[
	{
		"post_id": "537", 
		"post_category_id": "8", 
		"post_title": "Unregulated WSP Cease to Pump submission", 
		"post_content_short": "The Gwydir Unregulated WSP remains inactive. In early September the department released proposals for cease to pump restrictions on three water sources in the Gwydir. These were Copeton Dam, Moredun Creek and Tycannah Creek. These assessments were based on assertions that the\nwater sources ecologically significant and under pressure from extraction. The assessments of the water sources considered only the potential risk (assumption of 100% of take being accessed) versus the actual risk. They failed to consider and metering data or inactive entitlements. For more information please read our submission. ", 
		"post_icon": "https:\/\/www.gvia.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/537\/Submissions.png", 
		"post_content_type": "file", 
		"post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.gvia.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/537\/GVIA-Submission_Cease-to-pump-Gwydir-Unregulated-WSP.pdf", 
		"post_date": "2025-10-20 23:45:09"
	}, 
	{
		"post_id": "515", 
		"post_category_id": "8", 
		"post_title": "NSW Parliament inquiry into Impacts of the Water Amendment Act 2023", 
		"post_content_short": "The link is to the submission by the GVIA to the NSW Parliament’s Legislative Assembly Committee on Investment, Industry and Regional\n\tDevelopment<br \/>\n\tTo the inquiry into the Impacts of the Water Amendment Act 2023 on NSW regional communities.\n\n<br \/><br \/>\n\tWithin the GVIA submission we raise issues associated with&nbsp;<br \/>\n\t* Government Performance<br \/>\n\t* Impacts of Rules-based changes<br \/>\n\t* The Risk Assignment Framework<br \/>\n\t* Floodplain Harvesting regulations and<br \/>\n\tOther Water related matters such as&nbsp;<br \/>\n\t* Over-recovered water<br \/>\n\t* Water Resources Plans<br \/>\n\t* Wetlands<br \/>\n\t* NRAR and<br \/>\n\t* the NRC.&nbsp;\n", 
		"post_icon": "https:\/\/www.gvia.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/515\/Submissions.png", 
		"post_content_type": "file", 
		"post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.gvia.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/515\/April-2025-GVIA-Submission_NSW-Parliamentary-Inquiry_impacts-Water-Bill2023_Final.pdf", 
		"post_date": "2025-04-30 04:18:40"
	}, 
	{
		"post_id": "505", 
		"post_category_id": "8", 
		"post_title": "Updated Newly prescribed wetlands", 
		"post_content_short": "The GVIA have completed a thrid submission on the update Gwydir unregulated WSP in this submission we make the following\n\trecommendations.&nbsp;\n\n<br \/><br \/>\n\t1. We request that any wetland identification not be included as a component of any Water Sharing Plan (WSP) regulated or unregulated now\n\tor at any time into the future as it adds no benefit to the public given that any changes to water access in WSP is already accounted for.\n\n<br \/><br \/>\n\t2. We request clarity on the financial, legal and production implications of gazetting wetland sites as members have major concerns as to\n\thow rules may be interpreted or adjusted in the future.\n\n<br \/><br \/>\n\t3. Although we do not support the creation of wetlands on private land, we request that the Department consult with all landholders directly\n\tand that ground truthing of any wetland include all sites gazetted in all earlier versions of the Gwydir Unregulated and Regulated Water\n\tSharing Plans.\n\n<br \/><br \/>\n\t4. Although we do not support the creation of wetlands on private land, if the Department wishes to identify any new wetlands as a\n\tstandalone process, unrelated to any Water Sharing Plan, the process must include individual consultation will all landholders likely to be\n\timpacted by the identification of a wetland, this includes all neighbouring landholders.\n\n<br \/><br \/>\n\t5. We request that following ground truthing and consultation with landholders, to confirm the existence of a wetland, if the Department\n\tcontinues to include them unnecessarily in Water Sharing Plans, then they should be included as a detailed list as in Schedule 4 and\n\tSchedule 5 of the Water Sharing Plan for the Gwydir Unregulated River Water Sources 2012 and be supported by the interactive map. We cannot\n\taccept a map alone as we have no confidence it will be tamper proof.\n", 
