Impacts of the Water Amendment (Restoring Our Rivers) Act 2023 on NSW regional communities

The Committee on Investment, Industry and Regional Development has rescheduled its hearings in Deniliquin and Griffth to 22 and 23 July 2025, respectively.

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This inquiry is established to examine and report on the impacts of the Water Amendment (Restoring Our Rivers) Act 2023 on NSW regional communities.

The Committee will look into major changes from recent federal legislation, such as

the impact of reintroducing buybacks
risks to achieving legislative outcomes, such as reducing unlicensed take of water
the impact of environmental water rules and rules-based changes in NSW
options to improve government programs aimed at offsetting the impacts of buybacks.

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Chair:		Butler, Roy (IND, LA Member)
Deputy Chair:		Bali, Stephen (ALP, LA Member)
Members:		Clancy, Justin (LIB, LA Member)
		Kaliyanda, Charishma (ALP, LA Member)
		Kirby, Warren (ALP, LA Member)
		Stuart, Maryanne (ALP, LA Member)
		Williamson, Richie (NAT, LA Member)

Date	Milestone
17 Feb 2025	Self-referred
14 Apr 2025	Submissions closed
22 Jul 2025	Hearing - Deniliquin Town Hall, Deniliquin
23 Jul 2025	Hearing - Burley Griffin Room, Griffith Regional Theatre, Griffith

No. 1 Mr Lewis Pierotti
No. 2 Ms Deidre Howard
No. 3 Confidential
No. 4 Mr Aaron Taylor
No. 5 Mrs Joanna Loughridge
No. 6 Ms Sarah Edwards
No. 7 Mrs Edna Penning
No. 8 Mr Greg Murphy
No. 9 Confidential
No. 10 Mrs Kristina Irvine
No. 11 Ms Susan Braybon
No. 12 Mr Paul Rogerson
No. 13 Confidential
No. 14 Confidential
No. 15 Mr William Lord
No. 16 Ms Gen Campbell
No. 17 Mr Douglas McWilliam
No. 18 Confidential
No. 19 Healthy Rivers Lower Murray
No. 20 Mr Steven Fawns
No. 21 Ms Tracy Sorensen
No. 22 Soroptimist International Griffith Inc
No. 23 Gwydir Valley Irrigators Association (GVIA)
No. 24 Mrs Bronwyn Wannan
No. 25 Murray River Council
No. 26 Yanco Creek and Tributaries Advisory Council Inc
No. 27 Billyanco Pty Ltd
No. 28 Mrs Jeanine Bird
No. 29 Country Women’s Association of NSW
No. 30 Mr Mark Merritt
No. 31 NSW Government
No. 32 Southern Riverina Irrigators
No. 33 Coleambally Irrigation Co-operative Limited
No. 34 NSW Aboriginal Land Council
No. 35 Mudgee Region Action Group
No. 36 Ms Shaz Tinant
No. 37 Mrs Sarah Inglis
No. 38 Mr Jamie Inglis
No. 39 Mr Richie Inglis
No. 40 Miss Maddison O'Brien
No. 41 Mrs Maureen Boller
No. 42 Miss Sarah Harvey
No. 43 Mr Alex Wisser
No. 44 Ms Lyn Coombe
No. 45 Namoi Water
No. 46 Confidential
No. 47 Ms Stephanie Luke
No. 48 Ms Lara Altimira
No. 49 Professor Sarah Wheeler, Professor Quentin Grafton, Professor Jeff Connor, Professor John Quiggin, Professor Lin Crase, Professor Alec Zuo and Professor Darla Hatton MacDonald
No. 50 Mr Michael Boller
No. 51 Mudgee Region Health Alliance
No. 52 Ms Janet Walk
No. 53 Mr Richard Ham
No. 54 Centre for Technology in Water & Wastewater - University of Technology Sydney
No. 55 Mr Adrian Milne
No. 56 Mrs Barbara Duff
No. 57 Mid-Western Regional Council
No. 58 Confidential
No. 59 Confidential
No. 60 Murrumbidgee Irrigation
No. 61 Ricegrowers’ Association of Australia
No. 62 National Parks Association of NSW
No. 63 Barwon-Darling Water
No. 64 Speak Up Campaign Inc
No. 65 Murray Regional Strategy Group
No. 66 Pastoralists' Association of West Darling
No. 67 Griffith Business Chamber
No. 68 Ms Judith Brown
No. 69 Griffith City Council
No. 70 Lachlan Valley Water Inc
No. 71 Mrs Amanda Barlow
No. 72 Murray Irrigation
No. 73 Richmond and Wilsons Combined Water Users Association
No. 74 Riverina and Murray Joint Organisation
No. 75 Mrs Sonia Christie
No. 76 Mr Daniel Pinnuck
No. 77 Ms Jolieske Lips
No. 78 Water for Rivers
No. 79 Running Stream Water Users Association
No. 80 Macquarie River Food and Fibre
No. 81 Ms Andrea Driver
No. 82 NSW Farmers
No. 83 New South Wales Irrigators' Council
No. 84 Currie Country Social Change
No. 85 Cotton Australia
No. 86 Central NSW Joint Organisation
No. 87 Upper Murrumbidgee Catchment Network
No. 88 Murray Darling Association (Region 9)
No. 89 Inverell Shire Council
No. 90 Mr Geoff Chapman
No. 91 City of Wagga Wagga
No. 92 Cr Ingrid Eyding
No. 93 Ms Chenelle Hitchcock
No. 94 Watertrust Australia
No. 95 Murrumbidgee Groundwater Inc and Murrumbidgee Private Irrigators Inc
No. 96 Central Murray Environmental Floodplains Group Inc
No. 97 Leeton Shire Council
No. 98 Nature Conservation Council of NSW
No. 99 Quambone Pastoral Co. Pty Ltd
No. 100 Macquarie Marshes Environmental Landholders Association
No. 101 SunRice Group

Date	Venue Details
22/07/2025	Deniliquin Town Hall, Deniliquin
23/07/2025	Burley Griffin Room, Griffith Regional Theatre, Griffith

DateSort	Date	Type	Title
2025-06-17	17/06/2025	Media Release	Media Release - Riverina and Murray Hearings Rescheduled to 22-23 July
2025-06-04	04/06/2025	Media Release	Media Release - Murray and Riverina
2025-02-17	17/02/2025	Media Release	Media release - Water inquiry - Committee on Investment, Industry and Regional Development

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Kieran Lewis	Director Committees	9230 2521	[email protected]

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