❓ Hon Frank Hough questions the Minister for Local Government and Regional Development regarding the engineering evaluation initiative for salinity management, specifically concerning funding allocation, proposal selection, and bias towards deep drainage solutions. The Minister's response clarifies funding sources, the number of proposals, and the selection process involving regional and Commonwealth collaboration.
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Under the engineering evaluation initiative, the State Government is initially offering a total of $2 million to farmers and community groups for the best engineering proposals to manage salinity. Applications closed in early July. Will the minister advise - (1) How much of the budgeted $2 million will be financed by the State Government? (2) How many proposals are currently being funded and at what total cost? (3) Will the minister identify the proposals that have been received funding and supply a breakdown of how each has received or is receiving funding? (4) How many of the proposals that received funding incorporated deep drainage as an engineering solution to salinity management? (5) In choosing which proposals to fund, did the Government exercise a bias against proposals that involved deep drainage? Hon KIM CHANCE
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Minister for Local Government and Regional Development, the answer is as follows - (1) The State Government has allocated the $2 million to finance the engineering evaluation initiative projects. (2) A total of 61 proposals were submitted and it is likely that approximately 10 will be funded at a total cost of $2 million. (3) The decision on which proposals will be funded is currently being finalised in partnership with the regional natural resource management groups and the Commonwealth Government as part of the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality. The decision-making process has been devolved to the regional NRM groups and the Commonwealth at the insistence of the Commonwealth Government, as it is a condition of the operation of the national action plan. An announcement on the successful projects will be made as soon as all relevant parties have received the approval. I understand the approvals are quite advanced. (4) Of the proposals received, nearly half included deep drainage as part of the submission. (5) The selection process to date has focused on meeting the gaps in knowledge of engineering options such as deep drainage. Given the uncertainties in deep drainage and the downstream impacts, there has not been any bias against deep drainage. Indeed, it would seem that there has been a concentration on the process.
(1) How much of the budgeted $2 million will be financed by the State Government? (2) How many proposals are currently being funded and at what total cost? (3) Will the minister identify the proposals that have been received funding and supply a breakdown of how each has received or is receiving funding? (4) How many of the proposals that received funding incorporated deep drainage as an engineering solution to salinity management? (5) In choosing which proposals to fund, did the Government exercise a bias against proposals that involved deep drainage? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Minister for Local Government and Regional Development, the answer is as follows - (1) The State Government has allocated the $2 million to finance the engineering evaluation initiative projects. (2) A total of 61 proposals were submitted and it is likely that approximately 10 will be funded at a total cost of $2 million. (3) The decision on which proposals will be funded is currently being finalised in partnership with the regional natural resource management groups and the Commonwealth Government as part of the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality. The decision-making process has been devolved to the regional NRM groups and the Commonwealth at the insistence of the Commonwealth Government, as it is a condition of the operation of the national action plan. An announcement on the successful projects will be made as soon as all relevant parties have received the approval. I understand the approvals are quite advanced. (4) Of the proposals received, nearly half included deep drainage as part of the submission. (5) The selection process to date has focused on meeting the gaps in knowledge of engineering options such as deep drainage. Given the uncertainties in deep drainage and the downstream impacts, there has not been any bias against deep drainage. Indeed, it would seem that there has been a concentration on the process.
(2) How many proposals are currently being funded and at what total cost? (3) Will the minister identify the proposals that have been received funding and supply a breakdown of how each has received or is receiving funding? (4) How many of the proposals that received funding incorporated deep drainage as an engineering solution to salinity management? (5) In choosing which proposals to fund, did the Government exercise a bias against proposals that involved deep drainage? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Minister for Local Government and Regional Development, the answer is as follows - (1) The State Government has allocated the $2 million to finance the engineering evaluation initiative projects. (2) A total of 61 proposals were submitted and it is likely that approximately 10 will be funded at a total cost of $2 million. (3) The decision on which proposals will be funded is currently being finalised in partnership with the regional natural resource management groups and the Commonwealth Government as part of the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality. The decision-making process has been devolved to the regional NRM groups and the Commonwealth at the insistence of the Commonwealth Government, as it is a condition of the operation of the national action plan. An announcement on the successful projects will be made as soon as all relevant parties have received the approval. I understand the approvals are quite advanced. (4) Of the proposals received, nearly half included deep drainage as part of the submission. (5) The selection process to date has focused on meeting the gaps in knowledge of engineering options such as deep drainage. Given the uncertainties in deep drainage and the downstream impacts, there has not been any bias against deep drainage. Indeed, it would seem that there has been a concentration on the process.
