Environmental water sold
While the Federal Government is buying irrigators’ water, Victoria’s Environmental Water Holder is selling it back to them.
Water
MDBA spending spree
The Murray Darling Basin Authority is spending up big on consultants and contractors, paying pwc alone $27 million.
Wentworth irrigator charged for tapping pipeline
A Wentworth irrigator has been charged for allegedly tapping the Western Murray Irrigation pipeline and siphoning water from it.
Peter and Jane Harris fined $60,000 plus costs for water take
Prominent cotton farming couple Peter and Jane Harris have been fined $60,000 for illegally pumping 1896ML of water and ordered to pay WaterNSW’s court costs totalling $450,000.
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GMW’s unusual multi-million dollar spend
Irrigators spent 2019-20 battling to survive on low water allocations, while more than $1.2 million was spent on a refit of the executive headquarters.
Basin authority boss’ big payday
Amid a drought that slashed irrigators’ incomes, the boss of the Murray-Darling Basin Authority, Phillip Glyde, had his salary and other remuneration rise to an eye-watering amount.
NSW water deal backfires
A deal brokered by the NSW Government with some of the Murray Darling Basin’s largest irrigation corporations has short-changed the environment of the nation’s most precious resource.
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