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.
Water
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.
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Irrigators lose right to vote
Irrigators in Australia’s most productive food bowl have been stripped of the right to elect their own representatives to customer committees.
SA barrages reaching end of life
South Australia’s lower lakes barrages are reaching the end of their lifespan, but the state government is not developing a strategy to replace them.
$12m Basin advertising splurge
Federal Water Minister Tanya Plibersek will have spent all $12m of her Murray-Darling Rivers’ advertising campaign by June 30.
Rob Sitch linked to water speculator
Filmmaker Rob Sitch has been linked to a Murray Darling Basin water market speculator, which has struck a multimillion-dollar deal selling irrigation entitlements to the Federal Government.
Wrong river: Plibersek’s Murray Darling Basin mistakes
The Albanese Government has used images of rivers in tropical Queensland and coastal NSW to promote its Murray Darling Basin plan efforts.
Floodplain harvesting threat
A NSW Government appointed expert panel wants to impose hefty restrictions on northern Basin irrigators’ floodplain harvesting.
Native fish funding pool runs dry
Funding for Murray Darling Basin native fish recovery has dried up, as federal and state governments bicker over cost sharing.
Plibersek backs down
Federal Water Minister Tanya Plibersek has abandoned withholding funding to strongarm Victoria into backing buying 450GL of irrigator’s water.
Government ‘hell bent’ on 450GL buybacks
As the Murray Darling Basin Plan goes ahead, there are concerns the government is not focused on the “collateral damage” of the buybacks.
Darling River inflows cut
The Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder has diverted water destined for the Darling River onto a man-made floodplain.
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