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Implementing The National Water Initiative: A generic set of arrangements for managing interests in water

Fisher, Douglas E. (2006) Implementing The National Water Initiative: A generic set of arrangements for managing interests in water. Queensland University of Technology.

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Abstract

Water resources law has been continuously reformed over recent years in Australia to achieve the sustainable use and development of water resources. This is an ongoing activity. The most recent statement of policy has been the Intergovernmental Agreement on a National Water Initiative of 2004. This seeks a nationally – compatible, market, regulatory and planning based system of managing surface and ground water resources for rural and urban use that optimises economic, social and environmental outcomes. To make such a system effective requires a fundamental change in legal doctrine. This publication suggests a set of arrangements for managing interests in water directed at the implementation of this policy.

Item Type:Book
Status:Published
Place of Publication:Brisbane
Keywords:Conservation; Law, water, water resources, regulation, planning, markets, sustainable use, sustainable development, National Water Initiative;
Subjects:390000 Law, Justice and Law Enforcement > 390100 Law > 390107 Environmental and Natural Resources Law
ID Code:6355
Deposited By:Gunn, Melanie
Deposited On:28 February 2007
Copyright Owner:Copyright 2006 QUT Publications and Printing and Phillips Fox Lawyers
Additional Information:This is version of the work is posted here with permission of the copyright owner for your personal use only. No further distribution is permitted. For more information please contact the author. Author contact details: d.fisher@qut.edu.au