Page 5185 - Week 12 - Wednesday, 27 October 2010
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MR CORBELL: I move the second set of revised amendments circulated in my name:
(1) Before paragraph (1)(a) insert (1)(aa):
“(aa) the ACT supports the thrust of the proposed policy to return water to the environment as a necessary action to ensure the sustainability of the Basin;”.
(2) Omit paragraph (1)(a), substitute:
“(a) the Murray-Darling Basin Authority’s Guide to the proposed Basin Plan, released on 8 October 2010 and the Technical Background paper, was put on the Authority’s website on 22 October 2010;”.
(3) Omit paragraph (1)(d), substitute:
“(d) that the ACT is the largest urban centre in the Basin;”.
(4) After paragraph (1)(e), insert:
“(ee) 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).
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