MDBC Annual Report 2003-04

Appendixes

Appendix A: Membership of the Ministerial Council

Appendix B: Membership of the Community Advisory Committee

Appendix C: Membership of the MDBC

Appendix D: Membership of the Project Boards

Appendix E: Committees and working groups

Appendix F: Information available from the MDBC

Appendix G: River Murray Water: assets as at 30 June 2004


Appendix A: Membership of the Ministerial Council

Members from 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004

Australian Government

The Hon. Warren Truss, MP (Chairman)

Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

The Hon. Dr David Kemp, MP

Minister for the Environment and Heritage

Senator the Hon. Ian Macdonald

Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation

New South Wales

The Hon. Craig Knowles, MP

Minister for Infrastructure and Planning and Minister for Natural Resources

The Hon. Ian Macdonald, MLC

Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries

The Hon. Bob Debus, MP

Minister for the Environment

Victoria

The Hon. John Thwaites, MP

Minister for Environment and Minister for Water

The Hon. Bob Cameron, MP

Minister for Agriculture

South Australia

The Hon. Paul Holloway, MP

Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries (to 24 March 2004)

The Hon. John Hill, MP

Minister for the River Murray and Minister for Environment and Conservation

The Hon. Rory McEwen, MP

Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries and Minister for State/Local Government Relations and Minister for Forests (from 25 March 2004)

Queensland

The Hon. Dean Wells, MP

Minister for Environment (to 2 June 2004)

The Hon. Stephen Robertson, MP

Minister for Natural Resources and Minister for Mines

The Hon. John Mickel, MP

Minister for Environment (from 3 June 2004)

Australian Capital Territory* (non-voting member)

Mr Jon Stanhope, MLA

Minister for the Environment

* ACT participation is through a memorandum of understanding, 27 March 1998.

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Appendix B: Membership of the Community Advisory Committee

Members from 1 July 2003 to 30 April 2004

Chairman

Ms Leith Boully

 
Member
Catchment

New South Wales

Mr Les Boland

Gwydir

Mr Robert Gledhill

Lachlan

Mrs Karen Hindmarsh

Border Rivers (NSW)

Mr Jerry Killen (acting)

Namoi

Mr Mark King (acting)

Lower Murray-Darling

Mr Daryl McGregor

Murray

Mrs Jenny McLellan

Western

Mr Lee O’Brien

Murrumbidgee

Mr Ian Rogan

Central West

Victoria

Mr Drew English

North Central

Mr Rodney Hayden

Mallee

Mr Athol McDonald

Goulburn-Broken

Mr Lance Netherway

Wimmera

Ms Sarah Nicholas

North East

South Australia

Mr John Berger

Lower Mallee

Mr Leon Broster

Adelaide

Mrs Joanne Pfeiffer

Lower Murray

Mr Tony Sharley

Riverland

Queensland

Mr John Armbruster

Condamine

Mr Dugald Cameron

Warrego/Paroo

Mr Lloyd Harth

Maranoa/Balonne

Mr Clarrie Hillard

Border Rivers (Qld)

Australian Capital Territory

Prof Peter Cullen

ACT Environment Advisory Committee

Special interest group representatives

Mr Tim Fisher

Australian Conservation Foundation

Mr Les Gordon

National Farmers Federation

Mr Bruce Lloyd

Australian Landcare Council

Mayor Ian Mann

Australian Local Government Association

Mr Derek Walker

Indigenous representative

Members from 1 May 2004 to 30 June 2004

Chairman

Ms Leith Boully

 
Member

New South Wales

Mr Kelvin Baxter

 

Mr Mark King

 

Mr Lee O’Brien

 

Victoria

Mr Don Cummins

 

Mr Rodney Hayden

 

Ms Sarah Nicholas

 

South Australia

Mrs Joanne Pfeiffer

 

Mrs Sharon Starick

 

Mr Derek Walker

 

Queensland

Mr John Grabbe

 

Mr Clarrie Hillard

 

Ms Sarah Moles

 

Australian Capital Territory

Prof Ian Falconer

 

Member

Interest

Mr Leon Broster

Urban

Mr Hamish Holcombe

Dryland Farming

Mr Lee Joachim

Indigenous

Cr Phyllis Miller

Local Government

Mr Mike Nolan

Indigenous

Mr Nick Roberts

Environment

Mr Myles Treseder (Deputy Chairman)

