6 October 2023
The Independent Review Panel’s findings and recommendations
The Independent Review Panel appointed to conduct a review into the Maribyrnong River flood event on 14 October 2022 has handed down its report.
The review, led by former Federal and Victorian Supreme Court Judge the Honourable Tony Pagone AM KC examined the causes and contributors to the flood event in the urban catchment. We thank Justice Pagone and his Panel for their commitment during this process.
The Panel considered all 63 submissions made to the review and held public consultations in July this year where they heard from interested parties and members of the community detailing their experiences of the floods. Melbourne Water also attended and participated in the consultations.
We would like to acknowledge and thank the community, key stakeholders and agencies who contributed to the Panel’s work.
Report documents
The Independent Panel's Report and Melbourne Water’s responses are in the below documents. If you require these documents in an alternate format, or would like a hard copy posted to you, please contact us at [email protected] or on 131 722.
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Independent Panel's ReportPDF (6.67 MB)This document is the Independent Panel's Report responding to the Terms of Reference about the review of the Maribyrnong River Flood that occurred on 14 October 2022, including its 15 recommendations.
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Addendum to Independent Panel’s ReportPDF (946.73 KB)
The Panel issued this addendum to its report in response to Melbourne Water’s questions of clarification
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Panel Report AttachmentsMS Word (22.12 KB)This document was produced by Melbourne Water and provides a table listing the attachments to the Panel's report and links to where these can be found. Melbourne Water is consulting with the Panel on the release of some of the attachments.
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Panel Report - Attachment EPDF (119.95 KB)
This document is a proforma letter which was sent by the Panel to submitters inviting them to participate in public consultations.
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Panel Report - Attachment LPDF (6.45 MB)
This document is the transcript of the Panel's Public Consultation Sessions
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Melbourne Water's Response to the Panel's ReportMS Word (2.40 MB)
This document contains Melbourne Water's response to each of the Independent Panel's 15 recommendations
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Melbourne Water's Questions to the PanelMS Word (2.40 MB)
In accordance with the Terms of Reference, Melbourne Water had an opportunity to ask the Independent Panel questions of clarification. This documents outlines the questions Melbourne Water submitted to the Panel.
What's next
Melbourne Water will continue to work with the Panel to close out our questions of clarification. Melbourne Water will provide 6 and 12 month progress updates on implementation of the Panel’s recommendations via YourSay so please follow this page to receive those updates.
Related information
Maribyrnong river Flood Review project page on melbournewater.com.au
