Murray-Darling basin governance: The focus of the law

Journal of Water Law

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 145-155

  Fisher, D E ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN MANAGEMENT; COMMONWEALTH OF NATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

AUSTRALIA; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN;

EID: 79957789683     PISSN: 14785277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (59)

1. Murray-Darling Basin Act 1983 (Commonwealth) sch 1, preamble.
2. ibid sch 2, preamble.
3. See generally D E Fisher 'Delivering the national water initiative' in K Hussey, S Dovers (eds) Managing Water for Australia: the Social and Institutional Challenges (CSIRO Publishing Collingwood 2007) 113-26.
4. The information in this paragraph is sourced in the Murray-Darling Basin Authority's Guide to the Proposed Basin Plan Volume 1: Overview (Murray-Darling Basin Authority Canberra 2010) pp 13,14.
5. See generally D E Fisher Water Law (LBC Information Services Sydney 2000) 37-44.
6. See eg Commonwealth v Tasmania (1983) 158 Commonwealth Law Reports 1. The agreement in this case was the Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage 1972.
7. Commonwealth v Tasmania (1983) ibid at 154 (Mason J).
8. Arnold v Minister Administering Water Management Act 2000 (2010) 172 Local Government and Environmental Reports of Australia 82 at 93 (French CJ).
9. See Fisher (n 5) at 90-101.
10. BW Rofe Partnership v Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission (1964) 82 Weekly Notes (Pt 1) (New South Wales) 577.
11. (1964) 82 Weekly Notes ibid at 583 (Else Mitchell J).
12. (1964) 82 Weekly Notes ibid at 588 (Else Mitchell J).
13. (1964) 82 Weekly Notes 577 ibid.
14. ICM Agriculture Pty Ltd v Commonwealth (2009) 84 Australian Law Journal Reports 87 at 110 (Hayne, Kiefel and Bell JJ).
15. (2009) 84 Australian Law Journal Reports 87 ibid at 103 (French CJ, Gummow and Crennan JJ).
16. (2009) 84 Australian Law Journal Reports 87 ibid at 100.
17. (2009) 84 Australian Law Journal Reports 87 ibid at 94.
18. See generally D E Fisher 'Towards sustainable water resources development in Australia' (2009) 20 The Journal of Water Law 17-27.
19. Water Act 1989 (Victoria) s 1(d).
20. Water Act 1989 (Victoria) ibid ss 22(1) (a) and 48F(1)(g).
21. Water Act 2000 (Queensland) s 10(1).
22. Water Management Act 2000 (New South Wales) s 3.
23. Water Act 2000 (Queensland) s 11
24. and Water Management Act 2000 (New South Wales) s 3(a).
25. Water Management Act 2010 (New South Wales) s 5.
26. Natural Resources Management Act 2004 (South Australia) s 7(1).
27. Natural Resources Management Act 2004 (South Australia) ibid s 7(2).
28. Natural Resources Management Act 2004 (South Australia) ibid s 9(2).
29. Water Act 2007 (Commonwealth) s 3(b)(c).
30. Water Act 2007 (Commonwealth) ibid s 3(d).
31. Water Act 2007 (Commonwealth) ibid s 33(1)(a).
32. Water Act 2007 (Commonwealth) ibid s 20.
33. Water Act 2007 (Commonwealth) ibid s 20(b)(d).
34. Water Act 2007 (Commonwealth) ibid s 21(4)(c)(ii)(v).
35. Water Act 2007 (Commonwealth) ibid s 22(1) item 4(c).
36. Water Act 2007 (Commonwealth) ibid s 22(1) item 6.
37. Water Act 2007 (Commonwealth) ibid s 23(1).
38. Water Act 2007 (Commonwealth) ibid s 4: 'environmentally sustainable level of take'.
39. Water Act 2007 (Commonwealth) ibid s 54(1).
40. Water Act 2007 (Commonwealth) ibid s 54(2).
41. Water Act 2007 (Commonwealth) ibid s 22(3)(b)(c).
42. Water Act 2007 (Commonwealth) ibid s 22(1) item 7.
43. Water Act 2007 (Commonwealth) ibid s 55(2).
44. Water Act 2007 (Commonwealth) ibid s 86A(1). Conveyance water is water in the River Murray system required to be delivered to meet critical human water needs as far downstream as Wellington in South Australia.
45. Water Act 2007 (Commonwealth) ibid S 86A(2).
46. Water Act 2007 (Commonwealth) ibid s 165(1)(b)(c).
47. Water Act 2007 (Commonwealth) ibid s 165(3).
48. Murray-Darling Basin Authority Guide to the Proposed Basin Plan Volume 7: Overview (n 4).
49. Guide to the Proposed Basin Plan Volume 7: Overview ibid 7.
50. Guide to the Proposed Basin Plan Volume 7: Overview ibid 7.
51. Guide to the Proposed Basin Plan Volume 7: Overview ibid 58.
52. Guide to the Proposed Basin Plan Volume 7: Overview ibid 101.
53. Guide to the Proposed Basin Plan Volume 7: Overview ibid 106-07.
54. Guide to the Proposed Basin Plan Volume 7: Overview ibid 104.
55. Guide to the Proposed Basin Plan Volume 7: Overview ibid 106.
56. Guide to the Proposed Basin Plan Volume 7: Overview ibid 106-07.
57. Guide to the Proposed Basin Plan Volume 7: Overview ibid 107.
58. Guide to the Proposed Basin Plan Volume 7: Overview ibid 57-8.
59. Guide to the Proposed Basin Plan Volume 7: Overview ibid 57.