Irrigation Industry

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Appendix C: Membership of the MDBC

Members from 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004

Dr Roy Green AO

Independent President (to 30 November 2003)

Rt Hon. Ian Sinclair

Independent President (from 1 December 2004)

Australian Government

Mr David Borthwick

Secretary, Department of the Environment and Heritage (from 19 February 2004)

Mr Michael Taylor

Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (from 19 February 2004)

Mr Bernard Wonder

Deputy Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (to 18 February 2004)

Mr Ian Thompson (Deputy)

First Assistant Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (to 21 April 2003)

Dr Conall O’Connell (Deputy)

Deputy Secretary, Department of the Environment and Heritage

Mr Bernard Wonder (Deputy)

Deputy Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (from 22 April 2004)

New South Wales

Ms Jennifer Westacott

Director-General, Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources

Dr Richard Sheldrake

Director-General, New South Wales Agriculture (to 1 June 2004)

Ms Lisa Corbyn

Director-General, Environment Protection Authority (from 2 June 2004)

Mr David Harriss (Deputy)

Regional Director, Murray/Murrumbidge, Department of Land and Water Conservation/ Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources

Dr Richard Sheldrake (Deputy)

Director-General, New South Wales Agriculture (from 2 June 2004)

Ms Lisa Corbyn (Deputy)

Director-General, Environment Protection Authority (to 1 June 2004)

Victoria

Ms Chloe Munro

Secretary, Department of Primary Industry (to 16 February 2004)

Prof Lyndsay Neilson

Secretary, Department of Sustainability and Environment

Mr Denis Flett

Chief Executive, Goulburn-Murray Water

Mr Greg Wilson (Deputy)

Deputy Secretary, Water Sector Division, Department of Sustainability and Environment (from 20 April 2004)

Mr Peter Sutherland (Deputy)

General Manager, Department of Department of Sustainability and Environment (to 23 January 2004)

South Australia

Mr James Hallion

Chief Executive, Primary Industries and Resources

Mr Robert Freeman

Chief Executive, Department of Water, Land and Biodiversity Conservation

Mr Peter Hoey (Deputy)

Executive Director, Murray-Darling Division, Department of Water, Land and Biodiversity Conservation (to 19 June 2004)

Ms Anne Howe (Deputy)

Chief Executive, South Australian Water Corporation

Mr Allan Holmes (Deputy)

Chief Executive, Department of the Environment and Heritage (from 20 June 2004)

Queensland

Dr Geraldine Gentle

Executive Director, Strategic Directions, Department of Natural Resources and Mines (to 23 January 2004)

Dr Ian McPhail

Deputy Director General, Environment Protection Agency (to 1 December 2003)

Mr Chris Robson (Deputy)

Executive Director, Natural Resource Sciences, Department of Natural Resources and Mines

Mr John Pollock (Deputy)

Executive Director, Policy Analysis and Industry Development, Department of Primary Industries

Australian Capital Territory

Dr Maxine Cooper

Executive Director, Environment ACT, Department of Urban Services

Ms Elizabeth Fowler (Deputy)

Director, Environment Protection, Environment ACT, Department of Urban Services

Partner Government Contact Officers as at 30 June 2004

Ms Elizabeth Bie

Australian Government

Mr Matthew Monahan

New South Wales

Mr Phillip Heaphy

Victoria

Mr Paul Harvey

South Australia

Mr Lamond Graham

Queensland

Mr Peter Donnelly

Australian Capital Territory

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Appendix D: Membership of the Project Boards

1. Interstate Water Trading Pilot

Chair

Mr Denis Flett (DepComm)

Members

Mr James Hallion (Comm)

Mr Ian Thompson (DepComm)

Mr David Harriss (DepComm)

Mr Mike Smith (DLWBC)

Mr Les Gordon (CAC)

MDBC Senior Officer

Mr Scott Keyworth

2. Native Fish Management

Chair

Mr Ian Thompson (DepComm)

Members

Dr Geraldine Gentle (Comm)

MDBC Senior Officer

Mr Kevin Goss

3. The Living Murray Board

Chair (interim)

Mr Bernard Wonder (Comm)

Members

Ms Jennifer Westacott (Comm)

Prof Lyndsay Neilson (Comm)

Mr Robert Freeman (Comm)

Dr Conall O’Connell (DepComm)

Rt Hon Ian Sinclair (MDBC President)

