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» 29/07/2010 11:56:08 AM (2) Historically, under the common law, rights to water were incidental to owning land (ri.....
» 29/07/2010 11:55:39 AM (7) Is it correct that section 392 of the New South Wales Water Management Act 2000 states.....
» 29/07/2010 11:54:54 AM 150 SENATE Thursday, 9 August 2007 (Question No. 2971) Senator Bartlett asked the Minister.....
» 19/06/2010 1:12:39 PM (continued) 6. This Bill relies on the Commonwealth’s constitutional powers and a referra.....
» 19/06/2010 1:11:34 PM For a discussion of constitutional powers in relation to the environment see the Senate re.....
» 11/06/2010 10:53:54 AM Well done Forrest Gumpp. What isn't in a report is often as important as what is. Kellie w.....
» 1/06/2010 12:56:55 PM The people who manage big businesses, like BHP, are employed for one purpose - to maximise.....
» 1/06/2010 12:04:17 PM The mission and sole purpose of a privately-owned business is to maximise profit for share.....
» 31/05/2010 2:54:28 PM The 28 January 2010 report in the SMH gave two estimates for the increase in Sydney Water'.....
» 2/12/2009 11:45:06 AM Under the Australian Constitution, the states and territories have responsibility for land.....
» 28/01/2009 11:04:35 AM Ronald Reagan got the politics right when he said: A recession is when your neighbour lose.....
» 1/05/2008 12:26:46 PM Senator Wong announced that the federal government is delivering on its election promise o.....
» 1/05/2008 12:21:43 PM The Victorian Competition and Efficiency Commission reported in 2005 that the "overal.....
» 28/09/2007 2:17:41 PM Senator Lyn Allison answered my question put to her in my 24 September post, above. She ad.....
» 24/09/2007 12:39:21 PM Senator Lyn Allison: Would you advise Democrats policy in relation to rights to water th.....
» 24/09/2007 11:46:19 AM Clause 2 of The National Water Initiative Agreement (NWIA), signed in 2004 by the Federal,.....
» 23/09/2007 11:07:48 AM -Original Message- From: Greg Cameron Sent: Tuesday, 18 September 2007 6:20 PM To: Hon An.....
» 22/09/2007 1:29:21 PM Taz, tanks and valves. Greg.....
» 21/09/2007 5:10:31 PM -Original Message- From: Greg Cameron Sent: Thursday, 8 March 2007 1:02 PM To: Hon Morris.....
» 21/09/2007 10:48:26 AM Forrest Gumpp: Yes. It’s no secret. Mr Howard and Mr Turnbull have been forthright in the.....
» 20/09/2007 9:37:58 AM The reality is that one million homes in Sydney are able to yield 80GL of water a year cos.....
» 19/09/2007 11:55:02 AM Sylvia, One method for collecting water from all downpipes of a house is to have a rainwa.....
» 18/09/2007 9:23:33 PM Sylvia, For the detailed analysis of my costings go to this item published on 18 July (th.....
» 18/09/2007 9:54:57 AM Water in Melbourne currently costs $0.81 a kilolitre (KL). Rainwater tanks will supply eac.....
» 20/07/2007 12:59:59 PM (continued) Cost estimates published by the National Water Commission for desalinated seaw.....
» 20/07/2007 12:57:46 PM The CSIRO has reported that a small decline in rainfall can make a very big difference to .....
» 19/07/2007 12:13:19 PM Porto Salvo: legally, a roof is not the surface of the ground in NSW, Victoria and Queensl.....
» 19/07/2007 12:11:04 PM Aime: the SA and WA governments claim that rights to water falling on a person’s roof are .....
» 9/02/2007 10:09:51 AM Rainwater in southeast Queensland costs the average homeowner $1.45/KL. This is based on B.....
» 31/01/2007 8:39:59 AM Anyone who is interested in finding out if the water that falls on your roof is your prope.....
» 30/01/2007 11:11:36 AM Four dinky little 670 litre rainwater tanks collecting all of the water discharged from a .....
» 29/01/2007 10:56:20 AM Raindrops are falling on my roof ... but are they mine? The NSW government confirms that .....
» 29/01/2007 10:50:24 AM In Sydney, the cost of rainwater is $1.25/KL compared with $4/KL estimated by the governme.....
» 8/12/2006 11:05:22 AM In 2000, Denise Allen won the seat of Benalla for the ALP for the first time in 95 years. .....
» 23/11/2006 9:43:34 AM Is water that falls on a person’s roof the property of that person? As part of the Victor.....
» 29/10/2006 11:20:57 AM “No entitlement to use the water is specifically issued under a water management Act. Enti.....
» 29/10/2006 11:20:20 AM In reply to Jennifer’s question (above), the Federal Government is against the use of rain.....
