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

Introduction

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.
Terms of reference
This inquiry was Self-referred on 12 August 2020.
Timeline
DateMilestone
Wed 12 August 2020Self-referred
Tue 06 October 2020Submissions closed
Thu 29 October 2020Hearing - Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney
Mon 02 November 2020Hearing - Parliament House, Macquarie Room, Sydney
Fri 27 November 2020Hearing - Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney
Fri 04 December 2020Hearing - Parliament House, Macquarie Room, Sydney
Wed 10 February 2021Hearing - Council Chambers, Broken Hill City Council , Broken Hill
Thu 18 March 2021Committee Interim Report
Mon 03 May 2021Hearing - Jubilee Room, Parliament House, 6 Macquarie Street
Wed 28 July 2021FinalReport
Mon 20 September 2021Government Response to Interim Report
Fri 28 January 2022Government Response to Final Report
Submissions

Submissions to this inquiry closed on 06 Oct 2020.

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Hearings and transcripts
DateVenue details
Thu 29 October 2020Jubilee Room, Parliament House, SydneyView scheduleView transcript
Mon 02 November 2020Parliament House, Macquarie Room, SydneyView scheduleView transcript
Fri 27 November 2020Jubilee Room, Parliament House, SydneyView scheduleView transcript
Fri 04 December 2020Parliament House, Macquarie Room, SydneyView scheduleView transcript
Wed 10 February 2021Council Chambers, Broken Hill City Council , Broken HillView scheduleView transcript
Mon 03 May 2021Jubilee Room, Parliament House, 6 Macquarie StreetView scheduleView transcript
Reports and government responses

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)

Tabled date:
Fri 28 January 2022
PDF612.38 KB

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)

Tabled date:
Mon 20 September 2021
PDF576.44 KB

Report No 8 - PC 7 - Planning and Environment - Rationale for, and impacts of, new dams and other water infrastructure in NSW (Part 2)

Tabled date:
Wed 28 July 2021
PDF889.50 KB

Report No 5 - PC 7 - Planning and Environment - Rationale for, and impacts of, new dams and other water infrastructure in NSW (Part 1)

