Country schools face enrolment slide
Timber and irrigation towns have seen their school numbers slashed after falling victim to inner city voters’ demands. See the changes in enrolment numbers at every country school in Australia.
Water
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.
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.
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Super funds wade into water
Australian super funds have been reluctant to buy the nation’s scarcest resource – water. But overseas investors see its value.
Landholder fined for stealing water from Murray River
A Wentworth landholder has been fined $2250 and ordered to pay for $50,000 worth of stolen water – the equivalent of 175 Olympic-sized swimming pools.
SES boat stolen as floodwaters approach Menindee
Community members in Menindee are “panicking” as the town prepares for its biggest floods since 2011.
Flood plain harvesting regulations imminent
The NSW Water Minister will announce new flood plain harvesting regulations on Friday, two days after a report into the practice urged caution.
Investors seek huge profits from MDB water market
An offshore fund is urging investors to pour millions into the Murray Darling Basin’s water markets, pushing entitlement prices up by 53 per cent.
Floodplain failure: Environmental group blocks MDB flows
Massive levees on an internationally-recognised environment group’s Riverina properties are blocking the Lachlan River’s flow. See the satellite images.
Murray water right price spikes
Murray River water entitlements prices have jumped 30 per cent in five weeks. See why.
Farm dams: How small changes can reduce carbon emissions
An untapped resource can reduce on-farm carbon emissions. See how you can make the changes.
New plantings spark water fears
New data shows one horticulture crop in the lower Murray has increased in size by 20 per cent in three years.
Farm dam limits in limbo
The Government is wrestling with how it will limit the impacts of Victoria’s 450,000 stock and domestic dams on downstream uses.
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