		"post_icon": "https:\/\/www.gvia.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/505\/Submissions.png", 
		"post_content_type": "file", 
		"post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.gvia.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/505\/GVIA-Submission_Updated-Newly-Prescribed-Wetlands-Mar2025.pdf", 
		"post_date": "2025-03-21 01:31:27"
	}, 
	{
		"post_id": "493", 
		"post_category_id": "8", 
		"post_title": "Newly prescribed wetlands in WSP", 
		"post_content_short": "The GVIA recently lodged our submission into wetlands being prescribed into WSP. We made five recommendations:&nbsp;<br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n\t1. We request that any wetland identification not be included as a component of any Water Sharing Plan regulated or unregulated now or at\n\tany time into the future.\n\n<br \/><br \/>2. We request clarity on the financial, legal and production implications of gazetting new or existing wetlands.\n<br \/><br \/>\n\t3. Although we do not support the creation of wetlands on private land, if the government wishes to identify any new wetlands as a\n\tstandalone process, unrelated to any Water Sharing Plan, the process must include individual consultation will all landholders likely to be\n\timpacted by the identification of a wetland, this includes all neighbouring landholders.\n\n<br \/><br \/>\n\t4. We request that the Department consult with all landholders directly and that ground truthing of wetlands include all sites gazetted in\n\tall earlier versions of the Gwydir Unregulated Water Sharing Plan.\n\n<br \/><br \/>\n\t5. We request that following ground truthing and consultation with landholders, the confirmed wetlands, if the Department continues to\n\tinclude them in Water Sharing Plans, then they should be included as a detailed list as in Schedule 4 and Schedule 5 of the Water Sharing\n\tPlan for the Gwydir Unregulated River Water Sources 2012 and be supported by the interactive map.\n\n<br \/>", 
		"post_icon": "https:\/\/www.gvia.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/493\/Submission.png", 
		"post_content_type": "file", 
		"post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.gvia.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/493\/GVIA-Submission_Newly-Prescribed-Wetlands-Jan2025.pdf", 
		"post_date": "2025-02-04 04:27:37"
	}, 
	{
		"post_id": "487", 
		"post_category_id": "8", 
		"post_title": "Gwydir Unregulated WSP", 
		"post_content_short": "Public exhibition of the draft water sharing plan for the Gwydir Unregulated River Water Sources 2025 commenced on 4 November 2024, with\n\tsubmissions due&nbsp;10<sup>th<\/sup> January 2025.&nbsp;\n\n<br \/><br \/>Issues identified in the GVIA submission included.\n<ul>\n\t<li>\n\t\t&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; procedural process and appropriateness of proposals from both the Department and the NRC.&nbsp;\n\t<\/li>\n\t<li>\n\t\t&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; NRC recommended protection of “significant wetlands” 37 were already listed in existing plan.\n\t\tLack of quality control in mapping exercise, poor data utilised to inform mapping, remote sensing not ground truthed. Lack of consultation\n\t\tor notification.&nbsp;\n\t<\/li>\n\t<li>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Requested data used to inform changes to BLR<\/li>\n\t<li>\n\t\t&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Support in principle numeric LTAAEEL but question ability to confidently develop it by 31<sup>st<\/sup>\n\t\tDec 2026 given data gaps and ongoing failure of NSW Water Register.\n\t<\/li>\n\t<li>\n\t\t&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Reject NRC recommendation for limitations for carry over and conservative AWD’s and support the\n\t\tDepartment response.\n\t<\/li>\n\t<li>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Asked for clarity on unregulated FPH subdivision in zone A or D<\/li>\n\t<li>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Noted changes to Access&nbsp;<\/li>\n\t<li>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Rejected references to the Connectivity Panel Report.<\/li>\n\t<li>\n\t\t&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Highlighted&nbsp;property rights and for the need to purchase additional water if required or for any reduction\n\t\tto be fully compensated, including for any Specific purpose access licences.\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>", 
