NATIONAL IRRIGATORS’ COUNCIL

SUBMISSIONS

Advocating for the Australian irrigated agriculture industry

National Irrigators’ Council provides input and feedback on national policy issues through formal inquiries, consultation and engagement with Government.

Policy is determined by members and underpinned by our Policy Principles, our Mission and Values within our Strategic Plan.  Policy work falls within five main portfolios being: 

  1. Water Law and Planning
  2. The Murray Darling Basin Plan
  3. Climate Risks and Opportunities
  4. Environmental Stewardship and Industry Sustainability
  5. Aboriginal Water

More details on this process is available on our Policy page. 

Submissions are provided in response to consultation or inquiries that fall within a portfolio or is assessed as contributing to either our Policy Principle or a Position Statement. These documents are used in the first instance for developing feedback.  Members contribute via discussion and formal feedback during development.

Recent Submissions


NIC provided a submission into the Snowy Water Inquiry Outcomes Implementation Deed Draft Report following a review of the recommendations.

NIC recognised that a modernised, transparent and evidence-based Deed framework is needed. NIC also welcomed the Panel’s stated intent that improved environmental outcomes should be pursued without compromising the reliability of water supply for irrigation. NIC has identified several areas where the draft recommendations, create material risk to the reliability of downstream consumptive entitlements, extend to shared interstate water resources, and sit uneasily with the risk-allocation and compensation principles of the National Water Initiative (NWI) and with the Review Framework’s own stated principles. …


NIC provided a submission into the Productivity Commissions National Water Reform Interim update. 

The submission reinterated our key points from our initial submission but also explored a number of topics where the interim update was seeking information, covering intitial assessments, sustainable water limits, managing climate change and metering.  …


This submission is provided to the Productivity Commission’s (PC) fourth inquiry on governments’ progress under the National Water Initiative (NWI), as required by the Water Act 2007 (Cth). NIC notes that this inquiry comes at a time of significant review, and potential change, of water policy settings across Australia, particularly in the Murray-Darling Basin (MDB). The consultation burden affects stakeholders and Government. …


This submission is provided to the review of the operation and management of the Menindee Lakes system. Many of our Members are critically linked into the frameworks and operations of Menindee Lakes via existing sharing arrangements through the Murray Darling Agreement or local sharing plans - above and below the Lakes. This submission therefore represents the views of irrigation entitlement holders and water users, and non-government water delivery networks, up and downstream of the Lakes. …

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