Plibersek to extend Murray Darling Basin Plan deadline
The deadline to deliver the Murray Darling Basin Plan will be extended, but a new date has not been set.
Water
What could happen if the Basin Plan deadline is extended?
Federal Water Minister Tanya Plibersek is weighing up an extension to the June 2024 Basin Plan deadline, risking Greens’ demands for a 450GL buyout.
Basin carp control plan still on drawing board
A study into using a virus to cut carp numbers in the Murray Darling Basin will not start for several years — if it gets approval at all.
Spring floods worsen the Barmah Choke
The 2022 floods drove a massive slug of sand even further into the Barmah Choke, slashing its capacity to meet irrigation demand.
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Irrigators surprised by Minister offloading water
The NSW Environment Minister has sold $441,000 of his excess Murray and Murrumbidgee environmental water in recent weeks.
Should floodplain harvesting be licensed?
Licensing floodplain harvesting is a contentious issue. Here Jim Cush argues the case for doing so while Chris Brooks opposes it.
Murray meter loophole allows water borrowing
Irrigators pumping from the Murray and other rivers in northern Victoria can take more water than they own, without detection.
Murray River choked by inaction
About 250,000 cubic metres of sand a year is being deposited in the Barmah choke, but no action is being taken to dredge it.
Enviro water holders block irrigators from share
Irrigators are being squeezed out, with environmental water holders hoarding two million megalitres in the southern Murray Darling Basin.
Why irrigator advocate belongs to anti-rice, cotton party
Phasing out water-intensive crops is among its policies, so irrigation advocate Chris Brooks joining raises eyebrows. He explains.
Back water-trade tracking, Dalton urged
It’s time to track water trades after NSW MP Helen Dalton sold water to a speculator she has criticised, the state’s water minister says.
We need fairer land, water investment rules
Urgent action is needed to ensure the competition for Australian land and water is played on a level field, writes Xavier Martin.
Irrigators call for water-speculator lobbyist to resign
Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists chairman Robert Purves’ position is being labelled “untenable” over his Duxton Water shares.
Campers’ threat to biosecurity ‘minimal’
A controversial plan to allow camping on Victorian crown river frontages has been “well received” by farmers, the state’s agriculture minister says.
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