The principal Act implements the Murray-Darling Agreement of 1992 (“Principal Agreement”) concluded between the Commonwealth and the States of New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria and, at a later acceded to by Queensland. The Commonwealth, New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria wish to amend certain provisions of the Principal Agreement which do not apply to Queensland; and add a further Schedule G to the Principal Agreement, which will not apply to Queensland, to make new arrangements for sharing water made available in the River Murray catchment above Hume Dam by the Snowy Scheme (Schedule G of the Agreement).
أستراليا · 2003-06-26