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Water for Fodder program opens

Farmers in the southern Murray-Darling Basin can apply to purchase water at a discounted rate from 10am today. Eligible farmers can buy up to two 50Ml parcels at $100 per megalitre and Federal Water and Drought Minister David Littleproud said the...

Rodney Woods
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NVIC criticise VFF’s leadership

The VFF has launched a 10-point plan to help restore the balance between irrigated agriculture and the environment in the Murray-Darling Basin. VFF Water Council chair Richard Anderson said the new 10-point plan provided solutions to major problems...

Rodney Woods
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MPs call for CEWH to release water for irrigators

Federal Member for Nicholls Damian Drum plans to break from party policy with a proposal to shift water from the environment to productive agriculture.

Rodney Woods
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Dry conditions trigger water quality concerns

Continuing dry conditions in the Murray-Darling Basin have triggered water quality concerns. Murray-Darling Basin Authority chief executive Phillip Glyde said recent rainfall in the northern basin was not enough to significantly impact water storage...

Jamieson Salter
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Littleproud calls for leadership as NSW discuss pulling out of basin plan

Federal Water Minister David Littleproud has called for calm, leadership and common sense in the water debate in NSW. Mr Littleproud said it was important the NSW Government understood the full ramifications of withdrawing from the Murray-Darling...

Rodney Woods
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Irrigators receive date for water trade rules

Victorian Water Minister Lisa Neville has confirmed an interim regulation for tagged water use to begin on Thursday, December 12, pending final approval. “These changes will create an even playing field for northern Victorian irrigators...

Jamieson Salter
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Tagged water decision urged

The Victorian Farmers Federation is calling on the Victorian Government to announce the closing date for tagged water trades from the Goulburn to the Murray system. It comes on the back of Water Minister Lisa Neville’s announcement of an...

Geoff Adams
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G-MW pricing submission lodged

Goulburn-Murray Water recently lodged its Pricing Submission 2020-2024 with the Essential Services Commission. Every four years, G-MW propose fees and charges to the ESC for approval. During a consultation process, the corporation reached more than...

Geoff Adams
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Wimmera farmer named on North Central CMA board

Wimmera farmer Mary Bignell has been appointed to the board of the North Central Catchment Management Authority. North Central CMA’s chair Julie Miller Markoff said Ms Bignell’s farming experience and working in natural resource management was...

Rodney Woods
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Littleproud’s journey down the Murray

Readers may recall the Federal Water Minister’s effigy was launched into the Murray River at a water protest rally at Tocumwal in September.

Geoff Adams
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Regional communities to take water fight to Canberra

Food producers and their supporters demanding action to save farmers and rural communities will converge on Canberra early next month. A Convoy to Canberra is the latest event hosted by several water lobby groups across the Goulburn, Murray and...

Rodney Woods
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Politicians want more details on 100Gl allocation

State Member for Shepparton Suzanna Sheed said news that the Federal Government would release 100Gl of water for fodder production would be welcomed by the farmers who are able to use it. “My view is that it will be very welcomed by farmers...

Rodney Woods
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Call to attach conveyance losses to CEWH

Barham’s Neil Eagle has a simple solution to give northern Victorian and southern Riverina farmers immediate access to irrigation water. Mr Eagle is calling for 1000Gl of conveyance losses to be immediately attached to the Commonwealth...

Sophie Baldwin
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Water quality to be monitored

Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority is keeping an eye on the water quality in creeks, rivers and wetlands across the catchment, with forecasts for a dry, warm spring and summer.

Jamieson Salter
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Mixed views on potential success of 100Gl roll-out

Some of the region’s farmers are set to get some relief from dry conditions and high input costs with the Federal Government announcing 100Gl of water will be released to grow feed.

Rodney Woods
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MDBA unhappy with 60 Minutes episode

The Murray-Darling Basin Authority has submitted a formal complaint following the 60 Minutes segment Water Rats, which aired on October 27. The MDBA said the program breached the Commercial Television Industry Code of Practice section 3.3.1, which...

Jamieson Salter
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One Nation senator impresses irrigators

One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts toured the region last week as part of a Murray-Darling Basin fact finding mission, which has left him in no doubt basin communities are facing a national emergency. Senator Roberts visited a small group of...

Sophie Baldwin
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Wetlands inquiry open

A public inquiry into the protection of wetlands under the Ramsar Convention will be open for public submissions until Friday, November 29. The Victorian Parliament’s Public Accounts and Estimates Committee inquiry comes after the...

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