On 9 September 2022, we recommended to the then Minister for Lands and Water that the 2019-2023 Sydney Water operating licence, which was previously due to expire on 29 November 2023, should be extended until 30 June 2024. The Minister accepted our recommendation. The new 2019-2024 licence was granted in October 2023.
We have not published a report on our recommendations as we recommended no other material changes.
In June 2024, we completed our end-of-term review of the 2019-2024 licence. It has now been replaced by the 2024-2028 Sydney Water operating licence. We have provided further information on this review including all discussion papers, stakeholder submissions and our final report to the Minister for Water explaining our recommendations. The Governor approved the licence which took effect on 1 July 2024.