Native fish funding pool runs dry
Funding for Murray Darling Basin native fish recovery has dried up, as federal and state governments bicker over cost sharing.
Water
Plibersek backs down
Federal Water Minister Tanya Plibersek has abandoned withholding funding to strongarm Victoria into backing buying 450GL of irrigator’s water.
Government ‘hell bent’ on 450GL buybacks
As the Murray Darling Basin Plan goes ahead, there are concerns the government is not focused on the “collateral damage” of the buybacks.
Darling River inflows cut
The Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder has diverted water destined for the Darling River onto a man-made floodplain.
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Canberra preparing to enter water market
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Basin irrigators primed for 2023-24
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Brokers call for irrigators to sell to federal government
Waterfind has called on irrigators to lodge the volume and price of water they are willing to sell to the federal government.
‘Frustrating’: Levees not repaired until an emergency
Emergency services in the Lower Murray have been left scrambling to patch gaps in flood levees that have not been maintained since 2016.
Hume Dam releases increase twice with big rain coming
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$31.8m for water market reform
Australia’s competition watchdog will spend $12m regulating brokers trading $1.8 billion in Murray Darling Basin water each year.
The federal government may target NSW to buy water for the environment, but Victorian and NSW irrigators say everyone will suffer.
Floodwater brings bacteria cocktail
Floodwater travelling through the Murray-Darling Basin is bringing with it a cocktail of potential health risks and slowing down water treatment.
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