Michael Lloyd, Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, p. 46.

[543] Mr Andrew McMillan, Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, p. 58.

[544] Dr David Masters, Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, p. 17.

[545] Central West CMA, Submission 9, p. 2.

[546] Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry & the Department of the Environment and Heritage, Submission 24, p. 19.

[547] Wheatbelt Catchment Alliance, Submission 44, p. 3.

[548] Mr John Dunne, Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, p. 73.

[549] House of Representatives Standing Committee on Science and Innovation, Science Overcoming Salinity: Coordinating and extending the science to address the national's salinity problem, May 2004, p. xxv, recommendation 5.

[550] The Australian Government Response to the House if Representatives Standing Committee on Science and Innovation May 2004 Report Science Overcoming Salinity: Coordinating and extending the science to address the nation's salinity problem, December 2005, p. 6, www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/scin/salinity/govtresponse/govtresponse.pdf (accessed 31 January 2006).

[551] Hunter-Central CMA, Submission 2, p. 2.

[552] Ms Sharon Vernon, Committee Hansard, 14 October 2005, p. 51.

[553] Mr Christopher Tallentire, Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, p. 61.

[554] Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Department of the Environment and Heritage, Submission 24, Attachment C.

[555] Natural Heritage Trust, Managing Our Natural Resources: Can Markets Help?, nd., p. 8.

[556] House of Representatives Standing Committee on Science and Innovation, Science Overcoming Salinity: Coordinating and extending the science to address the national's salinity problem, May 2004, p. xxvii, recommendation 11.

[557] House of Representatives Standing Committee on Science and Innovation, Science Overcoming Salinity: Coordinating and extending the science to address the national's salinity problem, May 2004, p. xxvii, recommendation 12.

[558] Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Department of the Environment and Heritage, Submission 24, p. 20.

[559] The Australian Government Response to the House if Representatives Standing Committee on Science and Innovation May 2004 Report Science Overcoming Salinity: Coordinating and extending the science to address the nation's salinity problem, December 2005, p. 12, www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/scin/salinity/govtresponse/govtresponse.pdf (accessed 31 January 2006).

[560] The Australian Government Response to the House if Representatives Standing Committee on Science and Innovation May 2004 Report Science Overcoming Salinity: Coordinating and extending the science to address the nation's salinity problem, December 2005, p. 7, www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/scin/salinity/govtresponse/govtresponse.pdf (accessed 31 January 2006).

[561] Australian Conservation Foundation, Submission 19, Attachment 1.

[562] Australian Conservation Foundation, Submission 19, Attachment 2.

[563] Mr Andrew Campbell, Committee Hansard, 6 September 2005, p. 26.

[564] Mr Andrew Campbell, Committee Hansard, 6 September 2005, p. 27.

[565] The information in the above section is taken from the Western Power website, www.westernpower.com.au/about_us/environment/renewable_energy and the Department of the Environment and Heritage website, http://www.deh.gov.au/settlements/industry/corporate/eecp/case-studies/western-power.html

[566] The Australian Conservation Foundation, Submission 19, p. 55.

[567] Mr Kevin Goss, Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, p. 15.

[568] Australian Conservation Foundation, Submission 19, p. 55.

[569] The Australian Conservation Foundation, Submission 19, p. 57.

[570] Mr Corey Watts, Committee Hansard, 28 February 2006, p. 29.

[571] Australian Conservation Foundation, Submission 19, Attachment 3, p. 11.

[572] Professor Les Copeland, Committee Hansard, 14 October 2005, p. 33.

[573] D. Pannell, 'Voluntary versus Regulatory Approaches to Protecting the Environment in Rural Areas', Farm Policy Journal, vol. 2, no. 3, August Quarter 2005, pp 1-9.

[574] D. Pannell, 'Voluntary versus Regulatory Approaches to Protecting the Environment in Rural Areas', Farm Policy Journal, vol. 2, no. 3, August Quarter 2005, p. 2.

