Water links
Australian Government water agencies
Various Australian government agencies have a direct role in national water resource planning, management and policy.
- Australian Government Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
- National Water Commission
- Bureau of Meteorology Australia
- Murray-Darling Basin Commission
- Murray-Darling Basin Authority
Other Australian Government agencies contribute to water management and/or collect water information.
- Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry
- Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics
- Australian Bureau of Statistics
- Infrastructure Australia
- Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
- Geoscience Australia
- Bureau of Rural Sciences
National committees, programs and schemes
Ministerial councils and committees provide policy and legislative oversight of water issues:
- COAG Working Group on Climate and Water
- Natural Resource Management Ministerial Council (NRMMC)
- Natural Resource Management Standing Committee
- Environment Protection and Heritage Council (EPHC)
- Water Accounting Development Committee
Water related national strategies and funding programs
- National Water Quality Management Strategy (NWQMS)
- Living Murray Initiative
- Irrigation Modernisation Planning Assistance
- National Rainwater and Greywater Initiative
- Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards (WELS) Scheme