Appendix 1Submissions and additional information
1Cordoma Group
2Professor Lin Crase
3A&S Davoli
4Cotton Australia
5Confidential
6Professor Glyn Wittwer
7River, Lakes and Coorong Action Group
8Mrs Rosa Hillam
9Upper Goulburn River Catchment Association
10Fonterra Australia
11Murray Darling Basin Authority
12Ricegrowers' Association of Australia Inc
13Professor Sarah Wheeler, Professor Quentin Grafton, Professor John Quiggin and Professor Jeff Connor
14Leeton Shire Council
15Murray Regional Strategy Group
16Mr Richard Beasley SC, Commissioner for Murray River (SA)
17Inland Rivers Network
18Balonne Shire Council
19Leverton Pastoral Company Pty Limited
20Murrumbidgee Council
21Australian Conservation Foundation
22Australian Dairy Industry Council
23Healthy Rivers Lower Murray
24Almond Board of Australia
25Renmark Irrigation Trust
26Australian Forest Products Association
27Berrigan Shire Council
28Bureau of Meteorology
29National Farmers' Federation
30Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
31National Parks Association of NSW
32Inspector-General of Water Compliance
33Dairy Farmers Victoria
34Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder
35Goulburn Valley Environment Group
36Citrus Australia
37Greater Shepparton City Council
38Narrandera Shire Council
39The Wilderness Society
40Griffith City Council
41Central Irrigation Trust
42Bourke Shire Council
43Lachlan Valley Water Inc
44Peel Valley Water Users Association
45Australian Livestock Exporters Council
46Murray Irrigation Limited
47Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
48Mr Feli McHughes
49Ms Kate Harriden
50Queensland Farmers' Federation
51Birdlife Australia
52Griffith Business Chamber
53Environmental Justice Australia
54Murray Lower Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations
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55NSW Government
56Biodiversity Council
57Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists
58The Australia Institute
59Australian Water Brokers Association
60Committee for Greater Shepparton
61Environmental Defenders Office
62Gwydir Valley Irrigators Association
63Law Council of Australia
64NSW Aboriginal Land Council
65National Irrigators' Council
66Professor Richard Kingsford
67Murray-Darling Conservation Alliance
67.1 Supplementary to submission 67
68Victorian Government
69Coleambally Irrigation
70South Australian Government
71ACT Government
72The Nature Conservancy
73Victorian Farmers Federation
74Moira Shire Council
75Country Mayors Association of NSW
76NSW Farmers' Association
77Newinga AG
78World Wide Fund for Nature - Australia
79River, Lakes and Coorong Action Group
80Murrumbidgee Irrigation
81Temba Orchards
82Southern Riverina Irrigators
83Goulburn Murray Irrigation District, Water Leadership Forum
84Murray Darling Association Inc.
85SierraTek Global Pty Ltd
86Queensland Government
87Local Government Association of Queensland
88Regional Development Australia - Riverina
89Dr Vacy Vlazna
90Lifeblood Alliance
91Mr Alastair Wood
92Central Murray Environmental Floodplains Group Inc
93NSW Farmers' Association - Deniliquin Branch
94Murray River Group of Councils
95NFF Horticulture Council
96NSW Irrigators' Council
97Border Rivers Food & Fibre Inc.
