1.   Background

      Background to the questionnaire: (MS Word97 document; 100 kbytes)
      Summary paper presented to the Brisbane International River Symposium,
      August 30 2001. (MS Word97 document, 100kbytes).

2.   Supportive material:

• Extract: environmental flow principles (ARMCANZ / ANZECC 1996)
• Matrix: intractible issue by river definition (Word97 doc, 50 kbytes)

3.   Components of the final report: (these are all Word97 docs)

• Project overview (15 pp, 300 kbytes)
• Volume 1 - full version (120 pp, 800 kbytes) - contains an introduction, the model framework, benchmarking of the framework, and an examination of the fit between the framework and existing State legislation.
• The model framework for water legislation. (40 pages, 300 kbytes).

• Volume 2 - full version (150 pp, 1.6 Mbytes) - contains the updated WA and SA review papers and legal analysis questionnaires, as well as the other appendicies.
• Model statutory objectives and principles.
• A discussion of top-down and bottom-up management approaches.
• The consolidated questionnaires: SA, Tas, WA and Vic. without footnotes.

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