» 28/10/2006 10:21:53 AM The National Water Commission makes the claim that, under the National Water Initiative Ag.....
» 28/10/2006 10:20:58 AM In response to Jennifer, as a small business person who seeks to bring about policy change.....
» 27/10/2006 9:57:17 AM The amount of water that flows off Australian rooves is around 900GL each year regardless .....
» 28/09/2006 11:19:36 AM Lyn, Do the Australian Democrats support every building in Australia collecting water fro.....
» 28/08/2006 11:09:09 AM In response to RObert, let’s establish how much water is involved. At least 800 billion l.....
» 28/08/2006 10:44:57 AM One practical way you can help to achieve the lowest cost of rainwater supply - and suppor.....
» 26/08/2006 5:28:28 PM Shaun, The safety net in my proposal is that you do not buy a rainwater supply system unl.....
» 26/08/2006 9:27:57 AM Shaun – as a person who is debt free, you are one of the 40% of householders who owns the .....
» 25/08/2006 3:12:04 PM Cost is the chief argument used by politicians and their advisers to reject rainwater tank.....
» 23/08/2006 2:10:50 PM It was announced today that the Porters Creek Wetland Stormwater Harvesting project on the.....
» 23/08/2006 10:58:16 AM Bango makes some constructive points about yield of water from rainwater tanks that are wo.....
» 22/08/2006 3:00:57 PM The proportion of Australian households that could make economic use of rainwater tanks is.....
» 21/08/2006 3:50:08 PM ericc- Under Part 25 of the Queensland Development Code, the acceptable solution for rain.....
» 21/08/2006 10:34:17 AM Toowoomba City Council was promised $46M of Federal and Queensland Governments money ($23M.....
» 21/08/2006 9:19:19 AM Banjo— The reason why rainwater tanks are not a significant source of water supply in Gou.....
» 20/08/2006 4:18:26 PM In South Australia, the legislation controlling rights to water is the Natural Resources M.....
» 19/08/2006 9:03:50 AM I asked Mr Beattie and Mr Springborg “Is it your policy that water collected from roofs fo.....
» 18/08/2006 8:41:47 AM “Section 124 of the Natural Resources Management Act 2004SouthAustralia sets our rights an.....
» 18/08/2006 8:40:09 AM Do you own the water that occurs on your roof when it rains? Does Government have the rig.....
» 16/08/2006 7:21:12 PM Tanks in 10 years or 100 years? All houses in Australia will have rainwater tanks in abou.....
» 16/08/2006 10:14:54 AM Lowest cost rainwater supply: why don’t Governments want it? NSW is the only State where.....
» 16/08/2006 8:51:13 AM Every building in the world is a water catchment for rainwater tanks. Australia is probabl.....
» 15/08/2006 6:18:44 PM Sylvia-- One million Sydney houses using rainwater tanks will yield 75GL/Y @ 75KL/house. .....
» 14/08/2006 2:12:23 PM ericc— Financial aspects of rainwater tanks A 5KL rainwater supply system costing $3000 .....
» 14/08/2006 1:07:22 PM ericc--- Health aspects of rainwater tanks: “The general public perception is that rain.....
» 13/08/2006 1:57:26 PM Further to Perseus (Sunday, 13 August 2006 12:50:32 PM), the Forum article’s author makes .....
» 13/08/2006 10:42:19 AM Sylvia Else sensibly proposes that water desalination plants can be financed by public sub.....
» 11/08/2006 12:53:40 PM Perseus, your 13,500 litre tank will fill on the first major downpour and thereafter it wi.....
» 11/08/2006 10:20:00 AM There are over 700,000 separate houses in southeast Queensland comprising 80% of all dwell.....
» 28/07/2006 8:43:03 AM Governments currently use tax revenue to subsidise the installation of rainwater tanks. By.....
» 5/07/2006 10:56:18 AM The ABS predicts Australia’s population will increase by 5 million and reach 25 million pe.....
» 30/05/2006 12:19:34 PM Toowoomba City Council is the first Council in Australia to propose sewerage recycling. Th.....
» 29/05/2006 3:52:59 PM Rainwater tanks are dismissed as an option for Toowoomba’s future water supply based on co.....
» 2/03/2006 8:53:27 AM Rainwater is a reliable source of water for Toowoomba. For the 12 months to March, 2006, 6.....
» 1/03/2006 11:42:35 AM Effective today, the state controls the use of water collected from roofs for rainwater ta.....
» 22/02/2006 11:16:29 AM Here is a question for Brisbane and Cairns City Councils, which prohibit house owners from.....
» 20/02/2006 3:32:40 PM Water that is sourced from a rainwater tank causes the same amount of water to remain in t.....

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