Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01281:clause:1ab_320
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01281
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1AB cl 320
Character Range: 877898–882011

320       Murray‑Darling Basin Economic Development Program                                                                                                    To provide funding to communities in the Murray‑Darling Basin to offset the detrimental economic effects on those communities associated with the following:
                                                                                                                                                               (a) measures to protect and restore environmental assets of the Murray‑Darling Basin;
                                                                                                                                                               (b) measures to assist in achieving the environmental outcomes of the Basin Plan 2012 relating to ecosystem function, biodiversity, water quality and salinity and water resource health;
                                                                                                                                                               (c) the recovery of environmental water from the Basin water resources, including through the purchase of water access entitlements to implement long‑term average sustainable diversion limits.
                                                                                                                                                               This objective also has the effect it would have if it were limited to providing funding for measures to give effect to Australia's obligations under one or more of the following:
                                                                                                                                                               (a) the Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of Japan for the Protection of Migratory Birds and Birds in Danger of Extinction and their Environment, particularly Articles III(1), IV(3), V and VI(a);
                                                                                                                                                               (b) the Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the People's Republic of China for the Protection of Migratory Birds and their Environment, particularly Articles III(3) and IV(a) and (b);
                                                                                                                                                               (c) the Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the Republic of Korea on the Protection of Migratory Birds, particularly Articles 3(3), 4 and 5(a);
                                                                                                                                                               (d) the Convention on Biological Diversity, particularly Articles 6(b) and 8(a), (b), (d) and (f);
                                                                                                                                                               (e) the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, particularly Article III;
                                                                                                                                                               (f) the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat, particularly Articles 3(1) and 4;
                                                                                                                                                               (g) the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa, particularly Articles 4(2) and 5;
                                                                                                                                                               (h) the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, particularly Articles 4(1)(d), (e) and (f).