Select Committee on Floodplain Harvesting

The Select Committee was established on 23 June 2021 to inquire and report on the Government's management of floodplain harvesting.

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LC Minutes, 23 June 2021, pp 2353-2355

Date	Milestone
23 Jun 2021	Referred
13 Aug 2021	Submissions closed
20 Sep 2021	Hearing - Virtual hearing, Video conference, Sydney
20 Sep 2021	Hearing - Virtual hearing, Video conference, Sydney
22 Sep 2021	Hearing - Virtual hearing, Video conference, Sydney
24 Sep 2021	Hearing - Virtual hearing, Video conference, Sydney
07 Oct 2021	Hearing - Virtual hearing, Video conference, Sydney, Sydney
07 Oct 2021	Hearing - Via Video conference, Sydney
07 Oct 2021	Hearing - Virtual hearing, Video conference, Sydney
15 Dec 2021	Final Report
25 May 2022	Government Response to Final Report
15 Jun 2022	Government Response to Final Report due

Date	Venue Details
20/09/2021	Virtual hearing, Video conference, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
20/09/2021	Virtual hearing, Video conference, Sydney		Transcript
22/09/2021	Virtual hearing, Video conference, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
24/09/2021	Virtual hearing, Video conference, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
07/10/2021	Virtual hearing, Video conference, Sydney, Sydney		Transcript
07/10/2021	Via Video conference, Sydney		Transcript
07/10/2021	Virtual hearing, Video conference, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript

DateSort	Report Name	Tabled Date	Government Response
	Floodplain harvesting	2022-05-25
25/05/2022	Government Response - Select Committee on Floodplain Harvesting	25/05/2022
15/12/2021	Report no. 1 - Select Committee - Floodplain harvesting - December 2021	15/12/2021	Due 15/06/2022

