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About: Living Research Books are some of UniSA’s most interesting and influential researchers. ‘Borrow’ a researcher for a 45 minute individual appointment to chat about honours and postgraduate research at UniSA. This is an opportunity for you to spend time with a researcher and ask any questions – from what it is like to be a researcher, to what has been their best research experience, and any career tips.
Where: City West Campus, library
When: Tue.6th – Fri. 9th October 2009
Prof Jennifer McKay's presentation - Making a big splash in water policy research Tuesday 6th October 2009
To Book: Living Research Books Program

Where: Bradley Forum, The Hawke Centre, University of SA Campus, North Terrace, Adelaide
When: Thur. 24th September - Sat. 26th September
Presentation: Water Law and Our Nation (PDF 2542.14KB)

The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)
Signature Lecture: Developing Sustainable Water Laws, Policies and Institutions - Australian Perspective on the Processes
Presenter: Professor Jennifer McKay
About: In this lecture, Fulbright Scholar Dr. Jennifer McKay will classify the development of water laws into five phases. Additionally, she will discuss recent key policy decisions and laws such as the cap on Murray-Darling basin extractions, water planning processes and the National Water Initiative (NWI).
Where: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Presentation Material: Lecture video, lecture images

People won’t swallow sewerage Industry and agriculture should be encouraged to use recycled sewerage water before households are forced to use it, a World Vision conference in Adelaide will hear tonight. With domestic water only accounting for about 5 per cent of all consumption, and agriculture and industry – the main contributors to water scarcity - using the majority, policy makers should get smarter about water use, World Vision’s International Water Forum will be told. “Policy makers would be better off finding ways to get Australians to use recycled sewerage water in other ways like on their veggie garden, cars and in the laundry.

Or better still tackling agriculture and industry, which account for x per cent of water consumption,” presenter Professor Jennifer McKay, from the University of South Australia, will explain. “People will not easily buy the idea of recycled sewerage water for drinking,” says Professor McKay, who has studied water policy in Australia and overseas for 20years.But while Australians stall on the uses of recycled sewerage water, much of the developing world remains deprived of this precious commodity, the conference will hear. “A sixth of the population, mostly throughout Asia don’t have safe drinking water.

And 1.8 million people die annually from water-bourne diseases,” says Water aid Australia’s Peter Dwan. “As a rich country, with good sanitation, we should be leading the way on recycling and helping other countries achieve their basic human right to clean drinking water. ”Oxfam’s Jonathan Cornford will also be talking at the International Water Forum: defending ecosystems and resurrecting community rights.

The International Water Forum will be held at the Adelaide Town Hall on Tuesday 1 August, 5.30pm.
It is a free event presented in conjunction with AusAID and supported by the Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre and the University of South Australia.

Bookings can be made via the Hawke Centre:
www.hawkecentre.unisa.edu.au or by calling 08 8302 0215.
A forum for students will be held before the event at 4-5pm.

Paper: Full Text ENGLISH (PDF 513kb); Full Text ARABIC (PDF 633kb)

Standards in International Water Law: Relevance to Australia
Please see flyer (PDF 456kb) for more information
Media Release (PDF 31kb)

Presented by Sara Hughes, University of California, Santa Barbara, Bren School of Environmental Science and Management and Fulbright Scholar, Centre for Comparative Water Policies and Law, School of Commerce

For further information, please visit our website.
Date: Thursday, 31 May 2007
Venue: GK5-15, City West campus
Start Time: 3:30 PM
Finish Time: 5:00 PM
Other Information: No RSVP required. Tea, coffee and biscuits will be provided.

Conference: The first conference on Iraqi vision to water issues, the road to 2050: Iraqi Waters Amman, Jordan 15th to 17th May 04-28 UNDP/ESCWA and UNESCO
Presenter: Professor Jennifer McKay, School of Commerce, University of South Australia
Paper: Full Text ENGLISH; Full Text ARABIC

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In July 2007, ICE WaRM was pleased to host Professor Joseph Dellapenna from Villanova University, Pennsylvannia, who is widely regarded in the legal academy as a leading national (US) and international expert on water law. He visited Adelaide to work with the Centre for Comparative Water Policies and Laws at the University of South Australia.

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