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Select Harvests, Robinvale, almond orchard. Source: PETER HEMPHILL

Irrigators running on empty

Some fruit and nut growers hold zero water entitlements yet use over 10,000 megalitres annually, as regulator warns against theft this this summer.

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2KA4CMD Beautiful sunset at Hattah Kulkyne National Park, Victoria, Australia Photo - Alamy Escape 24 Nov 2024

Basin 450GL water recovery cost blows out to $2.8bn

The Albanese government’s plan to recover 450GL to boost the Murray Darling Basin’s environmental flows faces a $1.3 billion blowout.

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Seven-year battle over water fees heads to VCAT

Northern Victorian stock and domestic water users are taking their battle over “unjustified” GMW diversion fees to VCAT, claiming they’re paying hundreds for services they never receive.

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - Advertiser Photos JANUARY 3, 2023: Federal Minister for Emergency Management Murray Watt speaks to Media at a Press Conference announcing additional Federal financial Murray River flood assistance with Premier Peter Malinauskas, SES Chief Chris Beattie and Emergency Services Minister Joe Szakacs in attendance at the State Administration Centre, SA. Picture Emma Brasier

‘A slap in the face’: Govt revealed new Basin buyback plan

In a dramatic expansion of Murray Darling water recovery, Minister Murray Watt has revealed plans to acquire 400GL by next year – twice the current target.

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Large dams and levies from the turn of the century, capturing and diverting water from the Warrego river, onto surrounding flood plains at Toorale Station on the Warrego river , about 70km west out of Bourke, Western NSW.

Revealed: Why NRAR avoided fining NSW government

Concerns about “public perception” have been flagged as to why the NSW water watchdog avoided fining the state government over water measurement breaches at Toorale National Park.

Cane crops being irrigated at Teddington near Maryborough.

NSW water prices hit new highs as irrigators face tough decisions

Temporary water prices have doubled to $320 per megalitre in southern Australia, with some irrigators reconsidering summer crop plantings amid low dam levels.

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Water buybacks soar

The federal government has spent $606m buying Murray Darling Basin water rights since May, paying investors and irrigators 20 per cent above market rates.

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Rob Sitch as Tony in Utopia supplied for Review

Comedian linked to water sale

A quarter-stake in a trust has linked comedian Rob Sitch to a $117.6 million water trade, but he insists he won’t benefit.

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North Americans dominate foreign ownership of Aussie water rights

Overseas ownership of Australian water entitlements has risen to nearly 5000 gigalitres, with Canadian and United States investors leading the way. See all the details.

BREWARRINA, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 16: A boy is seen under the flow of water as it hits the Brewarrina Weir on February 16, 2020 in Brewarrina, Australia. The Brewarrina Weir in Northern New South Wales overflowed on the weekend for the first time in years, as rain water from upstream flowed into the once dry river beds. The influx of water at the weir has also brought back to life the heritage listed Aboriginal fish traps, also known as Baiame's Ngunnhu. Recent rains and thunderstorms across Eastern Australia have seen a number of rivers feeding the Murray-Darling basin begin to flow. Pumping embargoes for the Barwon-Darling river system which prevent irrigators from extracting water from the river are currently in place, however there are fears that recent rainfalls may cause the NSW Government to lift the ban. (Photo by Jenny Evans/Getty Images)

NSW Aboriginal groups to gain free water

NSW Aboriginal corporations have been offered 26,000 megalitres of free water to use or sell across 235 catchments and groundwater systems.

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Aerial view of the Murray Darling basin, taken near Finley, NSW during a flyover by Coalition Senators.

NSW tops Murray Darling Basin investigations

NSW accounts for more than 70 per cent of Murray Darling Basin water compliance investigations, as the state government aims to complete delayed resource plans.

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An aerial view of a portion in New South Wales of the MurrayÃ¢â¬âDarling basin, a large geographical area in the interior of southeastern Australia. Its name is derived from its two major rivers, the Murray River and the Darling River, which bring water from the high ranges of the east and carry it west then south through long flat and dry inlands. The basin, which drains around one-seventh of the Australian land mass, is one of the most significant agricultural areas in Australia. Most of the 1,061,469 km2 basin is flat, low-lying and far inland, and receives little direct rainfall. The many rivers it contains tend to be long and slow-flowing.

Basin water-licence holders suffering ‘consultation fatigue’

Water licence holders across the Murray-Darling Basin are increasingly disengaging from consultations, a new report has found.

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The Apelt family from Collingwood Pastoral Company near Tara in Queensland, run cattle, produce silage and summer and winter crops.

Murray-Darling farmers facing sharp cuts to water allocations

Farmers in the Murray and Murrumbidgee regions are staring down record-low water allocations for the season ahead putting summer crops at risk.

Peanut Company of Australia, Kingaroy Peanut Silos

Bega sells water rights as it prepares to shut down peanut processing facilities

The countdown to closure begins as Bega’s Queensland peanut empire starts selling off its most valuable asset – water rights worth 1600 megalitres.

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