DateSort	Date	Type	Title
2021-12-15	15/12/2021	Media Release	Report tabled
2021-11-08	08/11/2021	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Macquarie Rivers Food and Fibre Inc - Answers to Supplementary Questions
2021-11-05	05/11/2021	Answers to Questions on Notice	Dr Martin Mallen-Cooper - Answers to Questions on Notice
2021-11-03	03/11/2021	Answers to Supplementary Questions	The Hon. Melinda Pavey, MP Minister for Water, Property and Housing - Answers to Supplementary Questions
2021-11-03	03/11/2021	Answers to Questions on Notice	The Hon. Melinda Pavey, MP Minister for Water, Property and Housing - Answers to Questions on Notice
2021-11-02	02/11/2021	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Cotton Australia - Answers to Supplementary Questions
2021-11-02	02/11/2021	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Dharriwaa Elders Group - Answers to Supplementary Questions
2021-11-02	02/11/2021	Answers to Questions on Notice	Slattery and Johnson - Answers to Questions on Notice and Supplementary Questions
2021-11-02	02/11/2021	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Southern Riverina Irrigators - Answers to Supplementary Questions
2021-11-01	01/11/2021	Answers to Questions on Notice	Recreational Fishing Alliance of NSW - Answers to Questions on Notice
2021-11-01	01/11/2021	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Department of Planning, Industry and Environment - Answers to Supplementary Questions
2021-11-01	01/11/2021	Answers to Questions on Notice	Department of Planning, Industry and Environment - Answers to Questions on Notice
2021-10-29	29/10/2021	Answers to Questions on Notice	Environmental Defenders Office - Answers to Questions on Notice
2021-10-29	29/10/2021	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Natural Resources Access Regulator - Answers to Supplementary Questions
2021-10-29	29/10/2021	Answers to Questions on Notice	Natural Resources Access Regulator - Answers to Questions on Notice
2021-10-28	28/10/2021	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Border Rivers Food and Fibre - Answers to Supplementary Questions
2021-10-27	27/10/2021	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Namoi Water - Answers to Supplementary Questions
2021-10-27	27/10/2021	Answers to Supplementary Questions	NSW Irrigators' Council - Answers to Supplementary Questions
2021-10-26	26/10/2021	Answers to Questions on Notice	Nature Conservation Council - Answers to Questions on Notice
2021-10-24	24/10/2021	Answers to Questions on Notice	Murray Lower Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations (MLDRIN) - Answers to Questions on Notice
2021-10-12	12/10/2021	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Barwon - Darling Water - Answers to Supplementary Questions
2021-10-05	05/10/2021	Answers to Questions on Notice	Dr Stuart Rowland, Former Principal Research Scientist, NSW Fisheries - Answers to Questions on Notice
2021-09-24	24/09/2021	Tabled Document	DPIE.WM.1178 – Current conditions water use (including HEW) v Plan limit
2021-09-24	24/09/2021	Tabled Document	NRAR Annexures
2021-09-24	24/09/2021	Tabled Document	DPIE.WM.1330 – FPH – final modelling results for Border Rivers and consultation approvals process
2021-09-24	24/09/2021	Tabled Document	DPIE.WM.1549 – Post FPH program – WRPs & LTAAELs
2021-09-24	24/09/2021	Tabled Document	DPIE.WM.1909 – Gwydir Cap v WSP Scenario
2021-09-24	24/09/2021	Tabled Document	DPIE.WM.2357 – Bilateral Agreement progress report
2021-09-24	24/09/2021	Tabled Document	DPIE.WM.2401 – BDL definition
2021-09-24	24/09/2021	Tabled Document	DPIE.WM.2740 – Draft words re models
2021-09-24	24/09/2021	Tabled Document	DPIE.WM.3261 – BDL models and Floodplain Harvesting
2021-09-24	24/09/2021	Tabled Document	DPIE.WM.3852 – BDL, SDL discussion 3pm
2021-09-24	24/09/2021	Tabled Document	DPIE.WM.4596 – FW: MDBA SDL Reporting and Compliance framework – third draft – for review COB by 12 October 2018
2021-09-24	24/09/2021	Tabled Document	Report - NSW Irrigators' Council - Investigation into Compliance Barriers: Implementation of the NSW Non-Urban Water Metering Framework Trance 1 - dated August 2021
2021-09-24	24/09/2021	Answers to Questions on Notice	Murray Lower Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations (MLDRIN) - Answers to Questions on Notice
2021-09-23	23/09/2021	Answers to Questions on Notice	Mr Roderick Campbell, Research Director, the Australia Institute
2021-09-22	22/09/2021	Tabled Document	Report - Northern Valley Irrigators Alliance (NVIA) - Irrigation industry economic benefits: Murray Darling Basin Authority - dated September 2021
2021-09-22	22/09/2021	Tabled Document	News article - It’s on at Menindee: influx of wildlife expected as lakes exceed capacity - The Guardian
2021-09-22	22/09/2021	Tabled Document	Native fish and Floodplain Harvesting dated 22 September 2021
2021-09-22	22/09/2021	Tabled Document	Martin Mallen-Cooper and Brenton P Zampatti, Restoring the ecological integrity of a dryland river: Why low flows in the Barwon–Darling River must flow, Ecological Society of Australia and John Wiley & Sons Australia Ltd
2021-09-20	20/09/2021	Tabled Document	Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists chair buys up Duxton Water shares - The Weekly Times
2021-09-20	20/09/2021	Tabled Document	Matthew J Colloff, R Quentin-Grafton and John Williams - Scientific integrity, public policy and water governance in the Murray-Darling Basin - Australasian Journal of Water Resources - published online 26 April 2021
2021-09-20	20/09/2021	Tabled Document	News article - Southern Murray Darling Basin irrigators are floodplain harvesting
2021-09-20	20/09/2021	Tabled Document	NSW Murray and Lower Darling: Water Allocation Update - NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment
2021-09-20	20/09/2021	Tabled Document	News article - Letter to the editor: levy helps with floodplain fight - Deniliquin Pastoral Times
2021-09-17	17/09/2021	Media Release	Public Hearings - September 2021
2021-09-15	15/09/2021	Other	Advice from Mr Bret Walker AO SC - Legality of Floodplain Harvesting - dated 15 September 2021
2021-08-09	09/08/2021	Correspondence	Letter from Chair to Clerk of Parliaments – Request for legal advice – dated 9 August 2021
2021-07-09	09/07/2021	Media Release	New inquiry established

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Select Committee on Floodplain Harvesting

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