Irrigation towns at tipping point
Critical agricultural industries along the Murray Darling Basin are at risk of being wiped out from federal water buyouts, leading irrigators have warned.
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Irrigators fire up to protest Basin buybacks
Backed by Australia’s major dairy processors, a lone farmer has launched a campaign warning against a federal bid for water buybacks. See the details.
Mallee CMA salinity charges push reserves to $36m
Victoria’s richest catchment management authority is sitting on millions of salinity offset funding, despite keeping salt levels below target for the past 15 years.
Water buyout impacts ‘over-inflated’
The impact of water buyouts on communities is “over-inflated” and not supported by “high-quality evidence”, a Senate committee has said. See the details.
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Revealed: Why the Lower Darling flood has been held back
Farmers in Far West NSW say a “bizarre” decision by WaterNSW will threaten livelihoods and the environment.
Water prices to spike if Labor win
Water entitlement prices will surge if the ALP is victorious on Saturday, after a new MDB promise from Anthony Albanese’s camp.
‘Mammoth flood’ fears for Murray River
Murray River farmer Richard Sargood is voicing his fear of being beneath a close-to-capacity Hume Dam after the MDBA began increasing releases from storage.
Melbourne’s GMW water windfall
In 2008 Melbourne’s three water retailers paid $300m for Goulburn Murray water savings worth at least $750m today.
Labor silent on MD basin buyouts
Anthony Albanese refuses to rule out buying irrigators water – “we’re not ruling out any tools to uphold the Murray Darling Basin Plan”.
MDB’s worrying water wastage
Failures at government level have allowed the Murray Darling Basin Plan to fall short on its recovery targets, potentially impacting basin communities.
Flawed program: Farmers flooding fears raised
Murray River farmers voiced their fears at a meeting last night over the NSW Government’s revised attempt to increase environmental flows.
Canada and China top foreign owners of Aussie assets
Foreign land ownership in Australia has dipped slightly while overseas demand for our water has increased, latest figures show.
States back water broker code
A mandatory code would force water brokers to disclose when they are charging multiple fees or commissions on a single trade.
‘We need to do better’: Gippsland Lakes
MP Darren Chester has called for more to be done to protect East Gippsland’s waterways, following concerns about odour and fish deaths.
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