Footnotes


Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Background

[1]        Journals of the Senate, No. 56, 25 September 2014, p. 1506.

[2]        Senate Selection of Bills Committee, Report No. 12 of 2014, appendices 8 and 9.

[3]        Intergovernmental Agreement on a National Water Initiative (NWI), 25 June 2004.

[4]        Parliamentary Library, Bills Digest No. 148, 2011–12: National Water Commission Amendment Bill 2012, 14 June 2012, p. 2.

[5]        NWI, clause 3.

[6]        NWI, clause 23.

[7]        NWI, clause 23.

[8]        NWI, schedule A.

[9]        NWI, schedule C.

[10]      NWI, clauses 10 and 19; schedule C.

[11]      National Water Commission, 'Assessing and monitoring progress', http://www.nwc.gov.au/our-work/assessments (accessed 19 November 2014).

[12]      National Water Commission, Murray–Darling Basin Plan implementation: initial report, March 2013, p vi.

[13]      National Water Commission, Murray–Darling Basin Plan implementation: initial report, March 2013, p vi.

[14]      National Water Commission Act 2004, s. 38 and s. 39.

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

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

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

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

[19]      National Water Commission Amendment Bill 2012, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 2.

[20]      National Commission of Audit Terms of Reference, p. 2, http://www.ncoa.gov.au/docs/NCA_TERMS_OF_REFERENCE.pdf (accessed 11 November 2014)

[21]      National Commission of Audit, Towards Responsible Government: the report of the National Commission of Audit, phase one, p. 214.

[22]      Budget Paper No. 2: budget measures, p. 109, http://www.budget.gov.au/2014-15/content/bp2/html/bp2_expense-11.htm

 [23]     National Water Commission (Abolition) Bill 2014, Explanatory memorandum, p. 2.

[24]      National Water Commission (Abolition) Bill 2014, Explanatory memorandum, pp 4–5.

[25]      Ms Kerry Olsson, Acting Chief Executive Officer, National Water Commission, Estimates Hansard, 26 May 2014, p. 64.

[26]      Ms Kerry Olsson, Acting Chief Executive Officer, National Water Commission, Estimates Hansard, 20 October 2014, p. 78.

[27]      Senator the Hon Mitch Fifield, Assistant Minister for Social Services, Senate Proof Hansard, 25 September 2014, p. 33.

Chapter 2 - Key issues

[1]        Senator the Hon Mitch Fifield, Assistant Minister for Social Services, Senate Proof Hansard, 25 September 2014, p. 33.

[2]        Senator the Hon Mitch Fifield, Assistant Minister for Social Services, Senate Proof Hansard, 25 September 2014, p. 33.

[3]        Department of the Environment, Submission 13, p. 4.

[4]        National Irrigators' Council, Submission 11, p. 1.

[5]        National Irrigators' Council, Submission 11, p. 1.

[6]        National Irrigators' Council, Submission 11, p. 1.

[7]        Mr Thomas Chesson, Chief Executive Officer, National Irrigators' Council, Committee Hansard, 4 November 2014, p. 14.

[8]        Mr Thomas Chesson, Chief Executive Officer, National Irrigators' Council, Committee Hansard, 4 November 2014, p. 12.

[9]        National Farmers' Federation, Role of water authority should not go down the drain, 28 April 2014, http://www.nff.org.au/read/4508/role-of-water-authority-should-not.html

[10]      Ms Jacqueline Knowles, Manager, Natural Resources Policy, National Farmers' Federation, Committee Hansard, 4 November 2014, p. 6.

[11]      National Farmers' Federation, Submission 4, p. 4.

[12]      Ms Jacqueline Knowles, Manager, Natural Resources Policy, National Farmers' Federation, Committee Hansard, 4 November 2014, p. 6.

[13]      National Farmers' Federation, Submission 4, p. 1.

[14]      National Farmers' Federation, Submission 4, pp 18–19.

[15]      Ms Jacqueline Knowles, Manager, Natural Resources Policy, National Farmers' Federation, Committee Hansard, 4 November 2014, p. 7.

[16]      Ms Jacqueline Knowles, Manager, Natural Resources Policy, National Farmers' Federation, Committee Hansard, 4 November 2014, p. 7.

