Monitoring compliance with those rules under the Water Act
Providing advice to the minister (currently the Hon, Mr Tony Burke MP, the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities) as well as the Murray-Darling Basin Authority,
Enforcing fair trading legislation, applicable to all businesess including those trading water.
Under the Water Act, the ACCC's role does not relate to:
Information and guides to assist irrigators understand the process of transforming, terminating and selling water entitlements. Additionally guides for irrigators explain their rights under the Competition and Consumer Act when using a water broker or exchange.
How to make a complaint to the ACCC, the ACCC's enforcement strategy for the water market and water charge rules and details of the enforcement actions taken by the ACCC in relation to breaches of these rules
Level 35, The Tower
360 Elizabeth Street
Melbourne Central
Melbourne VIC 3000
Postal address
GPO Box 520
Melbourne VIC 3001
Phone and fax
Ph: (03) 9290 1800
Fax: (03) 9290 3699
If you would like to be placed on the distribution list to receive updates on developments in this area, please send your email contact details to: water@accc.gov.au