		"post_icon": "https:\/\/www.gvia.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/487\/Submission-icon-(post)-(1).png", 
		"post_content_type": "page", 
		"post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.gvia.org.au\/water-policy\/water-management-framework\/water-sharing-plans\/", 
		"post_date": "2025-01-17 03:57:23"
	}, 
	{
		"post_id": "486", 
		"post_category_id": "8", 
		"post_title": "IPART Submissions", 
		"post_content_short": "At the end of 2024 IPART initiated their review of prices for WAMC and Water NSW.&nbsp;IPART sets the maximum prices that the Water Administration Ministerial Corporation (WAMC) and WaterNSW can charge their customers for water services. The maximum prices being&nbsp;set\nin these reviews apply from 1 July 2025.&nbsp;<br \/>\nThere are multiple demands for water in rural areas, including from agriculture, towns, industrial, and environmental licence holders. In\nNSW there is a complex system which delivers water to these diverse users.<br \/>\n• All customers (holding around 40,000 water access licences) pay charges to WAMC to cover costs of water planning, licencing and compliance\nactivities across regulated rivers, unregulated rivers and groundwater systems.<br \/>\n• Around one-third of customers (holding around 13,000 water access licences) also pay charges to WaterNSW to cover costs of storing and\ndelivering water in regulated rivers.<br \/>\n• WAMC’s and WaterNSW’s prices include components covering NSW’s contributions to the Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) and the Dumaresq-Barwon Border Rivers Commission (BRC).<br \/>\nIPART has released an&nbsp;<a href=\"\/media\/website_posts\/486\/Issues-paper-IPART-is-reviewing-prices-for-WAMC-and-WaterNSW-1-November-2024.pdf\">Issues\nPaper<\/a>\ncovering both the WAMC and WaterNSW pricing proposals and presenting how the proposed price increases would impact customer bills. The\ninformation paper provides <a href=\"\/media\/website_posts\/486\/Information-paper-Proposed-cost-reflective-prices-and-bills-November-2024.pdf\">pricing\ninformation.<\/a><br \/>\nHere are the links to the GVIA Submissions for <a href=\"\/media\/website_posts\/486\/GVIA-WAMC-Pricing-Proposal-2025-30-Submission.pdf\">WAMC<\/a> and <a href=\"\/media\/website_posts\/486\/GVIA-WaterNSW-Submission-2025-30-Submission-Dec2024.pdf\">WaterNSW<\/a>", 
		"post_icon": "https:\/\/www.gvia.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/486\/Submission-icon-(post)-(1).png", 
		"post_content_type": "url", 
		"post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.ipart.nsw.gov.au\/Home\/Industries\/Water", 
		"post_date": "2025-01-17 03:51:26"
	}, 
	{
		"post_id": "464", 
		"post_category_id": "8", 
		"post_title": "Consultation on the draft principles of a National Water Agreement.  Discussion Paper September 2024", 
		"post_content_short": "The GVIA&nbsp;support the original aims of a nationally compatible market, regulatory and planning based system of managing surface and\n\tgroundwater resources for rural and urban use that optimises economic, social and environmental outcomes. We note that the establishment of\n\twater access entitlements (water rights) and planning arrangements to manage competing demands, are central to delivering these objectives.<br \/>\n\tThe GVIA&nbsp;however are frustrated by the continued minimal open transparent engagement with all Australians now and during the\n\tdevelopment stages of the draft principles included in the NWA. Additionally, we are concerned that 20 years of challenging water reform\n\tacross Australia has been disregarded. The National Water Initiative (NWI) was a foundation document that worked towards delivering a\n\tbalanced approach to water management across Australia. It has made significant progress to address overallocation with the Murray Darling\n\tBasin (MDB) water take now well below Sustainable Diversion Limits (SDL). The NWA needs to move beyond over allocation acknowledging that\n\tit is no longer the major challenge impacting the health of our rivers, and address means to optimise outcomes from water for\n\tenvironmental, cultural, social and economic objectives.<br \/>\n\tThe GVIA are concerned by the manner in which changes are being rushed through, and do not believe many of the principles are either\n\tappropriate to be included in a National Water Agreement or are fit-for-purpose as they have not been appropriately analysed nor discussed\n\ttransparently with the state jurisdictions or those directly impacted by the principles.\n", 