[17]      Ms Jacqueline Knowles, Manager, Natural Resources Policy, National Farmers' Federation, Committee Hansard, 4 November 2014, p. 10.

[18]      For other expressions of this general position see: Dr S Khan, Submission 2, p. 1; Nyamba Buru Yawuru Ltd, Submission 3, p. 3; Environment Centre NT, Submission 5, p. 1; CRC for Water Sensitive Cities, Submission 7, p. 3; Environs Kimberley, Submission 8, p. 1; Arid Lands Environment Centre, Submission 9, Environmental Equity, Submission 10, p. 1; Stormwater Queensland, Submission 12, p. 1; Environment Victoria, Submission 14, pp 1–2; Consumer Utilities Advocacy Centre, Submission 16, pp 1–3; Nature Conservation Council, Submission 17, p. 1; Goulburn Valley Environment Group, Submission 18, p. 1; Inland Rivers Network, Submission 19, p. 8; Global Water Leaders Group, Submission 20, p. 1; Environmental Farmers Network, Submission 21, pp 1–2; Australian Water Association, Submission 22, p. 2; Water Services Association of Australia, Submission 23, p. 1; MidCoast Water, Submission 24, p. 1; Konfluence Pty Ltd, Submission 25, p. 1; Mr Geoffrey Hacquoil, Submission 26, p. 1; Watervale Systems, Submission 27, p. 1; Friends of the Earth, Submission 30, p. 1; Government of South Australia, Submission 31, p. 1; Institute for Sustainable Futures, Submission 32, p.1.

[19]      Prof Richard Kingsford, Submission 1, p. 2.

[20]      Australian Conservation Foundation, Submission 15, p. 5.

[21]      Prof Richard Kingsford, Submission 1, p. 1. See also Prof Richard Kingsford, Committee Hansard, 4 November 2014, p. 1.

[22]      Mr Jonathan McKeown, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Water Association, Committee Hansard, 4 November 2014, p. 27.

[23]      Mr Jonathan McKeown, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Water Association, Committee Hansard, 4 November 2014, p. 28.

[24]      Mr Adam Lovell, Executive Director, Water Services Association of Australia, Committee Hansard, 4 November 2014, p. 28.

[25]      Mr Adam Lovell, Executive Director, Water Services Association of Australia, Committee Hansard, 4 November 2014, p. 28.

[26]      Mr Jonathan McKeown, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Water Association, Committee Hansard, 4 November 2014, p. 29.

[27]      Mr Stuart Wilson, Deputy Executive Director, Water Services Association of Australia, Committee Hansard, 4 November 2014, p. 29.

[28]      Senator the Hon Mitch Fifield, Assistant Minister for Social Services, Senate Proof Hansard, 25 September 2014, p. 33.

[29]      National Water Commission (Abolition) Bill 2014, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 2.

[30]      National Irrigators' Council, Submission 11, p. 3.

[31]      Mr Thomas Chesson, Chief Executive Officer, National Irrigators' Council, Committee Hansard, 4 November 2014, p. 18.

[32]      Mr David Parker, Deputy Secretary, Department of the Environment, Committee Hansard, 4 November 2014, p. 51.

[33]      See Dr S Khan, Submission 2, p. 1; Environment Centre NT, Submission 5, pp 3–4; Australian Conservation Foundation, Submission 15, p. 1; Consumer Utilities Advocacy Centre, Submission 16, pp 1–2; Inland Rivers Network, Submission 19, p. 3; Global Water Leaders Group, Submission 20, p. 1; Australian Water Association, Submission 22, p. 2; Water Services Association of Australia, Submission 23, p. 1; MidCoast Water, Submission 24, p. 2; Konfluence Pty Ltd, Submission 25, p. 1; Mr Geoffrey Hacquoil, Submission 26, p. 1; Watervale Systems, Submission 27, p. 1.

[34]      Arid Lands Environment Centre, Submission 9, pp 1–2; Environment Centre NT, Submission 5, p. 2.

