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Water management policy and legislation
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  • Commonwealth water legislation
    • Independent review of the Water Act 2007
  • COAG water reform
    • COAG water reform work program
  • National Water Initiative
    • NWI module: Considering climate change and extreme events in water planning and management
    • NWI water guidelines
      • Millstream case study
      • Pilbara case study
    • NWI module: Engaging Indigenous peoples in water planning and management
    • National Groundwater Strategic Framework
    • Pricing principles
    • National water skills strategy
    • Water reform assessments and audits
  • Water Management Partnership Agreements
    • Australian Capital Territory
    • New South Wales
    • Queensland
    • South Australia
    • Victoria
  • Water agenciesCurrently selected
    • Australian Water Partnership
    • Community input

Water agencies and stakeholders

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​​​Agencies at all levels of government have a role in the management of Australia’s water resources. This page lists some of the major national and state organisations involved.

Australian Government

  • Bureau of Meteorology—water info
  • Commonwealth Environmental Water
  • Murray-Darling Basin Authority
  • Water Efficiency Labelling Scheme

Other Australian Government departments and programs

  • Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES)
  • Australian Bureau of Statistics
  • Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
  • CSIRO—Water
  • Department of Environment and Energy
  • Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development
  • Geoscience Australia
  • Infrastructure Australia

State and territory agencies

Australian Capital Territory

  • Environment and Planning Directorate—Environment

New South Wales

  • NSW Office of Water, Department of Primary Industries
  • Sustaining the Basin
  • NSW Office of Environment and Heritage
  • Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal
  • State Water Corporation
  • NSW Wetland recovery program

Northern Territory

  • Department of Land Resource Management

Queensland

  • Department of Natural Resources and Mines

South Australia

  • Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources

Tasmania

  • Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment

Victoria

  • Department of Environment and Primary Industries

Western Australia

  • Department of Water – WA Water Online​
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