		"post_icon": "https:\/\/www.gvia.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/464\/Submission-icon-(post)-(1).png", 
		"post_content_type": "file", 
		"post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.gvia.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/464\/GVIA-Submission_NWA_Discussion_Sept2024.pdf", 
		"post_date": "2024-10-02 04:20:38"
	}, 
	{
		"post_id": "463", 
		"post_category_id": "8", 
		"post_title": "Discussion Paper – Seeking views on a future national water agreement May 2024", 
		"post_content_short": "We support the original aims of a nationally compatible market, regulatory and planning based system of managing surface and groundwater\n\tresources for rural and urban use that optimises economic, social and environmental outcomes. We however are frustrated that the federal\n\tdepartment have released the discussion paper now. That there has been minimal open transparent engagement across all Australians now and\n\tduring the development stages of The Paper. Additionally, we are concerned that 20 years of challenging water reform across Australia has\n\tbeen disregarded.<br \/>\n\tThe organisation agrees that it is important to future proof the foundations of Australian water management and planning and address gaps\n\tthrough modernising. As such we recommend that the DCCEEW modernise the existing National Water Initiative 2004 in line with recommendations\n\tfrom the Productivity Commissions 2024 National Water Reform Interim report.<br \/>\n\tWe do not agree that a re-write as signalled in the current discussion paper is necessary.\n", 
		"post_icon": "https:\/\/www.gvia.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/463\/Submission-icon-(post)-(1).png", 
		"post_content_type": "file", 
		"post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.gvia.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/463\/GVIA-Submission_NWA_Discussion_May2024.pdf", 
		"post_date": "2024-10-02 04:16:16"
	}, 
	{
		"post_id": "462", 
		"post_category_id": "8", 
		"post_title": "GVIA submission DCCEEW Draft 450GL Framework March 2024", 
		"post_content_short": "<span style=\"color: #453fa2;\">GVIA submission DCCEEW Draft 450GL Framework March 2024<\/span><br \/>\n\t<br \/>\n\tThe Water Amendment Act 2023 has&nbsp;made changes to the Water Act 2007 and the Basin Plan 2012. These amendments lifted the cap on\n\tbuybacks, changed the way the 450GL<em><\/em> can be recovered and removed the initial objectives of the 450GL from the southern connected\n\tsystem to the whole basin.<br \/>\n\tThe original Murray Darling Basin Plan 2012 (the Plan) has achieved a significant amount, a fact the government should be actively\n\tpromoting.&nbsp;<br \/>\n\tBridging the Gap is a crucial program aiming to achieve the valley based Sustainable Diversion Limit targets but there is concern that buy\n\tbacks continue to result in “incidental over recovery”. As a valley directly impacted by over recovery, the Gwydir can assure you that the\n\tlocal community does not see the recovery of water over and above that required by the Basin Plan as “incidental”.<br \/>\n\tThe GVIA appreciate that the extension of the timeframe for delivery was a practical step to push for the completion of the Plan. We are\n\tdisappointed that the principle of the Plan; a healthy working basin with optimised social, economic and environmental outcomes, has been\n\tovershadowed by politics and that the focus is on volumes as opposed to the environmental outcomes, that include productive and resilient\n\twater dependent industries and communities with confidence in their long-term future.<br \/>\n\tThe Government must recognise that simply adding more water is not the solution. Complementary measures such as fish passage, and progress\n\ton constraints measures as noted in 7.09 need to be implemented as they play an important role in water quality and the ability to get water\n\tto areas in the southern basin.\n\n<br \/>", 
		"post_icon": "https:\/\/www.gvia.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/462\/Submission-icon-(post)-(1).png", 
		"post_content_type": "file", 