[35]      Environs Kimberley, Submission 8, p. 2; Nyamba Buru Yawuru Ltd, Submission 3, pp 2–3; Friends of the Earth, Submission 30, pp 2–3; Inland Rivers Network, Submission 19, p. 7; Mr James Trezise, Australian Conservation Foundation, Committee Hansard, 4 November 2014, pp 21–22, 23.

[36]      Dr Stuart Khan, Submission 2, p. 2; Australian Conservation Foundation, Submission 15, p. 3; Australian Water Association, Submission 22, p. 4; Committee Hansard, 4 November 2014, p. 23.

[37]      Australia Water Association, Submission 22, pp 2–3; Water Services Association of Australia, Submission 23, pp 1–2; Institute for Sustainable Futures, Submission 32, pp 1–2; Dr Stuart Khan, Submission 2, pp 1–3; Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities, Submission 7, pp 1–3.

[38]      Department of the Environment, Submission 13, pp 2–3.

[39]      Senator the Hon Mitch Fifield, Assistant Minister for Social Services, Senate Proof Hansard, 25 September 2014, p. 33.

[40]      Department of the Environment, Submission 13, p. 1.

[41]      National Irrigators' Council, Submission 11, p. 2.

[42]      Australian Conservation Foundation, Submission 15, p. 7.

[43]      National Farmers' Federation, Submission 4, p. 1.

[44]      Ms Jacqueline Knowles, Manager, Natural Resources Policy, National Farmers' Federation, Committee Hansard, 4 November 2014, p. 9.

[45]      Mr Daryl Quinlivan, Head of Office, Productivity Commission, Committee Hansard, 4 November 2014, p. 45.

[46]      National Water Commission Act 2004, s. 11

[47]      Productivity Commission Act 1994, s. 24.

[48]      See also Prof Richard Kingsford, Committee Hansard, 4 November 2014, p. 2; National Farmers' Federation, Committee Hansard, 4 November 2014, p. 5; Australian Water Association and Water Services Association of Australia Committee Hansard, 4 November 2014, pp 29–31.

[49]      Mr Daryl Quinlivan, Head of Office, Productivity Commission, Committee Hansard, 4 November 2014, p. 42.

[50]      Mr Jonathan McKeown, Chief Executive Officer, Australia Water Association, Committee Hansard, 4 November 2014, p. 28

[51]      Mr Adam Lovell, Executive Director, Water Services Association of Australia, Committee Hansard, 4 November 2014, p. 28.

[52]      Environs Kimberley, Submission 8, p. 2. Nyamba Buru Yawuru Ltd was also supportive of NWC's stakeholder engagement work and promotion of Indigenous rights and interests regarding water. See Nyamba Buru Yawuru Ltd, Submission 3, pp 2–3. See also Friends of the Earth, Submission 30, pp 2–3.

[53]      Environs Kimberley, Submission 8, p. 2.

[54]      National Farmers' Federation, Submission 4, p. 1

[55]      National Farmers' Federation, Submission 4, p. 2.

[56]      Mr Daryl Quinlivan, Head of Office, Productivity Commission, Committee Hansard, 4 November 2014, p. 43.

[57]      Australian Conservation Foundation, Submission 15, p. 8.

[58]      National Water Commission, Submission 6, p. 4.

[59]      The Hon Karlene Maywald, Chair, National Water Commission, Committee Hansard, 4 November 2014, p. 37.

[60]      Mr Daryl Quinlivan, Head of Office, Productivity Commission, Committee Hansard, 4 November 2014, p. 47.

[61]      Mr Daryl Quinlivan, Head of Office, Productivity Commission, Committee Hansard, 4 November 2014, p. 49.

[62]      Mr Daryl Quinlivan, Head of Office, Productivity Commission, Committee Hansard, 4 November 2014, p. 48.

[63]      Senator the Hon Mitch Fifield, Assistant Minister for Social Services, Senate Proof Hansard, 25 September 2014, p. 33.

[64]      National Irrigators' Council, Submission 11, p. 1.

[65]      Australian Conservation Foundation, Submission 15, p. 5. Also see Inland Rivers Network, Submission 19, p. 8; Stormwater Queensland, Submission 12, p 1.

[66]      Inland Rivers Network, Submission 19, p. 7.

