Governance of Western Australia's Water Resources

Inquiry status:

Past

Date commenced:

22 Jun 2006

Deadline for submissions:

11 Aug 2006

Date Ended:

17 Jun 2009

Committee

Public Administration Committee

House:

Legislative Council

Important Information:

Terms of Reference:

Terms of reference (As agreed by Committee on 21 June 2006)

Terms of reference (As agreed by Committee on 21 June 2006)
a.	Responsibilities and accountability of public sector agencies, communities and the private sector in governance of water resources;
b.	The legal and regulatory framework and its impact on effective water governance;
c.	Economic and environmental sustainability of the current approach to governance of water resources; and
d.	Demand for and equity of allocation of water resources.
Any other matters deemed relevant.

a)	responsibilities and accountability of public sector agencies, communities and the private sector in governance of water resources;
b)	the legal and regulatory framework and its impact on effective water governance;
c)	economic and environmental sustainability of the current approach to governance of water resources;
d)	demand for and equity of allocation of water resources; and
e)	any other matters deemed relevant.

Submission Number	Submitting person/organisation
No submissions

Related Documents/Response to Questions on Notice:

Unless a venue is specified, hearings are held at the
Legislative Council Committee Rooms, Level 1, 2 Parliament Place, West Perth

Date	Time	Venue	Organisation	Witness
01 Nov 2006	11:15 AM		Department of Water	Paul Frewer, Director General, Dept of Water
30 May 2007			private citizen	Jeff Camkin
09 Apr 2008	11:15 AM		Water Corporation	Greg Scrivens, Water Corp; Peter Moore, Water Corp
09 Apr 2008	11:45 AM		Dept of Water	John Loney - A/Director General, John Roberts - Project Director - Water Law Reform, Mike Rowe - Manager, Policy coordination and Reform Branch, and Patrick Seares, Dept of Water
14 Apr 2008	09:30 AM	National Water Commission Office, Canberra	National Water Commission	Ken Matthews, CEO, NWC; Bronwyn Ray, Audit Team Leader, NWC; Rod Coulton, Water Market Pricing Team Member, NWC
14 Apr 2008	01:30 PM	MDB Commission, Canberra	Murray Darling Basin Commission	Dr Wendy Craik, CE, MDBC
14 Apr 2008	03:00 PM	Australian National University	Australian National University Water Initiative	Dr Daniel Connell, ANU Water Initiative
15 Apr 2008	04:00 PM	Australian Water Association Office, Sydney	Australian Water Association	Tom Mollenkopf, CE, AWA
16 Apr 2008	10:00 AM	Dept of Water & Energy Office, Sydney	Dept of Water & Energy	Robert O'Neill, A/Director, Water Planning & Interstate Programs, NSW Dept of Water & Energy; Dave Miller, Energy Management, Dept of Water & Energy
16 Apr 2008	11:15 AM	Parliament of NSW	Natural Resource Management (Climate Change) Committee	Karyn Paluzzano MP, Chair, Natural Resource Management (Climate Change) Committee; Vicki Buchbach, Committee Manager, Natural Resource Management (Climate Change) Committee & staff
17 Apr 2008	10:00 AM	Dept of Sustainability & Environment Office, Melbourne	Dept of Sustainability & Environment	David Downie, General Manager, Dept of Sustainabiltiy & Environment; Allan McPherson, ED, Water Industry, Dept of Sustainability & Environment.
17 Apr 2008	12:00 PM	Water Services Assoc of Australia, Melbourne	Water Services Association of Australia	Claude Piccinin, Deputy ED, Water Services Assoc of Australia
17 Apr 2008	02:45 PM	Monash University, Victoria	Faculty of Arts, National Urban Water Governance Program	Assoc Professor Rebekah Brown, Program Leader, National Urban Water Governance Program, School of Geography & Environmental Science; Nina Keath, Research Fellow, National Urban Water Governance Program; Ana Deletic, Engineer; and Nigel Tapper, Departmental Head
18 Apr 2008	09:45 AM	Dept of Environment, Heritage & Aboriginal Affairs, Adelaide	Dept of Environment, Heritage & Aboriginal Affairs	Paul Harvey, Manager, Murray-Darling Initiative, Dept of Environment, Heritage & Aboriginal Affairs; Peter O'Neill, ED, Rivery Murray, Dept of Environment, Heritage & Aboriginal Affairs; Julie Cann, Principal Adviser NRM & NWI Implementation, Resource Allocation, Dept of Environment, Heritage & Aboriginal Affairs, Andrew Emmett, Group Manager, Operational Policy & Legislation Group, Dept of Environment, Heritage & Aboriginal Affairs
18 Apr 2008	11:30 AM	Parliament of South Australia	Natural Resources Committee	John Rau MP, Presiding Member, Natural Resources Committee; Hon Sandra Kanck MLC, Member; Hon Russell Wortley MLC, Member; Knut Cudarans, EO, Natural Resources Committee; and Patrick Dupont, RO, Natural Resources Committee
18 Apr 2008	03:30 PM	University of Adelaide	School of Earth & Environmental Sciences	Professor Mike Young, Water Economics & Management, School of Earth & Environmental Sciences

As part of their inquiry into Water Governance, a Sub-Committee, consisting of Hon Barry House and Hon Matt Benson-Lidholm, will be travelling with Suzanne Veletta, Advisory Officer (General) and Jan Paniperis, Committee Clerk to Canberra to meet with representatives from the National Water Commission, the Murray-Darling Basin Commission and the Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University; to Sydney to meet with representatives from the Australian Water Association, the Department of Water and Energy, and the Natural Resources Committee of the Parliament of NSW; to Melbourne to meet with representatives of the Department of Sustainability and Environment, the Water Services Association of Australia, the National Urban Water Governance Program, Monash University; and to Adelaide to meet with representatives from the Department of Environment, Heritage & Aboriginal Affairs, the Natural Resources Committee, Parliament of SA and the Water Economics and Management Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Adelaide, between 13 - 16 April 2008.

Related Transcripts of Evidence:

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Evidence by.. Mr John Loney (Director, Policy and Planning, Department of Water), Mr Ed Hauck (Manager, Strategic Water Planning, Department of Water) on 1 Nov 2006

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Evidence by.. Mr Jeff Camkin, private citizen on 30 May 2007

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Evidence by.. Mr Jeff Camkin (private citizen) on 30 May 2007

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Evidence by.. Peter Moore (Chief Operating Officer, Water Corporation), Greg Scrivener (Manager, Legislation Project, Water Corporation) on 9 Apr 2008

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Evidence by.. John Loney (Acting Director General, Department of Water), Patrick Seares (Program Manager, Water Allocation Planning, Department of Water), Michael Rowe (Manager, Policy Coordination and Reform, Department of Water), and John Roberts (Project Director, Water Law Reform, Department of Water) on 9 Apr 2008

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