Committee hits the road for water use efficiency hearings

THE House Agriculture and Water Resources Committee will travel this week to collect evidence for its inquiry into water use efficiency in Australian agriculture.

Committee chair, Rick Wilson MP, discussed the hearing program for the week:

“As the committee approaches the end of the evidence gathering phase of the inquiry, we will be travelling widely to hear from some key witnesses. Importantly, we will be hearing about some irrigation areas that lie outside the Murray Darling basin, specifically the Harvey Water area in Western Australia, and several areas in southern Victoria managed by Southern Rural Water.

Additionally, the committee looks forward to discussing water use efficiency with key academics from South Australia that have a deep interest in water management.

We will finish up in Melbourne with discussions on the role of technology, science and engineering in improving water use efficiency, and gain some input from organisations from north-east Victoria.”

 

Public hearing details:

Tuesday, 22 August, 11.15 am to 1.15pm, Harvey Town Hall, Harvey, Western Australia.

11.15am – 1.15pm: WA Government
12.00pm – 1.15pm: Harvey Water

Wednesday, 23 August, 1.00 pm to 3.30 pm, ‘Old Chamber’, Parliament of South Australia

1.00pm – 1.45pm: Professor Lin Crase
1.45pm – 2.30pm: Associate Professor David Paton AM
2.30pm – 3.30pm: Dr David Adamson, Dr Adam Loch, Assoc. Prof Sarah Wheeler and Prof Jeff Conner

Thursday, 24 August, 9.15 am to 3.45 pm, Committee Room G7, Parliament of Victoria

9.15am – 3.45pm: Witnesses to include water resource managers and a drip irrigation system manufacturer

A full program for each day is available on the inquiry website. The hearing will be broadcast live at aph.gov.au/live.

Interested members of the public may wish to track the committee via the website. 

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