[67]      Mr David Parker, Deputy Secretary, Department of the Environment, Committee Hansard, 4 November 2014, p. 44.

[68]      The Hon Mr Barnaby Joyce MP, Minister for Agriculture, House of Representatives Proof Hansard, 29 October 2014, p. 60; The Hon Mr Barnaby Joyce MP, Minister for Agriculture, 'National Roundtable on dams and water infrastructure announced', Media release, 14 October 2014, http://www.maff.gov.au/Pages/Media%20Releases/national-roundtable-dams-water-infrastructure.aspx (accessed 10 November 2014).

[69]      Mr David Parker, Deputy Secretary, Department of the Environment, Committee Hansard, 4 November 2014, p. 45.

Dissenting Report by Labor Senators

[1]        Ms Jacqueline Knowles , Manager, Natural Resources Policy, National Farmers’ Federation, Committee Hansard, 4 November 2014, p. 10.

[2]        Environmental Farmers Network, Submission 21, p. 1.

[3]        Prof Richard Kingsford, Committee Hansard, 4 November 2014, p. 2.

[4]        Australian Conservation Foundation, Submission 15, p. 5.

[5]        Stormwater Queensland, Submission 12, p. 1.

[6]        Assoc Prof Stuart Kahn, Submission 22, p. 2.

[7]        Mr Jonathan McKeown, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Water Association, Committee Hansard, 4 November 2014, p. 27.

[8]        Prof Richard Kingsford, Committee Hansard, 4 November 2014, p. 3.

[9]        Inland Rivers Network, Submission 19, p. 3.

[10]      Global Water Leaders Group, Submission 20, p. 1.

[11]      Australian Conservation Foundation, Submission 15, p. 4.

[12]      Australian Conservation Foundation, Submission 15, p. 1.

[13]      Australian Water Association, Submission 22, p. 6; Konfluence, Submission 25, p. 5; Water Services Association of Australia, Submission 23, p. 5; Watervale Systems, Submission 27, p. 5.

[14]      Mr Adam Lovell, Executive Director, Water Services Association, Committee Hansard, 4 November 2014, p. 28.

[15]      Mr Tom Chesson, Chief Executive Officer, National Irrigators’ Council, Committee Hansard, 4 November 2014, p. 13.

[16]      Yawuru Native Title Holders Aboriginal Corporation, Submission 3, p. 2.

[17]      Australian Conservation Foundation, Submission 15, p. 7.

[18]      Australian Conservation Foundation, Submission 15, p. 1.

[19]      National Farmers’ Federation, Submission 4.

[20]      Australian Water Association, Submission 22, p. 3; Konfluence, Submission 25, p. 2; Water Services Association of Australia, Submission 23, p. 2; Watervale Systems, Submission 27, p. 2.

Australian Greens Dissenting Report

[1]        http://www.environment.gov.au/system/files/pages/8e67c6b4-c2f5-4747-b6cc-7a0aab52474b/files/coag-review-national-water-commission.pdf

[2]        http://wentworthgroup.org/2014/10/statement-on-the-future-of-australias-water-reform/2014/

[3]        http://www.atse.org.au/content/publications/Media-release-content/2014/new-national-water-reform-strategy-needed.aspx

[4]        Productivity Commission Act 1998, subpara. 8(1)(i).

[5]        Prof Richard Kingsford, Committee Hansard, 4 November 2014, p. 3.

Dissenting report by Senator Nick Xenophon - 'Throwing the baby out with the bath water'

[1]        Professor Richard Kingsford, Director, Centre for Ecosystem Science, University of New South Wales, Committee Hansard, 4 November 2014, p.4.

[2]        Australian Conservation Foundation, Submission 15, p. 5.

[3]        Mr Daryl Quinlivan, Head of Office, Productivity Commission, Committee Hansard, 4 November 2014, p. 42.

[4]        Mr Daryl Quinlivan, Head of Office, Productivity Commission, Committee Hansard, 4 November 2014, p. 49.

[5]        Senator Xenophon, Committee Hansard, 4 November 2014, p.3.

[6]        Water Services Association of Australia, Submission 23, pp. 4-5.

[7]        Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists, Submission 29, p. 2.

[8]        Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists, Submission 29, p. 0.