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WAC Basin Plan Submission to Members of the Australian Parliament (19 February 2013). The 256 page Basin Plan was signed into law by Minister Burke as a Legislative Instrument under the Water Act 2007 on 22nd November 2012. The content of the original Proposed Basin Plan released in November 2011 has been substantially changed. The Australian Parliament is not allowed to amend the Basin Plan. Both houses of Parliament have 15 sitting days to move a Disallowance Motion to disallow the Basin Plan and vote. The disallowance period for the BP expires during the early part of 2013 at different times for each house of Parliament.

WAC's Open Letter and submission to all members of the Australian Parliament is an eleventh hour call to move and support a Disallowance Motion against the Basin Plan. WAC's submission consists of three volumes; WAC-D-010-1 Basin Plan - Executive Summary (Volume 1, 33 pages), WAC-D-010-2 Basin Plan - Detailed Review (Volume 2, 113 pages) and WAC-D-010-3 Basin Plan -Supporting Evidence (Volume 3, 53 pages). Basin Plan - Detailed Review Issue 2.0 was updated to align with the November 2012 Basin Plan . A Key Findings Summary (16 pages) was added and this may be downloaded as an extract.

WAC Submission to MDBA - Proposed Basin Plan (16/4/12): The Proposed Basin Plan was released by the Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) in November 2011. WAC's submission consisted of three volumes; WAC-D-010-1 Proposed Basin Plan Submission - Executive Summary (Volumen 1), WAC-D-010-2 Proposed Basin Plan Submission - Detailed Review (Volume 2) and WAC-D-010-3 Proposed Basin Plan Submission - Supporting Evidence (Volume 3)

All submissions may be accessed via the MDBA's View Submissions webpage. The MDBA have posted WAC's submission as a non-campaign (non-postcard) submission. The MDBA issued the Proposed Basin Plan - A Revised Draft May 2012 and also published a Proposed Basin Plan Consultation Report.

House of Representatives Inquiry: WAC's submission to The House of Representatives Inquiry into the impact of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan in Regional Australia, Submission 596 can be downloaded from the Parliamentary Inquiry Submission website.

National Water Commission: Submission to the National Water Commission, National Water Initiative - 2011 Biennial Assessment: Creeping Privatisation (7 February 2011) can be downloaded from the NWC's website.

MDBA Guide 2010: WAC's Submission in response to the MDBA Guide to the proposed Basin Plan (19 December 2010) has been effectively superseded by the WAC's submission to the MDBA Proposed Basin Plan on 16th April 2012. The Water Action Coalition Submission "The Great Water Privatisation Experiment" can be downloaded from the MDBA's website: "View feedback received on the Guide to the proposed Basin Plan 2010".

Federal Election Policies: Open letter to Leaders of ALP, LP and Greens (18 August 2010).

Water Bill 2010: Water (Crisis Powers and Floodwater Diversion) Bill 2010 (30 June 2010) was sponsored by Senator Nick Xenophon and Senator Sarah Hanson-Young. The Senate Environment and Communications Committee conducted an Inquiry. As a result of Water Action Coalition Submission No. 15, WAC was invited to attend a public hearing of the committee on the 30th June 2010 in Canberra. WAC's presentation was based on these speech notes and full details are available from the Hansard Transcript of the hearing.