98Argyle Capital Partners
99Yanco Creek and Tributaries Advisory Council Inc
100Prairie Home Pastoral
101Dried Fruits Australia
102Edward River Council
103Menindee Food/Fibre
104Murray Valley Private Diverters
105Mrs Gabrielle Coupland
106Mr Geoff Henkel
107Mr Ian Polkinghorne
108Mr Thomas Winter
109Macquarie River Food & Fibre
110Dharriwaa Elders Group
111Blak Sovereign Movement
112Barwon-Darling Water Inc
113Mr Dugald Bucknell
114Coalition Back Bench Policy Committee on Agriculture, Environment and Water
115Lower Balonne Floodplain Association
116Macquarie Marshes Environmental Landholders Association
117Narrabri Industrial Network
118JA Smith Solutions
119Riverina & Murray Joint Organisation
120Name Withheld
121Name Withheld
122Name Withheld
123Name Withheld
124Confidential
125Confidential
Tabled Documents
1National Irrigators' Council, written opening statement
2NSW Irrigators' Council, written opening statement
3NSW Aboriginal Land Council, written opening statement
4Inspector-General of Water Compliance, written opening statement
5Biodiversity Council, written opening statement
6Environmental Justice Australia, written opening statement
7Professor Sarah Wheeler, Professor Quentin Grafton, Professor John Quiggin and Professor Jeff Connor, written opening statement
8Professor Lee Baumgartner, written opening statement
9One Basin CRC, written opening statement
10Murray River Group of Councils, written opening statement
11Australian Water Brokers Association, written opening statement
12Coleambally Irrigation Co-operative Limited, Murray Irrigation Limited and
Murrumbidgee Irrigation Limited, written opening statement
13Central Irrigation Trust, written opening statement
14National Farmers' Federation, correspondence to Minister Plibersek and Minister Watts
15Inland Rivers Network, written opening statement
16Ms Kate Harriden, written opening statement
17Professor Michael (Ghillar) Anderson, written opening statement
18Goulburn Murray Irrigation District Water Leadership Forum, written opening statement
19Murray Regional Strategy Group, written opening statement
20SPC, written opening statement
21Australian Dairy Products Federation, written opening statement
22SunRice, written opening statement
23Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Delivering the Basin Plan in full
24Lifeblood Alliance, written opening statement
25Narrabri Industrial Network, written opening statement
Additional Information
1Australian Dairy Products Federation, Snapshot of Dairy in the Murray Darling Basin FY2022-23
2Australian Dairy Products Federation, Dairy in the Murray Darling Basin Fact Sheet
3One Basin CRC, Additional Advice
4Mr Frederick Arnold Hooper, 'Cultural Flows Community Guide'
5Mr Frederick Arnold Hooper, 'A Pathway to Cultural Flows'
6Professor Quentin Grafton and Professor Sarah Wheeler, Additional Comments
7National Farmers' Federation, RGA Project List
8Environmental Justice Australia, Additional Information
9Campaign email received 13 times
10Campaign email received 23 times
11National Farmers' Federation, Submission to the Delivering the Murray-Darling Basin Plan consultation
12Basin Communities Committee, Transparency Principles
13Basin Communities Committee, Correspondence to Minister Plibersek and MDBA
14Professor Sarah Wheeler, Professor Quentin Grafton, Professor John Quiggin and Professor Jeff Connor, Article published in Agenda in 2010
15Professor Sarah Wheeler, Professor Quentin Grafton, Professor John Quiggin and Professor Jeff Connor, Article published in Annual Review of Resource Economics in 2018
16Professor Sarah Wheeler, Professor Quentin Grafton, Professor John Quiggin and Professor Jeff Connor, Article published in Australasian Journal of Water Resources in 2019
17Professor Sarah Wheeler, Professor Quentin Grafton, Professor John Quiggin and Professor Jeff Connor, Article published in Journal of Hydrology in 2014
18Professor Sarah Wheeler, Professor Quentin Grafton, Professor John Quiggin and Professor Jeff Connor, Article published in Resources, Conservation & Recycling in 2020
19Professor Sarah Wheeler, Professor Quentin Grafton, Professor John Quiggin and Professor Jeff Connor, Article published in Science in 2018
20Professor Sarah Wheeler, Professor Quentin Grafton, Professor John Quiggin and Professor Jeff Connor, Final Report prepared for the Murray-Darling Basin Authority in 2023
21Coalition Back Bench Policy Committee on Agriculture, Environment and Water, Transcript quotes from Moree Hearing
22Coalition Back Bench Policy Committee on Agriculture, Environment and Water, Transcript quotes from Griffith Hearing
23Coalition Back Bench Policy Committee on Agriculture, Environment and Water, Transcript quotes from Mildura Hearing
24Coalition Back Bench Policy Committee on Agriculture, Environment and Water, Transcript quotes from Renmark Hearing
25Coalition Back Bench Policy Committee on Agriculture, Environment and Water, Transcript quotes from Shepparton Hearing
26Murray Regional Strategy Group, Presentation
27Australian Water Brokers Association, Submission to Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water on water market reform
