On 14 December 2023, the Queensland Government directed us to conduct a price monitoring investigation of GAWB’s bulk water supply activities from 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2030 (the price monitoring period). On 23 May 2024, the direction was amended to exclude the consideration of the Fitzroy to Gladstone pipeline from our investigation.
In May 2025, we published our final report that set out our findings on GAWB’s appropriate prices for its bulk water services and explained how we arrived at them. Our next task will be to provide a mid-term report by 31 October 2028.
On 16 June 2025, the Queensland Government directed us to conduct a price monitoring investigation of GAWB’s bulk water supply activities relating to water security assets (including the Fitzroy to Gladstone pipeline) from 1 July 2026 to 30 June 2030.
The key steps in our water security assets price monitoring investigation are outlined below.
Step
Date
GAWB’s submission due
26 August 2025
Submissions from stakeholders due
20 October 2025
Draft report to be provided to government
19 December 2025
Draft report to be published
December 2025
Submissions on the draft report due
By 16 February 2026
Final report to be provided to government
By 24 April 2026
Final report published
Early May 2026
Mid-term report
By 31 October 2028
We have published our notice of investigation and an information notice to provide information to interested parties. We encourage interested parties to subscribe for email updates on this project here.