A regime for the calculation and implementation of exit, access and termination fees charged by irrigation water delivery businesses in the southern Murray–Darling Basin

On 21 June 2006 the Australian Government requested that the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) develop a consistent inter-jurisdictional framework for the use of exit and access fees charged by operators of irrigation water delivery networks (infrastructure operators) to assist the New South Wales, Victorian and South Australian governments meet their obligations under the National Water Initiative.