Melinda Pavey
Opinion
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How MPs give themselves a lift
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‘Refuelled:’ Grassroots campaign mobilises for teal push at NSW election
The army of volunteers that dispatched North Sydney Independent Kylea Tink to Canberra wants to oust Planning Minister Anthony Roberts at the next state election.
- by Lucy Cormack
Melinda Pavey joins growing list of government MPs quitting
The state’s longest serving Nationals MP Melinda Pavey has added her name to the growing list of government members bowing out of politics after the March election, culminating two decades in parliament.
- by Lucy Cormack
Paul Toole tipped to succeed John Barilaro as NSW Nationals leader
Regional Roads Minister Paul Toole is firming as favourite to replace Barilaro as NSW Nationals leader at a party room ballot on Wednesday.
- by Tom Rabe
Sydney’s new water strategy explores use of recycled sewage - again
Sydneysiders will be urged to consider using purified sewage for drinking water to help diversify supplies as the population grows and rainfall patterns shift under climate change.
- by Peter Hannam
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Murray-Darling Basin
NSW sought to beat Basin Plan water limits
The NSW government has sought to increase the amount of water permitted to be extracted from the Murray-Darling Basin, emails reveal.
- by Peter Hannam
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Indigenous
Water talks latest in Aboriginal consultation bungles by NSW government
New emails reveal a major reason why a water resource plan for a NSW river wasn’t accredited was because of inadequate consultation with Aboriginal people.
- by Cameron Gooley
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Water
‘Fish don’t respect borders’: Move to bolster Menindee Lakes reserves
The Berejiklian government has told other states it wants the operating rules of one of the Murray-Darling Basin’s biggest lake systems changed to cut the risks of mass fish kills on the Darling River.
- by Peter Hannam
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Water
One-tenth of groundwater users in breach of licences, investigation finds
About one in 10 groundwater users are non-compliant, with one operator extracting the equivalent of 1200 Olympic swimming pools of water more than the licence allowed for, a pilot probe of NSW bores has found.
- by Peter Hannam
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Water
Biggest NSW irrigators breaking the rules on water take
Nearly half of the state’s biggest irrigators have made no effort to install meters contrary to new laws designed to prevent water theft, an audit has found.
- by Harriet Alexander
‘Irrigation hunger games’: Battle over Australia’s food bowl soon to heat up
In the heartland of the Riverina, where farmers famously burned copies of the government plan to cut their water allocations a decade ago, scepticism is mounting that the $13 billion effort has been worth it as the clock ticks down towards a major review.
- by Peter Hannam
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