From: Qld Mini Spini - http://www.qccqld.org.au/minispini/110106.htm
Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee
Inquiry into Water Policy Initiatives
The Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee is conducting an inquiry into the impact on rural water usage of recent water policy initiatives and the possible role for Commonwealth agencies. The terms of reference are:
the development of water property titles;
methods of protection for rivers and aquifers;
farming innovation;
monitoring drought and predicting farm water demand; and
the implications for agriculture of predicted changes in patterns of precipitation and temperature.
The Committee is interested in exploring the state and territories policies underpinning the National Water Initiative, any assistance that can be provided by Commonwealth government agencies to develop and roll out these policies and the implications for rural land use of these policies. In this context it will also examine the potential for farming innovation. The Committee will also consider work being conducted on monitoring drought and the state of aquifers, the development of farm water assessment systems and any implications for agriculture of predicted changes in rainfall patterns and temperature.
The Committee invites you to make a submission addressing all or some of these matters, and would appreciate submissions to be sent by 1 February 2006. If you know of someone else who maybe interested in making a submission to the committee, please pass this letter on.
Information on this inquiry can be found at http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/rrat_ctte/rural_water/index.htm