(3) Will the minister identify the proposals that have been received funding and supply a breakdown of how each has received or is receiving funding? (4) How many of the proposals that received funding incorporated deep drainage as an engineering solution to salinity management? (5) In choosing which proposals to fund, did the Government exercise a bias against proposals that involved deep drainage? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Minister for Local Government and Regional Development, the answer is as follows - (1) The State Government has allocated the $2 million to finance the engineering evaluation initiative projects. (2) A total of 61 proposals were submitted and it is likely that approximately 10 will be funded at a total cost of $2 million. (3) The decision on which proposals will be funded is currently being finalised in partnership with the regional natural resource management groups and the Commonwealth Government as part of the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality. The decision-making process has been devolved to the regional NRM groups and the Commonwealth at the insistence of the Commonwealth Government, as it is a condition of the operation of the national action plan. An announcement on the successful projects will be made as soon as all relevant parties have received the approval. I understand the approvals are quite advanced. (4) Of the proposals received, nearly half included deep drainage as part of the submission. (5) The selection process to date has focused on meeting the gaps in knowledge of engineering options such as deep drainage. Given the uncertainties in deep drainage and the downstream impacts, there has not been any bias against deep drainage. Indeed, it would seem that there has been a concentration on the process.
(4) How many of the proposals that received funding incorporated deep drainage as an engineering solution to salinity management? (5) In choosing which proposals to fund, did the Government exercise a bias against proposals that involved deep drainage? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Minister for Local Government and Regional Development, the answer is as follows - (1) The State Government has allocated the $2 million to finance the engineering evaluation initiative projects. (2) A total of 61 proposals were submitted and it is likely that approximately 10 will be funded at a total cost of $2 million. (3) The decision on which proposals will be funded is currently being finalised in partnership with the regional natural resource management groups and the Commonwealth Government as part of the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality. The decision-making process has been devolved to the regional NRM groups and the Commonwealth at the insistence of the Commonwealth Government, as it is a condition of the operation of the national action plan. An announcement on the successful projects will be made as soon as all relevant parties have received the approval. I understand the approvals are quite advanced. (4) Of the proposals received, nearly half included deep drainage as part of the submission. (5) The selection process to date has focused on meeting the gaps in knowledge of engineering options such as deep drainage. Given the uncertainties in deep drainage and the downstream impacts, there has not been any bias against deep drainage. Indeed, it would seem that there has been a concentration on the process.
(5) In choosing which proposals to fund, did the Government exercise a bias against proposals that involved deep drainage? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Minister for Local Government and Regional Development, the answer is as follows - (1) The State Government has allocated the $2 million to finance the engineering evaluation initiative projects. (2) A total of 61 proposals were submitted and it is likely that approximately 10 will be funded at a total cost of $2 million. (3) The decision on which proposals will be funded is currently being finalised in partnership with the regional natural resource management groups and the Commonwealth Government as part of the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality. The decision-making process has been devolved to the regional NRM groups and the Commonwealth at the insistence of the Commonwealth Government, as it is a condition of the operation of the national action plan. An announcement on the successful projects will be made as soon as all relevant parties have received the approval. I understand the approvals are quite advanced. (4) Of the proposals received, nearly half included deep drainage as part of the submission. (5) The selection process to date has focused on meeting the gaps in knowledge of engineering options such as deep drainage. Given the uncertainties in deep drainage and the downstream impacts, there has not been any bias against deep drainage. Indeed, it would seem that there has been a concentration on the process.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Minister for Local Government and Regional Development, the answer is as follows - (1) The State Government has allocated the $2 million to finance the engineering evaluation initiative projects. (2) A total of 61 proposals were submitted and it is likely that approximately 10 will be funded at a total cost of $2 million. (3) The decision on which proposals will be funded is currently being finalised in partnership with the regional natural resource management groups and the Commonwealth Government as part of the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality. The decision-making process has been devolved to the regional NRM groups and the Commonwealth at the insistence of the Commonwealth Government, as it is a condition of the operation of the national action plan. An announcement on the successful projects will be made as soon as all relevant parties have received the approval. I understand the approvals are quite advanced. (4) Of the proposals received, nearly half included deep drainage as part of the submission. (5) The selection process to date has focused on meeting the gaps in knowledge of engineering options such as deep drainage. Given the uncertainties in deep drainage and the downstream impacts, there has not been any bias against deep drainage. Indeed, it would seem that there has been a concentration on the process.