There are less than two weeks left in the draft Basin Plan consultation period. We’ve already received over 3000 submissions – most of which are already online. Have you got yours in yet? There’s still time to make a submission.
Need more info? Have more questions?
There are still a few more meetings left in the consultation [...]
Updated on 23 March with information on the re-scheduled Hay meeting.
Further update on 7 March with information on Hay, Forbes and Dubbo meetings.
Updated on 6 March with details on Deniliquin and Echuca meetings;
29 Feb with more details on public open house meetings.
Last week, we tried something a little different and held a drop-in open house [...]
Updated on 8 February with Renmark meeting information Updated on 3 February with Goondiwindi and Swan Hill public meetings information
Updated on 31 January with Mildura public meeting information
Where we’re going
Latest Update
Renmark
The Renmark public meeting will take place on Friday 9 March from 1-4pm. The meeting will be held at:
Greek Orthodox Community Hall
Twentyfirst St
Renmark
Other Public Meetings
The [...]
This morning, we were in Griffith for the latest Basin Plan consultation meeting. Around 7000 passionate people were there to hear from their community leaders and make their voices heard. For those of you who weren’t able to be there, below is a transcript of Craig’s comments.
CRAIG KNOWLES, MDBA CHAIR:
Well, ladies and gentlemen – ladies [...]
Today is the kick-off for the 20-week consultation period on the draft Basin Plan.
Up front, I want to stress that what is being released today is a draft. The proposals it contains are just that – proposals.
Developing the draft Basin Plan
The draft Basin Plan is an attempt at having a Basin-wide approach to water use. [...]
As more and more people contact us for information on the draft and order their copy, we’ve been asked ’How should I read it?’
It’s a good question, and an important one considering that the Windsor Inquiry said we had to do a better job of communicating the Basin Plan.
The draft Basin Plan is actually a draft legislative [...]
The draft plan will be made available on the 28th of November 2011, which is when the formal public consultation period starts.
We are keeping the public consultations open for the next 20 weeks to give people an opportunity to read the draft plan, discuss it with their community leaders, discuss it with us and then provide [...]