28NSW Irrigators' Council, National Irrigators’ Council and National Farmers' Federation, Joint Legal Advice and Summary of Joint Legal Advice
Answer to Question on Notice
1Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, answers to written questions on notice from Senator Grogan, 10 October 2023, (received 19 October 2023)
2Inspector-General of Water Compliance, answers to written questions on notice from Senator Grogan, 10 October 2023, (received 19 October 2023)
3Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, answers to written questions on notice from Senator Grogan, 10 October 2023, (received 23 October 2023)
4Mr Frederick Arnold Hooper, answer to written question on notice, 1 November 2023 from Senator Grogan, (received 1 November 2023)
5Balonne Shire Council, answers to questions on notice from Senator Grogan, 31 October 2023, (received 2 November 2023)
6Environmental Justice Australia, answer to question on notice from Senator Hanson-Young, 31 October 2023, (received 2 November 2023)
7NSW Irrigators' Council, answers to questions on notice from Senators Grogan and Hanson-Young, 31 October 2023, (received 2 November 2023)
8NSW Irrigators' Council, answer to written question on notice from Senator Thorpe, 1 November 2023, (received 2 November 2023)
9Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, answer to written question on notice from Senator Thorpe, 2 November 2023, (received 2 November 2023)
10Professor Michael (Ghillar) Anderson, answers to questions on notice from Senators Grogan and Thorpe, 1 November 2023, (received 2 November 2023)
11Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, answers to written questions on notice from Senator Grogan, 31 October 2023, (received 2 November 2023)
12National Irrigators' Council, answers to questions on notice from Senators Grogan, Hanson-Young and Thorpe, 31 October 2023, (received 3 November 2023)
13South Australian Government, answers to questions on notice from Senators Grogan, Hanson-Young and Davey, 31 October 2023, (received 3 November 2023)
14Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, answers to questions on notice from Senators Grogan, Hanson-Young and Davey, 1 November 2023, (received 3 November 2023)
15Murray River Group of Councils, answers to questions on notice from Senator Grogan, 31 October 2023, (received 2 November 2023)
16South Australian Murray Irrigators, answers to questions on notice from Senators Grogan, Hanson-Young and Thorpe, 1 November 2023, (received 3 November 2023)
17Murray Darling Basin Authority, answer to question on notice from Senator Davey, 1 November 2023, (received 3 November 2023)
18Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists, answers to written questions on notice from Senator Thorpe, 1 November 2023, (received 3 November 2023)
19Environmental Justice Australia, answer to written question on notice from Senator Thorpe, 1 November 2023, (received 3 November 2023)
20National Farmers' Federation, answer to question on notice from Senator Hanson-Young, 31 October 2023, (received 2 November 2023)
21Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences, answers to questions on notice from Senators Grogan and Hanson-Young, 1 November 2023, (received 3 November 2023)
22Conservation Councils, answers to written questions on notice from Senator Thorpe, 2 November 2023, (received 3 November 2023)
23Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, answers to written questions on notice from Senator Grogan, 31 October 2023, (received 3 November 2023)
24Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, answers to questions on notice from Senators Hanson-Young, Davey and Thorpe, 1 November 2023, (received 3 November 2023)
25Ms Kate Harriden, answers to written questions on notice from Senators Grogan and Thorpe, 1 November 2023, (received 4 November 2023)
26Murray Lower Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations (MLDRIN), answers to written questions on notice from Senators Grogan and Thorpe, 1 November 2023, (received 4 November 2023)
27ACT Government, answer to question on notice from Senator Davey, 31 October 2023, (received 6 November 2023)
28NSW Aboriginal Land Council, answer to written question on notice from Senator Grogan, 31 October 2023, (received 6 November 2023)
29Professor Phil Duncan, answer to written question on notice from Senator Grogan, 31 October 2023, (received 6 November 2023)
30ACT Government, answer to question on notice from Senator Davey, 31 October 2023, (received 7 November 2023)
31Country Mayors Association of NSW, answers to written questions on notice from Senator Grogan, 31 October 2023, (received 6 November 2023)
32ACT Government, answers to written questions on notice from Senator D Pocock, 1 November 2023, (received 8 November 2023)
33Murray Lower Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations, answer to written question on notice from Senator Thorpe, 1 November 2023, (received 8 November 2023)
34ACT Government, answers to written questions on notice from Senator D Pocock, 1 November 2023, (received 9 November 2023)