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CANBERRA, Australia, NewsWire Photos. June 6, 2024: Minister for the Environment and Water Tanya Plibersek during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Labor announces $300m Basin support package

The Albanese Government has committed $300m in support for Murray Darling Basin communities to offset water recovery impacts, but whether the amount is adequate or not remains a concern.

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It took Federal Water Minister Tanya Plibersek's water bureaucrats four months before finally admitting this bleak image in their $12 million Murray Darling Basin advertising campaign was a fake.

‘Exaggerated’: Gov admits it used fake images in water campaign

It took Tanya Plibersek’s water bureaucrats four months before finally admitting a bleak image in their $12 million Murray Darling Basin advertising campaign was a fake.

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HUME DAMHume dam near AlburyPICTURED: Hume dam PICTURE: ZOE PHILLIPS

Hume Dam down to 62 per cent

Hume Dam is sitting at its lowest level for years as a lack of rain in its catchment areas fails to top up supplies and irrigation demand remains strong.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - MAY 14: Deputy Leader of the Labor Party Tanya Plibersek arrives at Parliament House on May 14, 2024 in Canberra, Australia. Australia's Labor government is grappling with a slowing economy, weaker commodity prices, soaring housing costs and a softening labor market as it prepares to unveil its federal budget on May 14. To counter these headwinds, the budget is expected to feature smaller revenue upgrades compared to recent years, while outlining the government's interventionist policies aimed at boosting domestic manufacturing and the transition to green energy. Critics warn that such industrial policies risk fueling inflation and diverting resources from more productive sectors of the economy. The budget is seen as a key opportunity for the Labor government to deliver broad economic support that analysts say is fundamental to re-election chances next year. (Photo by Tracey Nearmy/Getty Images)

Buried budget table reveals 100GL basin buyout

Federal Water Minister Tanya Plibersek intends to spend $613.4m in 2024-25 to strip 100 gigalitres out of irrigation communities.

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Aquna Murray Cod Chairman Ross Anderson, pictured in Sydney today is in the running to win the Business of the Year award from the NSW Business Chamber. The business is based in Griffith and boasts Chef Heston Blumenthal as an investor. Picture: David Swift.

Cod company eyes off Victorian expansion

A Murray cod producer has its sights set on Victoria after huge growth took the company from five to 80 employees.

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DAILY TELEGRAPH AUGUST 8, 2022. EMBARGOED FOR BUSH SUMMIT AUGUST 26TH 2022. PLEASE CONTACT PIC EDITOR NICOLA AMOROS BEFORE PUBLISHING.Where the Darling River (left) and Murray River meet at the town of Wentworth n the far south west of NSW. Picture: Jonathan Ng

Irrigators facing millions in fines for water offences

Five irrigators are facing massive penalties for water offences, with one former vineyard operator alone facing $4.4 million in fines.

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Arthur Rylah fisheries researchers on the Mullaroo Ck, near Lindsay Island.

Water blowout: $100m spent on consultation, bureaucrats

Money is flowing into consultants’ pockets rather than watering wetlands and removing constraints on Murray River flows.

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BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - DECEMBER 8, 2022.Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek speaks at a press conference at QUT in Brisbane. Ms Plibersek has unveiled the government's overhaul of the environment protection act. Picture: Dan Peled

Plibersek fails on water promise

A promise to consult Murray Darling Basin communities by the end of 2022 on buying more irrigators’ water has been broken.

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Banks of the Murray River where the water level is already near the top of the bank.Photo: DANNIKA BONSER

Murray River politics choking irrigators $230m per year

The Barmah choke has been narrowing for 40 years, but state and federal politicians’ failure to take action will cost irrigators dearly.

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Riverland flooding - At Renmark, the Murray River is becoming increasingly swollen. The well-trodden footpath along the river front near the Renmark Club, is now under water. 7 December 2022. Picture Dean Martin

NSW Labor cracks on basin buybacks

A Labor win at the NSW state election is set to open up water markets to federal water buybacks — as a “last resort”.

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Photos of floodwaters in Loxton - Photos by Murray River Pix (MUST CREDIT)

Canberra preparing to enter water market

Canberra’s bureaucrats are rushing to buy water in the New Year, stripping Murray Darling Basin communities of their most precious resource.

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Murray River flood waters cover Lock 2 at Taylorville, NOVEMBER 26, 2022: Picture: Brenton Edwards

Basin irrigators primed for 2023-24

Murray Darling Basin irrigators have used almost no water this season, leaving storages primed to deliver high 2023-24 allocations.

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05/11/ 2022: Hume Dam spilling with 12 gates open. Picture: Simon Dallinger

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.

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A burst levee in Kerang put telecommunication infrastructure under water. Photo: Supplied

‘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.

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