Table B.35 Stakeholder engagement and consultation in water planning As at June 2017 a For the MurrayDarling Basin Plan. b For the development of Regional Waterway Strategies and Sustainable Water Strategies. c While the Water Act 1992 provides for the formation of water advisory committees, there is no legal requirement for consultation in preparing plans. d For the drafting of Environmental Flow Guidelines. e For the development of the ACT Water Strategy 2014–44. Sources: MDBA (nd); NWC (2014d); Responses to State and Territory information requests. States and Territories provide information to communities and stakeholders on the progress of water planning arrangements in their jurisdictions. For example, jurisdictions report progress on plan implementation and outcomes relative to the social, economic and environmental objectives set out in water plans (NWC 2014c). Reporting is done through various avenues such as: annual reports, evaluation reports and plan reviews. The timing and the detail of the reporting varies across jurisdictions (NWC 2011d). In 2014, the NWC noted, however, that on progress was rarely done well in ‘reporting and that this affected the transparency of decision making (NWC 2014c, p. 27). For practice’ example, the NWC found that in New South Wales and Tasmania the achievement of plan
Table B.35 Stakeholder engagement and consultation in water planning As at June 2017 a For the MurrayDarling Basin Plan. b For the development of Regional Waterway Strategies and Sustainable Water Strategies. c While the Water Act 1992 provides for the formation of water advisory committees, there is no legal requirement for consultation in preparing plans. d For the drafting of Environmental Flow Guidelines. e For the development of the ACT Water Strategy 2014–44. Sources: MDBA (nd); NWC (2014d); Responses to State and Territory information requests. States and Territories provide information to communities and stakeholders on the progress of water planning arrangements in their jurisdictions. For example, jurisdictions report progress on plan implementation and outcomes relative to the social, economic and environmental objectives set out in water plans (NWC 2014c). Reporting is done through various avenues such as: annual reports, evaluation reports and plan reviews. The timing and the detail of the reporting varies across jurisdictions (NWC 2011d). In 2014, the NWC noted, however, that ‘reporting on progress was rarely done well in practice’ and that this affected the transparency of decision making (NWC 2014c, p. 27). For example, the NWC found that in New South Wales and Tasmania the achievement of plan
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