Rob Sitch linked to water speculator
Filmmaker Rob Sitch has been linked to a Murray Darling Basin water market speculator, which has struck a multimillion-dollar deal selling irrigation entitlements to the Federal Government.
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Wrong river: Plibersek’s Murray Darling Basin mistakes
The Albanese Government has used images of rivers in tropical Queensland and coastal NSW to promote its Murray Darling Basin plan efforts.
Floodplain harvesting threat
A NSW Government appointed expert panel wants to impose hefty restrictions on northern Basin irrigators’ floodplain harvesting.
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.
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Farmer anger over water stored ahead of floods
Questions are being raised about why so much water was left in Murray Basin storages as a wet winter approached.
Basin target: Man-made flood plan
A man-made flood every five years, similar to what we are experiencing now, is “madness” says the Victorian Farmers Federation.
Melbourne Water’s river gauges fail
More than 200 river gauges across Melbourne’s catchments stopped automatically reporting this morning, but most are now back online.
Murray-Darling trade clean-up
New market reforms will force water brokers to comply with a new mandatory code of conduct.
‘Accelerate’ Murray Darling Basin buyout
Federal Water Minister Tanya Plibersek’s bureaucrats want her to strip away irrigation community protections, to “accelerate” water recovery.
Plibersek: Narrow report lacks benefits of water recovery
Water Minister Tanya Plibersek has responded to a recent Victorian report on the negative impacts of federal MDB buyouts.
A rising Murray causes growing problems for landholders
Landholders along the Murray River are sending stock for agistment as upstream floodwater from a full Dartmouth and Hume dam start to flood river flat grazing country.
Concerns over flood risk in the Murray
Landholders along the Murray River are being urged to check their property insurance policy with forecasts showing flood risk zones have changed.
Tourists flow into Dartmouth as dam starts to spill
After sitting at 99 per cent capacity for weeks, recent rain and melting snow have raised water levels to tipping point. Now, tourists have arrived to witness the rare event.
Floodplain harvesting rules blocked for fourth time
The NSW Upper House has voted to block floodplain harvesting regulators for a fourth time. See what it means for irrigators.
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