Tabled date:
Thu 18 March 2021
PDF848.43 KB
Other documents
DateTypeTitle
Wed 28 July 2021Media ReleaseReport tabling – Rationale for, and impacts of, new dams and other water infrastructure in NSW – Part 2 (pdf, 120.23 KB)
Fri 11 June 2021Answers to Questions on Notice Ms Anissa Levy and Mr Ronan Magaharan - Hearing 3 May 2021 (pdf, 123.81 KB)
Tue 08 June 2021Correspondence Letter from Mr Andrew George, A/CEO, WaterNSW to Chair, regarding evidence given at the hearing on 3 May 2021 (pdf, 442.18 KB)
Mon 03 May 2021Tabled DocumentCopy of correspondence from Mr Matthew Dadswell, Assistant Secretary, Murray-Darling Basin Branch to Ms Lynette Marlow, tabled by Ms Lynette Marlow (pdf, 6.48 MB)
Mon 03 May 2021Tabled DocumentCorrespondence from Ms Lynette Marlow providing details to be included in the cultural mapping report for Mole River, tabled by Ms Lynette Marlow (pdf, 1.59 MB)
Mon 03 May 2021Tabled DocumentGenealogy and family tree of Ms Lynette Marlow, tabled by Ms Lynette Marlow (pdf, 415.81 KB)
Mon 03 May 2021Tabled DocumentGenealogy and family tree of Uncle Theo Wright, tabled by Ms Lynette Marlow (pdf, 846.40 KB)
Mon 03 May 2021Tabled DocumentHistorical records transcribed by Ms Lynette Marlow, tabled by Ms Lynette Marlow (pdf, 2.64 MB)
Mon 03 May 2021Tabled DocumentLegend and map of the Mole River region, tabled by Ms Lynette Marlow (pdf, 1.14 MB)
Mon 03 May 2021Tabled DocumentOriginal historical record A, tabled by Ms Lynette Marlow (pdf, 2.61 MB)
Mon 03 May 2021Tabled DocumentOriginal historical record B, tabled by Ms Lynette Marlow (pdf, 638.77 KB)
Mon 03 May 2021Tabled DocumentOriginal historical record regarding the Mole River, tabled by Ms Lynette Marlow (pdf, 1.06 MB)
Thu 18 March 2021Media ReleaseReport tabling - Rationale for and impacts of new dams and other water infrastructure in NSW - Part 1 (pdf, 98.14 KB)
Thu 11 March 2021Answers to Questions on Notice Mr Ken Ross, General Manager, Wentworth Shire Council, Hearing 10 February 2021 (pdf, 128.78 KB)
Thu 11 March 2021Additional InformationMr Ken Ross, General Manager, Wenthworth Shire Council, Hearing 10 February 2021 (pdf, 2.54 MB)
Wed 10 February 2021Tabled DocumentLetter 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 (pdf, 83.56 KB)
Wed 10 February 2021Tabled Document2019' 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 (pdf, 591.08 KB)
Sat 23 January 2021Additional InformationMs Michelle Dumazel, Executive Director, Biodiversity and Conservation, Department of Planning, Industry and Environment, Hearing 4 December 2020 (pdf, 175.10 KB)
Fri 22 January 2021Answers to Questions on Notice Ms Christine Freak, Policy Manager, NSW Irrigators' Council, Hearing 27 November 2020 (pdf, 82.26 KB)
Fri 15 January 2021Answers 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 (pdf, 687.38 KB)
Thu 07 January 2021Answers to Questions on Notice Cr Bill West, Mayor of Cowra Council, Hearing 27 November 2020 (pdf, 82.88 KB)
Tue 01 December 2020Answers to Questions on Notice Mr Tom Green and Ms Mary Ewing, Lachlan Valley Water Inc, Hearing 2 November 2020 (PDF, 5.15 MB)
Mon 30 November 2020Answers to Questions on Notice Mr Jim Bentley, Chief Executive Officer (Deputy Secretary), Department of Planning, Industry and Environment, Hearing 29 October 2020 (pdf, 810.93 KB)
Mon 30 November 2020Additional InformationMs Jane Paul, Conservation Officer, Daroo Landcare, Hearing 2 November 2020 (pdf, 42.95 KB)
Fri 27 November 2020Answers to Questions on Notice Mr Ray Woods, Wiradjuri Council of Elders and Buyaan Trust, Hearing 29 October 2020 (pdf, 123.24 KB)
Mon 02 November 2020Answers to Questions on Notice Dr Robyn Alders, Chair, Upper Lachlan Branch of the NSW Farmers Association, Hearing 2 November 2020 (pdf, 66.99 KB)
Thu 29 October 2020Tabled DocumentReducing 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 (pdf, 2.90 MB)
Thu 29 October 2020Tabled DocumentEcological 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 (pdf, 5.95 MB)
Thu 29 October 2020Tabled DocumentEnvironmental 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 (pdf, 4.98 MB)
Thu 29 October 2020Tabled DocumentFish 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 (pdf, 4.41 MB)
Thu 29 October 2020Tabled DocumentFish, floods and fallacy authored by Martin Mallen-Cooper and Ivor Stuart, tabled by Professor Lee Baumgartner and Professor Martin Mallen-Cooper (pdf, 1.54 MB)
Thu 29 October 2020Tabled DocumentFood 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 (pdf, 13.87 MB)
Thu 29 October 2020Tabled DocumentMitigating 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 (pdf, 4.36 MB)
Thu 29 October 2020Tabled DocumentMortality 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 (pdf, 1.07 MB)
Thu 29 October 2020Tabled DocumentNon-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 (pdf, 4.69 MB)
Thu 29 October 2020Tabled DocumentPowerPoint Presentation to committee by Professor Martin Mallen-Cooper and Professor Lee Baumgartner (pdf, 3.12 MB)
Thu 29 October 2020Tabled DocumentRearing experiments with five specifies of Australian freshwater fishes authored by J.S. Lake, tabled by Professor Lee Baumgartner and Professor Martin Mallen-Cooper (pdf, 4.17 MB)
Thu 29 October 2020Tabled DocumentReview 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 (pdf, 3.06 MB)
Thu 13 August 2020Media ReleaseAnnouncing inquiry into water infrastructure in NSW (pdf, 120.52 KB)
Contact us

Madeleine Dowd

Role:
Director, Delegated Legislation Committe
Phone:
9230 3050
Email:
portfoliocommittee7@parliament.nsw.gov.au
Email:
portfoliocommittee7@parliament.nsw.gov.au

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