This Month
Perichs’ dairy giant hands on Vic farm to Qld egg producer
In a deal worth close to $55m, one of the country’s biggest dairying businesses has sold a Victorian farm to one of Australia’s major egg producers.
August 2024
Federal buybacks in Murray-Darling Basin to stem fall in water prices
The Commonwealth’s plan to buy back 70 gigalitres of water entitlements in the southern Murray-Darling Basin has already lifted water prices in some markets.
August 2023
El Niño fears lift water prices, but asset values falling
Farmer concerns about a prolonged El Niño dry period have lifted water allocation prices from near zero to more than $75 a megalitre, according to Aither.
April 2023
Forrest loses court appeal over sacred Aboriginal river
Billionaire Andrew Forrest is weighing up his options after a WA court rejected an appeal by his cattle company to build weirs for irrigation on the Ashburton river.
March 2023
NSW farmers spend $25m at sold-out water auction
The sell-out of six Namoi River water licences to farmers from Wee Waa and Walgett follows the Bureau of Meteorology forecasting drier conditions ahead.
August 2022
Months of heavy rain a welcome boost for farmers
Improving supply and reduced irrigation demand were a double whammy that sent allocation prices in the Murray-Darling Basin tumbling last year.
August 2020
Luke Simpkins resigns irrigation role
Former Cowan MP Luke Simpkins has quietly and somewhat abruptly resigned his position as CEO of the NSW Irrigators' Council.
February 2020
Cubbie Station waiting to soak up Qld flood waters
The much-maligned cotton farm will be able to plant a crop next spring, after not having a harvest for the past two seasons because of drought.
December 2019
Thomas Foods buys 2762-hectare Cooma Park property
Water entitlements of SA farm show underground water resources are attracting buyers.
April 2019
The decade of waste leading to Watergate
John Howard promised to end the influence of self-interested states in taking over the Murray Darling but more than a decade later the river is worse off.
Murray-Darling in worse condition despite $8.5b spend
Angus Taylor and Watergate have captured the headlines but a larger scandal is the billions wasted on water projects as the health of the river system worsens.