Comments Submitted by Reb on Tue, 23/02/2010 - 10:33.
My parents want out. Lifting the cap and allowing them to sell their entitlements down river would help raise some much needed capital to do so.
There should be no limit on the amount of entitlements that can be sold back to the Commonwealth. Letting those who want to will ease pressure on others.
Submitted by Neil Byron on Wednesday 9/12/2009 00:41:22
"Using the buyback to address indirect objectives, such as achieving distributional goals, system rationalisation, and reducing the salinity impacts of water use is likely to compromise its effectiveness and efficiency. Other more direct instruments would generally achieve those objectives at lower cost".
We have received several submissions from participants who argued that the Australian Government should target the buyback to particular locations to address objectives that are not directly related to recovery of water for the environment. Such objectives include:
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