National Irrigators’ Council
POLICY
ADVOCATING FOR AUSTRALIAN IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE INDUSTRIES
NATIONAL IRRIGATORS' COUNCIL POLICY AND POSITION STATEMENTS AND SUBMISSIONS
National Irrigators’ Council policy is determined by members and underpinned by our Guiding Principles and the objectives within our Strategic Plan. Key documents are progressed by the organisation through NIC’s sub-committees and ad hoc reference groups, following debate and resolution by members at three general meetings of Council throughout the year. These include policy and position statements, submissions to Government policy and inquiries and other initiatives
FEDERAL ELECTION
STRATEGIC PLAN
POSITION STATEMENTS
Finalising the Murray-Darling Basin Plan
Water Markets & Deliverability [UPDATED POSITION STATEMENT COMING SOON]
Drought Policy [UPDATED POSITION STATEMENT COMING SOON]
Constraints Management Strategy
Environmental Benefits and Monitoring of Environmental Water including Water Quality, Baseline Data and Efficient use of Commonwealth Environmental Water [UPDATED POSITION STATEMENT COMING SOON]
Electricity [UPDATED POSITION STATEMENT COMING SOON]
Trading between Groundwater and Surface Water
Cultural Flows [UPDATED POSITION STATEMENT COMING SOON]
See the below archive section for NIC’s previous Position Statements.
KEY MESSAGES BRIEFING PAPERS
ANNUAL REPORTS
RECENT SUBMISSIONS
July 2023 – Submission to Productivity Commission Murray-Darling Basin Plan Implementation Review
July 2023 – MDB Plan Public Consultation – Finalising the Basin Plan Ideas
September 2021 – Register of Foreign Owned Water Entitlements
June 2021 – Energy Security Board Post 2025 market design Options Paper
March 2021 – Productivity Commission on National Water Reform
March 2021 – Productivity Commission on the Register of Foreign Owned Water
October 2020 – submission to Energy Security Board Post 2025 market design
October-2020 – NIC response to ACCC interim water markets report 2020
August 2020 – NIC submission to Productivity Commission national water reform review
June 2020 – submission to AEMC compensation for affected market participants rule change proposal
June 2020 – Ag Energy Taskforce submission to Technology Roadmap for energy
June 2020 – submission on NSW energy security target and safeguard discussion paper
SUBMISSIONS & POSITION STATEMENTS ARCHIVE
ARCHIVED POSITION STATEMENTS
Water Markets & Deliverability
Murray Darling Basin Authority Institutional Arrangements
ARCHIVED SUBMISSIONS
December 2019 – NIC letter to Basin Water Ministers
December 2019 – submission to the review of the Water for the Environment Special Account
November 2019 – submission to ACCC water markets inquiry
September 2019 – Response to AEMC draft rule on Demand Response Mechanism
April 2019 – Submission to Senate Committee inquiry into Cotton Export Ban
April 2019 – Ag Energy Taskforce submission to AEMC on Stand Alone Power Systems
March 2019 – Response to the Productivity Commission five year review of the Basin Plan
December 2018 – Ag Energy Taskforce submission to ACCC monitoring of electricity supply
September 2018 – NIC comment on ACCC collective bargaining class exemption discussion paper
June 2018 – Re. National and NSW Irrigators’ Council Submission to Fresh Food Pricing Inquriy
May 2018 – AER Rate Of Return Guideline Process
May 2018 – Submission to AER position paper on Profitability measures for network businesses
April 2018 – Productivity Commission’s five year review of the Murray Darling Basin Plan
April 2018 – House of Representatives Inquiry into the management and use of environmental water
April 2018 – South Australian Royal Commission Murray Darling Basin Plan
Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder Framework for Investing in Environmental Activities
NIC comment on MDBA SDL adjustments assessment
NIC response to Productivity Commission Interim report on National Water Reform
National Irrigators Council submission to Senate Rural and Regional Affairs Committee
Agricultural Industries Energy Task Force submission to ACCC Inquiry into electricity
Productivity Commission Inquiry into National Water Reform
Independent Review into the Future Security of the National Electricity Market (Finkel Review)
Northern Basin Review – Proposed Basin Plan amendments
COAG Energy Council: Limited Merits Review
ACCC Water Charge Rules – Draft Advice
Productivity Commission: Regulation of Australian Agriculture
NIC Submission to the South Australian AER reset process
NIC Submission to Queensland (Ergon) AER reset process
Australian Energy Markets Governance Arrangements
Water Amendment Bill 2015 (1500GL cap)
Select Committee on the Murray Darling Basin Plan
Commonwealth on-farm further irrigation efficiency program (COFFIE)
NIC Submission Water Act 2007 Review
The Murray Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) Environmental Watering Strategy
Senate Inquiry into the cessation of the National Water Commission (Abolition) Bill 2014
NIC Response to the MDBA Evaluation Framework
Australian Government Energy Green Paper
Australian Government Review of the Personal Property Securities Act 2009
National Competition Policy Review
Agricultural Competitiveness Green Paper
Senate Inquiry into the performance and management of electricity network companies
NIC Submission National Water Commission
NIC Submission Constraints Management Strategy
NIC submission to the Senate Inquiry into the Water Act
Supplementary submission to the Regional Australia Committee
NIC Submission to the Senate Murray Darling Inquiry
NIC Submission to the Regional Australia Committee Inquiry
Senate submission – Water (Crisis Powers and Floodwater Diversions) Bill
Submission to ACCC on GST on Termination Fees
Productivity Commission draft report on buyback – submission
National Water Initiative Planning and Management Guidelines submission
ACCC Water Trading Rules draft advice – submission
MDBA SDL Issues Paper Submission
Submission to Senate Environment Committee inquiry into Water Licensing
ACCC Water Trading Rules position paper – submission
Productivity Commission report on buyback – initial submission