This publication will help brokers and exchanges understand their fair trading obligations under the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (the CCA) when dealing with irrigators.
This overview sets out the things you should think about when you are looking for a water exchange or water broker and the fair trading laws that protect you when you use their services.
This report examines water market intermediary industry practices and developments as well as stakeholder concerns about water market intermediaries.
The ACCC commissioned the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE) to survey irrigators about their use, and experiences with, water market intermediaries to inform the development of the report.
The Water Act 2007 provides for the Minister for Climate Change, Energy Efficiency and Water to make rules regulating certain types of water charges in the Murray-Darling Basin.
Section 10 of the Water Act 2007 sets out the basis for dealing with the trading and transfer of, and the market for, tradeable water rights in relation to the resources of the Murray-Darling Basin.
