Consultation: Fitzroy-Derby water resources management plan

The Department received over 50,000 submissions on the draft Fitzroy-Derby water plan from a range of stakeholders, including members of the public, government (local, state and federal), non-government organisations (such as academia or those representing Aboriginal people), and peak industry bodies. Most of the submissions stemmed from a public environmental campaign using template responses, largely submitted by members of the public. 

See below for more about submissions. For more about the draft plan, go to Fitzroy-Derby water planning.  

Where necessary, stakeholder submissions have been edited to remove identifying information about individuals and/or crude or abusive language. Some respondents requested to remain anonymous or to withhold their submission from being published. Submissions are otherwise being published in full. 

Submissions were received in three formats: online and emailed submissions (some with files attached) and; pro forma submissions. Please read the brief description under the headings below to find a submission of interest.

Online and emailed submissions and files

Submissions made online, through the Citizen Space consultation portal, and via email have been made available below, unless they were confidential. Files that were uploaded or attached to responses are also published below, with redactions as requested or appropriate. 

A majority of the submissions were received from individuals via public environmental campaigns. Summary documents will be published when we have analysed these.

Most public submissions were made via a Kimberley – Like nowhere else campaign. View the submission template and online information for this campaign.