Rationale for, and impacts of, new dams and other water infrastructure in NSW

The inquiry into the rationale for, and impacts of, new dams and other water infrastructure in NSW was self-referred by Portfolio Committee No. 7 - Planning and Environment on 12 August 2020.

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This inquiry was self-referred on 12 August 2020.

Terms of Reference - revised - 21 June 2021

Date	Milestone
12 Aug 2020	Self-referred
06 Oct 2020	Submissions closed
29 Oct 2020	Hearing - Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney
02 Nov 2020	Hearing - Parliament House, Macquarie Room, Sydney
27 Nov 2020	Hearing - Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney
04 Dec 2020	Hearing - Parliament House, Macquarie Room, Sydney
10 Feb 2021	Hearing - Council Chambers, Broken Hill City Council , Broken Hill
18 Mar 2021	Interim Report
03 May 2021	Hearing - Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney
28 Jul 2021	Final Report
20 Sep 2021	Government Response to Interim Report
28 Jan 2022	Government Response to Final Report

No. 1 Name suppressed
No. 2 Mr Gordon Turner
No. 3 Zero Mass Water
No. 4 Mr Andrew McGlashan
No. 5 Mr Robert Caldwell
No. 6 Mr Michael Davey
No. 7 Miss Lucy Benjamin
No. 8 Clarence Environment Centre Inc
No. 9 Mrs Jan Mitchell
No. 10 Mr Rod Kashubin
No. 11 Name suppressed
No. 12 Lake Keepit Family Fishing Club
No. 13 Dr Margaret Lorang
No. 14 Mr David Harris
No. 15 NSW Farmers’ Association
No. 16 Cr Craig Davies, Mayor Narromine Shire Council and Chair of the Orana Joint Organisation of councils
No. 17 Mrs Kerrie O'Neill
No. 18 Ms Vicky Grosser
No. 19 Name suppressed
No. 20 Ms Michele Smith
No. 21 Name suppressed
No. 22 Ms Victoria Bail
No. 23 Mr Peter Tebbutt
No. 24 Mr Maurice Perry
No. 25 Mr Ian Onley
No. 26 Mr Trevor Hoare
No. 27 Mr Peter Roche
No. 28 Confidential
No. 29 Name suppressed
No. 30 Mr Mark Merritt
No. 31 Name suppressed
No. 32 BirdLife Southern NSW
No. 33 Ms Diana Palmer
No. 34 Name suppressed
No. 35 Ms Jacqueline Marks
No. 36 Ms Marie Ngai-King
No. 37 Mr Philip Spark
No. 38 Confidential
No. 39 Mr Flynn Webber
No. 40 Peel Valley Water Users Association Inc.
No. 41 Mr Craig Robinson
No. 42 Mr Jim Walker
No. 43 Ms Robyn Bird
No. 44 Ms Cathy Merchant
No. 45 Ms Hayley Talbot
No. 46 Clarence Valley Council
No. 47 Ms Debrah Novak
No. 48 Bathurst Regional Council
No. 49 The Nature Conservancy Australia
No. 50 WaterNSW
No. 51 Mr Dugald Bucknell
No. 52 Mr Alan McGufficke
No. 53 Macquarie River Food & Fibre
No. 54 Name suppressed
No. 55 Ms Wendy Hawes
No. 56 Mr Ivan Kokotovic
No. 57 Professor Uwe Proske
No. 58 Name suppressed
No. 59 Tamworth Regional Council
No. 60 Environmentally Concerned Citizens of Orange
No. 61 Mr David Metzenthen
No. 62 Ms Susan Nichol
No. 63 Ms Ifeanna Tooth
No. 64 NSW Bird Atlassers Inc
No. 65 Ms Mora Main
No. 66 Mr Rick Banyard
No. 67 Wentworth Shire Council
No. 68 Mr DAVID SMITH
No. 69 Mr David Gowing
No. 70 Healthy Rivers Dubbo
No. 70a Healthy Rivers Dubbo
No. 71 Water for Rivers
No. 72 Mrs Linda Said
No. 73 Name suppressed
No. 74 Mrs Yvonne Fessler
No. 75 Wiradjuri Council of Elders
No. 76 Lachlan Floodplain and Wetlands Group
No. 77 Mudgee District Environment Group
No. 78 Mr Bruce Norris
No. 79 Mrs Rosie White
No. 80 Mr John Simpson
No. 81 Dr Lynette Allen
No. 82 Name suppressed
No. 83 Mr Garry Hall
No. 84 Name suppressed
No. 85 Mrs Vivien Smith
No. 86 Macquarie Marshes Environmental Landholders Association (MMELA)
