National Water Commission — Driving Water Reform

The National Water Commission is responsible for helping to drive national water reform and advising the Minister for Climate Change and Water and State and Territory governments on water issues. The Commission is also responsible for managing the implementation of the National Water Initiative - the blueprint for national water reform - and for implementing, under the $2 billion Australian Government Water Fund - the Raising National Water Standards programme.

Looking to the future of urban water pricing

23 July 2008
At their meeting yesterday in Canberra, Australia’s National Water Commissioners agreed to release a report on Approaches to urban water pricing, which assesses urban water pricing options and suggests there is scope to improve current arrangements.

National Water Commissioner, Chloe Munro said, ‘This Waterlines report prepared by Frontier Economics, together with the Commission’s accompanying Position Statement, shows that new approaches to water pricing have the potential to deliver better outcomes for water users, reducing the reliance on costly water restrictions.

$8.6 million for research on ‘win-win’ water use

The Rudd Government has provided $8.6 million for a new research project into how changed farming practices can simultaneously improve water use and productivity, while delivering better environmental outcomes.