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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Free vote on water trade system
Tell us if you think water trade should be done by ballot, and have your free vote counted in The Weekly Times.
Canada owns more Aussie water than irrigators
Victoria’s Goulburn Valley is among large Australian irrigation communities entitled to less Murray Darling Basin water than Canadians.
Free vote on foreign water ownership
Tell us if you think foreigners should need Foreign Investment Review Board approval to purchase water, and have your free vote counted in The Weekly Times.
Goulburn summer flows cut
Goulburn water trading rules and flow limits are being used to protect the river’s environment.
Water policy dumped from Cabinet
It’s arguably one of the Nationals’ most important portfolios – so why has water been dumped from federal Cabinet?
Libs pull plug on Nats basin bid
The Nationals have gone their own way on water, in a bid to amend the Basin Plan, but the Liberals have tied them down.
NSW water corp implosion
Mystery has surrounded the bitter division that led to the 2017 collapse of the MIL board. Now new details have come to light.
Water hoarders risk write-offs of unused supplies
Southern Murray Darling Basin irrigators have been unable to use the massive volumes of water flowing into their accounts.
Magistrate’s zero tolerance to water theft
Goulburn Valley farmers have been put on notice following a series of water thefts with the magistrate threatening jail for anybody who tries it next.
Family farmers cannot compete under basin trade policy
Basin plan water policies are misguided and delusional, writes JAN BEER
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