No. 87 Dr Martin Mallen-Cooper
No. 88 Ms Ruby Everett
No. 89 Dr Annette (Tam) Smith
No. 90 Mrs Georgia Green
No. 91 Central West Environment Council
No. 92 Ms Stephanie Canaway
No. 93 Forbes Aboriginal and Community Working Party
No. 94 Daroo Landcare
No. 95 Name suppressed
No. 96 Confidential
No. 97 Lachlandcare Inc
No. 98 Lachlan Valley Water Inc
No. 99 Professor Richard Kingsford
No. 100 Hovells Creek Landcare Group
No. 101 Water Northern Rivers
No. 102 Ms Kate Boyd
No. 103 Mrs Katharine McBride
No. 104 Confidential
No. 105 Cr Mark Rodda
No. 106 Name suppressed
No. 107 Mole River Protection Alliance
No. 107a Mole River Protection Alliance
No. 108 Griffith City Council
No. 109 Australian Floodplain Association
No. 110 Name suppressed
No. 111 Mr Rodney Jouning
No. 112 Dharriwaa Elders Group
No. 113 Mr Alexander Keeble
No. 114 Latrobe Environmental Action Forum
No. 115 Professor Jamie Pittock
No. 115a Professor Jamie Pittock
No. 116 Inland Rivers Network
No. 116a Inland Rivers Network
No. 117 Name suppressed
No. 118 Dr John Bardsley
No. 119 Tolarno Station 1851 Pty Ltd
No. 120 National Parks Association of NSW
No. 121 Buyaan Trust
No. 122 Friends of the Earth Australia
No. 123 Orange Field Naturalist and Conservation Society
No. 124 Mr Paul Leary
No. 125 Murray-Darling Basin Authority
No. 126 Mr Peter Gill
No. 127 Parkes Shire Council
No. 128 Miss Sandra Smith
No. 129 Mr Gill Boehringer
No. 130 Murray Lower Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations (MLDRIN)
No. 131 Western Paddlers NSW
No. 132 Upper Lachlan Landcare
No. 133 Professor Evan Leitch – Belubula Headwaters Protection Group Inc
No. 134 Dr Anne Jensen
No. 135 CSIRO
No. 136 Mr Andrew Paul
No. 137 Ms Maria Riedl
No. 138 Name suppressed
No. 139 Clarence Valley Conservation Coalition Inc
No. 140 Nature Conservation Council of NSW
No. 141 Severn River, Ngarabal and Kwiambal Aboriginal Corporation ICN9192
No. 141a Confidential
No. 142 NSW Farmers Association
No. 143 The Great Cumbung Pty Ltd as Trustee for The Great Cumbung Unit Trust
No. 144 NSW Irrigators' Council (NSWIC)
No. 145 Mr Bruce Wilson
No. 146 Webster Pastoral Co
No. 147 Slattery & Johnson
No. 147a Slattery & Johnson
No. 148 Bathurst Community Climate Action Network
No. 150 Dubbo Environment Group
No. 151 Ms Cathy Merchant
No. 151a Ms Cathy Merchant
No. 152 NSW Government
No. 152a NSW Government
No. 153 Mr Paul Van Den Boom
No. 154 Patch Club
No. 155 Belubula Headwaters Protection Group (Inc)
No. 157 Confidential
No. 159 Mrs Rosemary Hadaway
No. 160 Ms Anne Reeves
No. 161 Name suppressed
No. 164 Ms Prudence Wawn
No. 165 Confidential
No. 166 Cowra Council
No. 167 Central NSW Joint Organisation
No. 168 Name suppressed
No. 169 Name suppressed
No. 170 Ms Rebecca Price – Belubula Headwaters
No. 171 Proforma No 1 - 202 people
No. 172 Proforma No 2 - 8 people
No. 173 Broken Hill City Council
No. 174 Central Darling Shire Council

Date	Venue Details
29/10/2020	Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
02/11/2020	Parliament House, Macquarie Room, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
27/11/2020	Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
04/12/2020	Parliament House, Macquarie Room, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
10/02/2021	Council Chambers, Broken Hill City Council , Broken Hill	Schedule	Transcript
03/05/2021	Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript

