Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Murray Darling Basin) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

asked the Minister representing the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, upon notice, on 12 September 2011:

With reference to the answer to question no. 92 taken on notice during the 2011-12 Budget estimates hearings of the Environment and Communications Legislation Committee in May 2011, can details be provided of all dam related projects, approved, rejected or under assessment under the Environment Protection andBiodiversity Act 1999 since 2006, as outlined in the answer.

Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities has provided the following answer to the honourable senator's question:

Since 2006, the debate partment has received a total of 23 referrals under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act1999 (EPBC Act) which are dam related proposals with a water storage capacity of 100 megalitres or over.

A summary of all 23 dam related proposals is attached. Further details on each project are available at the department's website: http://www.environment.gov.au/epbc/

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