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.
Water
Darling River inflows cut
The Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder has diverted water destined for the Darling River onto a man-made floodplain.
Government accused of inflating Coorong project costs
The South Australian Government has been accused of inflating the cost of a Coorong project, which could help offset buying more irrigators’ water.
Farmers challenge ABARES water trade call
ABARES says the CEWH could sell up to 25 per cent of its annual allocations each year without “significant market impacts”.
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Irrigators push back on compulsory acquisition
The Murray Darling Basin Plan cannot be delivered without reaching agreement on flooding 6000 riverside landholders’ properties.
Flooding fears with full dams
Saturated catchments and a LaNina event have landholders along the Murray worried about floods as Dartmouth Dam sits at 99 per cent.
Former commissioner warns of MDB’s ‘next catastrophe’
Former water commissioner Laurie Arthur is urging governments to find a solution to the next looming disaster to beset the Murray Darling Basin.
Regulator threatens criminal action
A NSW regulator has threatened to take criminal action on unmetered floodplain harvesting, despite contradictory legal advice.
Cubbie Station dam collapses, floods paddocks
A dam wall on Cubbie Station has collapsed, flooding adjoining paddocks holding hundreds of bales of recently harvested cotton.
SA to lose more water under Basin Plan
South Australian state and federal politicians may be demanding more water, but it comes at a high cost to the state’s irrigators.
Irrigators to lose funding
NSW’s Murray Irrigation Limited has announced it will cut funding to the Southern Riverina Irrigators advocacy group from next financial year.
Flooding fears as dams fill
Full dams and predicted rain this week are adding to worries for those downstream of Murray River water storages.
340GL basin shortfall warning
Federal and state water bureaucrats’ warning of a major Murray Darling Basin Plan shortfall is being ignored by their ministers.
How major dam storages are tracking year on year
Two major dams on the Murray River are nearly full and one is expected to spill by the end of next month. See our year on year comparison.
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