Key Points:
Amendments to Queensland's water resource management
framework have whole-of-water-business implications for all
stakeholders in the sector.
The Water Reform and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2014 was
passed by Queensland Parliament on 26 November 2014 and makes
significant amendments to the Water Act 2000. Consistent with the
LNP Government's overarching policy agenda, the primary drivers
for the review are modernising, streamlining and simplifying water
regulation in the State with a view to growing agriculture as one
of the four pillars of the economy. The provisions of the Act will
commence on a day to be fixed by proclamation.
The Agriculture, Resources and Environment Committee delivered
its report on the then Bill on 17 November 2014 and commented that
the Bill appeared to have the broad support of most user groups
across the State. The Committee recommended that the Bill be passed
(with consideration of some additional recommendations).
