Consultations

The Inspector-General of Water Compliance may consult on Murray-Darling Basin water management matters. Such matters relate to the agency's roles and responsibilities under the Water Act 2007 (Cth).

The Inspector-General of Water Compliance consults with a wide range of stakeholders. This helps the agency to hear and consider different views on how it conducts its work.

Current consultations

There are no current consultations underway.

Closed consultations

Regulatory Policy

This consultation related to the agency's Regulatory Policy. The Regulatory Policy set out how the Inspector-General of Water Compliance should perform its role under the Water Act(Opens in a new tab/window).

The policy development timeline was:

Discussion paper for comment in March 2023
Draft Regulatory Policy in August 2023
Regulatory Policy in the fourth quarter of 2023.

Project documents

The Inspector-General published a Draft Regulatory Policy on 11 August 2023. Submissions on the Draft Regulatory Policy are now closed.

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Draft Regulatory Policy July 2023 (PDF 1.3 MB)
Draft Regulatory Policy July 2023 (DOCX 3.1 MB)

The Inspector-General published the Discussion Paper on 31 March 2023. The Discussion Paper set out the intended approach in applying the framework under the Water Act.

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Regulatory Policy discussion paper (PDF 623 KB)
Regulatory Policy discussion paper (DOCX 2.4 MB)