		"post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.gvia.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/462\/GVIA-Submission_DCCEEW_Draft-450-Framework_Mar2024.pdf", 
		"post_date": "2024-10-02 04:10:42"
	}, 
	{
		"post_id": "417", 
		"post_category_id": "8", 
		"post_title": "NRC review of Gwydir Regulated WSP", 
		"post_content_short": "Recently the GVIA submitted to the Natural Resources Commission review into the Gwydir Regulated Water Sharing Plan. The Submission included a range of recommendations covering how the plan contributed to environmental, social, cultural and economic outcomes. We raised concerns\nregarding the use of section 324 temporary restriction orders, FPH zones and trade limitations, channel capacity and the need for&nbsp;the\nMinister’s decision regarding supplementary water events to rigorously assess the potential for small supplementary flows in the Gwydir to contribute to the Barwon-Darling requirements. The GVIA recommended that there needed to be greater certainty for&nbsp;stakeholders around\nthese limits and decisions to implement any limits or restrictions to supplementary access, to achieve Schedule 2 outcomes, a framework\nshould be established as part of the long-term planning arrangements.&nbsp;", 
		"post_icon": "https:\/\/www.gvia.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/417\/Submission-icon-(post)-(1).png", 
		"post_content_type": "file", 
		"post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.gvia.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/417\/23.09.29_GVIA-Submission-NRC-Review-Regulated-WSP-2023_Final.pdf", 
		"post_date": "2023-10-09 01:55:28"
	}, 
	{
		"post_id": "416", 
		"post_category_id": "8", 
		"post_title": "Water Amendment Bill 2023", 
		"post_content_short": "The GVIA submission included 9 recommendations. In principle the extension of the time frames is constructive, there are however so other issues which are concerning. The following recommendations were included in the submission;\n<br \/><br \/>\n\t<strong><\/strong>The GVIA recommends that over-recovered water be returned to the Valleys where it was acquired to enhance the\n\tsustainability of the environment and the communities within those valleys. We do not support the allocation of water that cannot contribute\n\tto environmental outcomes in the southern connected system being allocated to the 450GL water for the environment.<br \/>\n\tThe GVIA recommends that socio-economic criteria for all programs under the 450GL target remain.<br \/>\n\tThe GVIA recommends the reinstatement of the 1,500GL limit on water purchases.<br \/>\n\tThe GVIA recommends the removal of “from time to time” to be replaced with a fixed time period, aligning with the completion all other\n\tmeasures within the Murray Darling Basin Plan (2012).<strong><br \/><\/strong>\n\n<br \/>", 
		"post_icon": "https:\/\/www.gvia.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/416\/Submission-icon-(post)-(1).png", 
		"post_content_type": "file", 
		"post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.gvia.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/416\/Final-GVIA-Submission-Senate-Inquiry-Water-amendment-Bill-2023.pdf", 
		"post_date": "2023-10-09 01:35:57"
	}, 
	{
		"post_id": "349", 
		"post_category_id": "8", 
		"post_title": "Unregulated water sharing plan review", 
		"post_content_short": "The GVIA provided the following submission to the Natural Resources Commission on their 10-year statutory review into the Unregulated Water Sharing Plans in the region.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nWe are now following up with the agencies key recommendations from the review including the WaterNSW licencing information and an urgent\r\nreview of trade restrictions.&nbsp;<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nThank you to all our members who helped inform this submission and completed our survey.&nbsp;&nbsp;", 
		"post_icon": "https:\/\/www.gvia.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/349\/Submission-icon-(post)-(1).png", 
		"post_content_type": "file", 
		"post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.gvia.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/349\/GVIA-Submission-NRC-Review-into-unregulated-WSP-2022_Feb2022.pdf", 
		"post_date": "2022-03-14 10:27:26"
	}, 
	{
		"post_id": "276", 
		"post_category_id": "8", 
		"post_title": "5-year Review into Gwydir Floodplain Management Plan", 
