Senate debates

Tuesday, 25 November 2008

Water Amendment Bill 2008

In Committee

8:44 pm

Photo of Penny WongPenny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Climate Change and Water) Share this | Hansard source

It does include some things. Clause 47 of the bill, Senator Siewert, amends 21(3) and adds:

; and (c) take account of the ecological character descriptions of:

(i) all declared Ramsar wetlands within the Murray-Darling Basin; and

(ii) all other key environmental sites within the 18 Murray-Darling Basin;

prepared in accordance with the National Framework and Guidance for Describing the Ecological Character of Australia’s Ramsar Wetlands endorsed by the Natural Resource Management Ministerial Council.

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