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Minister for Local Government and Regional Development, the answer is as follows - (1) The State Government has allocated the $2 million to finance the engineering evaluation initiative projects. (2) A total of 61 proposals were submitted and it is likely that approximately 10 will be funded at a total cost of $2 million. (3) The decision on which proposals will be funded is currently being finalised in partnership with the regional natural resource management groups and the Commonwealth Government as part of the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality. The decision-making process has been devolved to the regional NRM groups and the Commonwealth at the insistence of the Commonwealth Government, as it is a condition of the operation of the national action plan. An announcement on the successful projects will be made as soon as all relevant parties have received the approval. I understand the approvals are quite advanced. (4) Of the proposals received, nearly half included deep drainage as part of the submission. (5) The selection process to date has focused on meeting the gaps in knowledge of engineering options such as deep drainage. Given the uncertainties in deep drainage and the downstream impacts, there has not been any bias against deep drainage. Indeed, it would seem that there has been a concentration on the process.
On behalf of the Minister for Local Government and Regional Development, the answer is as follows - (1) The State Government has allocated the $2 million to finance the engineering evaluation initiative projects. (2) A total of 61 proposals were submitted and it is likely that approximately 10 will be funded at a total cost of $2 million. (3) The decision on which proposals will be funded is currently being finalised in partnership with the regional natural resource management groups and the Commonwealth Government as part of the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality. The decision-making process has been devolved to the regional NRM groups and the Commonwealth at the insistence of the Commonwealth Government, as it is a condition of the operation of the national action plan. An announcement on the successful projects will be made as soon as all relevant parties have received the approval. I understand the approvals are quite advanced. (4) Of the proposals received, nearly half included deep drainage as part of the submission. (5) The selection process to date has focused on meeting the gaps in knowledge of engineering options such as deep drainage. Given the uncertainties in deep drainage and the downstream impacts, there has not been any bias against deep drainage. Indeed, it would seem that there has been a concentration on the process.
(1) The State Government has allocated the $2 million to finance the engineering evaluation initiative projects. (2) A total of 61 proposals were submitted and it is likely that approximately 10 will be funded at a total cost of $2 million. (3) The decision on which proposals will be funded is currently being finalised in partnership with the regional natural resource management groups and the Commonwealth Government as part of the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality. The decision-making process has been devolved to the regional NRM groups and the Commonwealth at the insistence of the Commonwealth Government, as it is a condition of the operation of the national action plan. An announcement on the successful projects will be made as soon as all relevant parties have received the approval. I understand the approvals are quite advanced. (4) Of the proposals received, nearly half included deep drainage as part of the submission. (5) The selection process to date has focused on meeting the gaps in knowledge of engineering options such as deep drainage. Given the uncertainties in deep drainage and the downstream impacts, there has not been any bias against deep drainage. Indeed, it would seem that there has been a concentration on the process.
(2) A total of 61 proposals were submitted and it is likely that approximately 10 will be funded at a total cost of $2 million. (3) The decision on which proposals will be funded is currently being finalised in partnership with the regional natural resource management groups and the Commonwealth Government as part of the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality. The decision-making process has been devolved to the regional NRM groups and the Commonwealth at the insistence of the Commonwealth Government, as it is a condition of the operation of the national action plan. An announcement on the successful projects will be made as soon as all relevant parties have received the approval. I understand the approvals are quite advanced. (4) Of the proposals received, nearly half included deep drainage as part of the submission. (5) The selection process to date has focused on meeting the gaps in knowledge of engineering options such as deep drainage. Given the uncertainties in deep drainage and the downstream impacts, there has not been any bias against deep drainage. Indeed, it would seem that there has been a concentration on the process.
