ALL CURRENT WATER INQUIRY’S AND SUBMISSIONS
2024 submissions/consultation processes
Submission to PC 2024 review of national water reform (February).
Feedback to NSW DCCEEW on NWA consultation paper (February)
Submission on proposed 450 GL recovery framework (March)
Submission on MDBA 2025 Basin Plan Evaluation (March)
WaterNSW operating licence review submission (March)
MDBA Early Insights Paper (April, informal call for feedback, no formal process)
Submission PC interim report on NWI progress (May)
Submission to NWA discussion paper (May)
Murray Floodplain Management Plan (May)
National Water Agreement’s draft 302 principles (September)
Upper Murrumbidgee Improvement Strategy (September)
Australian Government draft drought plan submission (September)
Murrumbidgee Floodplain Management Plan (September)
Proposed EPBC Act listing of SA Murray River (October)
Landholder Negotiation Scheme (November)
IGWC northern toolkit inquiry (November)
Billabong Creek Floodplain Management Plan (November)
MDBA five-year environmental watering strategy review (6 December)
IPART water pricing determination (9 December)
Non-urban metering policy review – regulation (8 December)
DCCEEW-NSW test bore regulation (12 December)
DCCEEW Water Sharing Plans (submissions and consultation Dec 24 – 2 Feb 25)
o Barwon Darling unreg
o Gwydir unreg
o Lachlan unreg
o Belubula unreg
o Macquarie unreg
o Murrumbidgee unreg
o Namoi/Peel unreg
NRC water sharing plan reviews (during 2024) (unable to engage due to workload)
o NSW Murray and Lower Darling regulated; Gwydir Regulated; Murrumbidgee regulated
2025 submissions/consultation processes
1. DCEEW unregulated WSP remakes continue
- submissions 10/1, wetlands 10/2, wetlands again 23/3
2. DCCEEW Telemetry Review consultation – February
3. NRC water sharing plan reviews 2024-2025 (submissions 10 March 2025)
- Namoi regulated
- Lachlan regulated
- Macquarie regulated
4. IPART draft pricing determination (expected early April; submissions?)
5. DCCEEW Metering regulations public exhibition – submissions 6 April
6. DCCEEW-fed water market reform consultation papers – submissions 6 April.
7. NSW Parliamentary inquiry - submissions 14 April
8. Bill to strengthen the enforcement powers of NRAR – consultation in April
9. DCCEEW Murray Floodplain Management Plan – Stage 2 exhibition (early 2025?)
10. DCCEEW Billabong Creek Floodplain Management Plan (Stage 2 exhibition April-May)
11. DCCEEW options paper on connectivity rules changes (expected mid-2025)
12. DCCEEW minimum inflows project – hydrology, environment and socioeconomic impact reports (expected mid-2025)
13. DCCEEW 19 WSPs consultation to start mid-2025, incorporating consultation on minimum inflows and connectivity, including:
- Murrumbidgee
- Gwydir
- NSW Murray and Lower Darling
- Upper/Lower Namoi
- Macquarie-Cudgegong
- Lachan
- Hunter
14. MDBA 2025 Basin Plan evaluation (mid-year)
15. MDBA Basin Plan outlook and sustainable yields report (late 2025)
16. DCCEEW Lachlan Floodplain Management Plan (second half of 2025)
17. DCCEEW landholder negotiation scheme regulation (unknown)
18. DCCEEW Reconnecting River Country - engagement ongoing
19. DCCEEW SDLAM Acceleration Program – engagement ongoing
20. DCCEEW Coastal Sustainable Extraction project – engagement ongoing
21. DCCEEW Yanco Weir project – engagement ongoing
22. DCCEEW Floodplain Harvesting measurement issues – engagement ongoing