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“(d) that the ACT is the largest urban centre in the Basin;”.
(4) Omit paragraph (1)(e), substitute:
“(e) the ACT Government has made formal representations to the Murray-Darling Basin Authority and to the Commonwealth raising its concerns, including:
(i) the late release of supporting data necessary to enable an assessment of the information used by the Authority;
(ii) the failure to be consistent with agreement reached in 2008;
(iii) the lack of recognition of the ACT’s successful water management programs that has seen the ACT exceed savings targets to deliver water savings consistent with the outcome of Commonwealth water purchases;
(iv) proposed SDL targets for the ACT that have only been achieved under Stage 3 and 2 Temporary Water Restrictions;
(v) concern about the estimates made for the ACT’s water use; and
(vi) no recognition of additional water, estimated to be some 13 GL per annum, provided to the river system by Canberra’s built form leading to additional run-off;”.
(5) Omit paragraph (1)(f), substitute:
“(f) that both the Commonwealth Government and the Authority have indicated that additional work and analysis is necessary to assess the social and economic impact of the plan on regional communities, and that should include the impact on the ACT;”.
(6) Omit paragraphs (1)(i) and (j).
(7) Omit paragraph (2), substitute:
“(2) notes that the ACT Government will make further submissions to the Authority on behalf of the ACT, seeking preservation of the ACT’s current diversion limit and raising its other concerns;”.
(8) Omit paragraph (3), substitute:
“(3) notes the Government will keep the Assembly and the community informed on progress on the matters raised.”.
MR RATTENBURY (Molonglo) (3.48): Canberra, as a river city sitting in the Murray-Darling Basin, must be engaged in and cognisant of the proposals outlined in the Murray-Darling Basin plan. I thank Mrs Dunne for bringing on this important topic for debate. Clearly, with this week’s motion about the Murray-Darling Basin, last week’s motion on water restrictions and the Greens’ MPI about the importance of
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