DateSort	Report Name	Tabled Date	Government Response
	Government response - Report No 8 - PC 7 - Planning and Environment - Rationale for, and impacts of, new dams and other water infrastructure in NSW (Part 2)	28/01/2022
	Government response - Report No 5 - PC 7 - Planning and Environment - Rationale for, and impacts of, new dams and other water infrastructure in NSW (Part 1)	20/09/2021
	Report No 8 - PC 7 - Planning and Environment - Rationale for, and impacts of, new dams and other water infrastructure in NSW (Part 2)	28/07/2021
	Report No 5 - PC 7 - Planning and Environment - Rationale for, and impacts of, new dams and other water infrastructure in NSW (Part 1)	18/03/2021

DateSort	Date	Type	Title
2021-07-28	28/07/2021	Media Release	Report tabling – Rationale for, and impacts of, new dams and other water infrastructure in NSW – Part 2
2021-06-11	11/06/2021	Answers to Questions on Notice	Ms Anissa Levy and Mr Ronan Magaharan - Hearing 3 May 2021
2021-06-08	08/06/2021	Correspondence	Letter from Mr Andrew George, A/CEO, WaterNSW to Chair, regarding evidence given at the hearing on 3 May 2021
2021-05-03	03/05/2021	Tabled Document	Copy of correspondence from Mr Matthew Dadswell, Assistant Secretary, Murray-Darling Basin Branch to Ms Lynette Marlow, tabled by Ms Lynette Marlow
2021-05-03	03/05/2021	Tabled Document	Correspondence from Ms Lynette Marlow providing details to be included in the cultural mapping report for Mole River, tabled by Ms Lynette Marlow
2021-05-03	03/05/2021	Tabled Document	Genealogy and family tree of Ms Lynette Marlow, tabled by Ms Lynette Marlow
2021-05-03	03/05/2021	Tabled Document	Genealogy and family tree of Uncle Theo Wright, tabled by Ms Lynette Marlow
2021-05-03	03/05/2021	Tabled Document	Historical records transcribed by Ms Lynette Marlow, tabled by Ms Lynette Marlow
2021-05-03	03/05/2021	Tabled Document	Legend and map of the Mole River region, tabled by Ms Lynette Marlow
2021-05-03	03/05/2021	Tabled Document	Original historical record A, tabled by Ms Lynette Marlow
2021-05-03	03/05/2021	Tabled Document	Original historical record B, tabled by Ms Lynette Marlow
2021-05-03	03/05/2021	Tabled Document	Original historical record regarding the Mole River, tabled by Ms Lynette Marlow
2021-03-18	18/03/2021	Media Release	Report tabling - Rationale for and impacts of new dams and other water infrastructure in NSW - Part 1
2021-03-11	11/03/2021	Answers to Questions on Notice	Mr Ken Ross, General Manager, Wentworth Shire Council, Hearing 10 February 2021
2021-03-11	11/03/2021	Additional Information	Mr Ken Ross, General Manager, Wenthworth Shire Council, Hearing 10 February 2021
2021-02-10	10/02/2021	Tabled Document	Letter from Mr Terry Smith, Chair, Menindee Stakeholder Advisory Group to the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment regarding future meetings of the Stakeholder Advisory Group, tabled by Ms Jane MacAllister
2021-02-10	10/02/2021	Tabled Document	2019' Citizens' Inquiry into the Health of the Barka/Darling River and Menindee Lakes: Report and Recommendations, Australian Peoples' Tribunal for Community and Nature's Rights, tabled by Ms Jane MacAllister
2021-01-23	23/01/2021	Additional Information	Ms Michelle Dumazel, Executive Director, Biodiversity and Conservation, Department of Planning, Industry and Environment, Hearing 4 December 2020
2021-01-22	22/01/2021	Answers to Questions on Notice	Ms Christine Freak, Policy Manager, NSW Irrigators' Council, Hearing 27 November 2020
2021-01-15	15/01/2021	Answers to Questions on Notice	Minister Pavey, Mr Jim Bentley Deputy Secretary Water, Department of Planning, Industry and Environment and Mr Andrew George, Acting CEO, Water NSW, Hearing 4 December 2020
2021-01-07	07/01/2021	Answers to Questions on Notice	Cr Bill West, Mayor of Cowra Council, Hearing 27 November 2020