(3) The decision on which proposals will be funded is currently being finalised in partnership with the regional natural resource management groups and the Commonwealth Government as part of the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality. The decision-making process has been devolved to the regional NRM groups and the Commonwealth at the insistence of the Commonwealth Government, as it is a condition of the operation of the national action plan. An announcement on the successful projects will be made as soon as all relevant parties have received the approval. I understand the approvals are quite advanced. (4) Of the proposals received, nearly half included deep drainage as part of the submission. (5) The selection process to date has focused on meeting the gaps in knowledge of engineering options such as deep drainage. Given the uncertainties in deep drainage and the downstream impacts, there has not been any bias against deep drainage. Indeed, it would seem that there has been a concentration on the process.
(4) Of the proposals received, nearly half included deep drainage as part of the submission. (5) The selection process to date has focused on meeting the gaps in knowledge of engineering options such as deep drainage. Given the uncertainties in deep drainage and the downstream impacts, there has not been any bias against deep drainage. Indeed, it would seem that there has been a concentration on the process.
(5) The selection process to date has focused on meeting the gaps in knowledge of engineering options such as deep drainage. Given the uncertainties in deep drainage and the downstream impacts, there has not been any bias against deep drainage. Indeed, it would seem that there has been a concentration on the process.
(1) How much of the budgeted $2 million will be financed by the State Government? (2) How many proposals are currently being funded and at what total cost? (3) Will the minister identify the proposals that have been received funding and supply a breakdown of how each has received or is receiving funding? (4) How many of the proposals that received funding incorporated deep drainage as an engineering solution to salinity management? (5) In choosing which proposals to fund, did the Government exercise a bias against proposals that involved deep drainage? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Minister for Local Government and Regional Development, the answer is as follows - (1) The State Government has allocated the $2 million to finance the engineering evaluation initiative projects. (2) A total of 61 proposals were submitted and it is likely that approximately 10 will be funded at a total cost of $2 million. (3) The decision on which proposals will be funded is currently being finalised in partnership with the regional natural resource management groups and the Commonwealth Government as part of the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality. The decision-making process has been devolved to the regional NRM groups and the Commonwealth at the insistence of the Commonwealth Government, as it is a condition of the operation of the national action plan. An announcement on the successful projects will be made as soon as all relevant parties have received the approval. I understand the approvals are quite advanced. (4) Of the proposals received, nearly half included deep drainage as part of the submission. (5) The selection process to date has focused on meeting the gaps in knowledge of engineering options such as deep drainage. Given the uncertainties in deep drainage and the downstream impacts, there has not been any bias against deep drainage. Indeed, it would seem that there has been a concentration on the process.
(2) How many proposals are currently being funded and at what total cost? (3) Will the minister identify the proposals that have been received funding and supply a breakdown of how each has received or is receiving funding? (4) How many of the proposals that received funding incorporated deep drainage as an engineering solution to salinity management? (5) In choosing which proposals to fund, did the Government exercise a bias against proposals that involved deep drainage? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Minister for Local Government and Regional Development, the answer is as follows - (1) The State Government has allocated the $2 million to finance the engineering evaluation initiative projects. (2) A total of 61 proposals were submitted and it is likely that approximately 10 will be funded at a total cost of $2 million. (3) The decision on which proposals will be funded is currently being finalised in partnership with the regional natural resource management groups and the Commonwealth Government as part of the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality. The decision-making process has been devolved to the regional NRM groups and the Commonwealth at the insistence of the Commonwealth Government, as it is a condition of the operation of the national action plan. An announcement on the successful projects will be made as soon as all relevant parties have received the approval. I understand the approvals are quite advanced. (4) Of the proposals received, nearly half included deep drainage as part of the submission. (5) The selection process to date has focused on meeting the gaps in knowledge of engineering options such as deep drainage. Given the uncertainties in deep drainage and the downstream impacts, there has not been any bias against deep drainage. Indeed, it would seem that there has been a concentration on the process.
(3) Will the minister identify the proposals that have been received funding and supply a breakdown of how each has received or is receiving funding? (4) How many of the proposals that received funding incorporated deep drainage as an engineering solution to salinity management? (5) In choosing which proposals to fund, did the Government exercise a bias against proposals that involved deep drainage? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Minister for Local Government and Regional Development, the answer is as follows - (1) The State Government has allocated the $2 million to finance the engineering evaluation initiative projects. (2) A total of 61 proposals were submitted and it is likely that approximately 10 will be funded at a total cost of $2 million. (3) The decision on which proposals will be funded is currently being finalised in partnership with the regional natural resource management groups and the Commonwealth Government as part of the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality. The decision-making process has been devolved to the regional NRM groups and the Commonwealth at the insistence of the Commonwealth Government, as it is a condition of the operation of the national action plan. An announcement on the successful projects will be made as soon as all relevant parties have received the approval. I understand the approvals are quite advanced. (4) Of the proposals received, nearly half included deep drainage as part of the submission. (5) The selection process to date has focused on meeting the gaps in knowledge of engineering options such as deep drainage. Given the uncertainties in deep drainage and the downstream impacts, there has not been any bias against deep drainage. Indeed, it would seem that there has been a concentration on the process.
