NSW irrigator hit with $300k fine
A NSW irrigation company has been fined a whopping $300,000 in court for illegally building dams.
Water
Duxton sells massive water portfolio in $120m-plus deal
Duxton Water have sold 30,614ML of water entitlements in a nine-figure deal with the the federal government. See the details.
Government launch 100GL water tender
Despite a looming federal election, the government has moved to strip another 100 gigalitres from Murray Darling Basin irrigators.
Channels declared as wetlands: Errors as NSW rushes water plan
The rush to rollout seven major water sharing plans is leading the NSW government to mistakenly identify wetlands on farms.
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Inside the struggle to pay soaring water bills
Rural and urban residents are battling to pay soaring water bills with water corporations now bleeding money, as funds dry up.
1000 irrigators offer to sell water
More than 1000 irrigators have offered to sell water to the Albanese government. But there are doubts on how much will be delivered.
Top Murray Darling water sellers
One NSW irrigator has sold $37 million worth of water to the federal government’s bridging-the-gap tender. See the top 20 water sellers.
Down, down, storages are down
Inflows into Hume Dam have been some of the lowest on record but up to 6000 megalitres is being released daily purely for the environment.
Victorian permanent water entitlements sold for millions
About 1040 megalitres in a Goulburn Valley permanent water entitlement have been sold for millions after initially being passed in at auction.
Compulsory flood easement buyouts flagged
NSW Water Minister Rose Jackson has flagged compulsory buyouts of flood easements over 4000 riverside properties.
Water register fails again
Goulburn Valley water could not be traded into the Murray after Victoria’s water register has collapsed, leaving irrigators and brokers frustrated.
Dam levels slip as lack of spring rain drains volumes
Low winter rainfall combined with environmental flows and irrigator demand are draining dam storages at an alarming rate.
Government criticised over water tender lock out
Irrigators must lodge expressions of interest to sell water to the Commonwealth by next month, or they will be locked out of next year’s tenders.
Murray River green tape tie-up
Water Minister Tanya Plibersek is rushing to declare the Lower Murray a “critically endangered” ecosystem, before the federal election.
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