		"post_content_short": "The Gwydir Valley Irrigators Association provides a high-level review into some of the issues on behalf of our members.  We have encouraged\r\n\tour members to raise specific, farm-scale issues as part of this process.\r\n\r\n<br \/><br \/>\r\n\tSince the finalisation of the FMP for the Gwydir Valley Floodplain, three other valleys have also progressed through development and\r\n\timplementation as well as, the completion of many of the outstanding legacy applications, applied for prior to 2008 and gazetted in 2016.\r\n\r\n<br \/><br \/>\r\n\tThe five-year review is therefore an opportunity to ensure consistency in planning arrangements (where applicable) but also incorporate new\r\n\tinformation that has come to light since its implementation.\r\n", 
		"post_icon": "https:\/\/www.gvia.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/276\/Submission-icon-(post)-(1).png", 
		"post_content_type": "file", 
		"post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.gvia.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/276\/GVIA-Gwydir-FMP-5-year-review_25.05.2021.pdf", 
		"post_date": "2021-05-26 23:49:03"
	}, 
	{
		"post_id": "268", 
		"post_category_id": "8", 
		"post_title": "GVIA provides input into IPART pricing determination", 
		"post_content_short": "The GVIA provided their formal submission to the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal of NSW’s draft determination on maximum prices\r\n\tfor both WaterNSW’s Rural Bulk Water Delivery and Water Administration Ministerial Corporation (WAMC) in NSW, from 2021. &nbsp;This\r\n\twas a follow up from previous presentations to IPART NSW at the public hearings.\r\n\r\n<br \/><br \/>\r\n\tThe GVIA outlined a number of core issues saying &quot;The upward trend in prices has continued for many pricing proposals, well above\r\n\tinflation at a time when many water users have had diminishing water availability and diminishing services.  More work must be undertaken\r\n\tbetween the regulator and the agencies, with stakeholders to curtail this ongoing, upward trend.&quot;\r\n\r\n<br \/><br \/>\r\n\t&quot; These key issues stem from our ongoing concern that water users will continue to wear the financial and reputational impact of the\r\n\tcurrent and past performance of NSW water agencies.  This is then reflected in increased revenue proposals by the agencies.&nbsp; The\r\n\tactions of the Natural Resources Access Regulator this week, to create media controversy with inadequate and misleading data to promote\r\n\tthemselves demonstrates our concerns.&quot; the submission said.\r\n\r\n<br \/><br \/>\r\n\tPrices changes were variable across the different water users, with the highest increases in the regulated system with 28% for High\r\n\tSecurity charges and 16% usage charge increase also.<br \/>\r\n\t", 
		"post_icon": "https:\/\/www.gvia.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/268\/Submission-icon-(post)-(1).png", 
		"post_content_type": "file", 
		"post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.gvia.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/268\/21.04.23_GVIA-to-IPART_draft-prices.pdf", 
		"post_date": "2021-04-28 05:15:53"
	}, 
	{
		"post_id": "270", 
		"post_category_id": "8", 
		"post_title": "GVIA Submission on FPH WSP Rules", 
		"post_content_short": "The GVIA provided a formal written submission into the Proposed Water Sharing Plan rules for the Gwydir Regulated and Unregulated Water Sources. Saying that the &nbsp;finalisation of licencing of floodplain harvesting cannot be delayed any longer, 20-years is enough. The results of the Gwydir region should be reason enough to reaffirm this commitment with 30% of the long-term water take outside of the\r\ncurrent, contemporary licencing framework.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nThe establishment of volumetric licences within the Water Management Act 2000 for floodplain harvesting does not create new water but\r\nrather, is recognising this existing historical form of access in the current regulatory framework. Key regulations consulted on at the end of 2020, must be put to government to enable this transition to occur.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nWithout enabling the licencing framework and then implementing valley-based compliance through water sharing plan rules, this form of take\r\nremains unmanaged, unmetered and unaccounted for which is not in the interests of any stakeholder. An analysis of stakeholder views\r\npresented in Attachment A, highlights there is strong commitment to licencing across a broad spectrum of interests but that other water\r\nmanagement issues are being conflated as part of the debate.", 