(4) How many of the proposals that received funding incorporated deep drainage as an engineering solution to salinity management? (5) In choosing which proposals to fund, did the Government exercise a bias against proposals that involved deep drainage? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Minister for Local Government and Regional Development, the answer is as follows - (1) The State Government has allocated the $2 million to finance the engineering evaluation initiative projects. (2) A total of 61 proposals were submitted and it is likely that approximately 10 will be funded at a total cost of $2 million. (3) The decision on which proposals will be funded is currently being finalised in partnership with the regional natural resource management groups and the Commonwealth Government as part of the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality. The decision-making process has been devolved to the regional NRM groups and the Commonwealth at the insistence of the Commonwealth Government, as it is a condition of the operation of the national action plan. An announcement on the successful projects will be made as soon as all relevant parties have received the approval. I understand the approvals are quite advanced. (4) Of the proposals received, nearly half included deep drainage as part of the submission. (5) The selection process to date has focused on meeting the gaps in knowledge of engineering options such as deep drainage. Given the uncertainties in deep drainage and the downstream impacts, there has not been any bias against deep drainage. Indeed, it would seem that there has been a concentration on the process.
(5) In choosing which proposals to fund, did the Government exercise a bias against proposals that involved deep drainage? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Minister for Local Government and Regional Development, the answer is as follows - (1) The State Government has allocated the $2 million to finance the engineering evaluation initiative projects. (2) A total of 61 proposals were submitted and it is likely that approximately 10 will be funded at a total cost of $2 million. (3) The decision on which proposals will be funded is currently being finalised in partnership with the regional natural resource management groups and the Commonwealth Government as part of the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality. The decision-making process has been devolved to the regional NRM groups and the Commonwealth at the insistence of the Commonwealth Government, as it is a condition of the operation of the national action plan. An announcement on the successful projects will be made as soon as all relevant parties have received the approval. I understand the approvals are quite advanced. (4) Of the proposals received, nearly half included deep drainage as part of the submission. (5) The selection process to date has focused on meeting the gaps in knowledge of engineering options such as deep drainage. Given the uncertainties in deep drainage and the downstream impacts, there has not been any bias against deep drainage. Indeed, it would seem that there has been a concentration on the process.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Minister for Local Government and Regional Development, the answer is as follows - (1) The State Government has allocated the $2 million to finance the engineering evaluation initiative projects. (2) A total of 61 proposals were submitted and it is likely that approximately 10 will be funded at a total cost of $2 million. (3) The decision on which proposals will be funded is currently being finalised in partnership with the regional natural resource management groups and the Commonwealth Government as part of the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality. The decision-making process has been devolved to the regional NRM groups and the Commonwealth at the insistence of the Commonwealth Government, as it is a condition of the operation of the national action plan. An announcement on the successful projects will be made as soon as all relevant parties have received the approval. I understand the approvals are quite advanced. (4) Of the proposals received, nearly half included deep drainage as part of the submission. (5) The selection process to date has focused on meeting the gaps in knowledge of engineering options such as deep drainage. Given the uncertainties in deep drainage and the downstream impacts, there has not been any bias against deep drainage. Indeed, it would seem that there has been a concentration on the process.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Minister for Local Government and Regional Development, the answer is as follows - (1) The State Government has allocated the $2 million to finance the engineering evaluation initiative projects. (2) A total of 61 proposals were submitted and it is likely that approximately 10 will be funded at a total cost of $2 million. (3) The decision on which proposals will be funded is currently being finalised in partnership with the regional natural resource management groups and the Commonwealth Government as part of the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality. The decision-making process has been devolved to the regional NRM groups and the Commonwealth at the insistence of the Commonwealth Government, as it is a condition of the operation of the national action plan. An announcement on the successful projects will be made as soon as all relevant parties have received the approval. I understand the approvals are quite advanced. (4) Of the proposals received, nearly half included deep drainage as part of the submission. (5) The selection process to date has focused on meeting the gaps in knowledge of engineering options such as deep drainage. Given the uncertainties in deep drainage and the downstream impacts, there has not been any bias against deep drainage. Indeed, it would seem that there has been a concentration on the process.