Ms Leith Boully (CAC)

MDBC Senior Officer

Mr Kevin Goss

4. Sustainable Rivers Audit

Chair

Dr Conall O’Connell (DepComm)

Members

Ms Lisa Corbyn (DepComm)

Ms Sarah Nicholas (CAC)

MDBC Senior Officer

Ms Jody Swirepik

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Appendix E: Committees and working groups

Advisory Group on Hume to Yarrawonga Waterway Management

Asset Management Advisory Panel

Audit Committee

Basin Salinity Management Strategy Implementation Working Group

Community Reference Panel for The Living Murray

Daughterless Carp Consultative Group

Exchange Rates Technical Working Group (to be confirmed)

Finance Committee

Fish Management and Science Committee

Fish Passage Reference Group

Groundwater Technical Reference Group

High Level Working Group on Salt Interception

Hume-Dartmouth Technical Review Committee

Hume to Yarrawonga Land Acquisition Reference Group

Independent Sustainable Rivers Audit Group

Integrated Catchment Management Policy Committee

Integrated Catchment Management Implementation Working Group

Integrated Catchment Management Business Program Knowledge Committee

Lake Victoria Advisory Committee

Landscape and Industries Program Knowledge Committee

MFAT Development Working Group

Native Fish Strategy Community Stakeholder Group

River Murray Water Advisory Board

Rivers Program Knowledge Committee

Scientific Reference Panel

Social and Economic Reference Panel

Sustainable Rivers Audit Taskforce

Technical Working Group on Salt Interception

The Living Murray Implementation Program Working Group

The Living Murray Drafting Group

Water Audit Working Group

Water Liaison Committee

Water Policy Committee

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Appendix F: Information available from the MDBC

A full list of MDBC publications can be viewed on the MDBC website at http://publication.mdbc.gov.au . The following publications were produced during the 2003-04 financial year:

More than a River—The Murray-Darling system and its people,DVD, May 2004

Native Fish of the Murray-Darling Basin,Card, October 2003

Tar-Ru—The story of Lake Victoria,Video, 2003

Groundwater Flow Systems Framework—Essential Tools for planning salinity management, September 2003

Groundwater Flow Systems Framework—Essential Tools for planning salinity management, Summary Report, September 2003

Rivers program publications reference kit, December 2003

Spirit of Place, October 2003

Fish Theme Pilot Audit Technical Report—SRA, April 2004

Macroinvertebrate Theme Pilot Audit Technical Report—SRA, April 2004

Hydrology Theme Pilot Audit Technical Report—SRA, April 2004

Water Processes Theme Pilot Audit Technical Report—SRA, April 2004

Physical Habitat Theme Pilot Audit Technical Report—SRA, April 2004

Ecological assessment of Environmental flow reference points for the River Murray system—Interim report of the Scientific Reference Panel for the The Living Murray Initiative, October 2003

Ecological assessment of Environmental flow reference points for the River Murray system—Interim report of the Scientific reference panel for the The Living Murray Initiative, Summary Report, October 2003

Native Fish Strategy for the Murray-Darling Basin 2003-2013, May 2003

Native Fish Strategy for the Murray-Darling Basin 2003-2013 A summary, May 2003

Keeping salt out of the Murray,Poster, May 2003

Where to plant trees for salinity outcomes,Poster, May 2003

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Appendix G: River Murray Water: assets as at 30 June 2004

Dartmouth Reservoir

Hume Reservoir

Lake Victoria

Yarrawonga Weir

Weirs and locks

No. 1 Blanchetown

 

No. 2 Waikerie

 

No. 3 Overland Corner

 

No. 4 Bookpurnong

 

No. 5 Renmark

 

No. 6 Murtho

 

No. 7 Rufus River

 

No. 8 Wangumma

 

No. 9 Kulnine

 

No. 10 Wentworth

 

No. 11 Mildura

 

No. 15 Euston

 

No. 26 Torrumbarry

Murray Mouth barrages

Goolwa

 

Mundoo

 

Boundary Creek

 

Ewe Island

 

Tauwitchere

Salt interception Schemes

Barr Creek

 

Mallee Cliffs

 

Buronga

 

Mildura-Merbein

 

Rufus River

 

Waikerie

 

Woolpunda

Minor regulators (various)

Hydrometric and Water Quality Monitoring Network

Berri Depot and Floating Plant

Minor access works

 

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