		"post_icon": "https:\/\/www.gvia.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/270\/Submission-icon-(post)-(1).png", 
		"post_content_type": "file", 
		"post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.gvia.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/270\/GVIA-Submission-WSP-rules-Gwydir-_March-2021FINAL-FINAL.pdf", 
		"post_date": "2021-03-12 12:15:00"
	}, 
	{
		"post_id": "301", 
		"post_category_id": "8", 
		"post_title": "Proposed amendments for FPH", 
		"post_content_short": "The GVIA provided a submission into the NSW Government during their consultation on proposed amendment for floodplain harvesting in\r\n\tNSW. &nbsp;These included&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Water Management (General) Amendment (Floodplain Harvesting) Regulation 2020<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Water Management (General) Amendment (Floodplain Harvesting Measurement) Regulation 2020<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Water Management (General) Amendment (Exemption for Rainfall Run-off Collection) Regulation 2020<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Water Management (General) Amendment (Floodplain Harvesting Exemptions) Regulation 2020<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<br \/><br \/>\r\n\tWe recognise the importance of this historical reform for our members, our community and communities everywhere.  It is imperative that NSW\r\n\tcontinues to move forward with how they manage, account and report on water take by water users and floodplain harvesting must be licenced\r\n\tin NSW.  We see these proposed amendment for floodplain harvesting in NSW within these four proposed regulations.\r\n\r\n<br \/><br \/>\r\n\tThere are broad benefits of implementing this reform that should be acknowledged and can only be achieved once licensing is fully\r\n\timplemented.  \r\n\r\n<br \/><br \/>", 
		"post_icon": "https:\/\/www.gvia.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/301\/Submission-icon-(post)-(1).png", 
		"post_content_type": "file", 
		"post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.gvia.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/301\/GVIA-Submission-draft-regulations_December-2020.pdf", 
		"post_date": "2020-12-24 22:46:00"
	}, 
	{
		"post_id": "272", 
		"post_category_id": "8", 
		"post_title": "GVIA Provides Submission into the Independant Assessment into the Norther Basin First Flush", 
		"post_content_short": "GVIA providing a submission into the Independent Panel's Assessment of the Northern Basin First Flush saying.\r\n<br \/><br \/>\r\n\tThe Northern Basin 2020 First Flush event was unprecedented in uniting stakeholders around the Northern Basin in demanding the NSW\r\n\tGovernment do better at managing competing critical needs in times of drought. It became obvious that during the event, in the absence of a\r\n\tclear and transparent set of rules that set a strong framework to address competing critical needs in the well-defined scope of the public\r\n\tinterest, the event would be seen as unduly influenced by one or another set of stakeholders.\r\n\r\n<br \/><br \/>\r\n\tWith this in mind, we largely support the recommendations proposed by the panel. However, we do offer a number of suggestions to be\r\n\tconsidered in the process of refining the final report included opportunities to improve data gaps and improve the information base for\r\n\tfuture discussions. Of importance is an independent and thorough assessment of flow outcomes and alternative scenarios. Without fully\r\n\tunderstanding a range of scenarios, we cannot fully objectively review the event and properly inform any future debate about improved\r\n\tframeworks. Without this information we may very well focus on a range of reforms that may or may not be required.\r\n", 
		"post_icon": "https:\/\/www.gvia.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/272\/Submission-icon-(post)-(1).png", 
		"post_content_type": "file", 
		"post_content_url": null, 
		"post_date": "2020-09-01 03:29:00"
	}
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