The Australian Government has completed an agreement which brings all jurisdictions together to implement the historic Murray-Darling Basin Plan for water reform. The Premiers of NSW and Queensland have this week signed the Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) on Implementing Water Reform in the Murray-Darling Basin and an amended National Partnership Agreement (NPA). A commitment to cap…
The Australian Government has signed an agreement with the Australian Capital Territory that will see up to $85 million of Australian Government funds available to help clean up Canberra’s lakes and waterways. Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment, Senator Simon Birmingham, and ACT Minister for the Environment and Sustainable Development, Simon Corbell, announced the completion of…
Paper to the 9th Annual Water Symposium, Sydney 27 February 2014 THE VALUE OF HAVING A VALUE How reforms giving value and tradability to water have delivered benefits to Australia Thank you very much Rod, it's a pleasure to be here. I’ll begin by thanking the organisers for hosting this very important event.…