On behalf of the Minister for Local Government and Regional Development, the answer is as follows - (1) The State Government has allocated the $2 million to finance the engineering evaluation initiative projects. (2) A total of 61 proposals were submitted and it is likely that approximately 10 will be funded at a total cost of $2 million. (3) The decision on which proposals will be funded is currently being finalised in partnership with the regional natural resource management groups and the Commonwealth Government as part of the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality. The decision-making process has been devolved to the regional NRM groups and the Commonwealth at the insistence of the Commonwealth Government, as it is a condition of the operation of the national action plan. An announcement on the successful projects will be made as soon as all relevant parties have received the approval. I understand the approvals are quite advanced. (4) Of the proposals received, nearly half included deep drainage as part of the submission. (5) The selection process to date has focused on meeting the gaps in knowledge of engineering options such as deep drainage. Given the uncertainties in deep drainage and the downstream impacts, there has not been any bias against deep drainage. Indeed, it would seem that there has been a concentration on the process.
(1) The State Government has allocated the $2 million to finance the engineering evaluation initiative projects. (2) A total of 61 proposals were submitted and it is likely that approximately 10 will be funded at a total cost of $2 million. (3) The decision on which proposals will be funded is currently being finalised in partnership with the regional natural resource management groups and the Commonwealth Government as part of the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality. The decision-making process has been devolved to the regional NRM groups and the Commonwealth at the insistence of the Commonwealth Government, as it is a condition of the operation of the national action plan. An announcement on the successful projects will be made as soon as all relevant parties have received the approval. I understand the approvals are quite advanced. (4) Of the proposals received, nearly half included deep drainage as part of the submission. (5) The selection process to date has focused on meeting the gaps in knowledge of engineering options such as deep drainage. Given the uncertainties in deep drainage and the downstream impacts, there has not been any bias against deep drainage. Indeed, it would seem that there has been a concentration on the process.
(2) A total of 61 proposals were submitted and it is likely that approximately 10 will be funded at a total cost of $2 million. (3) The decision on which proposals will be funded is currently being finalised in partnership with the regional natural resource management groups and the Commonwealth Government as part of the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality. The decision-making process has been devolved to the regional NRM groups and the Commonwealth at the insistence of the Commonwealth Government, as it is a condition of the operation of the national action plan. An announcement on the successful projects will be made as soon as all relevant parties have received the approval. I understand the approvals are quite advanced. (4) Of the proposals received, nearly half included deep drainage as part of the submission. (5) The selection process to date has focused on meeting the gaps in knowledge of engineering options such as deep drainage. Given the uncertainties in deep drainage and the downstream impacts, there has not been any bias against deep drainage. Indeed, it would seem that there has been a concentration on the process.
(3) The decision on which proposals will be funded is currently being finalised in partnership with the regional natural resource management groups and the Commonwealth Government as part of the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality. The decision-making process has been devolved to the regional NRM groups and the Commonwealth at the insistence of the Commonwealth Government, as it is a condition of the operation of the national action plan. An announcement on the successful projects will be made as soon as all relevant parties have received the approval. I understand the approvals are quite advanced. (4) Of the proposals received, nearly half included deep drainage as part of the submission. (5) The selection process to date has focused on meeting the gaps in knowledge of engineering options such as deep drainage. Given the uncertainties in deep drainage and the downstream impacts, there has not been any bias against deep drainage. Indeed, it would seem that there has been a concentration on the process.
(4) Of the proposals received, nearly half included deep drainage as part of the submission. (5) The selection process to date has focused on meeting the gaps in knowledge of engineering options such as deep drainage. Given the uncertainties in deep drainage and the downstream impacts, there has not been any bias against deep drainage. Indeed, it would seem that there has been a concentration on the process.
(5) The selection process to date has focused on meeting the gaps in knowledge of engineering options such as deep drainage. Given the uncertainties in deep drainage and the downstream impacts, there has not been any bias against deep drainage. Indeed, it would seem that there has been a concentration on the process.
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