Senate debates
Tuesday, 25 November 2008
Water Amendment Bill 2008
In Committee
8:44 pm
Penny 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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