[575] D. Pannell, 'Voluntary versus Regulatory Approaches to Protecting the Environment in Rural Areas', Farm Policy Journal, vol. 2, no. 3, August Quarter 2005, p. 2.

[576] D. Pannell, 'Voluntary versus Regulatory Approaches to Protecting the Environment in Rural Areas', Farm Policy Journal, vol. 2, no. 3, August Quarter 2005, p. 5.

[577] Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Department of the Environment and Heritage, Submission 24, p. 10.

[578] Natural Heritage Trust, Managing Our Natural Resources: Can Markets Help?, nd., p. 3, http://www.nrm.gov.au/publications/nrm-mbi/pubs/nrm-mbi.pdf (accessed 10 January 2006).

[579] Natural Heritage Trust, Managing Our Natural Resources: Can Markets Help?, nd., p. 4, http://www.nrm.gov.au/publications/nrm-mbi/pubs/nrm-mbi.pdf (accessed 10 January 2006).

[580] Natural Heritage Trust, Managing Our Natural Resources: Can Markets Help?, nd., p. 7, http://www.nrm.gov.au/publications/nrm-mbi/pubs/nrm-mbi.pdf (accessed 10 January 2006).

[581] Natural Heritage Trust, Managing Our Natural Resources: Can Markets Help?, nd., p. 9, http://www.nrm.gov.au/publications/nrm-mbi/pubs/nrm-mbi.pdf (accessed 10 January 2006).

[582] Mr Phil Cole, Committee Hansard, 16 November 2005, p. 10.

[583] CRC for Plant-Based Management of Dryland Salinity, Submission 18, p. 2.

[584] Mr Kevin Goss, Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, p. 15.

[585] Mr Kevin Goss, Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, p. 16.

[586] Professor Les Copeland, Committee Hansard, 14 October 2005, pp 36-37. See also, the Australian Conservation Foundation, Submission 19, p. 30.

[587] CSIRO, Submission 15, p. 7.

[588] Dr Bruce Munday, Committee Hansard, 16 November 2005, pp 57-58.

[589] Professor Les Copeland, Committee Hansard, 14 October 2005, p. 33.

[590] B. Spies & P. Woodgate, Salinity Mapping Methods In The Australian Context, Department of the Environment and Heritage and Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, 2005, p. 31 & p. 67.

[591] B. Spies & P. Woodgate, Salinity Mapping Methods In The Australian Context, Department of the Environment and Heritage and Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, 2005, p. xii.

[592] Mr Kevin Goss, Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, p. 15.

[593] SIF3 is separate from, but builds on, WA's state-based Salinity Investment Framework (versions 1 and 2). The Australian Conservation Foundation commented favourably on WA's framework, noting that it has generated a higher level of understanding of salinity and ways to manage it as well as improving communication between stakeholder groups. Submission 19, p. 29.

[594] A. Ridley & D. Pannell, Salinity Investment Framework III (SIF3): A comprehensive investment framework for dryland salinity in Australia and SIF3: An Investment Framework for Managing Dryland Salinity in Australia, www.general.uwa.edu.au/u/dpannell/sif32pgr.htm (accessed 20 January 2006).

[595] Mr Alex Campbell, Chairman, Cooperative Research Centre for Plant-Based Management of Dryland Salinity, Committee Hansard 18 November 2005, p. 21.

[596] Mr Kevin Goss, Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, p. 20.

[597] A. Ridley & D. Pannell, Salinity Investment Framework III (SIF3): A comprehensive investment framework for dryland salinity in Australia and SIF3: An Investment Framework for Managing Dryland Salinity in Australia, www.general.uwa.edu.au/u/dpannell/sif32pgr.htm (accessed 20 January 2006).

[598] Mr Alex Campbell, Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, p. 23.

[599] Mr Tom Aldred, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Committee Hansard, 28 February 2006, p. 43.

[600] Professor Les Copeland, Centre for Salinity Assessment and Management, University of Sydney, Committee Hansard, 14 October 2005, p. 38.

