Evaluation of the Badu Advisory Report: - Review of the NT’s implementation of the National Water Initiative in relation

The general approach for development (preparation) and structure of Water Allocation Plans is not consistent with the NWI The NT may, consistently with the NWI, determine when a plan is prepared, the area it covers, the detail, duration and time of review, and the resources devoted to its preparation “based on an assessment of the level of development of water systems, projected future consumptive. [...] The Productivity Commission (PC) reviewed the implementation of the NWI in 2020.6 The NT Government and the Badu Review have included in the scope of the NWI commitments some of the recommendations that the PC has articulated through its 2020 PC Inquiry Report, which includes the NWI Implementation Assessment 2017-2020 and the Water Reform report.7 The 2020 PC Inquiry Report is supplemented by a s. [...] In the former context, it refers to the function of a water plan to allocate or share water between broad community level categories or purposes.8 In the latter context, the NWI uses the word “allocation” to describe the volume of water credited, under the terms of the water allocation plan, to the water account of the individual access entitlement holder as the share of the consumptive pool for t. [...] The register information must identify the licence holder, the date and duration of the licence, location of the property from which the water is taken, the water source and the annual maximum quantity of water that may be taken under the licence: Water Regulation 17. [...] The WAP section 5 says that a WAC will be established where appropriate to advise on the effectiveness of the plan.90 Given the apparent contest of competing interests (for example, the petroleum industry and some Aboriginal communities) in the area of the Georgina Wiso WAP, there are three deficiencies in the terms of the Water Act s.23 for the establishment of WACs: there is no explicit duty on.