Water Recovery and Environmental Use Stakeholder Reference Panel
Restoring the Balance in the Murray-Darling Basin (water entitlement purchase) - Water for the Future - Fact sheet
Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, 2009
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Restoring the Balance in the Murray-Darling Basin is the Australian Government's $3.1 billion program to buy back water entitlements, as part of the 10-year, $12.9 billion Water for the Future plan
A panel has been established to provide input to the way the Australian Government buys back water and uses it for the environment in the Murray-Darling Basin (MDB) under the Water for the Future plan.
The Water Recovery and Environmental Use Stakeholder Reference Panel was appointed on 16 June 2009 by the Minister for Climate Change and Water.
Panel members come from a broad cross-section of Murray-Darling Basin stakeholders including irrigators, environmentalist, water experts and community members.
The panel will facilitate the mutual exchange of information on the water recovery program and provide a forum for consultation and open discussion. In particular, the panel will:
- Consider arrangements for the water purchase mechanisms developed under the Restoring the Balance in the Murray- Darling Basin program. This will include the socio-economic impact of water purchasing and the environmental benefits of water purchases and how best to disseminate information on the program to the public;
- Provide stakeholder views on the proposed arrangements for managing the water entitlements that the Australian Government buys for the environment.
Panel members have been chosen so that feedback can be provided from a range of different perspectives and community interests. These views will be considered by the Department as it refines, implements and evaluates Water for the Future programs.
Members have been appointed on the basis of their expertise in water management, irrigation, research and other areas relevant to the water purchasing program. Appointments are for a minimum of 12 months and up to two years.
The members are:
- Richard Anderson - Victorian Farmers Federation
- Dr Arlene Buchan - Australian Conservation Foundation
- Ben Haslett - Renmark Irrigation Farmer
- David May - Wakool Landholders Association
- Ray Najar - General Manager, Murray Darling Association
- Steven Ross - Murray Darling Basin Assocation, Executive Officer to the Murray Lower Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations
- Michael Schultz - Fivebough and Tuckerbill Wetlands Trust
- Rory Treweeke - Western Catchment Management Authority
The Chair will be the First Assistant Secretary, Water Efficiency Division in the Department.
More information
For more information about the Water Recovery and Environmental Use Stakeholder Reference Panel call 1800 218 478 or visit: www.environment.gov.au/water/policy-programs/entitlement-purchasing/stakeholder-panel.html
More information on the Restoring the Balance in the Murray-Darling Basin program can be obtained by calling 1800 218 478, or visit www.environment.gov.au/waterpurchasing.
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