[601] Centre for Salinity Assessment and Management, University of Sydney, Submission 17, p. 1.

[602] The Australian Government Response to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Science and Innovation May 2004 Report Science Overcoming Salinity: Coordinating and extending the science to address the nation's salinity problem, December 2005, p. 4, www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/scin/salinity/govtresponse/govtresponse.pdf (accessed 31 January 2006).

[603] The Australian Government Response to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Science and Innovation May 2004 Report Science Overcoming Salinity: Coordinating and extending the science to address the nation's salinity problem, December 2005, pp 4-5, www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/scin/salinity/govtresponse/govtresponse.pdf (accessed 31 January 2006).

[604] The Australian Government Response to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Science and Innovation May 2004 Report Science Overcoming Salinity: Coordinating and extending the science to address the nation's salinity problem, December 2005, p. 7, www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/scin/salinity/govtresponse/govtresponse.pdf (accessed 31 January 2006).

[605] Mr Aldred, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Committee Hansard, 28 February 2006, p. 37.

[606] The Australian Government Response to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Science and Innovation May 2004 Report Science Overcoming Salinity: Coordinating and extending the science to address the nation's salinity problem, December 2005, p. 9, www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/scin/salinity/govtresponse/govtresponse.pdf (accessed 31 January 2006).

[607] The Australian Government Response to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Science and Innovation May 2004 Report Science Overcoming Salinity: Coordinating and extending the science to address the nation's salinity problem, December 2005, p. 9, www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/scin/salinity/govtresponse/govtresponse.pdf (accessed 31 January 2006).

[608] Mr Fred Tromp, WA Department of Environment, Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, p. 9.

[609] The Australian Government Response to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Science and Innovation May 2004 Report Science Overcoming Salinity: Coordinating and extending the science to address the nation's salinity problem, December 2005, p. 11, www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/scin/salinity/govtresponse/govtresponse.pdf (accessed 31 January 2006).

[610] The Australian Government Response to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Science and Innovation May 2004 Report Science Overcoming Salinity: Coordinating and extending the science to address the nation's salinity problem, December 2005, p. 13, www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/scin/salinity/govtresponse/govtresponse.pdf (accessed 31 January 2006).

[611] The Australian Government Response to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Science and Innovation May 2004 Report Science Overcoming Salinity: Coordinating and extending the science to address the nation's salinity problem, December 2005, p. 15, www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/scin/salinity/govtresponse/govtresponse.pdf, (accessed 31 January 2006).

[612] The Australian Government Response to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Science and Innovation May 2004 Report Science Overcoming Salinity: Coordinating and extending the science to address the nation's salinity problem, December 2005, p. 16, www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/scin/salinity/govtresponse/govtresponse.pdf (accessed 31 January 2006).

[613] The Australian Government Response to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Science and Innovation May 2004 Report Science Overcoming Salinity: Coordinating and extending the science to address the nation's salinity problem, December 2005, p. 17, www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/scin/salinity/govtresponse/govtresponse.pdf, (accessed 31 January 2006).

[614] Mr Corey Watts, Acting Manager, Land and Water Program, Australian Conservation Foundation, Committee Hansard, 28 February 2006, pp 25-26.

[615] Council of Australian Governments, A National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality, 2000, p. 9.

[616] CSIRO, Submission 15, p. 5.

[617] Australian National Audit Office, The Administration of the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality, Audit Report No. 17 2004-2005, p. 84.

[618] Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Department of the Environment and Heritage, Submission 24, Attachment I, p. 5.

[619] CRC for Plant-Based Management of Dryland Salinity, Submission 18, p. 1.

[620] CSIRO, Submission 15, p. 9.

[621] CRC for Plant-Based Management of Dryland Salinity website, http://www.crcsalinity.com/programs/index.php?disptype=projects&id=22 (accessed 22 march 2006).

[622] The Australian Conservation Foundation, Submission 19, p. 55.