These hearings will be conducted virtually, and members of the public will be able to watch the live-stream on the NSW Parliament website.
At these hearings, the committee will receive evidence from a wide range of stakeholders, including: scientists; legal, water and fish experts; environmental groups; organisations representing farmers, irrigators and landowners; Indigenous representatives; local councils; the Natural Resources Access Regulator; and the NSW Government.
Select Committee on Floodplain Harvesting chair Cate Faehrmann said the hearings were a critical part of the inquiry's evidence-gathering process.
"The importance of this inquiry cannot be overstated,“ she said.
“The contentious debate surrounding floodplain harvesting has even reached the NSW upper house where several floodplain harvesting regulations have been disallowed in the past year.
“We have received almost 300 written submissions, along with invitations from people who were keen to show the committee the impact of floodplain harvesting on their lives.
“Unfortunately the committee was forced to abandon its travel plans due to COVID travel restrictions, but we are hoping to do this important issue justice by hearing from as wide a range of stakeholders from across the state as we can over these three virtual hearings."
More information, including the submissions, are available under the ‘committees’ tab at: www.parliament.nsw.gov.au