]]> First Peoples' Water Engagement Council - Partners - National Water Commission ]]> see details...]]> Atlas of Living Australia]]> see details...]]> Atlas of Living Australia]]> Library Council of NSW 2011–12 Annual Report - Collection additions (see Talking Fish)]]> State Library of New South Wales]]> ATSIDA]]> see details...]]> Atlas of Living Australia]]> By contrast, ATSI peoples do not see water and land as separate; for example, the ocean is regarded as a part of country or ‘sea-country’. Water is particularly significant to Aboriginal cultural identity, for example, people are characterized as 'saltwater-people', 'fresh-water people' or 'bitter-water people'.

Marshall surveys a wide range of policy documents and legal instruments and finds little to prevent the 'unfettered discretion' of bureaucracy or to support the water rights of Indigenous Peoples conferred in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (Articles 25 and 26).

She also notes the absence of a water ethics discourse or social and environmental risk management framework (such as the Equator Principles) to address responsibility for risks such as water systems contamination, rates of water extraction or intergenerational social responsibilities. She makes several recommendations to address the situation.

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