Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]        Senate Selection of Bills Committee, Report No. 4 of 2012, p. 4.

[2]        Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, answers to questions on notice, 20 April 2012 (received 24 April 2012).

[3]        National Water Commission website, http://nwc.gov.au/commission (accessed 17 April 2012).

[4]        Rosalky, D., COAG Review of the National Water Commission, 6 December 2011, p. i.

[5]        National Water Commission website, http://nwc.gov.au/commission (accessed 17 April 2012).

[6]        National Water Commission website, http://nwc.gov.au/commission (accessed 17 April 2012).

[7]        Rosalky, D., COAG Review of the National Water Commission, 6 December 2011, p. iv.

[8]        Rosalky, D., COAG Review of the National Water Commission, 6 December 2011, p. i.

[9]        Rosalky, D., COAG Review of the National Water Commission, 6 December 2011, p. i.

[10]      Rosalky, D., COAG Review of the National Water Commission, 6 December 2011, p. ii.

[11]      Rosalky, D., COAG Review of the National Water Commission, 6 December 2011, p. ii.

[12]      Rosalky, D., COAG Review of the National Water Commission, 6 December 2011, pp ii-iii.

[13]      Rosalky, D., COAG Review of the National Water Commission, 6 December 2011, p. iii.

[14]      Rosalky, D., COAG Review of the National Water Commission, 6 December 2011, p. v.

[15]      Rosalky, D., COAG Review of the National Water Commission, 6 December 2011, p. 54

[16]      Rosalky, D., COAG Review of the National Water Commission, 6 December 2011, p. 55.

[17]      Rosalky, D., COAG Review of the National Water Commission, 6 December 2011, p. 54

[18]      Rosalky, D., COAG Review of the National Water Commission, 6 December 2011, p. 57.

Chapter 2 - Issues for Consideration

[1]        National Water Commission, Submission No. 1, p. 2.

[2]        Senator Hon Don Farrell, Parliamentary Secretary for Sustainability and Urban Water, 'Gillard Government extends National Water Commission', Media Release, 14 March 2012.

[3]        Senator Hon Don Farrell, Parliamentary Secretary for Sustainability and Urban Water, 'Gillard Government extends National Water Commission', Media Release, 14 March 2012.

[4]        Second reading speech, Senate Hansard, 22 March 2012, p. 2573.

[5]        The Australian Water Fund provided funds for three programs: Water Smart Australia, Raising National Water Standards and the Community Water Grants Program. The first two of these programs were administered by the NWC, with Water Smart Australia transferred in 2008 to the then Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (now the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities). Programs under the Australian Water Fund have ceased or will cease in 2012.

[6]        South Australian government, Submission No. 6; CSIRO, Submission No. 2; Australian Water Association, Submission No. 4.

[7]        Australian Water Association, Submission No. 4, p. 2.

[8]        Australian Water Association, Submission No. 4, p. 2.

[9]        Proposed s 7(1)(i).

[10]      GE Energy, Submission No. 7, p. 2.

[11]      National Farmers’ Federation, Submission No. 5, p. 1; Australian Water Services Association, Submission No. 3, p. 2; Water Services Association, Submission No. 4, p. 3.

[12]      CSIRO, Submission No. 2, p. 4.

[13]      Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, answers to questions on notice, 20 April 2012 (received 24 April 2012), p. 2.

[14]      GE Energy, Submission No. 7, p. 2.

[15]      South Australian government, Submission No. 6, p. 1.

[16]      South Australian government, Submission No. 6, p. 1.

[17]      Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, answers to questions on notice, 20 April 2012 (received 24 April 2012), p. 1.

[18]      Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, answers to questions on notice, 20 April 2012 (received 24 April 2012), p. 1.

[19]      Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, answers to questions on notice, 20 April 2012 (received 24 April 2012), p. 1.