Labor announces $300m Basin support package
The Albanese Government has committed $300m in support for Murray Darling Basin communities to offset water recovery impacts, but whether the amount is adequate or not remains a concern.
Murray-Darling Basin Plan
‘Exaggerated’: Gov admits it used fake images in water campaign
It took Tanya Plibersek’s water bureaucrats four months before finally admitting a bleak image in their $12 million Murray Darling Basin advertising campaign was a fake.
$12m Basin advertising splurge
Federal Water Minister Tanya Plibersek will have spent all $12m of her Murray-Darling Rivers’ advertising campaign by June 30.
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.
Plibersek backs down
Federal Water Minister Tanya Plibersek has abandoned withholding funding to strongarm Victoria into backing buying 450GL of irrigator’s water.
Darling River inflows cut
The Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder has diverted water destined for the Darling River onto a man-made floodplain.
Bureaucrats refuse to answer advertising campaign questions
The federal government has not provided details about where it sourced images of dead fish and trees in its Murray Darling advertising campaign.
Water tender’s sky-high prices revealed
Federal Water Minister Tanya Plibersek has paid a massive premium to buy water out of the Namoi Valley. See the details.
Albanese pays premium for water
The Federal Government has paid a premium to buy irrigators’ water to boost the Murray Darling Basin’s environmental flows. See the details.
Feds snap up $55.5 million worth of irrigators’ water
The Albanese government has splashed out millions to buy 33 parcels of irrigators’ water entitlements, through its first tender. See who sold and how much.
ACT Basin Plan failure
The ACT has failed to deliver a drop towards the Murray Darling Basin Plan, but has cut a $50m deal with the federal government to take water off Snowy Hydro.
Why SA wine irrigators want to offload their water
Almost one in four irrigators in Australia’s largest wine-grape growing region want to sell their water, amid a red grape glut.
Senate passes Restoring Our Rivers bill
The Senate has passed the Albanese Government’s Restoring Our Rivers Bill, clearing the way for a federal buyout of up to 700GL out of irrigation communities.
Labor, Greens basin deal savaged
Irrigation communities will be watching closely this week as the federal government attempts to ram its changes to the Murray Darling Basin Plan through parliament.
Victoria’s largest water owners revealed
The largest water entitlement holders in northern Victoria have been named, including a Canadian giant who owns a mammoth $600m portfolio.
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 buyout impacts ‘over-inflated’
The impact of water buyouts on communities is “over-inflated” and not supported by “high-quality evidence”, a Senate committee has said. See the details.
Commission backs water buyouts
The federal Productivity Commission has said irrigator water buyouts are one of most “cost-effective” methods of recovering environmental water.
Victoria rejects Basin deal
Victoria has refused to sign up to an Albanese government deal that would allow water buyouts towards 450 gigalitres for environment.
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.
Murray Darling: Calls to scrap ‘lazy’ buybacks
Farming leaders are urging the government to rethink its buyback strategy, amid a push for an extension to the basin plan deadline.
Podcast: Where to for the Murray Darling Basin Plan?
On The Australian Ag Podcast, National Irrigators Council chairman Jeremy Morton discusses potential water buybacks, the outlook for the upcoming irrigation season and exploding carp populations.
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.
Flood of ‘ideological’ water buyouts loom
Canberra is poised to launch a tidal wave of irrigation community water buyouts at the urging of environment groups.
Irrigator offer prices locked in until 2024
The government has demanded irrigators make “binding and irrevocable” offers to sell water to the federal government at prices that are locked in for 12 months.
Murray Darling Basin Plan failure
Basin states have delivered 2107 gigalitres to boost the Murray Darling Basin’s flows, but the ACT is yet to deliver a drop.
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