2020-12-01	01/12/2020	Answers to Questions on Notice	Mr Tom Green and Ms Mary Ewing, Lachlan Valley Water Inc, Hearing 2 November 2020
2020-11-30	30/11/2020	Answers to Questions on Notice	Mr Jim Bentley, Chief Executive Officer (Deputy Secretary), Department of Planning, Industry and Environment, Hearing 29 October 2020
2020-11-30	30/11/2020	Additional Information	Ms Jane Paul, Conservation Officer, Daroo Landcare, Hearing 2 November 2020
2020-11-27	27/11/2020	Answers to Questions on Notice	Mr Ray Woods, Wiradjuri Council of Elders and Buyaan Trust, Hearing 29 October 2020
2020-11-02	02/11/2020	Answers to Questions on Notice	Dr Robyn Alders, Chair, Upper Lachlan Branch of the NSW Farmers Association, Hearing 2 November 2020
2020-10-29	29/10/2020	Tabled Document	Reducing the perversion of diversion: Applying world-standard fish screening practices to the Murray-Darling Basin authored by Lee J. Baumgartner and Craig Boys, tabled by Professor Lee Baumgartner and Professor Martin Mallen-Cooper
2020-10-29	29/10/2020	Tabled Document	Ecological impacts of dams, water diversions and river management on floodplain wetlands in Australia authored by R.T. Kingsford, tabled by Professor Lee Baumgartner and Professor Martin Mallen-Cooper
2020-10-29	29/10/2020	Tabled Document	Environmental effects of flow regulation on the Lower River Murray, Australia authored by K.F. Walker and M.C. Thomas, tabled by Professor Lee Baumgartner and Professor Martin Mallen-Cooper
2020-10-29	29/10/2020	Tabled Document	Fish passage in the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia: Not just an upstream battle authored by Lee Baumgartner, Brenton Zampatti, Matthew Jones, Ivor Stuart and Martin-Mallen Cooper, tabled by Professor Lee Baumgartner and Professor Martin Mallen-Cooper
2020-10-29	29/10/2020	Tabled Document	Fish, floods and fallacy authored by Martin Mallen-Cooper and Ivor Stuart, tabled by Professor Lee Baumgartner and Professor Martin Mallen-Cooper
2020-10-29	29/10/2020	Tabled Document	Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations – Fisheries and Aquaculture Circular, An ecosystem approach to promote the integration and coexistence of fisheries within irrigation systems, tabled by Professor Lee Baumgartner and Professor Martin Mallen-Cooper
2020-10-29	29/10/2020	Tabled Document	Mitigating the effects of barriers to freshwater fish migrations: The Australian experience authored by J.H Harris, R.T. Kingsford, W. Peirson and L.J. Baumgartner, tabled by Professor Lee Baumgartner and Professor Martin Mallen-Cooper
2020-10-29	29/10/2020	Tabled Document	Mortality of larval Murray cod (Maccullochella peelii peelii) and golden perch (Macquaria ambigua) associated with passage through two types of low-head weirs authored by Lee J. Baumgartner, Nathan Reynoldson and Dean M. Gilligan, tabled by Professor Lee Baumgartner and Professor Martin Mallen-Cooper
2020-10-29	29/10/2020	Tabled Document	Non-salmonids in a salmonid fishway: what do 50 years of data tell us about past and future fish passage? Authored by M. Mallen-Cooper and D.A. Brad, tabled by Professor Lee Baumgartner and Professor Martin Mallen-Cooper
2020-10-29	29/10/2020	Tabled Document	PowerPoint Presentation to committee by Professor Martin Mallen-Cooper and Professor Lee Baumgartner
2020-10-29	29/10/2020	Tabled Document	Rearing experiments with five specifies of Australian freshwater fishes authored by J.S. Lake, tabled by Professor Lee Baumgartner and Professor Martin Mallen-Cooper
2020-10-29	29/10/2020	Tabled Document	Review of cold water pollution in the Murray-Darling Basin and the impacts on fish communities authored by Allan Lugg and Craig Copeland, tabled by Professor Lee Baumgartner and Professor Martin Mallen-Cooper
2020-08-13	13/08/2020	Media Release	Announcing inquiry into water infrastructure in NSW

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